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Ashley Young has ended speculation over his long-term future by signing a new four-year contract.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has accused some of Stoke’s players of deliberately trying to injure his players.

Edwin van der Sar, Gary Neville and Wes Brown will sit out Man Utd’s Champions League tie at Celtic.

Delon Armitage, Ugo Monye, Riki Flutey and Nick Kennedy are all set to make their debuts for England against the Pacific Islanders.

Liverpool and Chelsea could both be celebrating qualification to the last 16 by the time Tuesday’s action is over.

Joey Barton has protested his innocence following his clash with Gabriel Agbonlahor.

Seymour Pierce chairman Keith Harris claims two ‘very serious’ candidates have emerged as possible buyers of Newcastle.

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Rafa Benitez has hinted that he will let Fernando Torres decide whether he is fit to face Atletico Madrid.

Damon Hill predicts Lewis Hamilton will be “difficult to stop” after he became the youngest F1 world champion in history.

British ace Lewis Hamilton admitted to being lost for words after becoming the youngest ever Formula One World Champion on Sunday.

Chelsea full-back Ashley Cole has been ruled out for up to 10 days after suffering a calf injury.

Aston Villa travel to Newcastle on Monday evening chasing a third successive Premier League win.

Portsmouth boss Tony Adams has confirmed he is looking to bring in Martin Keown as his assistant.

Nicolas Anelka claims a partnership alongside Didier Drogba could prove fruitful for Chelsea.

Real Madrid defender Gabriel Heinze has hit out at Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Enzo Maccarinelli will take on American Johnathon Banks for the vacant WBO cruiserweight title on December 6.

Mohammad Yousuf has signed for the rebel Indian Cricket League, according to a Pakistan Cricket Board official.

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Lewis Hamilton drove a near-perfect race in Shanghai today to win the Chinese
Grand Prix, bringing himself closer to a first world championship.

Exciting come-from-behind victories for Arsenal and Liverpool may thrill the fans but the pedigree performances from the thoroughbreds of Chelsea and Manchester United were the significant results in the Premier League yesterday.

Second-half goals from Scott Brown and Glen Loovens helped Celtic to victory in the Highlands yesterday as they beat Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2-1 to move three points clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League. But Celtic’s manager, Gordon Strachan, arguably has more reasons than his counterpart, Craig Brewster, to wake feeling rueful this morning. Strachan’s side were unconvincing winners and Celtic’s pre-match injury woes have deepened into something approaching a crisis ahead of Tuesday’s crucial Champions’ League match against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Middlesbrough managed to upstage Chelsea yesterday but they did so by being
an embarrassment. In conceding five goals in just over an hour, four in 16
second-half minutes, Boro at times displayed a lack of the basic competitive
spirit. The players and their manager, Gareth Southgate, were rightly
harangued by Teesside’s faithful. This was as joyless as the bitter times
under Steve McClaren, and Southgate described it as "a humiliation. It
might have been eight".

The Liverpool programme is, as you would expect, on message. “Impossible is nothing” it preaches in a style that would win nodding respect from Peter Mandelson, and to be fair to the team they are doing their utmost to live up to the slogan.

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Austrians gather to pay respects at the funeral of the farRight leader Joerg Haider.

China is to strengthen its influence over Pakistan by using its enormous financial reserves to help the country stave off bankruptcy.

Many Indians feel that Adiga’s Booker winning novel presents their country in a poor light.

There were celebrations in Washington and Pyongyang when North Korea and America agreed a groundbreaking deal but for Sakie Yokata and her husband Shigeru there was no cause to celebrate.

North Korean diplomats abroad have been ordered to stay close to their embassies and await an “important announcement” according to a Japanese newspaper.

Colin Powell the former secretary of state once tipped to be the first black US president is expected to denounce “ugly” personal attacks on Barack Obama and may endorse the Democrat for the nation’s top job.

Cindy McCain the wife of the Republican presidential candidate John McCain earned more than 4 million last year according to the beer heiress’s tax returns.

Alaska’s beluga whales are endangered and require additional protection to survive the US government has said.

Princes William and Harry laughed and joked as they prepared for their charity motorcycle rally across Africa raising money for UNICEF the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund.

The 2010 World Cup will be broadcast in high definition following a deal by ITV and Ofcom the media regulator it has been announced.

A FICO credit score over 700 on the credit reporting agency the manufacturer uses will open up the floodgates for you. A score between 600 and 620 seems to be the bare minimum you need to qualify with most lenders for a good interest rate. Slimy lenders (the kind that wear lots of gold chains, polyester suits, and broadcast a hairy chest to the world) will help you if you have a lower score.

The Rugby Football League says it wants the next World Cup to be in Britain in 2013.

Swimmer Robyn Le Friec finished sixth in the Women’s 200m Butterfly final at the Commonwealth Youth Games.

Worcester City manager Richard Dryden says they have nothing to fear at Havant and Waterlooville.

Charlton Athleticmanager Alan Pardew urges his players to keep an open mind about a possible takeover.

According to various allegations, training and information regarding detection, removal, diseases, dangers and other issues connected with asbestos are not provided to managers and employers. To implement the wide range of regulations properly, managers and employers are pleading for relevant information and training.

Essex’s Daryl Selby is preparing to face former champion David Palmer in the World Squash Championships.

Wasps move their Heineken Cup match with Magners League champions Leinster on 17 January to Twickenham.

Glasgow Warriors make six changes for Friday’s Heineken Cup clash with Toulouse.

Dean Saunders is hoping to attract former Manchester City and Ajax winger Kiki Musampa to Wrexham.

Photos from the prestigious tournament in Spain

Richmond driver Robert Lawson withdraws his appeal against a 25-point deduction which cost him the Seat Cupra Championship.

Salif Diao describes his four-hour terror which followed Senegal’s elimination from World Cup qualifying.

West Ham appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport as they try to avoid a huge payout to Sheffield United in the Carlos Tevez affair.

Guernsey’s Heather Watson is through to the quarter-finals of the girl’s singles tennis at the Commonwealth Youth Games in India.

Nantwich Town manager Steve Davis plays down rumours linking him to the assistant manager’s job at Port Vale.

Berger certainly doesnt come up in a good light. Neither does former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for that matter. When it came to giving the approval to go after Bin Laden, Albright makes it very clear that regional considerations must come first, and then theres President Clinton himself. The movie does some job portraying the former President as out of touch, and even weak towards terrorism. To a very great extent this was simply the former President following in the same footsteps as every President before him during the preceding 25 years.

To begin with its a chance (If you decide to have a prenup) for you and your future mate to put your financial cards on the table, which is very prudent. Its good to know what will be expected in real terms, not just in your mind. Marriage is a joining of two people in a social and financial agreement.

The great ELVs debate is likely to rage long and hard throughout the season,
so we asked 12 Premiership coaches for their early assessment of the
controversial laws.

Saracens supremo Eddie Jones reckons they were taken off the back of a
cornflake packet. Australian coach Robbie Deans says the northern hemisphere
is against them simply because of a fear of change.

Formula One cars will use green-grooved tyres at this weekend’s Japanese Grand
Prix to promote a campaign by the sport’s governing body to reduce the
impact of motoring on the environment.