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Football: Ireland can finish ahead of Italy, claims Giovanni Trapattoni

Giovanni Trapattoni has suggested for the first time that the Republic of Ireland can challenge his native Italy for the automatic World Cup qualifying spot from Group Eight. The Ireland manager had previously said that his...

Queens Park Rangers poised to appoint Paulo Sousa as new manager

QPR are understood to be on the verge of appointing Paulo Sousa as their manager, after the former Portuguese international was seen at the club's training ground yesterday. Sousa has reportedly agreed contractual terms,...

Maradona nicking spotlight from European stars

LONDON (AP) -- Diego Maradona is Argentina's new coach and will be on the bench for the first time to direct his team's play when it faces Scotland at Glasgow's Hampden Park. It starts a new chapter to a career that has...

South Africa: Lippi Dreams of Final Against Brazil

Italy's national team coach Marcello Lippi hasn't said much about it, but he certainly won't be pulling any punches when he takes his world champion squad to the Confederations Cup in South Africa next year.

have Quinny and Ellis interfered ...

with team affairs? If chimbo's playing today we might get an inkliing Thinking in geological timescales is the solution to all issues. If that were the case that would be Keane gone of his own choosing Cut the chord - Are we...

Briatore's hands-on approach to running QPR

When Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea he splashed out £110m on Juan Sebastian Veron, Claude Makelele, Joe Cole et al. When the Abu Dhabi United Group bought Manchester City they signed Robinho for £32m, made an offer for Dimitar...

Championship: QPR 1-0 Birmingham City

Samuel Di Carmine celebrates scoring QPR's winning goal. Photograph: Steven Paston/Action Images If the club owner Flavio Briatore is, as has been widely intimated, playing a role in QPR's team selection perhaps it is not the...

Ambitious Briatore's interference has potential to be a big problem for QPR

Briatore may have saved QPR but his interference in team management has the potential to be a big problem Two managers gone, no promotion, disaffected fans and a disappointing position in the Championship: welcome to the first...

Monday's football transfer rumours - Jermain Defoe back to Spurs?

'Aldous Huxley said nothing about Darren Bent'. A world in which NEW THINGS are afoot in the Mill's place of work (under the desk, in the corner, in a cardboard box), in which life will be better, where things will be brighter...