England players could be celebrating in Thailand next year. Photograph: Mike Egerton/Empics/PA
England will play a one-off friendly in Thailand next year, according to the country’s football association. The English FA has yet to confirm that the game will take place.
Worawi Makudi claims that the FA board director Dave Richards said he was interested in a [...]

Referee Mark Clattenburg will no longer officiate Sunday’s Charity Shield match. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
The Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg has been suspended from all match officiating duties until further notice pending inquiries into reports of his alleged debts. Clattenburg is alleged to have run up debts relating to companies connected to him, forcing the [...]

Sebastien Loeb made his first Rally Finland victory look like a Sunday afternoon drive in the countryside. Photograph: Reporter Images/Getty Images.
Multiple WRC champion Sebastien Loeb has claimed his first victory in Rally Finland, beating Finn Mikko Hirvonen by nine seconds.
The French Citroen Sport driver becomes only the fourth non-Scandinavian to win the event since it [...]

Adebayor could be off to the San Siro. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Emmanuel Adebayor’s departure from Arsenal moved a step closer today when his agent, Vincenzo Morabito, claimed Milan now have a “70 to 80% chance” of signing the forward. The Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani said last week that Adebayor was his club’s sole transfer target this [...]

Michael Ballack scored twice in Chelsea’s 2-1 league victory over Manchester United. Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images
Despite Chelsea’s huge expenditure since Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003 and their resulting success they have achieved, Michael Ballack believes the team is still only a developing force and that the reason they lack the worldwide appeal [...]