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England's World Cup bid for 2018 or 2022 has been boosted by the president of Brazil , Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, revealing he is backing the campaign. England's push to host the tournament for the first time since 1966...

Gordon Brown met Fifa's controversial vice-president, Jack Warner, yesterday to plead for his votes in favour of England's troubled football World Cup bid. Mr Warner – who controls up to five of the 24 votes that will decide the 2018...

Opposition parties in the Scottish Parliament have repeatedly vowed to block legislation required to hold such a vote. But Mr Salmond said: "As long as we can take the people with us and explain the benefits of independence, then we've...

The 32-year-old actor was speaking as he released a new DVD, Danny Dyer's Football Foul-ups. Dyer also thinks the press is giving the Chelsea defender a tough time with constant speculation about his marriage to Cheryl Cole...We live in this...

Uncharacteristically ill-humoured at the start of last week, with the swear words to prove it, Arsène Wenger had plenty of time and a comfortable Champions' League win over Standard Liège to regain his normal relaxed state ahead of this afternoon's...

It should not be posed to the powers that be as a question, but rather a statement...If they haven't heard the warnings then someone needs to post a hearing aid to the New Zealand Rugby Union headquarters in Wellington. Everyone...

Tim Montgomery started taking performance-enhancing drugs because he wanted to beat American sprint rival Maurice Greene and become the fastest man in the world, the former 100-metre world-record holder said in an interview with a British newspaper. Five-time Olympic speedskating...

Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce underwent a procedure on his heart and is expected to be out of hospital soon. The 55-year-old had angioplasty Friday to correct the narrowing of one branch of his coronary arteries. 'The procedure has gone well...