Football Archives: 08/2010

Hong Kong businessman Kenny Huang has ended his interest in buying Liverpool Football Club, it emerged on Friday night

Roy Hodgson insists Argentina international Javier Mascherano will only be sold if the club’s valuation of the player is met

Aston Villa’s James Milner yesterday completed his protracted transfer to Manchester City for a reported £26 million fee

Slovakia international Martin Å krtel has signed a two-year contract extension which will keep the defender at Anfield until 2014

Nicolas Anelka has been handed a 18-match ban by the French Football Federation for his outburst at the World Cup.

iverpool were denied a hard fought victory after a calamitous Pepe Reina error allowed Arsenal to snatch a 1-1 draw at the death after David N’Gog’s powerful strike had given the home side an early lead second half lead

Joe Hart produced a man of the match performance to help keep a lively Tottenham Hotspur side at bay as the new Premier League season kicked off at White Hart Lane

New Manchester City signing Mario Balotelli has revealed he would have preferred to stay in Italy and continue his career in Serie A

The Slovakian football association has enraged its Irish counterpart by switching the venue of a European qualifier between the two nations

Ireland international Aiden McGeady has completed his transfer from Celtic to Russian side Spartak Moscow

Arsene Wenger says he has been offered a contract extension at Arsenal and he expects the deal to be tied up “very soon”

Mario Balotelli edged closer to a move to Manchester City on Thursday night after his agent revealed there had been a “step forwards” in negotiations between the Eastlands club and Inter Milan

When Andre Villas-Boas walked away from the San Siro last summer it marked the end of a seven-year working relationship with Jose Mourinho

Steve Coppell has resigned as Bristol City boss with immediate effect after announcing his retirement from football management

Fabio Capello says he will not pick David Beckham to play in another competitive match for England as he called time on the veteran’s international career

The owner of Southampton Football Club, Marcus Liebherr, has passed away at the age of 62

With the Premier League set to kick off in a matter of days, Martin O’Neill’s decision to quit Aston Villa sent ripples through English football

The Football Association are struggling to find a new sponsor for the England national team after their deal with Nationwide expired after the World Cup

Craig Bellamy claims he would consider walking away from football if Manchester City ditch the striker this season

Real Madrid are set to complete the signing of Chelsea’s Ricardo Carvalho after the two clubs agreed a £6.7m fee for the Portuguese defender on Tuesday night

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres stopped a passing police officer to report a photographer who was following him, the BBC revealed on Tuesday