PSV Eindhoven 0 Arsenal 4

THE FA has denied allegations from Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier that it suggested delaying Steven Gerrard’s suspension to allow him to play for England against Australia.

ARSENE WENGER has declared Arsenal can win the title race from the front this season, as he insisted the pressure is all on their rivals.

Man Utd 2 Arsenal 0

WOLVES manager Dave Jones leads his side into the Division One play-off final against Sheffield United today unburdened by the weight of history at Molineux.

JUVENTUS got the result they wanted going into the winter break in the Champions’ League at an appropriately snowy Stadio del’ Alpi last night when they comfortably saw off FC Basel on a 4-0 scoreline.

ARSENAL defender Philippe Senderos warned Chelsea to expect an Arsenal backlash next season as he insisted: “We have proved that we are one of the best, if not the best, team in the country.”

MANCHESTER UNITED and Liverpool are ready to battle it out for the signature of Spartak Moscow defender Nemanja Vidic, according to the Russian club’s chief executive Sergei Shavlo.

CELTIC manager Gordon Strachan will not be handing Hungarian trialist Peter Halmosi a full-time contract.

BRITISH soccer star Dwight Yorke yesterday scored a legal victory when the High Court overturned a speeding fine.

RACING tycoons John Magnier and JP McManus have played down speculation of a takeover bid for Manchester United, despite spending nearly €12 million yesterday, increasing their stake to 24.14%.

England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is picking himself up off the floor again - and this time the devastating body blow has been delivered by one of his most important players.

CHELSEA striker Mateja Kezman was last night handed a three-match domestic ban by the Football Association following his sending off against Roma during last week’s pre-season friendly in America.

LEEDS star Harry Kewell’s future will be resolved by the end of the month.

ON the night before the 1992 general election, a group of us working on the campaign arranged to travel down to Longford where the then Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds, was holding his traditional eve-of-poll event.

A LEADING sports lawyer has claimed that Rio Ferdinand faces the loss of several key sponsors as a result of his eight-month drugs ban.

IT IS so long since Liverpool were the dominant force in British football that recently they’ve taken to flying a banner as if to remind a new generation of fans.

STEPHEN CARR admits it is high time Tottenham lived up to expectations.