Carlos Tevez Stripped of Man City Captaincy by Roberto Mancini And He Moved To City From Rivals Manchester United in July 2009.

Carlos Tevez has been permanently stripped of the Manchester City captaincy by manager Roberto Mancini and the Argentine striker spent pre-season searching in vain for a new club and has been replaced as skipper by defender Vincent Kompany for a mancini said that a Carlos wanted to leave for family reasons and he respected his opinion but Carlos is still here because we didn't find a solution of a i decided in a summer that Vinnie Kompany was the captain.

Tevez has made one substitute appearance for City this season and the replacing compatriot Sergio Aguero in 3-2 win at Bolton on 21 August for a he has been named in the squad to face Wigan on Saturday and it will not now be captain of a team.

City's Month Ahead for a 10 Sept v Wigan (h), 14 Sept v Napoli (Champions League, h), 18 Sept v Fulham (a), 21 Sept v Birmingham (Carling Cup, h), 24 Sept v Everton (h) and the 27 Sept v Bayern Munich (Champions League, a).

He has been named in the squad to face Wigan on Saturday and it will not now be captain of the team and the belgium international Kompany joined City from Hamburg in a 2008 and made 53 appearances in all competitions last season and he also won the supporters Player of the Year award as well as the players Player of the Year honour.

Tevez signed a 5 year contract with Manchester United's cross-town rivals, Manchester City, after a medical on 14 July 2009 On 12 September it was claimed that the transfer fee was £47 million a British transfer record was later denied by both Manchester City and Media Sports Investments and he was given the number 32 shirt just as he was at Manchester United and West Ham in signing for Manchester City, Tevez became the 1st player to move between the two Manchester clubs since Terry Cooke moved from United to City in 1999 and after he signing Manchester City erected a blue 'Welcome to Manchester' billboard with Tevez in the background.

Manchester City Chief Executive Garry Cook Quits Over Email And Cook Said He Felt Privileged To Have Worked For Manchester City.

Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook has resigned over claims he emailed defender Nedum Onuoha's cancer-suffering mother mocking her illness and he offered his resignation after of a investigation by City found "there is foundation" in the allegations.

Garry cook factfile for a Born in Birmingham, 1985 Moves to the United States, 1996 Joins sportswear firm Nike and heads up Brand Jordan, working with basketball star Michael Jordan, May 2008 for a Recruited by new Man City owner Thaksin Shinawatra as chief executive, June 2008 is a Appoints Mark Hughes as manager after Sven-Goran Eriksson is sacked, September 2008 for a club taken over by Abu Dhabi United Group, with Cook heading up player recruitment and the brazilian Robinho signs record £32.5m deal.

And the January 2009 the city bring in Wayne Bridge, Craig Bellamy, Shay Given and Nigel de Jong but fail in bid for Kaka, Summer of a 2009 is a city keep spending under Cook as Carlos Tevez, Roque Santa Cruz, Gareth Barry and Emmanuel Adebayor all join, November 2009 for a cook mistakenly welcomes City legend Uwe Rosler to "the Manchester United hall of fame" at a club gala, December 2009 Mark Hughes leaves City and is replaced by Roberto Mancini, July 2010 is a cook jots down a list of player targets on a napkin at a meal with Oasis singer Noel Gallagher in South Africa and the September 2011 Resigns as chief executive.

veteran midfielder David Beckham

Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp is unsure about the club's prospects of signing veteran midfielder David Beckham and the 36 year-old is a out of contract with LA Galaxy at the end of a year and he will then be available on a free transfer.

Beckham trained with Spurs earlier in the year the Galaxy's owners Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) halted a loan switch and it remains to be seen whether the former England captain would even join Spurs after previously admitting he would not want to play against former club of a Manchester United.

Redknapp remains a huge fan of Beckham and he has not spoken to chairman Daniel Levy about a possible deal after Queens Park Rangers were also linked with a move of a We've not made any enquiries he told Sky Sports News for i have a not spoken to the chairman about the possibility.

I was just asked if I would like him here and I don't think you'd ever say no to a David Beckham and i wouldn't know the financial situation or what it would take and it was only my opinion that I'd like him here.

