A COUNCIL of Europe committee has called on Uefa to outlaw “improper transactions” like the sponsorship deal which saw Manchester City’s stadium renamed.Read
IT was the highlight of the pre-derby cat and mouse. In the build-up to his first game against Sunderland at St James’ Park, Alan Pardew asserted the visitors would, of course, play a five-man midfield.Read
HAVING experienced perhaps the fiercest of them all, Martin O’Neill knows the value of winning on your derby debut. But the biggest lesson he learned from the Old Firm was never to turn his back on the pitch.Read
SUNDERLAND’S derby preparations begin in earnest at the Academy of Light this morning, with Craig Gardner confident manager Martin O’Neill can give his side the edge in his first Tyne-Wear derby.Read
IT WILL be another early start for fans of Newcastle United and Sunderland on Sunday. It has become the norm when the Tyne meets the Wear on a football pitch.Read
STEVEN Taylor will be a frustrated spectator at St James’ Park on Sunday, but the central defender can see light at the end of the tunnel as he battles to return from injury.Read
Stuart Rayner is a sports writer who covers a wide range of sports in the North East. Before heading to the region in February 2005, he worked for the Liverpool Echo.
