money talks- celtics caldwell is lured from middlesbrough by wigan wad

... 'chris has spoken to gordon about his chances of getting a game,' said killen's agent, frank trimboli

southend slam 'confetti' effect of hmrc winding-up petitions

... prime before a fallnews that the deep freeze is not set to linger may have come as a great relief to sky after losing the liverpool v tottenham game from its schedule last sunday ... the game's rearrangement from the prime slot to midweek is unlikely to draw anywhere close to the 1

rafael benítez under pressure as reading stun liverpool in fa cup

... benítez admitted: "i have a big job to repair spirits before the stoke game on saturday

arsène wenger turns to sol campbell for to restore arsenal invincibles' touch

... "it's fantastic being a great player but, as the games comes thick and fast and when you've got to get a win here or get a draw and it's the fifth game or whatever and everyone's tired, it's just dragging the lads over the line and getting a result ... "campbell's last competitive game for arsenal was the 2006 champions league final, in which he scored but the team lost 2-1 to barcelona ... his four months out of the game have given him time to reflect and, revitalised and in good physical shape, he is determined to prove that he is worth an extended arsenal contract at the end of the season

manchester city to seek £9m for daniel sturridge at chelsea tribunal

... chelsea hope to pay around £2m for sturridge, who has started only one premier league game this season but could now get a run in the side with didier drogba and salomon kalou away at the africa cup of nations

sam allardyce denies his blackburn job is at stake in carling cup semi-final

... lars jacobsen, the rovers defender, has confirmed a heated inquest took place in the dressing room at city and admits the players have to react in the semi-final and sunday's home league game against fulham ... "there were some things to be said after the game but we keep that in the dressing room," the denmark international said ... "the semi-final is a big game for us ... any game we go into and get a result will get us going again ... then we have a home game against fulham in the league on sunday ... "for villa tonight's tie represents a welcome return to action after their last two games, initially the first leg that was due to be played last tuesday and saturday's league game at wigan, o'neill's players are itching to be in action ... "because of our postponements, and with blackburn having played a game, they will have a bit of an advantage because they've been up and running

tottenham manager challenges gareth bale to claim a starting place

... redknapp confirmed that bale was set to keep his place in the fixture at liverpool only for the game to be called off, and he has now pencilled him in for saturday's visit of hull city ... he's got stronger and the defensive side of his game has improved with him ... "i needed to improve on certain aspects of my game," bale said, "and i've been working on that with the coaching staff

liverpool hit new low as reading triumph at anfield

... an ability to kill the game with a second goal, that frequent liverpool problem, proved costly

newcastle jets travel to gold coast united full of confidence

... we are treating him carefully as the game against melbourne was his first for five weeks," culina said

south africa's aaron mokoena bails portsmouth out of jail

south africa's aaron mokoena scored in the final minute of extra-time as crisis club portsmouth came from behind to beat coventry city 2-1 in an fa cup third round replay. victory gave portsmouth, bottom of the barclays premier league and beset by financial problems, a fourth-round tie at home to top-flight rivals sunderland. both of pompey's goals were heartbreaking for second-tier coventry, coming in the last minute of normal time and in time added on at the end of the second half of extra-time.