Lille's Joe Cole Targets England Squad Return & He Moved To Liverpool On A Free Transfer From Chelsea in July 2010.

Joe Cole has set his sights on playing his way back into a England squad following his summer loan move from Liverpool to French champions Lille and the midfielder 29 made only nine league starts for the Reds last season and joined the French club despite interest from several Premier League sides.

He told BBC Sport and i have won everything in England and had a successful career in  this 10 games I'll be back playing my best football and the I see no reason why I won't get back in a England team.

Cole collected the last of his 56 caps when appearing as a 2nd-half substitute in a england's 4-1 defeat by Germany in the second round of the 2010 World Cup and the later that summer of a he moved from Chelsea to Liverpool signing a 4 year contract and he struggled to make an impact at Anfield and played in just 11 Premier League games last season.

Aston Villa Tottenham and Queens Park Rangers were all interested in signing Cole during the summer transfer window and he elected to join Lille who will be playing Champions League football this season and his offer excited me, he told BBC Sport's Dan Roan and it looks a great club of the French league and cup double last season and I wanted this experience to test myself in the French league and ever since I was a young lad and I wanted the opportunity to play abroad.
Coles Clubs for a West Ham - 1998-2003, Chelsea - 2003-10, Liverpool - 2010 and the Lille - 2011 (loan) and You can't think too long-term in this game, things happen in the blink of an eye but as it stands it's a season-long loan so let's see how it goes for everyone concerned.

Sion Appeal against Expulsion and The Swiss Club's Hearing To Be Heard Just Before Group Opener.

Uefa has confirmed Sion have appealed against their Europa League expulsion and the hearing will be held on 13th September and the Swiss side submitted an appeal late on Thursday night and the hearing is now due to be held the day before Celtic had planned to a fly to Spain.

The Bhoys who had been reinstated at Sion expense are scheduled to face a Spanish outfit Atletico Madrid in a group opener on 15th September and the Sion wrapped up a 3-1 play-off success over Celtic last month and were kicked out of the competition by Uefa after it was deemed of the fielded ineligible players.

Stadium for their home ground is Stade Tourbillon and has a capacity of 16,500 of a Chairman and architect Christian Constantin is planning construction of a new 20,000 all-seater stadium in nearby Riddes.
Honours for a 12 wins in as many finals and the FC Sion has the distinction of never having lost a Cup final in Switzerland for a FC Sion holds the world record with 12 wins in 12 cup finals and the Swiss Super League: 1991–92, 1996–97 and the Swiss Cup: 1965, 1974, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2006, 2009, 2011.

Spain vs Liechtenstein Match Result

Match Spain 6-0  won vs Liechtenstein Villa, Negredo and Xavi among the scorers as World Cup winners qualify for Euro 2012 session and vicente del Bosque's side earned qualification for the next summer's European Championships with a convincing 6-0 victory over minnows Liechtenstein.

Spain, Netherlands and Italy book Euro 2012 places after Tuesday's win and the European trio won their respective matches and have all booked places in the European Championship next year (2012).

The current European and World champions were odds-on to beat Liechtenstein and confirmed their billing with a 6-0 mauling for the Alvaro Negredo and David Villa each bagging a brace and the italy were made to work hard to beat Slovenia at home as a late Giampaolo Pazzini strike proved the difference to a Netherlands saw Finland off 2-0 with goals from Kevin Strootman and Luuk de Jong.

A two games left to play for the Dutch have not yet secured the top spot in group and they have assured themselves of a place at Euro 2012 and they will finish at the very least of the best runner-up of the qualifiers and the trio will join Germany of a who secured qualification last Friday after beating Austria 6-2 and Euro 2012 hosts Poland and Ukraine in the list of teams who are already qualified for the showpiece event will take place from 8 June to 1 July and the croatia, Greece and England have booked their spots in the 8 team play-off regardless of results in a final two match days.

No Retirement Plans Says Sir Alex Ferguson

Sir Alex Ferguson has made it clear that he has no intention of leaving Manchester United in the near future as he considers who might one day become his successor and the ferguson will bring up 25 years in charge of United on 6th November of a before celebrating his 70th birthday at a end of December.

