Chelsea have beaten Manchester United to the signing of Porto right-back Jose Bosingwa, for a fee of £16.1million.

Dougie Freedman threw Leeds a promotion lifeline deep into stoppage-time to make it 2-1 after Carlisle had stolen a march in the first leg of their Coca-Cola League One play-off semi-final.

Sir Alex Ferguson has won the LMA Manager of the Year award after leading Manchester United to a 10th Premier League title in the last 16 years and next week's Champions League final.

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has suggested Martin O'Neill should come to terms with the prospect of losing captain Gareth Barry.

Wantaway Birmingham co-owner David Sullivan has launched an astonishing attack on the club's disgruntled fans and the summer signings made by former manager Steve Bruce.

Ryan Sidebottom capped a memorable year as an established member of the England side by winning the Vodafone Player of the Year award.

Andy Murray had a dig at his critics after cruising into the second round of the Hamburg Masters with a 6-4 6-1 victory over Dmitry Tursunov.

Gloucester have signed Wales international centre Matthew J Watkins on a two-year deal from the Llanelli Scarlets.

Warrington's Paul Johnson has been ruled out for the rest of the season after injuring his knee in Saturday's 40-34 Carnegie Challenge Cup fifth-round defeat at St Helens.

Youngster Sam Tomkins scored a remarkable five tries on debut as Wigan went some way towards exorcising the demons of last week's Millennium misery by setting up a Carnegie Challenge Cup quarter-final tie at Leeds with a 106-8 victory over Whitehaven.

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