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Barry: Players have faith in Fabio

Gareth Barry insists the England dressing room is fully behind Fabio Capello.Read

Surrey: KP spell benefits England

Surrey's decision to take Kevin Pietersen on loan for the rest of the season was taken to benefit England rather than the Oval county, according to chief executive Paul Sheldon.Read

Ferdinand poised for comeback

Rio Ferdinand will make his long-awaited comeback for Manchester United in a reserve team game against Oldham Athletic on Wednesday night.Read

UEFA ban vuvuzelas

The forthcoming round of European Championship qualifiers will not be subjected to the controversial drone of the vuvuzela after UEFA banned the instrument from all matches falling under its jurisdiction.Read

Alonso: Italian GP crucial

Fernando Alonso fears another failure for Ferrari in front of their own fans in Monza next weekend will severely damage team morale for the remainder of the season.Read

Kightly left out of squad

Michael Kightly has been left out of Wolves' 25-man squad for the first half of the season after suffering a setback in his recovery from knee problems.Read

Hammers wait on Jacobsen approval

West Ham are awaiting Premier League approval to complete the free transfer of Denmark right-back Lars Jacobsen from Blackburn.Read

United fail to hit ticket target

Manchester United failed to reach their target of season ticket sales this summer, the club's chief executive David Gill has confirmed.Read

Pakistani trio miss Somerset clash

Three Pakistani players at the centre of 'spot-fixing' allegations will miss Thursday's match against Somerset after it was confirmed they will instead be attending an inquiry in London.Read

Gym'll fix it for Walcott

He might not quite be the bionic man but Theo Walcott is definitely hoping to be bigger, stronger and faster this season.Read

Robinho ready for Milan challenge

New AC Milan forward Robinho has promised to give everything in a bid to help the Rossoneri return to the top in Italy and in Europe.Read

Wozniacki cruises through

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki made comfortable progress into the second round of the US Open with a 6-1 6-1 victory over American wild card entrant Chelsey Gullickson.Read

KP can bounce back - Miller

England will give Kevin Pietersen a fair chance to regain his form and make up for his Twitter faux pas in time for next winter's Ashes according to national selector Geoff Miller.Read

Nadal made to fight in first round

Top seed Rafael Nadal was made to work hard before finally breaking the resistance of world number 93 Teymuraz Gabashvili to book his place in the second round of the US Open.Read

Spurs hope for green light on deal

There was still no official word from Tottenham or Real Madrid on Tuesday night on whether Harry Redknapp had managed to pull off the biggest coup of transfer deadline day by signing Rafael van der Vaart.Read

Black Cats boss gets his man

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has smashed the club's transfer record in a £13million swoop for World Cup star Asamoah Gyan.Read

Baghdatis bows out

Marcos Baghdatis became the biggest casualty of the US Open so far, the 16th seed losing in five sets to veteran Frenchman Arnaud Clement.Read

Redknapp waits on Van der Vaart

Harry Redknapp is hoping Tottenham had beaten the transfer deadline to complete an £8million swoop for Real Madrid midfielder Rafael van der Vaart.Read

Stoke announce triple signing

Stoke are hoping to have beaten the transfer deadline after announcing the triple signing of Eidur Gudjohnsen, Jermaine Pennant and Marc Wilson.Read

Koeman wants Villa job

Former Ajax boss Ronald Koeman is interested in taking over at Aston Villa after claiming the club contacted his agent last week.Read

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