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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs has won the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year award for the first time in his career.
The 35-year-old Welshman beat team-mates Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Cristiano Ronaldo and Edwin van der Sar as well as Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard.
Despite winning a host of honours, including 10 Premier League titles, the [...]

Robinho marked his Manchester City debut with a goal - but Chelsea spoiled the party with an impressive win to stay top of the Premier League.
The £32.5m Brazilian put City ahead with a 20-yard free-kick after 13 minutes, but Ricardo Carvalho levelled for Chelsea three minutes later.
Frank Lampard’s superb strike put Chelsea ahead after 53 [...]