New-boy a doubt against former club Sunderland's Teemu Tainio looks set to miss out on a sentimental return to Tottenham after suffering an injury in the Premier League opener against Liverpool last weekend. The midfielder...
Cuauhtemoc Blanco is hoping to reward the faith shown in him by Sven-Goran Eriksson after being recalled to the Mexico team for their World Cup qualifier against Honduras. The 35-year-old Blanco is returning to the national...
Adrian Mutu has vowed to appeal against the £13.68m fine he has been ordered to pay former club Chelsea, slamming Fifa's ruling as "unjust" and "inhumane". Fifa's dispute resolution chamber ruled that Mutu must make the...
Carlos Edwards has pulled out of the Trinidad and Tobago squad for Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Cuba for personal reasons. The Sunderland midfielder will not travel to Havana after the Trinidad and Tobago Football...
Austria, in Vienna, next Tuesday. , scoring 67 goals and conceding 28. · Away from home, they won nine games, drew seven and lost three, scoring 24 goals and conceding 15. Match officials: · The referee on Saturday is Alan...
guardian.co.uk writers' prediction: 12th Odds:2, 500-1 This is a funny time for a club like Sunderland. Well-backed enough to make Premier League survival pretty much a par score, not quite flush enough to challenge for...
Sunderland trio Daryl Murphy, Andy Reid and Liam Miler have been named in the Republic of Ireland squad for next week's game against Norway. Ireland travel to Oslo to play Norway in a friendly at the Ullevaal on August 20....
Seen our talisman coming out of the cinema tonight alongside Carlos Edwards. If he makes it back in the time suggested by the club I'd be astonished. He had a major limp, to the point where it looked like he was dragging his...
Sunderland's 2008 corporate golf day was won by the Matthew Clark team. Matthew Clark, with SAFC physio Pete Friar as their guest, scored 86 points, nosing ahead of the King Bros team. Team King Bros, which included Craig...