BBC News and Sky News are reporting that American Robbie Rogers has signed a deal with Leeds United of England's Championship. The 24 year old winger has been capped 18 times by the United States National Team and most recently played for the Columbus Crew in MLS. This isn't Rogers' first signing with a European club.

So Long Timmy!The long-running transfer saga involving New York Red Bulls central defender Tim Ream appears to have finally come to an end this afternoon, with the BBC reporting that Bolton Wanderers have secured a UK work permit. There had been considerable doubt about Ream's qualifications for a visa, as he had only played in a total of two competitive fixtures for the US Men's National Team.

When Arsenal brought club legend Thierry Henry back for a short loan spell, they probably thought he would provide a morale boost for the squad and impart a bit of wisdom to the youngster. In addition to that, the 34-year-old striker has actually been a spark on the pitch and scored two match-winning goals to keep Arsenal alive in the FA Cup and propel them into fourth place in the Premier League.

It looks all but confirmed by the Arsenal website. We are always sceptical because of that fact but the likes of Bild (reliable German newspaper), Times (reliable English newspaper), Sky Sports (decently reliable), BBC Sports (reliable) have all confirmed such a signing and you must think ‘Surely it's true'.

BBC Radio 4′s programme World At One today reported it has received confidential documents from the Hillsborough Disaster. The leaked papers reveal that top ranks of Merseyside Police misinformed British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that drunken...
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The doctors who treated stricken Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba have revealed that he was effectively dead for 78 minutes before responding to treatment and starting his miraculous recovery. Bolton club doctor Jonathan Tobin claimed the 23-year-old's recovery has been "incredible". He said: "It was 48 minutes when he collapsed to reaching hospital and a further [.

More "lies"? Rangers co-administrators, Paul Clark and David Whitehouse have been relatively normal in at least one aspect of their Ibrox operations. Wherever there are co-administrators, one dominant personality emerges. When insolvency practitioners such as Andrew Andronikou (Portsmouth) and Brendan Guilfoyle (Plymouth) are involved, these dominant personalities tend to be.

BBC: Liverpool make apology to Tom Adeyemi over alleged abuse

Liverpool release a statement expressing their "regret" for the alleged racial abuse suffered by Oldham defender Tom Adeyemi.

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Liverpool legend Alan Hansen believes that Spurs are in with a great chance of winning the league this season, but argued that their title credentials are about to severely tested.Speaking to the BBC, Hansen seemed very enthusiastic about Spurs' chances of winning their first Premier League title.

Anfield legend Alan Hansen believes Jordan Henderson should be exempt from the criticism that is increasingly being levelled against Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish's summer signings. Speaking to the BBC earlier today, Hansen expressed concern about the performances of Stewart Downing and Andy Carroll, but he was upbeat about the former Sunderland midfielder.

When Mike Ashley honored the 120-year heritage of St James' Park by changing its name to the Sports Direct Arena in February this year, a number of Magpies fans were angered by the sportswear-selling antics of their club owner.

Supporter Michal Atkinson was so angry that he spray-painted "St James" on the wall where the stadium's famous moniker was once emblazoned.

It has been a frustrating season for U.S. international midfielder Stuart Holden, who has had to face another long-term injury while trying to build on his early success in the Premier League. That injury has not changed his stature as one of Bolton's more important, personable players, though.

An investigate reporter from BBC's Panorama documentary show recently spent a month in Poland and Ukraine to see whether the issue of racism and hooliganism among ultras fans is as bad as was first feared. With just days to go ...
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I get the impression that many people who read blogs have very short attention spans. Therefore rather than writing a long piece on Arsenal's 2011/2012 season I have instead generated a word cloud that describes the season gone by. The word cloud has been generated from all of Arsenal's match reports from the 2011/2012 season that were published on the BBC website.

BBC Sport Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger unhappy after loss to Fulham.

Over the past year or so, football experts have taken a shot at trying to troubleshoot Arsenal's predisposition to losing games which they had already had won. Many comments focused on the squad's lack of defensive strength but I have a different take on the problem

It's not the defenders that cause Arsenal's fragility, it's the attitude of the manager who almost never holds his players accountable for their mistakes, blames everyone else around him when they lose, and so consequently, his players have no fear.

Liverpool legend Mark Lawrenson has claimed that Liverpool are very close to sealing a deal to sign Aston Villa striker Darren Bent.Speaking on BBC Radio 5 last night prior to Liverpool's game with Man City, Lawrenson told Mark Pougatch that there were 'massive rumours' in Liverpool that the deal to bring Bent to Anfield was 'already done'.

This morning I was listening to BBC Five Live commentator Alan Green complaining about poor attendances in this weekend's FA Cup matches. The two examples he gave were the crowd of less than 15,000 for a west Midlands derby between ...
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Nude pictures of Robbie Savage stripped naked for Cosmopolitan Magazine to publicise testicular cancer awareness and send women everywhere drooling have been released. The former Leicester City, Birmingham and Derby ace-turned-BBC-pundit and columnist threw his kit off in a bid to raise awareness for testicular cancer.

The hunt for Arlo White's replacement ends with Kasey Keller announced as the analyst and Ross Fletcher (formerly of BBC Sport) hired as the new voice of Seattle Sounders FC. Oddly enough Fletcher lived just minutes away from White in the East Midlands. The transition back to a two-man booth will be smoothed by the presence of a man that Fletcher simply calls a "hero.

