Man Utd cruise to win over Everton Manchester United's Darren Fletcher produces a superb strike as he helps his side ease to a 3-0 win over Everton. more -->

Chelsea 4-0 Wolves Chelsea run riot to rout strugglers Wolves and extend their lead at the top of the Premier League to eight points. more -->

Sunderland 1-0 Arsenal Darren Bent scores the winner as Sunderland become the first team not to concede against Arsenal this season. more -->

Liverpool 2-2 Man City Champions League-hopefuls Liverpool and Manchester City share the points after a pulsating second half at Anfield. more -->

Hull 3-3 West Ham Ten-man Hull retrieve a two-goal deficit to claim a point in a six-goal thriller against West Ham. more -->

Burnley 1-1 Aston Villa Substitute Emile Heskey scores a late equaliser as Aston Villa snatch a point at Burnley. more -->

Birmingham 1-0 Fulham A clever goal from Lee Bowyer earns Birmingham victory over Fulham as Alex McLeish's men extend their unbeaten run to four matches. more -->

Rangers 3-0 Kilmarnock Three first-half goals send Rangers to the top of the Scottish Premier League as Kilmarnock are defeated at Ibrox. more -->

West Brom 4-1 Bristol City West Brom go back to the top of the Championship with a comfortable victory over Bristol City at The Hawthorns. more -->

Barnsley 1-0 Cardiff City Carl Dickinson's late, late show sealed a deserved win for Barnsley over promotion hopefuls Cardiff City at Oakwell. more -->

Do we need a true ‘World’ Cup qualifying process? What a remarkable last few days of World Cup qualifying. Such a shame it’s been tarnished by Theirry Henry’s handball and the debate that has followed it. However, that’s not what I’m interested in discussing. Instead something has been nagging at me since mid-October when I heard BBC radio’s love/hate figure Alan Green express another one [...] more -->

Central Coast Mariners demolish Fury The Central Coast Mariners have handed out their second demolition in two rounds by thumping the North Queensland Fury 5-1 at Dairy Farmers Stadium on Saturday night. After their 4-0 demolition of Melbourne Victory last round, the Mariners continued their no-mercy tactics with goals to Pedj Bojic, Ahmad Elrich, John Hutchinson and a double from Nik [...] more -->

Tensions rise between Muscat and the Roar Volatile Melbourne star Kevin Muscat refused to shake hands with Brisbane rival Matt McKay after Victory’s 1-0 A-League win at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night. Minutes after Brisbane Roar coach Ange Postecoglou blasted his players post-match for handing Melbourne the three points after an eighth-minute header by Archie Thompson, Victory’s most experienced player let fly at [...] more -->

Vidmar banned for two matches Adelaide United have banned coach Aurelio Vidmar for two A-League matches following comments Vidmar made about taking his players to Saudi Arabia where he could chop their heads off. Vidmar, who has also been handed a $10,000 fine, said on Saturday he would have to “take his medicine”. The coach was asked at a news conference on [...] more -->

World Cup swansong will be bittersweet finale for Henry As a rising star his budding skills helped France along the route to World Cup glory 11 years ago. But assuming Thierry Henry makes the France squad for what would be his fourth and last World Cup finals in South Africa next summer, the attention will likely focus on his moment of sporting infamy in the [...] more -->

Europe match-fixing probe targets 200 games In what one UEFA official called European football’s worst ever match-fixing scandal, investigators said on Friday criminals may have netted 10 million euros ($A16.23 million) rigging 200 games in nine countries. A 200-strong band operating across Europe is suspected of swaying matches in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Austria, prosecutors [...] more -->

How to stop diving in football When people think of diving, they automatically cringe at the thought. Usually the word cheat starts getting branded and the people who are divers are automatically crucified. However, looking at diving in a cold dispassionate way will reveal that diving is only considered a yellow card offense. This puts diving on par with time wasting, [...] more -->

Why Oceania merging with Asia isn’t that simple One of the most common beliefs is that Oceania is an anachronistic organisation and it should join Asia to form the Asian Pacific region. This will allow New Zealand and other Oceania countries to have regular, competitive matches. However, this isn’t that simple, and there’s simply not enough incentives for both sides to make this [...] more -->

Thierry Henry’s multi-skilling pleases FIFA In recent months, Craig Foster has written a series of scathing articles aimed at denigrating the football codes that use an oval ball, the AFL in particular. His thesis was that anyone who can walk on two legs can put their hand up to be a professional AFL player, the indigenous game being so utterly devoid [...] more -->

Getting the job done – the Henry hypocrisy Every now and then when trouble’s a-brewing, the ability to reminisce seems to go on the up. Of the good old days when opposition players were best chums, the games were hard but fair, and sport was always the winner. It’s an apt feeling currently, as Irish heartache still resounds around the globe. France may arrive [...] more -->