gilles sunu signs contract extension

... frenchman sunu, who is currently on loan with championship side derby county until the end of the season, played an integral part in the club's fa youth cup and academy ‘double' winning side last season, scoring vital goals during the victorious run ... sunu, who turns 19 on tuesday, who scored four goals from his nine reserve team appearances this season, has made the step-up to first team football this campaign, making his debut in the carling cup third round victory over west bromwich albion, when he was named in the starting line-up

boyata signs new deal

... ” city boss mancini had no qualms about pitching boyata in at the deep end, particularly during the carling cup semi-finals with manchester united

ross turnbull thrust into the line of fire as chelsea look to go back to the top

... cech made a series of high-profile mistakes before he was injured in the 2-1 defeat by inter last month and hilário was even more unreliable until he was hurt in last weekend’s fa cup win over stoke city, thus placing the inexperienced turnbull in the line of fire for the biggest match of the club’s season ... turnbull has made only two appearance since signing on a free transfer from middlesbrough last summer, replacing the injured hilário as a substitute in a carling cup victory over bolton wanderers and starting a “dead” champions league tie against apoel, with even carlo ancelotti, the manager, conceding that he faces a difficult task if he plays against inter

jimmy bullard up for the fight of helping hull avoid relegation

... that last game for fulham when we beat portsmouth to stay up, we celebrated like we'd won a cup final ... famously he pretended to run the length of the pitch to score a goal while the floodlights had failed during a carling cup tie against arsenal, an incident that went on to become part of any jimmy bullard youtube top 10: a compilation of high jinks that includes leapfrogging a pile of everton players during a goalmouth scramble and confusing an enraged duncan ferguson by grinning cheekily and trying to make friends

dowd should not referee villa again this season, says martin o'neill

... martin o'neill has vented his frustration in the wake of his side's carling cup final defeat to manchester united last weekend ... villa's cup exploits mean they have a hectic march because of rearranged fixtures being crammed in and o'neill had hoped that at least one of the games could be moved to april ... "we asked for a bit of help in stretching it out for when the weather gets a bit better and asked if we could go out to april," said o'neill, who will have another game to fit in this month if villa draw at reading in their fa cup quarter-final tomorrow

wayne rooney rules but fabio capello cant count on injured star for england clash with egypt

... trophy life: rooney beams as he holds aloft the carling cup infront of his team-mates after scoring a headed winner for manchesterunited at wembleywayne rooney came off the substitutes' bench to win the carling cup for manchester united yesterday with another brilliant headed goal ... ' manchester united 2 aston villa 1: ref, you got it so wrong! fury at phil dowd reprieve for nemanja vidic as red devils claim carling cupcarling cup final - all the action as it happenedexclusive: owen hargreaves tells capello: i won't make world cupjames corden gives man united stars an aerobics workout for sports reliefvilla boss o'neill rules out succeeding sir alex at manchester united

martin samuel- how can so many broken legs be down to chance

... martin samuel on the carling cup final: we've no right to a free hit on the house28/02/10 martin samuel: jonny wilkinson is just a mirror of england's mediocrity28/02/10 martin samuel: left back at home, wayne bridge let nobody down 25/02/10 martin samuel: jose mourinho is a master of both chelsea and inter milan24/02/10 martin samuel: here's why jose mourinho really is so ... a crack quickly becomes a chasm under the pressure of the world cup and the relationship between a player and team-mate is different from that of the captain and the team ... the bad news is that sven goran eriksson will not be going to the world cup as coach of nigeria after all ... 'when i was growing up you could name every fa cup winner,' he said ... in the same period seven clubs have won the fa cup and on 17 occasions it has been won by just four: arsenal, manchester united, chelsea and liverpool ... colin montgomerie, europe's ryder cup captain, says that tiger woods will find the going tough at celtic manor later this year ... the only interesting thing about the ryder cup wives is how their husbands hit a golf ball

jamie redknapps weekend watch- unlucky break but ryan is not to blame

... what happened to that lush wembley grass that we alldreamed of playing on when were growing up? graham poll: ryan shawcross' tackle on aaron ramsey was no accident stoke city 1 arsenal 3: aaron ramsey's the victim of hitmen out to destroy my kids, fumes arsene wenger martin samuel on the carling cup final: we've no right to a free hit on the housemanchester united 2 aston villa 1: ref, you got it so wrong! fury at phil dowd reprieve for nemanja vidic as red devils claim carling cupwayne rooney doubtful for england: manchester united star could miss egypt clash with knee injury

martin samuel on the carling cup final- weve no right to a free hit on the house

... manchester united 2 aston villa 1: ref, you got it so wrong! fury at phil dowd reprieve for nemanja vidic as red devils claim carling cupwayne rooney rules! but fabio capello can't count on injured star for england clash with egyptcarling cup final live: manchester united 2 aston villa 1 - all the action as it happenedmartin samuel: how can so many broken legs be down to chance?

neil moxleys match zone- where was the carling cup won and lost

... manchester united 2 aston villa 1: ref, you got it so wrong! fury at phil dowd reprieve for nemanja vidic as red devils claim carling cupleague cup glory put wayne rooney on the road to greatnessjames corden gives man united stars an aerobics workout for sports reliefvilla boss o'neill rules out succeeding sir alex at manchester unitedexclusive: owen hargreaves tells capello: i won't make world cupkeith harris tempts manchester united fans with golden sharemanchester united fc