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Blackpool boss suggests playmaker could be worth £46m Ian Holloway has suggested coveted playmaker Charlie Adam could be worth £46million due to what Blackpool will earn should they avoid relegation. The Scottish international has been linked with a host of clubs in recent weeks, with Aston...

Fifa have announced they have no 'concrete plans' to stage the 2022 World Cup in the winter. Qatar were announced as winners of the bid to host the tournament in December 2010, but high temperatures during the summer months has led to talk of the competition being moved to a cooler time of...

QPR v Coventry Venue - Loftus Road QPR v Coventry - Head to Head Sunday's game will be the 108th time that Queens Park Rangers and Coventry City have met in league and cup matches. The Sky Blues have won on 44 occasions with 28 draws and have scored 177 goals compared to QPR's 137. Last...

Good work from Academy lands duo Coventry City have taken two youngsters from Arsenal and Manchester United beating off competition from a number of other clubs. Being able to capture the players was down to good recruiting by City's Recruitment Officer Mark Fogarty and by the way they...

Winger set to leave Coventry City Coventry City manager Aidy Boothroyd has admitted the the thinking behind recalling winger Michael McIndoe from his loan at Milton Keynes Dons was not so he could be used as cover, but simply to ease the process of offloading the player in the January transfer...

Aston Villa have confirmed the signing of striker Darren Bent on a four-and-a-half-year deal from Sunderland. The Midlands outfit have revealed their shock swoop will be a club record signing, for a fee believed to be £18million. Bent will be available to make his debut for Gerard Houllier's...

Jimmy Hill will forever be synonymous with the abolition of the maximum wage. Here's his story. When Wayne Rooney picks up his reported £200,000 pay packet this week he might care to spare a thought for the men who made such riches possible. For all those footballers, in fact, who, in the...

Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli believes Roberto Mancini will overtake Jose Mourinho as the world's best manager. Balotelli worked under Mourinho at Inter Milan last season before joining City while the Portuguese tactician moved to Real Madrid. Talented youngster Balotelli rarely saw...

We Have Potential Signings - Boothroyd Coventry City manager Aidy Boothroyd has said that the club has potential signings in the pipeline but they must be the right people to fit in with the club. Speaking to the BBC's Laura May in an interview for the Late Kick Off programme which will be...

Eriksson brings in City boss' son Leicester City manager Sven Goran Eriksson has taken Roberto Mancini's son Andrea on trial. The talented youngster has spent the week with the ambitious Foxes attempting to impress his father's mentor. Andrea is a skilful forward and it is thought that he...

Eddie Howe has been officially named Burnley's new manager after signing a three-and-a-half year deal. Howe has earned good reviews for his work with Bournemouth over the past couple of seasons and is regarded as one of the best young bosses in the business. A deal was agreed for him to leave...

Defender set to miss rest of the season Birmingham boss Alex McLeish has confirmed Scott Dann is unlikely to play again this season because of injury. As exclusively revealed by skysports.com earlier this weekend Dann was facing an early end to his campaign because of the hamstring problem he...

Coventry City have loaned defender Jermaine Grandison out to Shrewsbury Town. The centre half, who was on loan at Tranmere earlier in the season, will be on loan at Shrewsbury for a month. Speaking to Shrewsbury's official club website, Graham Turner said: "We've taken 20 year old Jermaine...

FIFA President prepared to give goal-line technology the green light FIFA President Sepp Blatter has given his backing to goal-line technology. "We have tested 17 different goalline systems and four or five of them will go to the International Board to have a further look at them," said...

Winger recalled Coventry City have recalled Michael McIndoe from his loan at MK Dons. The winger was due to stay on loan at the League One club until January 30th but he has been recalled by Aidy Boothroyd and will go into City's squad to face Sheffield United at the Ricoh Arena on...

Arsenal skipper hits out after defeat by Tractor Boys Cesc Fabregas has hit out at Ipswich's 'rugby' tactics following Arsenal's shock defeat at Portman Road. A late strike from Tamas Priskin handed the Championship side the advantage following the Carling Cup semi-final first leg. The goal...

Coventry v Sheffield UTD Venue - Ricoh Arena Coventry v Sheff UTD - Head to Head Saturday will be the 52nd league and cup match between Coventry City and Sheffield United. City have won 17 of those games and drawn 16 times. They have scored 61 goals compared to 62. City won 1-0 at...

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Latest on Bellamy incident Former Coventry City forward Craig Bellamy has been arrested and released on bail by South Wales Police. Bellamy was involved in an incident which The Sun claimed yesterday saw him allegedly trading punches with a gang of attackers outside the Eden Night Club in...

A new James Bond film has been given the go-ahead and is due to be released on 9 November 2012, film studio MGM and EON Productions have announced. Producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli and MGM said the 23rd Bond would go into production in late 2011. The latest 007 adventure, starring...