roberto mancini feels the heat as stoke knock out manchester city

... into extra-time stoke were ahead again within five minutes when rory delap's trademark long throw from the left was met at the near post by shawcross, whose header flew past given and in at the far side

'devastated' wayne bridge may snub world cup to avoid john terry

... the tensions have obvious ramifications for fabio capello ahead of a world cup in which bridge could conceivably line up alongside terry in defence in the wake of ashley cole fracturing his ankle

terry on champions league mission

... ahead of wednesday champions league clash with inter milan, the 30-year-old told the sun: "i'm responding by doing what i've always done - by looking straight ahead

bafokeng confirmed as england base

... capello is a strict disciplinarian and will emphasise to his squad how he expects them to behave when they meet up ahead of next week's friendly against egypt at wembley ... capello is a strict disciplinarian and will emphasise to his squad how he expects them to behave when they meet up ahead of next week's friendly against egypt at wembley

milan looking to re-open title race

... milan sit third in the table, seven points behind the champions but would go second, a point ahead of as roma, if they were to win in florence ... "i don't know if the title race is on again, five points isn't a huge amount but inter have been ahead for several years now

england boss fabio capello facing big problems ahead of finals

hot under the collar: fabio capelloit has been a week to forget for england boss fabio capello.aaron lennon has suffered a recurrence of his groin injury, england's training base in south africa is still a building site and another of his players is the subject of tabloid speculation about his private life.and they're not the only problems facing the italian manager - just 108 days away from the start of england's world cup campaign there are a number of issues still to be resolved.

the list- top 50 english players who should be on fabio capellos radar

... well regarded at tottenham but with a surplus of players ahead of him in the queue for places, he has had to take the plunge at the south coast club and is prospering

shaun wright-phillips and manchester city at loggerheads over new contract

... speaking ahead of tonight's fa cup replay with stoke at the britannia stadium, coach roberto mancini said that some of his players must change their philosophy and their mentality if they are to make progress between now and the end of the season

manchester united 3 west ham 0- heads again wayne at the double

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ferguson continues clampdown by gagging uniteds academy kids

... clampdown: fergiesportsmail revealed yesterday that ferguson has banned the club's young players from wearing coloured boots after becoming concerned that some of united's stars of the future were beginning to get ahead of themselves