Kieran Beckles Archives: 09/2010

Carlo Ancelotti will return to London in time to take charge of Chelsea’s clash with Arsenal on Sunday despite the death of his father Giuseppe

Darren Fletcher believes Mexican forward Javier Hernández will develop into an Old Trafford great after a promising start to his Manchester United career

Juventus right-back Marco Motta has criticised Manchester City’s transfer policy ahead of this week’s Europa League clash between the two sides

Roma’s persistence paid dividends during their Saturday night Serie A clash with Inter Milan as Rafael Benítez’s side succumbed to their first league defeat of the season

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has suggested he may not end his career at Stamford Bridge

Roma’s Mirko VučiniÄ”¡ scored a 92nd-minute winner to secure Claudio Ranieri’s first victory of the season and end Inter Milan’s unbeaten start to the domestic campaign

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini still believes Chelsea will secure a second successive league title despite suffering a damaging 1-0 reversal at the City of Manchester Stadium in Saturday’s early kick-off

Sir Alex Ferguson was disappointed his comments about Liverpool striker Fernando Torres stole the headlines from Dimitar Berbatov last Sunday

Double winners Chelsea, seven-time League Cup champions Liverpool and two-time winners Manchester City all made premature exits from the Carling Cup last night as a string of upsets stole the headlines

Newly appointed Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier has remarkably revealed he is yet to sign a contract with the Birmingham club

Damien Duff and Keith Andrews have been named in Giovanni Trapattoni’s 26-man Ireland squad for the national side’s upcoming Euro 2012 Group B fixtures against Russia and Slovakia

The eagerly-anticipated grudge match between Manchester United and Liverpool, both champions of England on 18 occasions, appears to have turned amicable this year

Rafael Van der Vaart’s 76th-minute penalty sparked a Spurs comeback after Steven Fletcher had given Wolves a first-half lead at White Hart Lane

Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Nemanja Vidic will captain Manchester United for their clash against Liverpool on Sunday afternoon

Sir Alex Ferguson has suggested injured winger Antonio Valenica could return to action by the end of February despite initial fears he could miss the rest of the season

Thierry Henry may have denied Ireland the chance to shine at the World Cup in South Africa this summer but at the under-17 female equivalent in Trinidad and Tobago the Irish girls are injecting pride back into the nation

Ireland will host a friendly against Uruguay in March of next year, the FAI revealed on Thursday

Ex-Liverpool midfielder and Sky pundit Jamie Redknapp voiced a surprisingly harsh assessment of Fernando Torres’ recent performances and current demeanour on the pitch during the Reds’ goalless draw at St Andrew’s last Sunday

ir Alex Ferguson admits it was a mistake to leave in-form striker Dimitar Berbatov out of his match-day squad to face Rangers in Manchester United’s opening Champions League Group C game

Tottenham Hotspur began their first ever Champions League campaign with a draw against Werder Bremen despite surging into an early two-goal lead courtesy of a Petri Pasanen own goal and an emphatic Peter Crouch header

Sir Alex Feguson has admitted Manchester United may be forced to spend big in future campaigns to cope with the expected retirements of Old Trafford stalwarts