On the day that a report of Andre Villas-Boas being informed that he'll get the sack if Chelsea are knocked out of the Champions League by Napoli, Jose Mourinho used his international break to "secretly" visit London with his wife. According to tabloid trinity of The Mirror, The Sun and AS (only the English two are claiming it as a "World Exclusive" though), the Mourinhos were in town to pick out a new home in preparation for their supposedly inevitable departure from Madrid this summer.

By Alan Duffy

After all the bans, fines, tantrums, sulking and cross words, that loveable rogue Carlos Tevez has finally decided to swallow his pride and apologise to Manchester City for his behaviour over the past six months.

A statement released by the Argentinian hitman said:

"I wish to apologise sincerely and unreservedly to everybody I have let down and to whom my actions have caused offence.

Mail: Liverpool apologise to Tom Adeyemi race row

Liverpool have apologised to Tom Adeyemi, the Oldham defender who was allegedly racially abused at Anfield on Friday night. A 20-year-old man has been bailed.

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Joey Barton reponded to his sending off today via twitter saying;
"Well feel for the officials, they've been conned. Admitted to me at HT they never saw it. I was pulled back 1st, then kicked 2nd!."

"Linesman definitely never saw it, all he seen was Johnsons reaction. My head dosent move forward at all.

I have been most remiss in my coverage of the SLeague in recent weeks and I do apologise for that. I hope to take some games in before the end of the season though.
So how do we stand as we enter the final furlong? I think it's fair to say it's a two horse race as the table shows;
1 - Home United 29 22 2 5 72-28 682 - Tampines Rovers 29 21 3 5 60-23 66
Four games remaining and a two point difference make for another exciting climax to the SLeague.

Don't Buy The Sun – the concert

Impressive line-up for the 24th September gig ONE campaign that always unites supporters of both of Merseyside's Premier League clubs is a campaign that has been going for 22 years and remains as strong now as it was the day it began.

This video is doing the rounds after the weekend but I couldn't resist saluting L'Aeroplanino himself, Vincenzo Montella, after he gave everyone a glimpse of the skills that made him famous. The man is simply coolness personified.

I think it's the matter of fact reaction afterwards that makes it.

MILAN, Italy Inter defender Cristian Chivu has been handed a four-match ban after punching an opponent during Thursday's 3-0 victory over Bari. Chivu struck Bari's Marco Rossi in the second half but referee Andrea Romeo and his assistants missed the incident and no action was taken. After the matter was reviewed by the authorities, [.