He planned to stand down almost a decade ago but changed his mind and has not looked back and leading the Red Devils to another period of success for a debate about who should eventually replace Ferguson has raged for years and the man himself believes it would have to be a somebody with great experience.

And the Scot feels it is virtually impossible to predict the identity of the next manager, as a host of names have been linked with the role in the past for a various times, Bryan Robson, Steve McClaren, Mark Hughes, Martin O'Neill and a host of top continental bosses have been connected with the post.

Current favourite to replace Ferguson is a Jose Mourinho although a mounting disciplinary crime sheet at Real Madrid is not helping his cause and speaking to the Italian media at an awards ceremony at the University of Rome Tor Vergata Ferguson confirmed he is going nowhere.

He said, Over the years I've had the question who do I think could replace me? Now in those years of the coaches they were talking about to replace me don't have jobs anymore and it becomes very difficult because someone who I think has potential may be sacked by his club and disappear for i think you would need someone very experienced in the long term. But I have absolutely no idea for first of all, I'm not retiring.

Thomas Vermaelen Facing Six Weeks Out Defender Recovering From Surgery On Achilles Injury.

Thomas Vermaelen's father has revealed his son is expected to be out for up to 6 weeks as he recovers from surgery on an Achilles injury and the Belgian stopper suffered the injury in the club's UEFA Champions League play-off match against Udinese last month and it was initially hoped he would not require surgery.

The 25-year-old missed eight months of last season with a similar injury in his right foot injury in his left ankle is not believed to be as serious and he has had to go under the knife and the arsenal have yet to publicly comment on how long he will be out for his father estimates up to 6 weeks after having flown to Sweden on Monday for the operation.

Game vermaelen is like to miss for a Premier League match home v Swansea, Champions League match away v Borussia Dortmund, Premier League match away v Blackburn, Carling Cup match home v Shrewsbury, Premier League match home v Bolton, Champions League match home v Olympiakos and the Premier League match away v Tottenham.

The doctor in Stockholm where Thomas was operated on last time to a recognised the problem now and he told Belgian website Sporza and he would not take any chances and immediately operated on Thomas and he expects five to six weeks of unavailability.

Uefa and Turkish Football Federation (TFF)

Uefa and the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) have until 0000 BST on Wednesday to decide if Fenerbahce will be reinstated in the Champions League and the under pressure from Uefa, the Turkish champions were withdrawn from the competition in the TFF after match-fixing allegations emerged for this summer.
Chairman Aziz Yildirim as well as 25 players and officials have been charged in the case in club lawyer Emin Ozkurt insisted "basic principles of law were at stake and he said, Those include the presumption of innocence and the right to a defend yourself.

These allegations are just that, allegations for a several charges against the club or there may be none and the case is still pending in Turkey so there has been no final or binding decision on which to base our exclusion and the We are still the champions of a turkey well as taking their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), Fenerbahce are also lobbying the other members of a European Club Association (ECA) at its general assembly in Geneva.

Fenerbahce have called on CAS the highest court in sports law to a make a "preliminary" ruling that would see them returned in the competition in time for next week's opening games and the turkish runners-up Trabzonspor were given Fenerbahce's Champions League place and the drawn against Inter Milan, CSKA Moscow and Lille in a last month's draw.

The Istanbul-based club say they are eager to put this episode behind them and have even offered to accept relegation to Turkey's second tier this season for a request was turned down by TFF and any possible demotion will come next year for a fenerbahce were crowned league champions last term and pipping Trabzonspor to the Turkish title with a dramatic 4-3 win at Sivasspor on a final day.

The First Round Of Serie A Matches Was Called Off

The Italian Players Union (AIC) has called off a strike after reaching an agreement with Serie A's governing body over a collective contract and the temporary deal has been signed which will expire at the end of the season.
The dispute has centred on two issues of the payment of a solidarity tax and the players have now agreed to pay this and the fate of players forced to train on own when dropped and the resolution means the new Serie A season will start this weekend was worth having such a tough negotiation because the clubs have achieved much of what they wanted said, Serie A president Maurizio Beretta.

