It will be very interesting to see whether Fabio Capello picks Newcastle centre forward Andy Carroll in his next squad. The problem Capello has is that he has said he will pick the in form players playing regularly in the Premier League and he also took the captaincy away from John Terry for alleged off-field behaviour. Standards Capello is a disciplinarian and ...

West Ham today appointed Avram Grant as their new manager on a four-year contract. Grant led Portsmouth to last month's FA Cup final before leaving Fratton Park two weeks ago and also steered Chelsea into the 2008 Champions League final. "I'm proud and honoured to be the manager of West Ham. It's an exciting challenge and I'm ready to do my best," Grant told the...

Jamie Carragher memperingatkan rekan-rekannya di Liverpool, yang berstatus sebagai pemain bintang, untuk meninggalkan Anfield jika mereka memang tidak betah lagi dan hanya bisa bermain dengan setengah hati. Pernyataan ini tentunya merujuk pada pemain, seperti Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard, Javier Mascherano dan Yossi Benayoun. Nama-nama tersebut belakangan ini sant...

Inter beat Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate in their semi-final despite losing the second leg 1-0 and playing an hour of the game at the Nou Camp with 10 men. Mourinho's Inter, who won the first game 3-1 last week, will face Bayern Munich in the final on May 22 in Madrid. "It's the greatest moment of my career," said Mourinho. "For the players, me, the fans, it's the ...

Barca became the first Spanish side to win a La Liga, Kings Cup and Champions League treble last season and are on for the double this time round having safely made the semi-finals of the Champions League while Saturday's victory over Real puts them in the box seat in the league. "The title is not won and there are some tough games left but this was an important st...

Internazionale boss Jose Mourinho admitted he doubted his side would win the Serie A title during yesterday’s 1-0 victory over Siena. Inter scraped their way to the Scudetto with a 1-0 victory at Siena yesterday, but an equaliser would’ve given it to Roma. “It’s the first time I’ve won a title on the last day, but it’s too much stress! Much better to...

Nicolas Anelka has hit out at former Chelsea manager Avram Grant, saying: "He used to look down on me." The 31-year-old will come up against his old boss, who managed him for six months back in 2008, when the Blues face Portsmouth in the FA Cup final on Saturday. The Sun reports in his new book, Anelka, published tomorrow, the striker said: "Grant used to look d...

Lyon climbed into the third and final Champions League spot with one Ligue 1 game remaining by seeing off Monaco at Stade Gerland. Miralem Pjanic opened the scoring after 28 minutes after a slow start, and Bafetimbi Gomis doubled the lead three minutes after the break. Les Gones dominated the second half and were repeatedly denied by the impressive Stephane Ruff...

Lyon took a big step towards Champions League qualification for next season by beating Monaco 3-0 on Wednesday. Goals either side of half-time from Miralem Pjanic and Bafetimbi Gomis and a late strike by Lisandro Lopez secured a comfortable victory for Claude Puel’s side over the beaten French Cup finalists. Lyon, who lost to Bayern Munich in the semi-finals o...