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Fans’ fury as manager who guided club to top is ejected in move engineered behind scenes ‘several weeks’ ago.

The champions model defender hits out over team-mate’s dismissal and reveals his own red-card ‘shame’

Des Lynam Francome and McCririck are big losses – but at least you can take your mind off it all by turning on the radio

Many Team GB stars are preparing to take the plunge into an unknown world of office work, reports Simon Hart

Follow the gruelling 5,000-mile, two-week race from Peru to Chile in the Dakar Rally with our man in the sand, Anthony Clavane

Rafael Benitez is weighing up whether to risk John Terry from the start against Arsenal tomorrow as he battles to improve Chelsea’s poor home form.

Connacht head coach Eric Elwood was happy to end their Heineken Cup campaign on a high with a 25-20 win over Zebre.

Nigel Adkins never had a chance. When he was called into an impromptu meeting with Nicola Cortese on Friday morning, he knew what was coming. Adkins has been preparing for it since the summer.

Emma O’Reilly was the whistle-blower who brought down Lance Armstrong. Her testimony was key to the US Anti-Doping Agency case that ended with Armstrong being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.

In an age where most stories you read about footballers normally show them up as greedy, self-absorbed or out of touch with the world, Swansea’s Angel Rangel has defied convention.

• Brendan Rodgers seeks second signing of January window• 20-year-old attacking midfielder has one senior cap for BrazilLiverpool have made their second move of the January transfer …

Stamford Bridge has become a difficult place for Chelsea to win and it is largely down to the horrible atmosphere. Supporters decided they didn’t want to support Rafael Benitez from the moment he was appointed and their negativity is clearly affecting the players.

Harlequins director of rugby Connor O’Shea praised the “mature attitude” of his players after their hard-fought 16-9 win at Biarritz.

Loic Remy is ready to ‘go to war’ to help QPR escape relegation. But the club’s record signing has refused to guarantee that he will stick around if Rangers fail to beat the drop.

Liverpool have launched an £8million bid for Inter Milan’s Philippe Coutinho. Sportsmail revealed their interest in November and that they were among clubs interested as Southampton made an offer earlier this month.

Paul Lambert has admitted that Aston Villa may not be able to bring in any fresh faces during the January transfer window.

Middlesbrough boss Tony Mowbray was disappointed to leave the King Power Stadium empty-handed after the 1-0 defeat to Leicester.

Former Chelsea Head of Sports Science Nick Broad was killed in a car crash on Friday. He was 38. He was part of Carlo Ancelotti’s backroom staff during his two-year spell at Stamford Bridge from 2009

Leicester boss Nigel Pearson heaped praise on his players after they leapt to second in the Championship with a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough.

DES KELLY: A linesman is dropped for daring to ask a footballer to show some common courtesy to fans. A top referee is then undermined because he issued a debatable red card. It is no way to mark 150 years