Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is confident Wayne Rooney will be fit for the Champions League final with Chelsea on May 21 even if he does not make Sunday's title crunch at Wigan.

Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has distanced himself from talk he will replace Sven-Goran Eriksson as Manchester City coach while Benfica claim the Swede is their sole target to become their new boss.

Arsene Wenger insists there is "nothing" in reports that key midfielder Alexander Hleb is set to follow Mathieu Flamini out of the Barclays Premier League club.

Sammy Lee is now the firm favourite to be appointed as assistant to Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez.

Kevin Keegan is making no apologies for wearing his heart on his sleeve.

Felipe Massa, chasing a hat-trick of Turkish Grand Prix wins this weekend, dominated the first official practice session on Friday.

John Bracewell will step down as New Zealand coach when his contract expires in April 2009, it was announced on Friday.

Junior Witter's long road towards acceptance as the world's number one light-welterweight continues in Nottingham on Saturday night when he puts his WBC title on the line against unbeaten American Timothy Bradley.

Darren Fletcher insists Manchester United are out for revenge after the 'battle of Stamford Bridge' and last season's FA Cup final defeat to Chelsea.

Sergio Garcia found his long lost putting touch to take the lead after the first round of the Players Championship.

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