Jack Pitt-Brooke: It seems a season does not go by without Chelsea's senior players denying they have too much influence, but last night they successfully answered the claim that they have lost their power on the pitch.
Premier League chairman Sir Dave Richards suffered an unfortunate day at a conference in Qatar today starting when some controversial remarks caused consternation - and ending when he fell face first into a pool.
Derby have apologised to the family of the late Nottingham Forest owner Nigel Doughty over offensive chants from its supporters during the npower Championship clash at Pride Park on Tuesday night.
Top Tory: Our party is white, posh, male and far too Southern
Party 'must address image in the North'
Third horse dies in Dustin Hoffman TV drama
Racehorse is put to death after falling at track during making of second series of HBO show
Guilty: Congolese warlord who built an army of children...
...but why has the International Criminal Court's first conviction taken six years?
Old guard of the Bridge seize victory to prolong campaign
Didier Drogba, John Terry and Frank Lampard all put in heroic performances
Ferguson pledges to test Athletic fitness
United manager calls on players to 'run harder' to overturn deficit
Croft back on top with new England work ethic
Flanker says his dynamic Paris display was due to squad's renewed appetite on the training pitch
Can anyone stop Sebastian Vettel?
With Red Bull's double world champion the big favourite to complete a hat-trick of titles, we consider the 2012 field
New generation of digital pens
Can they win over dedicated rollerball user Rhodri Marsden?
Figures of fun: Skylanders
Skylanders combines a video game with collectable toys and is changing the way children play
My hardest job: class 9B for an hour
Independent editor Chris Blackhurst teaches modern history to 14-year-olds in a London comprehensive
10 best non-fiction graphic books
From the history of modern Tibet to John Lennon's post-Beatles life...
New King's Cross Western Concourse
In pictures
Russia: we're happy to sell arms to Assad
Russia insisted yesterday that it would not halt arms shipments to Syria even as evidence mounts that the regime is committing crimes against humanity.
The Apprentice: The new victims in the firing line
As the contest returns to our screens, Gerard Gilbert meets its new stars