Manchester City are in pole position to claim a place in next year's UEFA Cup after the Football Association was awarded an extra place in next season's competition.

Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has distanced himself from talk he will replace Sven-Goran Eriksson as Manchester City coach while Benfica claim the Swede is their sole target to become their new boss.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is confident Wayne Rooney will be fit for the Champions League final with Chelsea on May 21 even if he does not make Sunday's title crunch at Wigan.

Arsene Wenger insists there is "nothing" in reports that key midfielder Alexander Hleb is set to follow Mathieu Flamini out of the Barclays Premier League club.

Sammy Lee is now the firm favourite to be appointed as assistant to Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez.

Emmanuel Adebayor has labelled reports he is set to leave Arsenal as "rubbish".

Kevin Keegan is making no apologies for wearing his heart on his sleeve.

Kimi Raikkonen shrugged off a miserable morning to set the fastest time in second practice ahead of Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix.

England batsman Paul Collingwood has injured his shoulder less than a week before the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's.

Junior Witter's long road towards acceptance as the world's number one light-welterweight continues in Nottingham on Saturday night when he puts his WBC title on the line against unbeaten American Timothy Bradley.

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