Giovanni Trapattoni has defended his decision to leave Steven Reid and Steve Finnan out of the 25-man squad for the play-off against France.

Two years after representing Scotland at the FIFA U-20 World Cup, Michael McGlinchey is now aiming to reach the senior equivalent with New Zealand.

Argentine ace and Barcelona star Lionel Messi has had quite a year.  After leading Barcelona to an unprecedented treble in the Champions League, La Liga and Copa del Ray he's now up for both the Ballon d'Or (European footballer of the year) and the equally prestigious FIFA World Player of ...

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has picked on England's forthcoming friendly against Brazil as part of his ongoing campaign to avoid speaking about his side's Premiership issues. First, a certain ref is called "unfit". Then all of the major...