'scapegoat' peter storrie calls it quits as portsmouth chief executive

... “they have now produced proof of funds, so i see no reason why they shouldn’t go ahead with a takeover

scottish cup: celtic´s last chance for silverware

... celtic have major injury worries ahead of saturday's game with defenders thomas rogne, jos hoovield and glenn loovens joined on the sidelines by niall mcginn and pat mccourt

wounded real madrid aim for la liga win

... real, stunned by lyon in the champions league last 16 stage, are only ahead of barcelona on goal difference, and pellegrini knows that his expensive collection of stars could end up empty-handed for the second successive season

rafael benítez says fresh players can lift liverpool after injury woes

... "johnson has not featured since damaging knee ligaments at villa in december but, in a timely development for both liverpool and england ahead of the world cup, will be considered for the wigan game

dunga comfortable with ronaldinho omission

... trapattoni has included three uncapped players in his squad as he looks ahead to the start of uefa euroâ 2012 qualifying next season

caf champions league: round-up of 2nd leg preliminaries

... ahly benghazi (libya) 0 : 0 djoliba ac (mali) ahly benghazi crashed out of the caf’s race following a weak 0:0 draw before their home fans, which puts the visitors from mali ahead for the next round with an aggregate of 1:0

ancelotti: we must look forward

carlo ancelotti believes we must forget about saturday's defeat immediately and concentrate on the fa cup challenge ahead. manchester city's 4-2 victory is hard to swallow for both the squad and fans. it is made more frustrating by the fact we conceded two goals from counter-attacks, something the blues are normally adept at dealing with and was added to by our previous record over city, which saw them fail to score in the previous seven meetings at stamford bridge .

chelsea 2 manchester city 4- smiling assassin takes down john terry

... ' false dawn: frank lampard fires chelsea ahead the day bubbled with animosity ... flying high: craig bellamy's corker fired city ahead cheerio: juliano belletti was given his marching orders after bringing down gareth barry in the boxthe third was a penalty conceded by juliano belletti, who was sentoff for the foul, and the fourth a counter-attack against nine men

stoke city 1 arsenal 3- hitmen are out to destroy my kids fumes arsene wenger

... ' danny pugh put stoke ahead and nicklas bendtner equalised beforeramsey's injury

virus-hit spurs seek to further fourth-place credentials

... it was a similar scenario this week, with at least two first team players complaining of sickness and all those affected being banned from the club's essex training base for 48 hours ahead of sunday's home game with everton