Football clubs and bad financial practice have a long and dubious history, to which Rangers added a depressingly new chapter this week. While a small club suffering financial difficulties can seem explicable given the shoestring budgets some teams get by

Modern football is a dispiriting compromise of safety nets and second chances: the big teams are protected by seeding, play-offs, larger tournaments and consolation prizes like the Europa League (even if that is often greeted with an enthusiasm previousl

The game between second ranked Illiabum (8-3) and tenth ranked Maia Basket (4-7) was the most important one in the last round

JOSE QUITONGO is regularly paraded as a half-time guest at Tynecastle. Probably best he isn’t in line to appear there tomorrow, though. The diminutive Angolan may be a cult hero to Hearts fans, but he remains a figure of hate for supporters of Auchinleck

Ballack made his breakthrough on the biggest stage with Bayer Leverkusen and helped the club twice finish second in the Bundesliga and to the Champions League final in 2002. Successful spells with Bayern Munich and Chelsea followed before he returned to

FC Zenit St Petersburg goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev feels a first-leg home win will be crucial as the round of 16 debutants take on SL Benfica in the UEFA Champions League. The 32-year-old was between the posts for Russia when they lost 7-1 to Portugal