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Friday, November 23, 2001
Players' strike called off
The threatened strike in English football was today called off after the warring parties agreed a resolution to the players' dispute over the share of television cash.

Victim's blood-stains on Bowyer's jacket
Two small smears of blood found on the designer leather jacket of football star Lee Bowyer after a street attack could have been picked up from several sources, a court heard today.

Rifts starting to appear in support for strike action
Gordon Taylor today prepares for make-or-break talks with the Premier League over the proposed players' strike with support around him crumbling.

Effenberg rekindles United feud by ridiculing Beckham
David Beckham's long running feud with Stefan Effenberg erupted again last night. The outspoken German lambasted Beckham's display against Bayern Munich as dreadful and branded him a joke candidate for World Footballer of the Year.

Football lagging in the TV brain game
Playing football, never regarded as the most academic of professions, is one of the job categories from which new quiz show Britain's Brainiest will find their winning contestant.

Ipswich sign Rovers striker Bent
Marcus Bent today completed his transfer to Ipswich after agreeing a three-and-a-half year contract.

Former Canary boss Hamilton defects to Ipswich
Ipswich Town have appointed former Northern Ireland and Norwich boss Bryan Hamilton as joint first-team coach.

Curbishley believes support for action is ebbing away
Charlton manager Alan Curbishley last night revealed the extent to which he believes players' union chief Gordon Taylor is gambling with the best television deal football has ever negotiated.

Rookie Taylor stands tall at Highbury
The thought of making your Premiership debut against Manchester United might terrify most 20-year-olds, but at least Arsenal's Stuart Taylor has experience of what he will be facing.

Crunch talks resume over strike
Emergency talks aimed at averting the players' strike were due to take place today after the Premier League and Football League started legal proceedings to outlaw next weekend's boycott.

Wenger quick to defend his keeper
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger today defended Richard Wright after the £6 million goalkeeper was criticised for two blunders in the past two Arsenal games.

Wenger: I want to be the best
Arsene Wenger chuckled at the suggestion that Sir Alex Ferguson's Old Trafford empire was crumbling.

Kinsella comes back to earth
Charlton captain Mark Kinsella is hoping there will be no surprises for him at Southampton tomorrow.

Roeder could have been Hoddle's coach
If things had turned out differently, the two Glenns, Hoddle and Roeder, could have been on the same side tomorrow, instead of plotting each other's downfall.

TV's Ian Wright to coach Palace strikers
Ian Wright is coming out of football retirement to coach Crystal Palace's strikers.

Harris: I nearly didn't make it
Millwall striker Neil Harris today revealed that he nearly suffered a second serious illness by trying to come back too soon after treatment for testicular cancer.

Wright suspended over racist claims
Oxford have suspended manager Mark Wright following allegations that he racially abused a black referee at a match last month.


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