Green moon rising Roberto Mancini chose his pre-match interview with the BBC ahead of tonight's Carling Cup semi-final against Liverpool as the moment to demonstrate his new nostril-shaped hair gel dispenser. There you go, Michael Owen: a free supply of hair gel.

BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson reckons Thierry Henry won't find the net in another competitive game for Arsenal before he jets back to America. The ex-Liverpool defender is refusing to join the Henry love-in and says he would be happy to wager that Henry's days of scoring in the Premier League are over. In his BBC [.

Here's Alan Pardew's interview with the BBC after today's excellent 1-0 win against QPR. The good news is that it seems Yohan Cabaye will be okay, but he was annoyed about the tackle made on him today.

It seems that a lot of people are not talking about football these days. Whether it be racism, gayism (ok not sure if that's an actual word) or other outrageous incidents not even related to the beautiful game. Here are a few things which I think should be brought back/or removed to help bring the English game back to the glory days of the 90s.

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Sir Alex Ferguson didn't hold back in his assessment of Luis Suarez in his post-match interview with the BBC:

"Suarez is a disgrace to Liverpool Football Club. He should not be allowed to play for Liverpool again. He could have caused a riot.

How are the supporters of a football club to judge a new owner? Perhaps the answer to that is the question of how desperate for a new owner they are, but even in the most extreme of circumstances, one common theme of recent years has been that supporters have been more prepared to carry out their own due diligence on those that turn up, out of the blue, promising to repair their clubs.

It is about to go from bad to worse for a number of players at Rangers FC.

With the outlook of the near future looking bleak after the club was forced to go into administration, Rangers players are meeting with union officials to explore their possibilities in anticipation of numerous cuts.

It is being widely reported that arsenal have settled a deal with Koln to sign their prolific striker Lukas Podolski, and even the BBC and the Guardian have reported it so I am very inclined to think it is true. At 10.9 million Pounds it certainly looks like Arsene Wenger could have got himself yet [.

The BBC are reporting that Newcastle have recalled 19 year-old midfielder Haris Vuckic from his loan at Cardiff City. Haris Vuckic recalled by Newcastle His initial month's loan deal was up last Saturday, and there was news that the loan would be extended to the end of the season, but it looks like that's not going to happen now.

In today's top stories, there is news on the future of UEFA club competitions, Tottenham's pre-season plans, more details on what happened to Fabrice Muamba, and various news from around the world. Links for all stories below will open in a new window.

FIFA and UEFA sign an agreement to continue the Europe/Champions League until 2018 (ESPNSoccernet)

Tottenham Hotspur Announce Details For Their Pre-season Trip To The USA (TottenhamHotspur.

Patrick Vieira launched a bizarre attack on Manchester United last week, claiming we must be desperate to bring Paul Scholes out of retirement and that we wouldn't have lost our young stars, like Ravel Morrison, in the past. In just the few months since Scholes returned, he's already scored more goals than he did last season, and Morrison getting shipped off to a Championship club where he doesn't get a game after we didn't offer him a new contract is hardly "losing out" on our young players.

Alan Pardew very proud Here's the BBC interview with Alan Pardew we could have had four goals - you have to wait of the advert playing. Alan praised the performances of Williamson and Perch at the back, and Mike went close with two headers today and hit the post in the first half, and it [...]

Welp, just over one week left. Two match days remaining. The 2011-12 Season carriage will soon turn into a pumpkin at the stroke of 5pm GMT Sunday, May 13.

How do you see things shaking out? After using the BBC's pretty darn cool predictor, I see us splitting our remaining two matches to finish a respectable ninth.

There's little doubt that Alan Pardew has concerns about losing Demba Ba this summer. Papiss Cisse - in action yesterday What's that ball doing there it should be in the back of the net And in last Friday's BBC Radio Five call-in he said there was some truth to the rumors about Ba having a release clause in his contract, and that Newcastle were trying to fix that by offering the Senegal striker [.

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A Freudian tit on the BBC? The press standards in this country are going to the dongs...

Fnarf fnarf, she said sex.

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On Saturday night, a chap by the name of Robin Cooper made it onto BBC Five Live's 606 phone-in and claimed that he had in his possession the Champions League Final matchball after smuggling out of the Allianz Arena after the game and that he was going to get it home through German customs by labelling it as 'seismology equipment' a yarn that had host Alan Green appearing to believe every word.

Rodgers' appointment is imminent according to the BBC and Liverpool Echo, although we're still waiting for confirmation from the club.
Biography Snapshot
Born: 26 January 1973, Camlough, Northern Ireland
Teams Managed: Swansea (July 2010 - May 2012), Reading (June 2009 - December 2009), Watford (November 2008 - June 2009)
Career Record: 151 matches (62W-33D-56L)
We might as well get the feared, loaded question out of the way up front.

Blackpool sign Liverpool defender Danny Wilson

Blackpool sign Liverpool defender Danny Wilson on loan until the end of the season.

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Gary Ablett, former Liverpool & Everton defender, dies at 46

Gary Ablett, the only player to win the FA Cup with Liverpool and Everton, dies at the age of 46 following a battle against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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Man City v Liverpool

Preview followed by live coverage of Tuesday's game between Man City and Liverpool in the Premier League.

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Liverpool's David Amoo to stay at Bury until summer

Bury extend the loan spell of Liverpool striker David Amoo until the end of the season.

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