Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor has recovered from sickness in time to face Arsenal in Sunday’s FA Cup fourth round clash at the Emirates Stadium. Agbonlahor had to be substituted …

Former Rangers midfielder Dave Smith broke his leg twice in the same calendar year and is now tipping Steven Naismith to recover from his own double blow. Striker Naismith will …

Blackburn defender Christopher Samba has criticised Indian owners Venky’s, claiming they “don’t understand” English football, as he continues to push for a move away from Ewood Park. Samba requested a …

Bolton will be without new signing Tim Ream for Saturday’s FA Cup fourth-round clash with Swansea at the Reebok Stadium. The defender, signed on Thursday from the New York Red …

Ivory Coast have secured their ticket to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals but Wednesday’s win over Burkina Faso came at a price, with injury to influential striker Salomon Kalou. …

Robin van Persie wants Arsenal to stick together, maintaining that they can still make a success of the current campaign. Much has been made of the fallout from the Gunners’ …

South Korea’s K-League will introduce promotion and relegation in the coming season as part of an overhaul prompted by last year’s match-fixing scandal. The changes are intended to make the …

Lille striker Moussa Sow has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Fenerbahce, the Turkish club say. The 26-year-old Senegal international had a medical check in Istanbul on Friday and Fenerbahce reported …

Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill supports suggestions that referees be ordered to punish all two-footed challenges with red cards. There is a brewing row over the interpretation of the laws governing …

Real Madrid get back to Spanish league action with a home game against bottom side Zaragoza on Saturday after the disappointment of their Spanish Cup exit to Barcelona in midweek. …

Sir Alex Ferguson has renewed his pleas for calm ahead of Manchester United’s FA Cup fourth round clash with Liverpool. The northwest rivals collide at Anfield on Saturday in the …

Former Germany captain Michael Ballack has failed to live up to expectations in his second spell at Bayer Leverkusen, club chief Wolfgang Holzhaeuser says. “We have reached the point where …

European football chief Michel Platini has renewed his calls for the 2022 World Cup to be staged in the middle of the European winter to avoid the searing summer heat …

Chelsea return from warm-weather training in Spain for a sizzling clash with QPR in Saturday’s FA Cup fourth-round tie. Hammersmith and Fulham police say they are working with both clubs …

Wolfsburg coach Felix Magath hopes to make Bayern Munich’s start to 2012 even more miserable when he takes his side to the Allianz Arena searching for a third straight win. …