SCUNTHORPE (SW) – There was great relief at Glanford Park yesterday afternoon after Scunthorpe recorded their first victory of the season when they defeated Peterborough United 1 - 0.

The first five games of the Turkcell Super Lig were played on Saturday with a Galatasaray win at home over Denizlispor. Runners up Fenerbahçe lost the points away to Gaziantepspor and Bursaspor winning at Hacettepe.

LONDON (SW) – It has been reported that Newcastle United’s Kevin Keegan will launch a and #8356;12 million bid for Chelsea’s midfielder Florent Malouda.

Rennes were staring at what appeared to be certain defeat against Lille on Sunday until two goals in injury time earned them an unexpected 2-1 win.

Manchester City´s convincing 3-0 Premiership victory over 10-man West Ham here on Sunday might have impressed Fabio Capello but Micah Richards´ hospitalisation caused concern.

Barcelona´s under-fire president Joan Laporta will complete the remaining two years of his mandate after he survived a vote by the club´s general assembly on Sunday.

LONDON (SW) – Dimitar Berbatov may be brought in to face the board at Tottenham Hotspur on Monday after his request not to be included in the squad to play against Sunderland yesterday (Saturday).

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BIRMINGHAM (SW) – In an interview with The Sun newspaper, Aston Villa’s manager Martin O’Neill said that his Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger’s comment about Gareth Barry was strange, to say the least.

LONDON (SW) – Manchester United have made their final bid for the troubled Tottenham Hotspur and Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov.

Cesc Fabregas believes fellow Spaniard Xabi Alonso would be a "perfect" fit if the Gunners could tempt him into joining them from arch-rivals Liverpool, according to British media reports Sunday.

A goal of pure quality from Deco sent Chelsea to the top of the Premier League, although Luiz Felipe Scolari´s side made heavy weather of overcoming a determined Wigan side 1-0 at the JJB Stadium on Sunday.

Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan has pledged to make a personal plea to the Football Association (FA) when Joey Barton faces the governing body´s disciplinary chiefs next month.

LONDON (SW) – It is a race between Championship rivals Southampton and Plymouth Argyle as to who will land Tottenham Hotspur striker Tomas Pekhart.

It will take more than one thumping win over under-cooked opponents to convince the doubters that Luiz Felipe Scolari can return the English Premier League title crown to Chelsea.

Bobby Robson says England coach Fabio Capello must make a stand and drop David Beckham from his starting line-up ahead of their upcoming World Cup qualifying campaign.

Troubled Santos FC did themselves a great favour by beating Cruzeiro 2-0 in the Brazilian Serie A on Sunday.

Boca Juniors earned a hard fought victory over CA Lanus on Sunday, and maintain a 100 percent record after two games.

Internazionale have won the Italian Super Coppa for the fourth time in history, beating AS Roma on penalties. Francesco Totti had a chance to decide the clash before but failed.

A nine man Real Madrid came back from behind to beat Valencia on away goals and take the Spanish Super Copa.