BT likely to make a loss on providing rival’s coverage through BT Vision after Sky puts up price of sports channels
The cost of watching Premiership football matches is set to plunge for sports fans willing …

South African police accuse British journalist of orchestrating entry to dressing room as court frees Pavlos Joseph

An England fan who faced a possible jail sentence for entering the team’s dressing room at the World Cup …

• Müller highlights divisions within the England squad• Andy Burnham pinpoints ‘dysfunctional domestic game’

The Germany forward Thomas Müller has claimed England’s World Cup challenge was undermined by divisions within the squad and suggested there were …

Brazil’s much-maligned manager has packed a lot into his four years and may be about to graduate with honour
Dunga is the youngest manager left in the World Cup, but no one has ever mistaken him …

Denied a kick at the 1966 World Cup during their truly great years, the Black Stars are now aiming to put the rest of Africa to shame
Brentford was the turning point. Looking back, I remember …

Spain may beg to differ but Rafa Benítez obviously believed his holding midfielder was not quite up to Gareth Barry standards

Very few football folk in England thought the midfielder Xabi Alonso, a £10.5m buy for …

• ‘I have to leave, it’s the most honest thing to do’• Aguirre reportedly one of best-paid national coaches
Javier Aguirre has stepped down as Mexico’s national team coach, three days after his team were knocked …

Paraguay could meet Uruguay in the final – which is like Ant playing Dec in the Wimbledon men’s final
? Halfway through a 48-hour period that Fifa obviously intends for us to spend in quiet reflection, …

Colonial history makes it difficult for the Irish to support the English at anything, and especially football. But the Irish writer Roddy Doyle almost did this World Cup – and will at the next
On my …

South American teams have players based in Europe and a tough qualifying competition but an easy draw never hurts
Shortly after Paraguay had put Japan – and everyone else at Loftus Versfeld – out of their …