London - Arsenal's youth players produced another sensational performance Tuesday, beating Wigan 3-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup.
Manager Arsene Wenger again took the opportunity to give the younger players in his squad a chance, his side having an average age of just 19.
Jay Simpson seized on a reverse ball from Jack Wilshere to open the scoring three minutes before half-time. He added a second from Carlos Vela's unselfish square pass midway through the second half, before Vela chipped a sensational third.
Milan - It may look like a case of lacking gratitude or just the way things work in football, but a possible transfer of Julio Ricardo Cruz from Inter Milan is something his many fans will have a hard time to digest.
Cruz' 75 goals from 181 games played in five seasons seem to mean nothing to new coach Jose Mourinho, who lately slammed the 34-year-old striker for alleged indiscipline on the pitch and appears set on not renewing the player's contract when it expires next June.
Hamburg - Bayern Munich's Bundesliga title chances are growing in the same way as the uncertainty about the future of captain Mark van Bommel at the club.
The Bild daily reiterated on Tuesday that van Bommel could be leaving when his contract expires after the season.
Talks between the Dutch midfielder and the club are set for December, but Kicker sports magazine also suggested this week that "the tendency at the club is towards departure."
London - The Football Association (FA) is to establish a register of players with previous doping convictions as part of a series of measures aimed at combating the use of drugs in football, it emerged Tuesday.
"The identity of the players on the list will be decided by UK Sport and the FA," Andy Parkinson, the acting director of the anti- doping programme within Britain's national sporting body, told The Sun daily.
London - Former England striker Andrew Cole will retire from playing football and is eyeing a coaching career, according to news reports on Tuesday.
The 37-year-old left Nottingham Forest 11 days ago, furious at what he saw as a lack of opportunities to fulfil his dream of ending his career in a blaze of glory by inspiring his hometown club to promotion.
As it is, Forest are second bottom of the Championship, and Cole made just five league starts this season.
London - Arsenal's youth players produced another sensational performance Tuesday, beating Wigan 3-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup.
Shanghai - Juan Del Potro kept his hopes alive for an extended stay at the M
Milan - It may look like a case of lacking gratitude or just the way things work in football, but a possible transfer of Julio Ricardo Cruz from Inter Milan is something his many fans will have a hard time to digest.
Hamburg - Bayern Munich's Bundesliga title chances are growing in the same way as the uncertainty about the future of captain Mark van Bommel at the club.
London - The Football Association (FA) is to establish a register of players with previous doping convictions as part of a series of measures aimed at combating the use of drugs in football, it emerged Tuesday.
London - Former England striker Andrew Cole will retire from playing football and is eyeing a coaching career, according to news reports on Tuesday.
