World Cup legend Roger Milla today paid his own heartfelt tribute to Marc-Vivien Foe and insisted that the midfielder, who died of a suspected aneurysm on duty in the Confederations Cup, would want Cameroon to contest Sunday’s final against France.

WALTER SMITH believes if there is one manager capable of winning an unprecedented quintuple, it is Alex Ferguson.

Manchester United and Blackburn have yet to resolve the dilemma over when to play their Carling Cup quarter-final tie.

THE New Zealand All Blacks have come out of an unbeaten Tri-Nations series with Australia and South Africa as favourites for the World Cup later this year on the back of a highly-disciplined game plan.

The head of FIFA’s inspection team for the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups has been banned from football for seven years after it was revealed he asked for favours from Qatar.

AM I the only one who is slightly losing track of the allegations and counter allegations being made at the top of world football?

Serge Blanco claims the defiance of the Rugby Football Union and the undermining of his country’s domestic championship are the reasons behind the decision by French clubs to boycott next season’s Heineken Cup.

A STEADY stream of new television purchases in time for the summer’s World Cup in South Africa helped push overall first quarter sales at electronic goods retail group, DSG, up by 3% on a year-on-year basis.

Sport, according to a popular saying, is a form of war by other means.

Despite a poor run of form which saw Ireland lose all four World Cup warm-up games and struggle past the USA, Fergus McFadden insists the squad always believed they had a big performance in them.

Australia have been on the receiving end of some harsh words in their own media following their 15-6 World Cup defeat by Ireland at Eden Park.

Lyon striker Ada Hegerberg is not part of Norway's squad for the Women's World Cup in France this summer.

England will field five of their World Cup final starting team in Saturday’s celebration match against the New Zealand Barbarians at Twickenham.

Scotland manager Craig Brown has made it clear that Colin Hendry's international future depends on World Cup qualification.

What a disaster. Ireland’s race to host the 2023 World Cup exclusively in this country is, on the face of it, all but run before even reaching the starting line of World Rugby’s council vote in London on November 15, writes Donal Lenihan.

Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill and Northern Ireland counterpart Michael O'Neill were both pleased to avoid four-time winners Italy in today's World Cup play-off draw.

FIFA’s chief ethics investigator was due to meet Qatar 2022 World Cup bid chiefs today as Football Association chairman Greg Dyke called for a re-run of the vote if corruption is proved.

“It’s only full members they’re giving the opportunities to – it may as well be a members’ cup, as opposed to a World Cup.”

Alex Ferguson has thrown his weight behind England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup and the Manchester United manager will play a key role in this week’s visit by FIFA inspectors.