The Carling Cup final will feature an npower Championship team after tonight’s semi-final draw pitched Crystal Palace and Cardiff against each other.

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has hit back at his critics by insisting: “I have never been a diver”.

Mark Clattenburg will miss another weekend of Premier League matches, but the outcome of the investigation into Chelsea’s complaint against the referee should be known by the end of the week.

Alex Ferguson has branded the price of tickets for the Champions League final at Wembley on May 28 as "a killer" for fans.

Joey Barton today played down the chances of him leaving Newcastle this summer.

Roma have continued their summer recruitment with the signing of experienced Argentina defender Gabriel Heinze.

Aston Villa striker Nathan Delfouneso has signed a new contract that will keep him at Villa Park until 2014, the club have confirmed this afternoon.

Brazilian midfielder Anderson is expected to return to Manchester this week after escaping with only minor injuries from a horrific car crash in Portugal.

Fabio Capello has claimed Paul Scholes performed a World Cup U-turn on the eve of his squad announcement.

Liverpool defender Martin Kelly has been ruled out for a month with a torn hamstring sustained at the weekend.

A woman who stalked footballer Rio Ferdinand and his family was jailed for 10 weeks today and put on a restraining order for 10 years.

Arsenal have confirmed the signing of Brazil full-back Andre Santos, and are closing in on German defender Per Mertesacker.

A man has pleaded guilty to blackmailing Coleen Rooney.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has confirmed negotiations have begun with Santos and Sao Paulo over a Robinho loan deal.

Rio Ferdinand has appealed against an extra one-match ban imposed by a Football Association disciplinary commission.

Darren Fletcher and Alan Hutton have pulled out of George Burley’s Scotland squad to play Japan in Yokohama on Saturday, taking the total number of withdrawals to 10.

The Football Association are looking into comments made by Alex Ferguson and Sam Allardyce about the refereeing in their team’s matches at the weekend.

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It is understood that Wigan boss Steve Bruce has been given permission to talk to Sunderland about their managerial vacancy.

Steven Gerrard has pulled out of the England squad for tomorrow night’s friendly with Holland in Amsterdam.