The Norwegian football league was thrown into turmoil on Friday following a strike by 95 players in a row over the right to choose their own kit.



The action lead by the players' unions has affected nine of the 16 top flight clubs resulting in a postponement of all of this weekend's fixtures.



The players want the right to choose their own footwear, gloves and other equipment.



Unlike most other European countries, Norway's top-division players…

ALEX FERGUSON today led the tributes to retiring Manchester United star Paul Scholes.

United boss Ferguson praised the ex-England star, who has spent his entire 17-year career at Old Trafford.

Scholes will work alongside Ferguson as a coach at United from next season.

The Scot said: "What more can I say about Paul Scholes that I haven't said before. We are going to miss a truly unbelievable…

The Portland Timbers suffered their first home defeat of their inaugural MLS campaign on Sunday, losing 3-2 against DC United.

Perry Kitchen opened the scoring for visitors DC United in the 13th minute at Jeld-Wen Field, benefiting from a deflected Blake Brettschneider header off Chris Pontius' throw-in.

Jack Jewsbury levelled for the Timbers with a penalty on 67 minutes.

But DC United regained the lead with a spot-kick of their own eight minutes later - attacking…

Monaco were relegated from Ligue 1 after losing 2-0 at home to Lyon on Sunday, with the visitors securing a route into the Champions League.

Second-half goals from centre-back Pape Diakhate and centre-forward Lisandro Lopez settled the match at the Stade Louis II in Lyon's favour.

Monaco, Champions League finalists as recently as 2004, will be in Ligue 2 next season after suffering their first relegation since 1976.

Lyon meanwhile are in the Champions League qualifying…

Peterborough secured promotion back to the Championship with a 3-0 win over Huddersfield in the League One play-off final at Old Trafford.

Tommy Rowe, Craig Mackail-Smith and Grant McCann scored the killer goals in the 78th, 80th and 85th minutes as Huddersfield suffered their first defeat in 28 league matches.

Rowe's goal - a header from McCann's free-kick - came after a spell of dominance by Huddersfield, but there was no sign of that by the time Mackail-Smith had…

Fifa has provisionally suspended executive committee members Mohamed Bin Hammam and Jack Warner after a meeting of its ethics committee on Sunday.

Football's governing body will now open a full investigation into allegations that financial incentives were offered to members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).

CFU officials Debbie Minguell and Jason Sylvester have also been suspended.

But Fifa president Sepp Blatter was found to have no case to…

What is your name?

Stan Thomson

Stupid question, who do you support?

Hearts

When was your first game?

I was five, that was 45 years ago. My father was a Hearts fan and he took me. My whole…

David Beckham has admitted the chance to pull on the famous red shirt and play for Manchester United at Old Trafford again will give him goose bumps.

Beckham will return tomorrow night to star in Gary Neville's testimonial match against Juventus.

It will help re-unite the famed 'Class of 92', with Nicky Butt and Phil Neville also going to be involved in addition to Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes.…

Well for once my team Sunderland arent in a end of season battle for either promotion or relegation! which makes a change the season that was starting so brightly and was going so well has gone pear shaped to say the least mainly due to injuries and bad management the defining moment has to be in January when Darren Bent handed in that transfer request the timing couldn't have been worse but if a player is unhappy you have to let them go…

Daily Mail reports that Arsene Wenger is after Scott Parker.

Despite West Ham's relegation and Parker's age the England midfielder is expected to command a fee of at least £5million, but Wenger is determined to bolster his midfield after another trophy-less campaign.

A move to The Emirates would see Parker play in a midfield trio alongside his England partner Jack Wilshere and Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas.

Back in January Arsenals north London rivals Tottenham had a £7m…

Following the sacking of Avram Grant minutes after their defeat on Sunday David Sullivan has stated it was a 'bad selection' to give him the manager's job in the first place.

Well what a dramatic weekend its been: Man U took their record 19th title, Man City won the FA Cup and West Ham got relegated and then decided to sack Avram something they should of done along time ago rather than waiting till they got relegated. Torres still hasn’t scored his 2nd goal yet!!

Oh but guess what…. we still have another weekend to go! 





I’m going to start with the FA Cup, which was played this…

Lincoln City manager Steve Tilson has kept on just three members of his squad following their relegation to the Blue Square Bet Premier.

Tilson has offered new deals to Luke Howell, Danny Hone and Andy Hutchinson.

Mustapha Carayol, Ali Fuseini and Gavin McCallum have been put on the transfer list, while Joe Anyon, Josh O'Keefe and Adam Watts…

A QUINTET of Southend United players are still in discussions surrounding their futures at Roots Hall.

Skipper Craig Easton, player-coach Graham Coughlan, defender Luke Prosser, striker Blair Sturrock and young forward Kyle Asante will be out of contract at the end of June.

And much will depend on the budget that has been given to manager Paul Sturrock, which the Echo understands includes a new pay…

Real Madrid striker Emmanuel Adebayor insists poison hate chants flung at him by Spurs fans would not stop him joining the club, one day.

The Togo hitman, on loan from Manchester City, scored twice against Spurs in the Champions League quarter-final at the Bernabeu, last month.

A torrent of abuse flew his way as a result, most of it insulting to his parents.

"I would go there and sign for them,” he insisted.

"I heard about the chants and I felt so bad because…

A groundshare agreement is now in place with Cheshunt for the opening of the 2011-12 season.

The relocation from Goldsdown Park to Theobalds Lane was approved at a club meeting last weekend, while work continues on the Queen Elizabeth stadium in Donkey Lane, into which the club are due to move this September.

“It’s really the best solution in terms of proximity,” said club secretary Ciaran Glennon. “It’s easier for fans to get to than other locations. Also, the ground is up to…

Barcelona clinched their third Spanish La Liga title in a row with a 1-1 draw at Levante.

Barca moved six points clear with two games to go, but their favourable head-to-head record over second-place Real Madrid sealed their triumph.

The visitors took the lead when Seydou Keita headed home Xavi's cross.

But Levante equalised just before the break when on-loan Manchester City striker Felipe Caicedo took advantage of…