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Arsenal confirm talks underway over new deal for Robin van Persie • Forward has 18 months left on his current contract • Arsène Wenger: 'I'm confident he'll sign a new deal' Arsenal have opened negotiations with Robin van Persie over extending his contract, Arsène Wenger has confirmed. Van...

Haven't done one of these for a while, but Calum's gone and got himself banned so I feel duty-bound. ---------------- TEAM NEWS Arsenal At the back Arsenal have had more bad news after it was reported that Thomas Vermaelen could be out for a matter of months having undergone surgery on his...

LONDON (August 11th, 2011) – Sports Interactive Ltd. & SEGA® Europe Ltd. today unveiled the latest version of their successful football management simulation series, Football Manager™ 2012. Planned to be in stores before Christmas, Football Manager 2012 will once again allow you to take charge...

For those of you who’ve been keeping tabs on the daily tittle-tattle, speculation and gossip which has been drip feeding football fans since the end of the season, you may have noticed the number of foreign sources to which news stories are attributed. Always eager to fill any gaps in the...

A large explosion has hit near government headquarters in the Norwegian capital Oslo. The blast is thought to have caused damage to the offices of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and a number of other official buildings. Initial reports suggested Mr Stoltenberg was unharmed. At...

News of the World axed by News International Sunday edition of Murdoch's tabloid to be last in the aftermath of political and commercial fallout from phone-hacking scandal News International announced on Thursday that it is closing the News of the World after this Sunday's edition, with no...

Just how fair is Michel Platini's financial fair-play ruling? Uefa's well-intentioned new ruling on club spending may merely serve to help the rich get richer Michel Platini deserves great credit for pushing through Uefa's financial fair play rule, but will it have the desired effect...

BBC Sport - England move above Brazil to fourth in Fifa rankings God knows why...

T H E P I V O T M I D F I E L D and how to make it work in Football Manager 2011 The ‘double pivot’ is a term used to describe a fluid partnership in midfield, where two players make attacking or defensive decisions in relation to each other’s movements. The simplest form of...

A football revolution By Simon Kuper Every tiny aspect of a football match can now be recorded and scrutinised. FT Weekend Magazine commissioned artist Giles Revell to create a series of images of the recent Champions League Final between Barcelona and Manchester United, using exclusive data...

Fulham Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Maarten Jol as its new manager. Maarten joins Fulham on an initial two year contract with the Club having an option to extend for a further year. He will arrive at our Motspur Park training ground in advance of the players return...

Last week we asked for your suggestions for European goal of the 2010-11 season (as well as making a few suggestions of our own) - might have forgotten to post a thread for that - Now it's your chance to choose which goal will join past winners Benjamin Huggel and Grafite as your No1 goal...

Let me tell you a little about my current dilemma. Basically, I slightly stupidly un-installed my wireless adapter (NETGEAR: WG111 v3 if that means anything to anyone) but when it WAS installed, the NETGEAR wireless wizard/programme never actually ran and my wireless network stuff came from...

The Secret Footballer: The FA has helped devalue its own Cup Whether by hosting semi-finals at Wembley or pressuring Manchester United out in 2000 the game's so-called governing body has failed to protect its showcase event The FA Cup final used to be a major event on the calendar...

Millions paid in bribes for Qatar's 2022 World Cup votes, report claims • Financial deals allegedly arranged in exchange for votes • Qatar strongly denies claims as 'entirely false' Qatar has denied allegations that it paid for World Cup votes. Qatar's controversial success in taking the...