tottenham complete signing of brazil midfielder sandro

... " sandro's sole cap for brazil to date came in a world cup qualifier against chile in september 2009

liverpool's steven gerrard aims to end season strongly

... his form will also be of concern to england boss fabio capello with the 2010 world cup just around the corner ... it may be due in part to a niggling groin injury suffered while playing for england against ukraine in a world cup qualifier and then aggravated in october's 2-1 home defeat by lyon in the champions league ... "the challenge for me now in the remaining games is to step up and drive liverpool into fourth, try to go to the europa league final and go to the world cup," said gerrard

fans group red knights delays bid for manchester united

... 606: debate under the glazers, man u have won the league three times, the champions league, league cup, charity shield, fifa club world cup

premier league boss scudamore highlights fa divisions

... it runs 24 england teams and 11 competitions, including the fa cup, and developed the new wembley stadium where it is now based

rafael benitez keen to offload outspoken albert riera

... riera, who is anxious to secure a place in spain's world cup squad, described last week how he thinks benitez has something "personal" against him and is "turning a deaf ear" to his players ... my aim is to go to the world cup and for this i have to be playing albert riera pa sport said the spaniard had been disciplined by benitez and told not to return to liverpool's melwood training ground until monday ... "my aim is to go to the world cup and for this i have to be playing

celtic caretaker boss neil lennon wants job permanently

... my sport: debate give your view on neil lennon's ambitions for celtic "i have got to win as many games as i can and get as close to rangers as we possibly can in the league and try to win the cup," he said

zola will stay as west ham boss insists co-owner gold

... "we are in trouble, there is no denying that we're on the brink and the next seven games are cup finals

harry reveals palacios issue

... tottenham hotspur manager harry redknapp has revealed that midfielder wilson palacios played in the fa cup sixth round replay win over fulham despite being troubled by a groin injury

hughes is an ivory coast target

... former manchester city boss mark hughes has emerged as a potential candidate for the ivory coast world cup job ... ivory coast have been on the lookout for a new coach for the world cup finals after parting company with vahid halilhodzic back in february ... " the elephants have been placed in a difficult world cup group which also contains brazil, portugal and north korea for the upcoming tournament in south africa

gerrard: room for improvement

... the reds skipper believes he can regain the form of recent times ahead of england's world cup campaign in south africa that starts in june and also wants to produce the goods needed to aid the merseysiders' top-four domestic chase and europa league dream ... "i am my own worse critic, i know myself when it is good and when it needs to be stepped up and the challenge for me now in the remaining games is to step up and drive liverpool into fourth, try to go to the uefa cup (europa league) final and go to the world cup