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COVENTRY City manager Aidy Boothroyd believes youngster Conor Thomas has a big future in football after graduating from the academy. The 17-year-old started this season as a regular for the Academy side but after a series of impressive performances, he was promoted to the first team bench for...

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King, Westwood and other subjects In the second part of the interview Coventry City chairman gave to the Coventry Telegraph, Ray Ranson spoke about the signing of Marlon King and the on going contract negotiations with goal keeper Kieren Westwood and Aron Gunnarsson. C.T: Have you been...

No winter breaks for us say fans organisation According to a poll carried out by the Football Supporters Federation, football supporters do not want a winter break. With temperatures in Coventry and throughout Britain in the minus figures over the last few days and snow in verying amounts...

United boss not thinking of quitting Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has stressed that he is not even thinking about retiring. The 68-year-old became the longest serving manager in United history last week, after taking charge in 1986. He previously intended to step down some nine...

McPake Hanging On To Scotland Dream Coventry City defender James McPake remains confident that one day his dream of playing for his native Scotland will come true. McPake has yet to be picked for a Scottish national side and told the CT: "It's obviously a dream of mine to play for Scotland. "I...

Midfielder thinks the ref was wrong Coventry City midfielder Aron Gunnarsson has apologised to his manager, team mates and the fans for being sent off on Saturday against Norwich. It was the first time in is career that Gunnarsson has seen red, but he thinks the referee Chris Sargison got the...

Match Day #22 Coventry v Norwich (1-2) Vote for your SBT man of the match Candidates: - Westwood - Keogh - McPake - Wood - Cameron - Bell - Doyle - Gunnarsson - King - McSheffrey - Platt Substitutes - (Eastwood 90) - (Jutkiewicz 80) - (Cranie 46)

Former City manager fails to agree terms with Larissa Former Coventry City manager Chris Coleman, who was heavily tipped to become manager of struggling Greek Super League side Larissa, has failed to land the job after it was given to Jorn Andersen. Coleman had been in talks with the Thessaly...

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has given his backing to the idea of hosting the 2022 World Cup in January or February. Qatar won the right to host the World Cup at the vote in Zurichmearlier this month but there are concerns about whether a traditional June and July tournament would be viable...

Doncaster boss refuses to rule out Blades Sean O'Driscoll has refused to rule himself out of the running to become the new Sheffield United manager. The Doncaster boss is evens favourite with Sky Bet to follow Gary Speed into the Bramall Lane hotseat after the former boss left to take up the...

Half time guest on Saturday Former Coventry and Norwich striker Darren Huckerby will be the guest at The Ricoh on Saturday and will be introduced to the crowd at half time. Huckerby joined Coventry City from Newcastle in 1996 and struck up a fearsome strike partnership with Dion Dublin. He...

Reds boss believes players were trying too hard Roy Hodgson believes Liverpool's players are frustrated their hard work is not translating into positive results. The Reds' under-fire manager is pleased with his side's desire, commitment, effort and feels they are not getting their rewards. The...

An ex-minister who had responsibility for drugs policy has called for all drugs to be legally available. Bob Ainsworth, a Home Office minister under Tony Blair, said successive governments' approaches had failed, leaving criminal gangs in control. The Coventry North East MP wants to see a system...

A glitzy hotel in Abu Dhabi has put on show a jewel-encrusted Christmas tree which it says is worth over $11m (£7m). Items of jewellery studded with scores of precious stones are draped on the tree's branches, along with more traditional baubles and lights. While the tree alone is worth a mere...

Blackburn's owners have denied Argentina legend Diego Maradona is set to replace Sam Allardyce at Ewood Park. Venky's Group chairwoman Anuradha Desai admitted earlier this week that the Indian owners had given some thought to hiring Maradona after sacking Allardyce. However, the poultry giants...

City skipper taking his time. Coventry City captain Lee Carsley, who will miss his first game of the season on Saturday through suspension, will leave it until nearer the end of the season to decide whether he wants to prolong his playing career. At 36 years old, Carsley is still supremely fit...

West Ham must win at least one of the relegation-threatened club's next three games or manager Avram Grant will be sacked, BBC Sport understands. Time is running out for Grant, 55, who has one win in 11 Premier League matches, leaving the club three points adrift at the bottom of the table. It...

COVENTRY v NORWICH - Ricoh Arena K.O Saturday 18th December 3.00pm Coventry v Norwich - head to head This is the 107th league and cup match between the two sides. City have won 47 of those games and drawn 31 times. They have scored 158 goals compared to Norwich's 129. The last league game...

A male tabby cat has been found strangled in Coventry. Its body was found lying on Trossachs Road by a member of the public on Thursday, the RSPCA said. Vet Elly Pittaway said she suspected a human was responsible for the death as the cord was wrapped so tightly around its neck it was embedded...