Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is adamant his team has not become overly reliant on Loic Remy’s goals.

Manchester United manager David Moyes has accepted a charge of misconduct following comments about match officials, the Football Association has confirmed.

Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic feels the club will “know exactly where” they are in the next few weeks in terms of how their Premier League season is shaping up.

An emotional Cristiano Ronaldo had to fight back the tears last night after ending four years of Lionel Messi domination to win the Fifa Ballon d’Or and the right to be called the best player on the planet once again.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a sensitive soul. As Sepp Blatter discovered last October, it is unwise to make fun about how much an actor spends on his appearance.

You don’t win trophies by being this open at the back

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By strange coincidence, I stumbled across and became engrossed in a ‘Football Legends’ television show devoted to Eusebio late last Saturday, only to awake the following morning to the news the great man had passed away during the night.

Hands up, I’ve been labelling Thomas Hitzlsperger for years.

An international footballer who dressed up as a suicide bomber for a fancy dress party has been described as “thoughtless” by a survivor of the July 7 bombings in London.

As a small group of young Manchester United fans stood on the Stretford End on Sunday afternoon, they tried to start a chant of “you’re getting sacked in the morning” directed at David Moyes as their team edged towards a shock FA Cup exit at the hands of Swansea.

Paul McGrath reckons that Alex Ferguson didn’t do David Moyes any favours with the timing of his headline-grabbing autobiography.

Manchester United boss David Moyes took a veiled cut at referee Andre Marriner and his officials after last night’s semi-final first leg defeat at the Stadium of Light.

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Tonight’s League Cup game against Sunderland has all the hallmarks of a no-win game for Manchester United.

Under-fire Manchester United manager David Moyes insists he will not be treating tonight’s Capital One Cup semi-final at Sunderland any differently just because his side were dumped out of the FA Cup.

If ever there was a reminder that Premier League football is a cut-throat, multibillion-dollar business, it was painfully obvious yesterday when the axe finally fell on David Moyes after less than a year as manager of Manchester United.

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