Michael Carrick’s late winner moved Manchester United to within a point of a third successive Premier League title with a battling victory at Wigan.
Hugo Rodallega brushed off Nemanja Vidic to give Wigan a shock lead after 28 minutes.
Substitute Carlos Tevez’s outrageous flick diverted in Carrick’s shot as United equalised in the 61st minute.
And Carrick sealed [...]

Alan Shearer blew the dust off an old one by claiming it was better to be a lucky manager than a good one - but Newcastle United’s Premier League life may just have been saved by fortune favouring the brave.
Shearer’s courage as a player was beyond question and it was a quality he saw in [...]

Winger Theo Walcott has signed a new long-term contract at Arsenal.
The 20-year-old has become a regular fixture in the starting XI this season having joined the north London club from Southampton in January 2006.
The England international’s new deal is believed to run up to and including the 2012-13 season.
Walcott said: “I’m delighted to have signed [...]

Arsene Wenger’s managerial cv is scarred by the absence of a European trophy - and he admits the failure to win the Champions League also represents a gap in Arsenal’s rich history.
So it will be with a sense of personal and professional mission that Wenger sends Arsenal out to face Manchester United in the Champions [...]

Midfielder Joey Barton has been suspended by Newcastle United.
Barton was sent off for a lunging tackle on Xabi Alonso in the defeat at Liverpool on Sunday - a challenge boss Alan Shearer described as “stupid”.
And a newspaper report has since suggested the 26-year-old was involved in a row with Shearer after the game.
A Magpies statement [...]

Manchester United hold the edge in the battle for a place in the Champions League final after John O’Shea’s early goal gave them victory in an absorbing encounter with Arsenal.
O’Shea scored from close range after Arsenal failed to clear a corner - giving United a slender but fully deserved advantage to take into the semi-final [...]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – April 4, 2009 – Giuseppe Guastella from Ukiah, CA won the US National Final of the FIFA Interactive World Cup 2009, at the SONY Wonder Lab in New York City. Guastella captured the US National Championship of the world’s largest soccer gaming tournament with a thrilling game that ended with a [...]

Australia took a 2-1 lead with two matches remaining in the one-day series after beating Pakistan by 27 runs.
Skipper Michael Clarke hit eight fours in 66 from 93 balls and Callum Ferguson made 41 as the Australians made 198-7.
Pakistan were coasting at 95-0 but lost five for 28 as Nathan Hauritz struck twice in two [...]

Newcastle could only muster a point against Portsmouth at St James’ Park, which has left their Premier League future hanging in the balance.
 Michael Owen, Obafemi Martins and Mark Viduka all wasted good chances on a frustrating night for the home fans.
David James denied Owen and Martins, who were both through on goal, while Magpies keeper [...]

Electronic Arts was as much of a victim as anyone to the Brett Favre retirement controversy that dominated sports news headlines leading up to the 2008-2009 NFL season. After announcing that Favre would wear his hallmark Green Bay Packer uniform as the first retired player to feature on the cover of a Madden NFL game [...]