Blues won&#39;t appeal Sav ban
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He appeared to catch Mateja Kezman in the face, but referee Barry Knight saw nothing wrong with the challenge. The FA gave Birmingham the option to accept the charge and face an immediate three-match suspension
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Chelsea has rejected claims by PFA chief Gordon Taylor that the club had an agenda against Adrian Mutu, who was sacked late last week after a positive drugs test.
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NEW YORK: The National Basketball Association and the playersâ union were at loggerheads on Friday over who has jurisdiction to hear the appeal of the record suspensions meted out in the wake the ugly brawl at a Pacers-Pistons game last month.
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CHELSEA has reacted furiously to Adrian Mutu&#39;s seven-month ban for failing a drugs test. Blues chief executive Peter Kenyon accused the Football Association of going soft on the sacked Romania striker, who was also fined $50,000.
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THE Spanish authorities are unlikely to face disciplinary sanctions over the racist chanting by home supporters during Englandâs 1-0 defeat by Spain in the under-21 fixture on Tuesday evening.
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England captain Phil Vickery will not appeal against his two-match ban for tripping US centre Paul Emerick and so will miss the reigning champions next two World Cup matches against South Africa and Samoa, the team announced here on Wednesday.
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NHL union chief Ted Saskin on Thursday denied monitoring player e-mails, contending predecessor Bob Goodenow ordered such actions. Goodenow denied the allegation.
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Arsenal have failed to cut Chelsea&#39;s five point lead above them in the Premiership after the Blues twice came from behind to steal a point at Highbury.
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Jose Mourinho today ruled out a January move for Steven Gerrard but refused to say whether or not Chelsea would go back in for the Liverpool star next summer.
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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has insisted that he would not be concerned if the Blues became the most disliked club in the country - as that would only make them even stronger.
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IT IS dangerous to contradict JosÃ© Mourinho, the Chelsea manager. He does not take kindly to dissent in the camp. Yet when John Terry, his captain, declared yesterday that Chelsea could
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Arsenal won&#39;t waver in their support for boss Arsene Wenger, despite the Frenchman being hit by an FA charge of misconduct last night.
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Jose Mourinho is dealing with his injury crisis at Chelsea by refusing to give his fit players a day off. The Blues have just 16 players as they enter the Christmas schedule.
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The chasing teams failed to bite into Chelsea&#39;s five-point lead atop the English Premier League over the weekend - but that doesn&#39;t mean Jose Mourinho&#39;s men will take it easy against Portsmouth on Tuesday.
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CHELSEA striker Adrian Mutu has owned up to taking cocaine in an apparent attempt to escape a lengthy ban. The Romanian accepted a positive test for cocaine and declined a follow-up test, the head of the English
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You don&#39;t lose to the Bengals. It simply isn&#39;t done. Not on Monday night, not on Sunday afternoon, not on Oct. 25, not on the 12th of Never.
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Sir Alex Fergusonâs request for the Football Association to look at Robin van Persieâs alleged elbow at Kieran Richardson is set to be denied.