With the World Cup still three years away, the qualifying hopes of many countries will be riding on tomorrow’s preliminary draw. ...

Real steps up interest in signing Altidore Real Madrid is reportedly interested in American teenage star Jozy Altidore. ...

FIFA president Sepp Blatter said England’s failure to reach the European Championship highlights the need for European nations to look at the influx of foreign players in their leagues. ...

Martin O’Neill sought to distance himself yesterday from the vacant England job, saying he was committed to his position as Aston Villa manager. ...

Steve McClaren accepted responsibility for England’s failure to qualify for next year’s European Championship, hours after being sacked as coach. ...

England sacked coach Steve McClaren yesterday, a day after the team lost to Croatia and failed to qualify for the 2008 European Championship. ...

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I am greatly indebted to referee.com in preparing this week’s article which deals with the improvement/gain each individual referee may experience by observing and correlating with referees from other sports apart from his own respective sport discipline....

HENRY BRINCATMalta finished its commitments in Group C of the competition with a heavy defeat against Norway at Ta’ Qali when they got to know that it was Turkey who emerged winners 1-0. ...

APS Bank has recently renewed its sponsorship agreement with the Malta Handball Association (MHA)...