Gregg Davies

VALENCIA - Javier Hernandez came off the bench to fire Manchester United to a 1-0 Champions League win over Valencia on Wednesday and improve the English club's poor record on Spanish soil.

The rebirth of Chester City has begun after the club, newly reformed through a group of fans under the name of City Fans United, was granted a five year lease on the Deva Stadium by the local council.

Valencia midfielder Tino Costa says that Wednesday’s Champions League meeting with Manchester United will allow him to fulfil four dreams at the same time.

Manchester City forward Craig Bellamy has not ruled out calling time on his career should he be omitted from Roberto Mancini's 25-man Premier League squad.

Reported Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Everton target Blaise Matuidi has broken his silence regarding his future at St Etienne, insisting he is happy at the Ligue 1 side.

Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has returned to training with his Old Trafford team-mates.

BERNE - Lech Poznan scored two late goals - one freakish and the other superb - to stun Manchester City 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday while Juventus drew 0-0 with Salzburg for their fourth draw in as many group games.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski will gain confidence from his performance during Arsenal's 3-1 win over 10-man Partizan Belgrade.

England remain heavy favourites to beat Mexico at Wembley on Monday night, despite the fact that Fabio Capello is expected to rest several key players and experiment with a new system ahead of the World Cup finals.

Arsenal have received a boost in their pursuit of Lorient centre-back Laurent Koscielny with his coach admitting he expects the young Frenchman to be playing at Emirates Stadium next season.

Arsene Wenger insists that his Arsenal side do not fear Barcelona, instead suggesting that it is the Spanish champions who would rather not be facing the Gunners in the first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League.

Sir Alex Ferguson has quashed talk of Manchester United repeating their 7-1 dismantling of Roma in Wednesday’s Champion’s League quarter-final clash with Bayern Munich.

Newcastle United defender Habib Beye says he is looking to leave the St. James’ Park outfit this summer for the sake of his career.

The Joint Administrators of Crystal Palace FC (2000) Limited Brendan Guilfoyle, Christopher White and John Russell are pleased to announce that they have conferred preferred bidder status upon the CPFC 2010 Consortium.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes all three remaining English sides will progress to the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League.

Cracks finally appeared in Manchester United's defensive armour on Saturday although the champions still rolled on towards the Premier League title with a 2-1 home victory over struggling Blackburn Rovers. Roque Santa Cruz's first-half equaliser for Blackburn after Wayne Rooney had put United ahead ended a record run of 14 consecutive clean sheets in the league before Cristiano Ronaldo's firecracker free kick sealed victory after the break.

Manchester United have confirmed that in-form striker Wayne Rooney 'only' suffered minor ligament damage after injuring his ankle in Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Bayern Munich.

Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor claims that both AC Milan and Barcelona wanted to lure him away from north London last summer. The Togolese front-man was continually linked with a move away from the Emirates Stadium at the end of last season, with the Milan and Catalan giants among a string of sides rumoured to be lining up bids.

Bordeaux are believed to be eyeing up giant Valencia striker Nikola Zigic as a replacement for Marouane Chamakh, should the Moroccan finally seal his dream move to Arsenal.

Udinese midfielder Gokhan Inler will not be joining Arsenal this summer, according to the player's agent.

Danny Murphy Danny Murphy has backed manager Martin Jol to keep his former club Fulham in the Premier League this season.

Rochdale defender Craig Dawson has been named the FourFourTwo League Two Player of the Year.

Argentine striker Sergio Aguero's future at Atletico Madrid remains uncertain, after the player's agent refused to rule out a move to Chelsea.