The 1st round of matches scheduled to take place just over a week ago and were postponed for the Serie A campaign will begin on Friday night and the champions AC Milan hosting Lazio and the clubs had earlier rejected an Italian FA proposal to a resolve the matter and the AIC remains unhappy about clubs trying to force players to move in a last year of their contracts.

And the temporary agreement is designed to allow the season to begin while the two parties continue to debate the major sticking points of a AIC president Damiano Tommasi said the players had compromised and We're going to play and I think that's thanks to a players for the good sense in these negotiations he commented.

TOP SERIE A TITLE WINNERS for a 27 Juventus, 18 AC Milan, Inter Milan, 9 Genoa, 7 Bologna, Torino, Pro Vercelli and the 3 Roma.

Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque

Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque expects tricky Euro 2012 qualifier against Liechtenstein and the former Real Madrid mastermind has underlined in the possible dangers ahead of a decisive clash as a place in the Poland and Ukraine next year is up for grabs with a win.

Spain players have been warned to a pull together and counter of the threat from Liechtenstein in their Euro 2012 qualifier on Tuesday night as defensive shortcomings threaten to a shadow potential qualification and the World Cup winners are without Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol who are injured and they struggled against Chile having to come from behind to win 3-2 in Friday's friendly.

Del Bosque has taken note of any potential pitfalls against the Group I strugglers and he has asked the team to tread carefully when feet hit in the ground at the Estadio Nuevo Municipal Las Gaunas in Logrono and i think there will be changes in defence, midfield and attack we will see a del Bosque told reporters in Monday's press conference.

Del Bosque did not confirm who will start the game but reports suggest Barcelona's Sergio Busquets could drop into defence from midfield spain will gain qualification with a win as they currently lead the group with a 5 point advantage over the Czech Republic.

Scotland Captain Darren Fletcher Is Backing Calls For The Introduction Of Video Technology In Football And He Says It Is Time For Scotland To Move On From Saturday's Result.

Scotland captain Darren Fletcher is backing calls for the introduction of video technology in football for a referee Kevin Blom has been criticised for two controversial decisions late in a Scotland's Euro 2012 qualifier against Czech Republic.

And the sake of a few seconds goal line decisions and big decisions could be resolved instantly he said that i think it is something that will eventually happen we'll just have to keep suffering while it doesn't for a scotland are 5 points adrift of the Czechs with one game in hand as the 2 sides chase the runners-up spot in Group I behind leaders Spain.

The Manchester United midfielder admitted that the referee's performance on Saturday had vexed the player and that the squad is now keen to move on every time they showed it on television we got more angry and what's done is done we can't change in the result of the match or the referee's decisions, he added.

Craig Levein's side now prepare for Tuesday night's match against Lithuania and both the manager and Fletcher still hopeful of qualification for the Euro 2012 play-off spot for a We might not need three wins, Fletcher added.

If you look at the group as a whole there have been a lot of strange results flying around and the think we've been unlucky at times to we've got the chance to rectify it so we'll keep fighting.

Spurs Midfielder Rafael Van Der Vaart Ruled Out For Six Weeks And He Was Tottenham's Top Goal Scorer Last Season With 13 Goals

Spurs midfielder Rafael van der Vaart could be out of action for up to 6 weeks after suffering a hamstring tear and the Netherlands international suffered the injury during last weekend's 5-1 home defeat by Manchester City.

Tottenham are bottom of a Premier League after losing their opening matches to Manchester United and City and the manager Harry Redknapp told The Sun newspaper of the last thing we need for a bad injury and he was in good form for us.

Tottenham upcoming fixtures for a 10/9 Wolves (A) Premier League, 15/9 PAOK (A) Europa League, 18/9 Liverpool (H) Prem, 20/9 Stoke City (A) Carling Cup, 24/9 Wigan Athletic (A) - Prem, 29/9 Shamrock Rovers (A) Europa, 2/10 Arsenal(H) Prem, 16/10 Newcastle Utd (A) Prem and the 20/10 Rubin Kazan (H) Europa.

