It will at least go to the last day of the season on Monday, but when the Premier League title race is this good, the only pity is that the entertainment has to end then.

Arsene Wenger played it brilliantly. The way he tells it, he has decided to stay on as Arsenal manager, almost as a kind of favour.

Arsene Wenger claims he will look back on the season as a missed opportunity even if Arsenal clinch a place in the Champions League this weekend.

Statistics prove this has been the most exciting season in Premier League history.

The All Whites will be without their three top English-based soccer players when they take on South Africa in Auckland later this month.

The Wellington Phoenix's pre-season games against English Premier League opposition may be available to watch only on pay-per-view.

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As the stresses multiply romance has a habit of being flipped on its head.

There is a mood of optimism around Old Trafford. The grumpy, tetchy gloom has lifted; the fug of incompetence has been cleared; the hapless and the hopeless have been expunged.

Man United's worst season since 1992 was underscored by the sacking of coach David Moyes, but as a business, the club still has few peers in soccer.

Louis van Gaal is the type of man who sends Valentine's Day cards to himself. He loves himself, admires everything he stands for and will enjoy all this talk of being linked to Man Utd.

Liverpool fans sang about their football being "poetry in motion".

It was only a year ago that David Moyes, while still Everton manager, said he feared harsh economics meant the balance shift from Merseyside to Manchester was irreversible.

Surrounded by the comparative calm last northern summer of a five-star hotel on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.

It's a rare coach who watches his team lose a knockout finals game and leaves excited.

The Wellington Phoenix will face a Premier League team in July - and there is a possibility of a second English team also visiting these shores.

Liverpool have the look of champions and the look on Steven Gerrard's face at the final whistle of this tumultuous victory signalled its deep significance. It meant he and his exciting team were closer to the title.

Supporters of the German Bundesliga club Vfb Stuttgart are starting to question whether their star recruit Marco Rojas has become a bad investment.

Two seasons ago, Manchester United scored 89 goals, 56 more than they conceded, yet lost the English Premier League title by a goal difference of eight to Manchester City.

They didn't qualify for the World Cup but the All Whites may play in South America in June after all.

Tottenham will target three key signings who can make an immediate impact on the first team as part of a close season transfer strategy that will focus on quality over quantity.

It's time for New Zealand football to embrace Asia.

Today's ASB Premiership grand final is not just a clash between the two best domestic teams in this country.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger blamed Wojciech Szczesny's first-leg red card for the Gunners' Champions League last 16 exit and slammed Arjen Robben for provoking the red card.

There is a proposal to boost Super Rugby team numbers to 18, possibly basing the latest addition in Europe, writes Paul Lewis.

A nightmare opening 16 minutes left the All Whites too big a mountain to climb as Japan took out the Kirin Challenge Cup in Tokyo.