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Villa make late bid for Kaboul

Younes KaboulSunderland boss Roy Keane faces an anxious wait over his pursuit of defender Younes Kaboul after Aston Villa made a late bid to hijack the deal.

PA Sport understands Villa tabled an undisclosed offer for the Tottenham man at the 11th hour with the Morocco-born player due to head for Wearside for a medical on Friday.

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Neville pens new Toffees deal

Phil NevilleEverton captain Phil Neville has revealed he wants to finish his career at Goodison Park after signing a new four-year deal with the Merseyside club.

The 31-year-old club captain said Everton was "the only club that I want to play for" and revealed he was "proud" he was extending his stay until 2012.

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Redknapp: No more sales after Muntari

Harry RedknappPortsmouth boss Harry Redknapp has confirmed he will sell midfielder Sulley Muntari to Inter Milan as he admitted the deal means he will not have to sell any more players.

Redknapp's comments appear to kill off Rangers' chances of signing Pedro Mendes with Muntari reportedly bringing Pompey £12.7million as the 23-year-old Ghanaian joins Jose Mourinho at Inter.

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Gill: Glazers want to keep Ronaldo

Cristiano RonaldoManchester United chief executive David Gill has revealed the decision to keep Cristiano Ronaldo on board was taken with the full blessing of the Glazer family.

He said that a "short, quick conversation" with the owners took place at the Champions League final in May when there were already rumours about Real Madrid's interest in the Portugal winger.

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Murray through after thriller

Andy MurrayAndy Murray came through a topsy-turvy clash against Stanislas Wawrinka at the Rogers Cup in Toronto to set up a quarter-final meeting with Novak Djokovic.

The British number one seemed to be cruising when he took the first set, but Wawrinka stormed back in the second before Murray ground out a 6-2 0-6 6-4 victory.

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Deco happy to be mature student

DecoDespite being the newest member of Chelsea's over 30 club, Deco insists he still has plenty to offer to help the Blues dethrone Barclays Premier League champions Manchester United this season.

Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has so far refused to rise to comments from Sir Alex Ferguson that Chelsea's ageing squad will struggle to challenge for the title this season, but Deco - who has tasted domestic success in Portugal with Porto and in Spain with Barcelona - believes he can still continue his footballing education alongside Frank Lampard, 30 and Michael Ballack, 31.

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Barca boss tight-lipped over London duo

Didier DrogbaJosep Guardiola has refused to be drawn on speculation linking Barcelona with Barclays Premier League stars Didier Drogba and Emmanuel Adebayor.

Reports claim the Nou Camp boss is interested in both Chelsea's Drogba and Arsenal striker Adebayor, but Guardiola was remaining tight-lipped after watching Barca cruise to a 6-0 friendly win over Hibernian at Murrayfield in his first game in charge on Thursday night.

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'Black day' says Iraq Olympic Committee

The Olympic TorchThe Iraq Olympic Committee has described the decision by the International Olympic Committee to suspend the participation of their athletes in the Beijing Games as a "black day in the history of sports in Iraq".

The IOC confirmed in an official letter on Thursday that Iraq will be banned from competing just as seven Iraqi athletes were preparing to travel to China later this month.

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Ashton rejects academy post

Brian AshtonBrian Ashton has rejected the Rugby Football Union's offer to become their national academy head coach.

Ashton's reign as England boss reached an abrupt end following last season's RBS 6 Nations Championship and he was replaced by Martin Johnson working with a coaching team of Brian Smith, John Wells and Mike Ford.

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Stewart: Mosley should stand down

Max MosleyMax Mosley may have emerged victorious from his day in court, but that has not prevented renewed calls for him to resign as president of motorsport's world governing body, the FIA.

Mosley was awarded a record £60,000 compensation after winning his privacy action against the News of the World, which had accused him of taking part in a "sick Nazi orgy" with five prostitutes. It was a claim Mosley vehemently denied, with the presiding judge in the case, Mr Justice Eady, stating: "I found there was no evidence that the gathering on 28 March 2008 was intended to be an enactment of Nazi behaviour or adoption of any of its attitudes."

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