The attacking midfielder has been a major hit since signing from Real Madrid for £8m in a 2010 summer transfer window and he is set to miss Premier League games against Wolves, Liverpool and Wigan and the north London derby against Arsenal at White Hart Lane and he will also be unavailable of a start of Spurs' Europa League campaign and including games against PAOK Salonika and Shamrock Rovers.

Fabio Capello Says Wayne Rooney Hair Can Inspire England in Bulgaria.

Capello laughed as he said, he really, really happy it's nice and it is a different of the Probably something to do with his hair for a rooney admitted this week the hair replacement has given him a new confidence and that he spends more time in front of the mirror.

He hit a hat-trick in last Sunday's 8-2 destruction of Arsenal and Capello added and he has scored a lot of goal for a fantastic medicine for a forward and the italian also insisted he has a good relationship with Alex Ferguson, despite United's manager accusing the FA of treating his club and the capello said that when i ask him something and he gives me the correct answer every time.

Wayne Rooney is an English footballer striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team and rooney made his senior international debut in 2003 and he played at UEFA Euro 2004 and scored 4 goals and the england squad and also featured at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups and rooney has won the England Player of the Year award twice, in 2008 and 2009 for a March 2011 and he has won 70 international caps and scored 26 goals.

Rooney was awarded the PFA Players' Player of the Year and the FWA Footballer of the Year 2009/2010 Rooney has won the Premier League 'Goal of the Season' award by the BBC's Match of the Day poll on 3 occasions for a 2011 he is the third highest-paid footballer in the world after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, with an annual income of €20.7m (£18m) including sponsorship deals.

Nicklas Bendtner in Gunners Quit Vow And Striker Does Not Plan To Return To Arsenal.

Nicklas Bendtner has vowed never to return to Arsenal after sealing his loan switch to Sunderland and the Danish international secured a season-long loan move to Sunderland on transfer deadline day after finding himself out-of-favour in the Emirates and Bendtner to determined to a leave Arsenal for the good after securing loan move.

The 23-year-old believes he has not been given a fair chance in Arsene Wenger's side ever since he had a car crash two years ago to a bendtner is now planning for life after Arsenal as he has no intention of returning in the club once his loan deal expires.

Nicklas Bendtner on his future for a i will never go back to Arsenal. If I can have it my way and i will never play for them again, Bendtner is quoted as saying in The Sun.

After my car accident I never really got the chance to earn a spot in the 1st team for a over one-and-a-half years with no real chance to prove myself for a i am really looking forward to playing for Sunderland and then we will see next summer.

And they i will find a new club and i will not go back to Arsenal, that's for sure."

Wesley Sneijder Has Admitted That He Thought And He as going To Join Manchester United And He Was Bound For England.

For me it was not so much a financial issue my feeling was that I was simply feeling very good at Inter and i love the club but also the Italian culture and the people it fits me to a Wesley Sneijder Quotes of the week and the Wesley Sneijder has admitted that he thought he was going to join Manchester United insisted finances were not the reason is did not happen of the saga over the Dutch international's future lasted for the whole transfer window and with United Manchester City and Chelsea all linked.

But it was always United who were thought to be leading the chase and Sneijder admits he thought he was Old Trafford-bound and i just felt that it was close for the yes [I thought I was going], Sneijder, currently with the Dutch squad on international duty, told AD and the we had several talks and the situation was such that Inter had to sell a player of a Eto'o or me and indeed there was interest.

They [Manchester United] are one of the biggest clubs in the world, so it did not seem a bad thing at the same time I do not want to leave Inter and italy is great for me and I cannot exclude that they [United] got that feeling for me a move was not an absolute must and there were a few things which meant it did not happen.

I Must Win La Liga Title With Real Madrid This Year Says Xabi Alonso

The playmaker is hoping to get his hands on the prestigious trophy and has also expressed a desire to return to Real Sociedad one day for a Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso has made clear his desire to lift for the Liga title this season in a interview with Marca.

The 28-year-old still has not experienced winning a championship and despite featuring for the likes of Madrid and Liverpool during his illustrious career and it is beginning to concern the playmaker are need a league, I wish to touch the trophy this year and alonso told the Spanish sports daily and i have been runner up with Liverpool and again for two years in Madrid it's time to get it.

