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Following League cup action midweek, the Premier League is back for another entertaining weekend of football action. Struggling Palace face a huge task in travelling to high flying Man City, while fellow title challengers Man Utd travel down to Southampton for a difficult away game. Chelsea will look to bounce back from the Arsenal draw with a tough game at Stoke, while Liverpool face a pressure game away to Leicester. Meanwhile a London derby awaits at the Olympic stadium, while...

Miles Reucroft is undertaking a different way of playing the ever popular Fantasy Football this season. To understand his methodology, read part one here. The Week 1 review is here, Week 2 transfers & preview here, Week 3 preview here, Week 4 preview here, Week 5 preview here. Just when it looked like everything was going so well, FC Fakin’ Run Aboutabit took a tumble down the league table in game week 5. From the dizzying heights of breaking into the top 1,800,000 teams...

For professional athletes retirement can be a funny thing. One day sport is there, in its all-encompassing, life-consuming self, and the next it's gone, and there ain't much there to bridge the gap. News this week that Rio Ferdinand is launching a new career as a professional boxer two years after he retired from football has come as a shock to many people. The former Manchester United defender has paired up with Betfair for the switch leading to speculation that "defender to...

Tottenham Hotspur has released a Lion King-inspired parody video today that has sent the internet into a storm. The cringeworthy re-make has already been dubbed as the video that will "put you off football for life", with the Circle of Life song been appropriately dubbed the Circle of Sh*te for Spurs supporters. Lion King songs have traditionally been paired with Tottenham's north London rivals Arsenal, whose manager Arsene Wenger's name has similar pronunciation to "Nants Ingonyama". But the Lilywhites have changed...

Twenty-to-one outsiders Doncaster Rovers descend on the Emirates this evening for a third round clash with Arsenal. As far as the pundits are concerned it's a no-brainer, a much-needed whitewash for the Gunners amid sustained pressures at the top and a brief respite for under-the-cosh Wenger before a Monday night clash with West Brom. But before you get too comfortable it's worth remembering the last time the two teams clashed on a chilly December evening in 2005. The Situation was...

Running is a great form of exercise, something you can do anytime, anywhere and best of all it’s free. As an aid to weight loss and fitness it is unsurpassed and according to the NHS regular running can help to reduce the risk of illnesses such as stroke, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. So there are plenty of good reasons why you would want to take up running, not least among them is the fact that it is a...

Footie ace Jordan Henderson is digging in to help save a park where he spent countless hours honing his skills as a youngster. The England skipper said it would be an 'absolute tragedy' if the green space near his childhood home in Herrington, Tyne and Wear., was lost. West Park has been earmarked by the council as one of 15 potential sites for developers to build on to meet Sunderland's housing shortfall. Campaigners have staged a series of protests against...

Fearsome former-Premiership defender Ledley King met his match this week when he was thrashed '3-1' by a tiny blonde - in an EATING CHALLENGE. Despite earning 21 caps for England and notching up an astonishing 268 top flight appearances for Tottenham Hotspur, the feared defender was no match for super-eater Kate Ovens. Kate, 23, was crowned 'Burger King' over the beloved footballer after she smashed the Spurs legend in an impressive eating challenge - taking on a triple, one-and-a-half pound...

An exciting weekend of Premier League lies ahead this weekend – after a week of Champions League and Europa League action. We’ve had our first manager to be sacked this season in Frank De Boer, who has been replaced by former England manager Roy Hodgson, who will be looking for a win, as Palace host Southampton in the early kick off on Saturday. Sunday is set to be a fascinating day of football, as top London clubs Chelsea and Arsenal...