We will have to wait until we go back to London but he looks really injured.”The loss of Cole and Carrick at a time when England’s midfield is in urgent need of reconstruction provides McClaren with a rude awakening to the difficulties of international management, although it does promote the prospect of Newcastle’s Scott Parker [...]

Ladies should go easy on the plunging neckline, the bare midriff and the waist-level lacy thong. Tight denim garments that draw attention to the crotch are also verboten. In other words: no lats, no tats, no tits, no bits, no knicks, no dicks. Oh, was that the doorbell?” With luck, your pal will be too [...]

From the moment that he was elected, almost everyone at Westminster took him seriously as a potential Prime Minister – including Tony Blair. Gordon Brown would insist that this does not apply to him, but if it is as easy as he claims to dismiss David Cameron, why so angry and upset? Poor Gordon; to [...]

The chairman is first-class and has said we’ll have a look at it and we’ll strengthen.”Taylor was delighted with his new signings. Second-half goals from Jobi McAnuff and Jamie Scowcroft at Portman Road outweighed Nicky Forster’s opener for an Ipswich side who looked like causing an upset. Taylor will need to dip into the transfer [...]

UKA announced that the 22-year-old had been provisionally suspended for missing three tests in the past 18 months.
UKA said the provisional suspension should be viewed as a case to answer rather than an indication of guilt, but its anti-doping co-ordinator has found sufficient evidence of an anti-doping rule violation to invoke its disciplinary procedure. [...]