The capital outfit enjoyed a reasonably successful 2010-11 campaign for winning the Copa del Rey from the hands of Barcelona failed to catch up with their Catalan counterparts won a third consecutive league title and another Champions League trophy, and admits they are worthy champions and they have very good players and have consolidated in recent times, he continued and they have enjoyed 3 years of outstanding results but Real Madrid will compete.

Alonso also touched on the possibility of ending his career with Real Sociedad for his 1st ever club and the remained coy on a prospect on returning to the San Sebastian any time soon and ideally it would be nice to go home one day for a my intention is to continue here.

Uefa Refereeing Officer Pierluigi Collina Has Picking Up a Deliberate Booking Will Result in a Two Match Ban

Uefa's chief refereeing officer has made it clear to be action will be taken against players who pick up a yellow on purpose and added that serious foul play will be punished harder and Uefa refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina has revealed that players and the deliberately pick up a booking in order to receive a suspension will now receive a two match ban.

The matter became an issue last season when Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho instructed Sergio Ramos and Xabi Alonso to pick up a booking in a penultimate Champions League group stage match against Ajax 4-0 win in a order to be banned for the next fixture for a players who deliberately provoke a yellow card to receive a suspension will receive for a two-match ban and that clear you cannot decide when you want to be suspended, Collina said to uefa.com.

The Italian then went on to state that it's Uefa's task to protect players against dangerous tackles and we do not want to see broken legs of a have to avoid the potential for a player to see his health endangered by someone else and we do not need doctors on the pitch for a have to convince players not to put the safety of an opponent in the danger of a respecting opponents and protecting players is one of our main objectives.

Inter Sign Diego Forlan From Atletico Madrid And Set To Sign Lazio's Mauro Zarate.

Inter have completed the transfer of Diego Forlan from Atletico Madrid for an undisclosed fee and the experienced attacker has signed a contract until in the summer of 2013 for the Serie A powerhouse and the Giuseppe Meazza side were in a market for attacking reinforcements because in the departure of Samuel Eto'o to Anzhi Makhachkala and they have now found their man in a 32-year-old Forlan.

Forlan travelled to Milan earlier in the week and voiced his ambition to help the club achieve their goals and i am happy to be inter are a very important club in the great players Forlan told Sky Sport 24 and i am very thankful to [Inter] president [Massimo] Moratti. I have already spoken with [Esteban] Cambiasso, [Diego] Milito and [Javier] Zanetti and they have told me they are happy with me coming.

i want to play well and win and i promise all the Inter fans I will do my best to help the club reach their goals of a forlan previously wore and the jerseys of Independiente Manchester United and Villarreal before joining Atletico in 2007 and the Coppa Italia holders aren't done in a transfer market just yet though as they are also close to signing for the Lazio attacker Mauro Zarate on a one year loan deal, Sky Sport 24 reports.
Lazio have allegedly accepted Inter's €2 million offer for the services of Zarate on the one-year deal and the option to make the move permanent at the end of his spell for a set fee and the zarate has a contract until in the summer of 2014 with Lazio of the Argentine was keen to move on because in the stiff competition for a spot in the starting XI following the arrivals of Miroslav Klose and Djibril Cisse.

Liverpool Striker David Ngog Set For North West Switch To Bolton After Three Years At Liverpool.

The Trotters have long been linked with a move for the 22-year-old Frenchman and are looking to a push through a deal before the passing of Wednesday's transfer deadline and the Ngog moved to  the Anfield in 2008 when former Reds manager Rafa Benitez brought him to the club from Paris St Germain.

He made 38 appearances for the Liverpool last season but Kenny Dalglish sees him as surplus to a requirements following a busy summer of recruitment and the Owen Coyle has a contingency plan in hand should much-coveted central defender Gary Cahill depart the Reebok Stadium for a cahill does make a dramatic exit then Coyle has lined up Manchester City's Nedum Onuoha as a replacement.

Club career for a David Ngog was born in Gennevilliers and started his career with Paris Saint-Germain and he signed his 1st professional contract in June 2006.

International career for a David Ngog has been prolific for the French national side at the many youth levels and he scored for a one goal in a 2–0 victory over England U19s in 2007.