Gianfranco Zola has today emerged a front runner for the West Ham job after Alan Curbishley parted company with the club on Wednesday. The former Italian international is now considered one of the favourites to take the hot seat at Upton Park, after the likes of Stuart Pearce and Slaven Bilic ruled themselves out of the running last night. Click to continue reading...

West Ham interview Roberto Donadoni but are still holding out on Slaven Bilic

Former Italy coach Roberto Donadoni has held talks in London as West Ham began interviewing candidates for the vacant manager's position.

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At an independent Regulatory Commission hearing today in London, Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton was given a 12 match suspension, six matches of which are suspended until the end of the 2009/2010 season, and fined £25K. Barton admitted a charge of violent conduct relating to an assault on his then Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo at [. Click to continue reading...

After a two week period which has seen his name battered from pillar to post, his reputation dragged through the London and Madrid sewers, and been labeled as nothing more than a mercenary, how to you think Robinho would take to sprucing up his image and defending himself? Children's charities would be a start. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City's arrival in the transfer market late Monday raised a few eyebrows and reportedly upset one Portuguese manager in London. Here is a look at how much each Premier League team spent in the the just concluded transfer window. This is money going out and does not take into account money received from the sale [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City have stunned football fans around the world with a massive £30 million bid for Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov. Manager Mark Hughes has confirmed that Spurs have accepted this offer, with everything eased over between the two clubs already this morning. The London side has already done a solid piece of business with City [. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea defender Paulo Ferreira is heading across London to West Ham United to complete the formalities of a move to the Hammers. The Portuguese international has struggled to nail down a first team place in the Chelsea first team since the arrival of fellow countryman Jose Bosingwa at Stamford Bridge this summer. Click to continue reading...

Dimitar Berbatov will today learn of his fate. Will he go to Manchester, will he go abroad or will he simply remain in London and 'rot in the reserves'? And even if he does go to Manchester, will it be the blue half or red half? As long as he's ... Click to continue reading...

Tottenham have this morning completed the signing of Spartak Moscow striker Roman Pavlyuchenko after weeks of speculation over the player's future. The Russian international has signed a five-year deal at White Hart Lane after the two clubs agreed a £13.8 million fee for the player.

Pavlyuchenko, 26, flew into London on Friday to complete his move to Spurs and thankfullly for him and the club all went well with his medical. Click to continue reading...

The Olympics were such a great experience. I hope all of you had the chance to watch a lot of it. I was watching sports that I've never watched before, just because it was the Olympics. I'd never usually watch badminton or team handball, but I did over the last few weeks.

Wasn't Michael Phelps just amazing? Click to continue reading...

Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor has moaned about the tax paid in Britain — and the £8 congestion charge. The 24-year-old striker, who recently signed an £80,000-a-week deal, was asked what he would do if he was PM. Adebayor, who scored 30 goals in 48 games last season, only signed his previous contract in the summer of 2007 [. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham Hotspur has announced that the club has reached an agreement with Spartak Moscow to sign Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko for a transfer fee believed to be £14 million. The star striker who made a huge impression in Euro 2008 won't be ready to play against Chelsea in the London derby today. Click to continue reading...

It's All Good Football in this country is looking very healthy now. Our national men's team has started preparation for round 4 of the Asian WC Qualifiers with a 2-2 draw to South Africa in London. There were some good performances and was a game to dust off the cobwebs before Tashkent in 10 days time. Click to continue reading...

Reports in some of today's papers claim that Sir Alex Ferguson has accepted the job of managing the Great Britain football team in London's 2012 Olympic Games. FIFA president Sepp Blatter has urged Great Britain to organise a football team, but the fear that Scotland, England and Wales would have to enter all competitions as a [. Click to continue reading...

IT has been tough week for me in the London. My so-called friends at Tottingham Hotspurs have not been speaking to me because I say I am best player in Europe and should be playing in Champion League. They say I am selfish arrogant prick and say I should be playing for the Coventry Cities. [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

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London Informer - Botched op did for Cookie
Aug 14 2008 London Informer
Lee Cook's woes last season go all the way back to a botched operation - that, and his one-and-only selection as a Fulham player.
The popularly-held belief was the QPR winger was desperate to play in the friendly between his old and new clubs in August, 2007. Click to continue reading...

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has stated that Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been informally approached to lead an all-Britain squad in 2012 when the games come to London.  The Prime Minister is hoping to see both a men's and women's team fielded in the Olympic tournament.  In the past, Britain has not entered [. Click to continue reading...

This is going to be a long one, so I've divided it up into different subjects. On the events themselves: Obviously, there really is nothing more that can be said about Michael Phelps. Right now, he's one of the top 5 greatest Olympic athletes of all time. If he just wins another gold or two in London, [. Click to continue reading...

If Sir Alex Ferguson sticks to his plan, he should be retiring as Manchester United manager in 2010/2011, and presumably taking up another role within the club. However, Fergie might be convinced to take on another job. PM Gordon Brown, who originates from Fergie's home town, has confirmed that Seb Coe, the chairman of the London [. Click to continue reading...

Portsmouth boss ‘Arry Redknapp confirmed his interest in leading a Great Britain soccer tean in the 2012 Summer Olympics, which will be held in London. Redknapp is from London and spent a combined 15 years playing for and managing West Ham, a club based in the eastern section of England's capital. Click to continue reading...

Portsmouth boss ‘Arry Redknapp confirmed his interest in leading a Great Britain soccer tean in the 2012 Summer Olympics, which will be held in London.

Redknapp is from London and spent a combined 15 years playing for and managing West Ham, a club based in the eastern section of England's capital. Click to continue reading...

"Chelsea FC have agreed terms for Andriy Shevchenko to return to AC Milan. Details of the agreement will remain confidential. The move is subject to a successful medical."

And, with that statement on the Chelsea FC website, Sheva's nightmare in London is finally over.

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Roy Keane's Sunderland have travelled down to London today to take on Tottenham Hostpur at White Hart Lane. United target, Dimitar Berbatov, is missing from the starting line-up, just like he was on Spurs' opening day defeat to Middlesbrough. However, today he is missing from the 18-man squad all together. Click to continue reading...

Cesc Fabregas humbled by hospital visit, while talk of Xabi Alonso signing intensifies

Cesc Fabregas, the Arsenal midfielder, has just come off the Teenage Cancer ward at University College Hospital in London where he has been meeting those who will benefit from Arsenal's new charitable push. Click to continue reading...

So much for posting the predictions earlier this year. Ahem. I have been in London with the child, in my defence....

Blackburn 2-0 Hull
Fulham 0-1 Arsenal
Liverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough
Newcastle 2-1 Bolton
Stoke 0-2 Aston Villa
Tottenham 2-1 Sunderland
West Brom 1-1 Everton
Man City 2-1 West Ham
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Chelsea
Portsmouth 1-1 Man Utd

wildcards from the second week of the Bundesliga:

Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Bayern Munich
TSG Hoffenheim 2-0 Borussia Monchengladbach
Stuttgart 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen Click to continue reading...