Roman Abramovich’s quest for Champions League glory with Chelsea
The Russian's club have won the trophy at last after eight seasons of near misses and frustration2003-04Having overcome Arsenal, Chelsea face Monaco in the semi-finals and are favourites. But after Claudio Ranieri's tinkering they lose the first leg 3-...
Harry Redknapp and Spurs given bitter pill of Europa League by Chelsea
• Tottenham miss out on Champions League next season• Players such as Gareth Bale may consider leaving SpursA crushing three-week period has come to pass for Harry Redknapp. First he was overlooked for the England manager's job having been the odds...
Blackburn Rovers suffer season of struggle and revolt
Protests and poor performances have marked the 2011-12 campaign of Steve Kean's teamOpening day disaster: 13 August 2011Blackburn begin the season with a 2-1 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers at Ewood Park having taken the lead through Mauro Formica's ...
Yaya Touré exposes growing gap between Manchester City and United
Watching the City midfielder at the weekend would have triggered a mixture of envy and frustration in Sir Alex FergusonReduced to hoping Manchester City suffer a Devon Loch-like collapse in their pursuit of the title, it cannot have escaped Sir Alex Fe...
Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool: how the FA Cup final players rated
Didier Drogba was immense for Chelsea, Andy Carroll almost turned the match in Liverpool's favour and Jay Spearing had an afternoon to forget• Check out Tom Jenkins' gallery from WembleyCHELSEA – 4-4-1-1Petr Cech, 7 Showed amazing reactions to keep...
Chelsea 0-2 Newcastle United: five talking points | Sachin Nakrani
Papiss Cissé has prospered immediately at Newcastle with superb goals while Fernando Torres, though scoreless in this game, is looking dangerous at last for ChelseaThe state of Chelsea's defence The absence of David Luiz and Gary Cahill through injury...
Harry Redknapp wishes Roy Hodgson ‘all the best’ for England job
• Tottenham manager insists he holds no grudges with FA• Hodgson could be new England manager in next 48 hoursHarry Redknapp said that he did not bear any grudges over losing out on the England job and wished Roy Hodgson "all the best" after the Fo...
Tottenham and Harry Redknapp damaged by hunt for England manager
Spurs' season was derailed after Fabio Capello's resignation and their manager may not find it easy to recoverThe morning of Friday 3 February and it is announced by the Football Association that John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy fo...
Premier League: Chelsea v QPR – as it happened
Fernando Torres scored his first ever hat-trick for Chelsea as the Champions League finalists ran riot against their west London neighboursKick off is at 1.30pm. Sachin will be here from 1pm. While you're waiting, Here's Dominic Fifield's match preview...
Saints promotion ‘something special’
• Victory over Coventry seals second automatic spot• 'We've achieved something special,' says AdkinsNigel Adkins praised his Southampton players for "achieving something special" after they secured promotion to the Premier League with a 4-0 win aga...
Nigel Adkins has the vision and grounding for life in the top flight | Sachin Nakrani