ABDOULAYE Faye resisted overtures from Everton, West Ham and Wigan, and an improved offer from Bolton, for the chance to work under Sam Allardyce again at Newcastle United.
OVER the next couple of weeks the presence of Bill Beswick, the England psychologist, will be in the spotlight, as Steve McClaren looks to motivate the national team towards European Championship qualification.
John Wells believes England can ''repeat the performance'' that sent Australia home early - when they bid for a World Cup final place at Stade de France this weekend.
ENGLAND'S hopes of completing an historic one-day international series win in Sri Lanka suffered a blow today when captain Paul Collingwood suffered an injury scare.
A FRUSTRATED Gareth Southgate last night acknowledged that Ben Hutchinson's last minute consolation strike was the one bright spot to emerge from a crushing defeat at Manchester City.
Having not scored for two and a half years, Steve Foster was so desperate to find the net again he would have been satisfied with a tap-in which, he admits, are his usual style of goal.
A REFLECTIVE Roy Keane last night hailed his players' resilience after they overhauled a two-goal deficit before slipping to a 3-2 defeat at Arsenal, but admitted the result underlined how much work still needs to be done before Sunderland can claim to have established themselves in the Premier League.
