Gareth Southgate calls for emphasis on technical skills for youngsters
• Southgate has applied for FA technical director role• 'More kids should be able to access skills programme'Gareth Southgate has called for a change in the culture of coaching youngsters as he confirmed his application to be the Football Associati...
Euro 2012: Topless Femen activists in Ukraine plan football championship protests – video
Neo-feminist group Femen prepares for a 'blitz of stunts' during this summer's Euro 2012 football championship, which it says will fuel prostitution and sex tourism
Didier Drogba carries Olympic torch in relay – video
Chelsea striker carries Olympic flame through Swindon on day five of the torch relay
LA Story Part Two: LA Galaxy | Graham Parker
In the second part of our look at the two MLS teams in Los Angeles, Graham Parker visits the players and fans of the LA Galaxy - as they talk Riot Squads and Angels, the Beckham experiment and broken records...Waiting for Bruce...For the second night i...
Julien Faubert and John Carew among six players released by West Ham
• Abdoulaye Faye and Papa Bouba Diop also at end of contracts• Hammers hope goalkeeper Robert Green will sign new dealThe newly promoted West Ham United have released Julien Faubert, John Carew, Abdoulaye Faye and Papa Bouba Diop at the end of thei...
Uefa could review fourth place rule
• Michel Platini says rule may be changed but only in three years• 'In the next executive committee we can speak about it'Uefa is prepared to review the controversial rule that caused Tottenham Hotspur to miss out on the Champions League in favour ...
London 2012 Olympics: Didier Drogba carries flame in torch relay
• 'My only disappointment is that I can't do the Olympic Games'• Striker says European Cup win encouraged him to quit clubDidier Drogba followed up his Champions League final heroics with Chelsea on Saturday by carrying the Olympic flame through Sw...
The Fiver | A transfer budget consisting of 3p and a packet of Skittles | Jacob Steinberg
Click here to have the Fiver sent to your inbox every weekday at 5pm, or if your usual copy has stopped arrivingJUST REWARDS?When the Fiver is given the old heave-ho from Fiver Towers, and it can't be far off happening now, the only compensation coming...
The Bandinis 2012: an utterly exhaustive review of the Serie A season | Paolo Bandini
From ghost goals to moped escapes, the best games and worst gaffes, it's our end-of-season Italian football awards"Grazie Ragazzi." With those two simple words Gazzetta dello Sport bid farewell not just to a season but an era, heralding the final weeke...
How each club’s finances add up
The Premier League's 20 clubs collectively made a loss of £392m last year – sort the saints from the sinners hereThe Premier League's 20 clubs made a record income of £2.2bn in 2010-11, yet still made a collective loss of £392m. David Conn explain...
Thiago Silva keen to stay at Milan despite links with Manchester City
• 'His preference is certainly Milan,' says player's agent• Brazil defender has four years remaining on his contractThe agent of Thiago Silva insists the Brazil centre-back wants to stay at Milan despite reports linking him with a move to Mancheste...
Bayern Munich say fans are sorry for jeering Arjen Robben
• Robben booed by Bayern fans in friendly against Holland• 'Bayern fans apologise on behalf of those who whistled'Bayern Munich's chief executive officer, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, says fans are apologising to Arjen Robben after the winger was booed w...
