Martyn Ziegler

Roberts Vindicated By Change In Fortunes

Roberts Vindicated By Change In Fortunes

Jason Roberts has insisted the remarkable turnaround in his fortunes at Blackburn is just reward for his determination to prove former manager Sam Allardyce wrong. 3 Feb 2011
UEFA Warning Over Finance

UEFA Warning Over Finance

UEFA have warned that the record-breaking spending in January will impact on clubs when they are assessed for the new financial fair play rules. 3 Feb 2011
League Say Transfer Window Is 'Least Worst' Option

League Say Transfer Window Is 'Least Worst' Option

The Premier League today insisted there is no alternative to the transfer window despite record levels of spending and calls for the system to be scrapped. 2 Feb 2011
EPL Clubs Set New Spending Record

EPL Clubs Set New Spending Record

Premier League clubs smashed the spending record in the January transfer window by £50million with a total of £225million splashed out last month. 2 Feb 2011
Massey Taken Off Weekend Game

Massey Taken Off Weekend Game

Sian Massey, the match official at the centre of a sexism storm this week, will not take charge of her planned match this weekend due to the intense media attention. 29 Jan 2011
UEFA Rules Affecting Spending

UEFA Rules Affecting Spending

UEFA's new financial rules are beginning to bite and being reflected in fewer transfers during this window, according to analysts. 29 Jan 2011
Samba Close to New Rovers Deal

Samba Close to New Rovers Deal

Chris Samba is on the brink of signing a new long-term contract at Blackburn, with Rovers manager Steve Kean claiming the deal will draw a line under the takeover turmoil. 29 Jan 2011
Keys Follows Gray Out of Sky

Keys Follows Gray Out of Sky

Richard Keys has quit as Sky's football anchorman after claiming that "dark forces" were at work in the sexism scandal that had already cost fellow presenter Andy Gray his job. 27 Jan 2011
Keys 'Deeply Sorry' for Off-Air Comments

Keys 'Deeply Sorry' for Off-Air Comments

Sky Sports anchorman Richard Keys today apologised for his part in the sexism furore that has cost fellow presenter Andy Gray his job. 27 Jan 2011
Gunners Going From Strength to Strength - Wenger

Gunners Going From Strength to Strength - Wenger

Manager Arsene Wenger claimed Arsenal showed they are hungry to end their trophyless run after the Gunners cruised past Leeds in the FA Cup third-round replay. 20 Jan 2011
PFA  Defends Top-Flight Wages

PFA Defends Top-Flight Wages

Players' chief Gordon Taylor insists footballers' wages have not spiralled out of control and claims a salary cap would be impractical in the Premier League. 19 Jan 2011
Winter World Cup Would Cause Problems - Taylor

Winter World Cup Would Cause Problems - Taylor

Players' chief Gordon Taylor claims FIFA should abandon any plans to stage the 2022 World Cup in the winter because the move would be too disruptive to European football. 15 Jan 2011
Blatter Backing Goal-Line Technology

Blatter Backing Goal-Line Technology

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has given his strongest backing so far to goal-line technology saying: "If it works we will do it." 14 Jan 2011
Platini Proposes Gulf World Cup

Platini Proposes Gulf World Cup

UEFA president Michel Platini has called for the 2022 World Cup to be played across the whole of the Arabian Gulf rather than just in Qatar. 13 Jan 2011
Platini Sends Warning to Big Guns

Platini Sends Warning to Big Guns

Europe's biggest clubs must comply with UEFA's "indirect salary cap" or face the music, Michel Platini today warned. 12 Jan 2011
FA In Talks Over Home Internationals Revival

FA In Talks Over Home Internationals Revival

The Football Association are in talks over a move to revive the home international tournament. 11 Jan 2011
Houllier Had No Fear of Cup Chop

Houllier Had No Fear of Cup Chop

Gerard Houllier insists he would not have feared for his job in the "brutal world" of top-flight football even if Aston Villa had suffered an FA Cup upset at the hands of Sheffield United. 10 Jan 2011
Houllier 'Relieved' As Villa Hang on

Houllier 'Relieved' As Villa Hang on

Gerard Houllier admitted he was a relieved man after Aston Villa saw off a fightback by Sheffield United to seal a place in the FA Cup fourth round. 9 Jan 2011
AFC Vote Strengthens Possible Blatter Challenge

AFC Vote Strengthens Possible Blatter Challenge

Chung Mong-Joon, a long-serving FIFA vice-president, today lost his seat in an election result that could major implications for the future leadership of world football. 7 Jan 2011
Blatter Ponders Change to Points System

Blatter Ponders Change to Points System

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has told a new football task force to investigate whether there should be a change to the system of three points for a win and one for a draw. 6 Jan 2011
Bin Hammam Raises Prospect of Blatter Challenge

Bin Hammam Raises Prospect of Blatter Challenge

The chances of FIFA president Sepp Blatter facing a challenge for his position look to have increased following an attack from his most likely opponent. 6 Jan 2011