POTENTIAL punishments for England international defender Rio Ferdinand, who missed a drugs test in September, will be one of the topics discussed by FIFA’s sports medical committee later today.

MANCHESTER UNITED’s recent scoring record in the Champions League hardly inspires confidence ahead of their decisive match against Benfica in a fortnight - but Rio Ferdinand insists the team’s strikers bear comparison with any in the world.

MANCHESTER City striker Jon Macken and Bolton midfielder Kevin Nolan are still on the wanted list of Republic of Ireland boss Brian Kerr.

REAL MADRID president Florentino Perez is an expert businessman, but he still has a lot to learn about football.

CELTIC insisted last night that Liam Miller has turned his back on a deal which would make him one of the best-paid young players in Scottish football history to go to Manchester United.

ALEX FERGUSON has admitted he did have a row with skipper Roy Keane at Manchester United’s pre-season training camp in Portugal last month.

ARSENAL and Manchester United will avoid Spanish opposition in today’s draw for the Champions League group stage after retaining their place among the elite group of top seeds.

ROY KEANE yesterday stressed that his return to international duty after a two-year absence was to help Ireland qualify for the World Cup finals in Germany in 2006.

MANCHESTER UNITED remains the world’s largest football club off the pitch with annual revenues of e251m, according to a survey of sports businesses by Deloitte.

REPUBLIC of Ireland midfielder Roy Keane still intends to end his career in 18 months’ time - despite his recent impressive form for club and country.

MANCHESTER UNITED and Arsenal could be on a collision course over the rescheduling of their crucial Premier League fixture at Highbury.

BLACKBURN defender Lucas Neill’s yellow card from the Worthington Cup semi-final first leg with Manchester United will stand.

ANYTHING Keane can do, Kian can do better.

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Sky Sports' saturated Premiership coverage goes thermo-nuclear tomorrow at Old Trafford. And central to it all will be football's favourite pundit, Andy Gray. He spoke to Liam Mackey.

DAVID BECKHAM says he wants to stay at Manchester United. The England skipper has finally spoken up after weeks of speculation surrounding his future and confirmed he has no intention of leaving the club he loves.

STEVEN GERRARD has been frozen out of Liverpool’s chase for honours with a three-match ban after being found guilty of violent conduct at an FA disciplinary hearing yesterday.