France striker Djibril Cisse is confident he can revive his international career at Sunderland.
Cisse has made an impressive start on his return to the Barclays Premier League, where injuries blighted a two-year stay at Liverpool earlier in his career, with two goals in seven appearances to date as he finds his feet once again.
But, after [...]

Arsenal’s Emmanuel Adebayor is ready to put the Gunners’ trophy quest ahead of his international commitments.
Adebayor is unhappy with Togo’s organisation for matches and has opted out of their World Cup qualifier with Swaziland next Saturday to remain in London.
“I have told Togo’s governing body they have to change how they organise trips if they [...]

Contenders Valencia returned to the top of the Primera Liga on Sunday with a narrow 1-0 win at Real Valladolid.
The former Everton midfielder settled the game in the 54th minute when he smashed a low drive into the bottom corner of the net from 20 yards after being played in by David Villa.Valencia are ahead [...]

Chelsea, Liverpool and Hull City maintained their winning runs with impressive victories on an eventful Super Sunday.
Liverpool came from 2-0 down to beat 10-man Manchester City 3-2 and keep up the pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea, who defeated Aston Villa 2-0 to stay ahead of the Merseysiders on goal difference.
Just behind them, surprise package [...]

Primera Liga pacesetters Valencia may have been made to work hard but coach Unai Emery believes the result was the right one.
Manuel Fernandes struck the only goal of the game just after half-time at the Jose Zorrilla to keep Valencia at the top of the standings with 16 points from their opening six games after [...]

Ahead of Blackburn’s clash with Man United, read what Paul Ince and mentor Alex Ferguson have been saying about each other.
FERGUSON ON INCE
“I am not surprised at the work Paul has done.
“I was impressed with MK Dons last season and I was impressed with him.
“He has always had something about him. And the thing I [...]

Daniel Agger is a target for Real Madrid after the club confirmed they are interested in bringing him to the Bernabeu.
The 23-year-old Denmark international has struggled to break into Liverpool’s starting line-up after a long rehabilitation from a broken foot, with manager Rafael Benitez having opted to start the season with the defensive partnership of [...]

Frank Lampard says his Chelsea team-mates must take up the goalscoring burden after Didier Drogba’s knee ligament injury.
Drogba left the CFR Cluj stadium with his right leg in a brace after Chelsea’s 0-0 Champions League draw and is expected to undergo a scan on Thursday.
An extended lay-off would leave Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, [...]

Arsenal returned to winning ways with a big win over Porto while Dimitar Berbatov scored his first goals for Man United.
Arsenal took control of Group G after their 4-0 thumping of Portuguese side FC Porto. Robin van Persie scored twice for the Gunners. Fenerbache were held by Dynamo Kiev to a goalless draw in the [...]

An own goal by Hayden Mullins consigned West Ham to an early Carling Cup exit at the hands of Watford.
The winner came when Hammers keeper Jan Lastuvka missed an Andy Williamson free-kick, which then struck Mullins and trickled over the goal-line.
Watford’s Jay DeMerit was injured and hobbled off five minutes to go but the 10-man [...]