Theo Walcott insists Arsenal will have “no excuse” if they do not mount a serious title challenge next year.

An increase in business travellers helped Sir Richard Branson’s airline, Virgin Atlantic, record soaring profits last year, it was announced today.

Thierry Henry insists France’s win over Spain was the perfect answer to Luis Aragones.

Chelsea will be fined for “unsporting behaviour” after collecting six bookings in their stormy 2-2 Champions League draw in Barcelona.

Manchester City are awaiting official confirmation Nedum Onuoha’s red card in last night’s Carling Cup defeat to Doncaster will be rescinded.

Chelsea star Didier Drogba fired the Ivory Coast into the African Nations Cup final as they overcame Nigeria 1-0 in Alexandria today.

Ouija Board is one of 16 entries for Saturday’s 32Red.com September Stakes at Newmarket as she attempts to get her career back on track.

Ouija Board is one of 16 entries for Saturday’s 32Red.com September Stakes at Newmarket as she attempts to get her career back on track.

The BBC faced fresh anger today when the main broadcasting union warned against targeting junior production staff over the competition phone-in crisis.

The Football Association has confirmed it will investigate incidents at the end of Chelsea’s FA Cup quarter-final win at Tottenham when two fans ran onto the pitch, one of whom threw a punch at England midfielder Frank Lampard.

American Shawn Crawford won the men’s 200metres gold medal amid astonishingly hostile scenes in the Olympic Stadium as the Greek public vented their spleen against the Games organisers.

Newcastle strikers Alan Shearer and Shola Ameobi made light of the absence of Craig Bellamy to help fire their side into the fifth round of the FA Cup.

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Arsenal full-back Ashley Cole has dismissed speculation that he threw a pizza at Alex Ferguson after last week’s stormy encounter with Manchester United.

Crystal Palace striker Andy Johnson returned to St Andrews to sink his former team-mates and plunge Birmingham City deeper into relegation trouble.

Around 200,000 Chelsea fans turned out in their thousands to pay tribute to Jose Mourinho and his all-conquering squad today.

Birmingham-born Darren Carter struck twice to ensure a comfortable passage into the fourth round of the FA Cup for Steve Bruce’s side, who brushed off the absence of the suspended Robbie Savage.

Manchester United nudged Birmingham slightly closer to the dreaded drop with a comfortable win that saw them jump back into second spot.

Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo have both been fined and warned as to their future conduct by the Football Association this evening.

UEFA today all-but ruled out the possibility of rescinding Christian Dailly’s booking to enable him to face Holland in Amsterdam on Wednesday.