| Goal: Scotland Not Afraid of a 'Stooshie' With Critics or Spain Will Scotland play an overly defensive game, aimed to stymie the Spaniards? Or will the Scots try to capitalize on home-field advantage? feeds.nytimes.com |
Sunderland hopeful Anton Ferdinand will avoid arrest after missing court date Sunderland defender hopeful of avoiding arrest after being convicted of driving offence. telegraph.co.uk |
Venkys Rule Out Spending Spree if They Buy Blackburn NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian poultry firm set to seal a 46 million pounds takeover of Blackburn Rovers ruled out any lavish spending sprees on the Premier League club on Wednesday. feeds.nytimes.com |
Manchester United pay £188,200 for Nobby Stiles' 1966 World Cup medal • Record bid means medal will be displayed in United's museum• Stiles auctioned memorabilia to help provide for his familyThe 1966 World Cup winner's medal owned by Nobby Stiles has been bought at auction by his former club Manchester United, for a world record £188,200.United paid the sum, a record for any football medal, to put the item in the club's museum, and paid a further £49,400 for Stiles's winner's medal from United's 1968 European Cup win over Benfica at Wembley.The cap Stiles earned from the 1966 World Cup final, when hosts England beat West Germany 4-2 after extra time, went for £35,287.Stiles, 68, told the BBC he was selling his memorabilia to help provide for his family. "It was always my intention to leave the entire collection to my children," Stiles said. "But I have three sons – how do you fairly divide up this sort of collection between them? They have each selected some pieces they would like to keep for themselves."Stiles played 28 times for England between 1965 and 1970, scoring once.Manchester Unitedguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Arsenal's Arsène Wenger set to name strong team for Carling Cup clash with Newcastle Arsène Wenger will blend his best young Arsenal players with an experienced first-team core for Carling Cup match. telegraph.co.uk |