Manchester Utd 2 Bolton 0

THE bloodstock industry has launched a major lobbying campaign to protect its tax-free status, warning 2,600 jobs will be lost if it is taxed.

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.

Man Utd 5

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.

BOBBY ROBSON sees a bright future for his Newcastle side, who demonstrated again at Elland Road that they have usurped Leeds as the Premiership’s up-and-coming force.

Chelsea 2 Portsmouth 0

GARDAÍ were last night hunting for a sex attacker after an indecent assault on a five-year-old boy.

THIERRY HENRY put on a brave face after once again losing out in the FIFA World Player of the Year award as Barcelona’s flamboyant Brazilian attacker Ronaldinho took the honour.

A DECISION on Roy Keane’s international future is imminent after the Manchester United captain agreed to meet new Irish manager Brian Kerr in Manchester today.

GAA fans who wear their county colours are paying on the double.

CHELSEA are the biggest spenders on wages in the world, but the other 19 Premier League clubs are for the first time spending less overall on players’ pay, according to an annual review of football finance.

GORDON STRACHAN walked away from Southampton three months ahead of schedule yesterday in a move which is bound to increase speculation that Glenn Hoddle will return to the south coast club.

THE dramatic moment the scorched clothes of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were discovered dumped in a bin at Soham Village College was relived at the Old Bailey murder trial yesterday.