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EUPHORIC France fans brought the West End to a standstill after "Les Bleus" stormed to victory in the World Cup final. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT should be a mismatch when League One leaders Brighton, 10 points clear at the top, visit struggling Dagenham and Redbridge tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Matthew Rose is among six Queens Park Rangers players who are set to be released when their contracts run out at the end of the season. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Queens Park Rangers captain Kevin Gallen and defender Marcus Bignot have signed new two-year contracts, writes Wayne Veysey. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IAN HOLLOWAY will travel to Rio de Janeiro next weekend to run the rule over two players recommended by Brazil legend Dunga, writes Wayne Veysey. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHERE TO WATCH THE 200 LIVE GAMES MORE than half of next season's 380 Premier League fixtures will be shown live, with Amazon on board for the first time… SKY SPORTS They will show 128 matches — two more than last season — beginning with the opener, Liverpool v Norwich on Friday August 9. They have first choice of matches at weekends and games will be spread from Friday to Monday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ARSENAL P 6 W 4 D 0 L 2 PTS 12 Winger Theo Walcott will work on his match fitness in a behind-closed-doors game against Olympiakos' reserves at Arsenal's London Colney training ground tonight. The England has recovered from a troublesome back injury but is still lacking sharpness. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ARSENAL P 6 W 4 D 0 L 2 PTS 12 Winger Theo Walcott will work on his match fitness in a behind-closed-doors game against Olympiakos' reserves at Arsenal's London Colney training ground tonight. The England has recovered from a troublesome back injury but is still lacking sharpness. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Next game 4 April Man City (away) Arsenal Played 30, W 15, D 10, L 5 Fiorentina midfielder Felipe Melo has played down speculation linking him with Arsenal. The 25-year-old Brazil international said: "According to the press, Arsenal, Manchester City and Juventus are interested but I prefer not to think about it." POINTS 55 Next game 4 April Newcastle (away) Chelsea Played 30, W 18, D 7, L 5 Former Bridge star Pat Nevin says the derbies with West Ham, Arsenal and Fulham will decide Blues' League season. He added: "Realistically we have to get nine points from those games in order to stand any chance of catching the leaders." POINTS 61 Next game 4 April Liverpool (home) Fulham Played 30, W 10, D 10, L 10 Andrew Johnson, whose last of his eight England caps was against Israel in 2007, has not given up hope of a recall. The striker said: "It is at the back of my mind. If I'm playing well and scoring goals, you never know." POINTS 40 Next game 4 April Blackburn (away) Tottenham Played 30, W 10, D 8, L 12 POINTS 38 Next game 4 April Sunderland (home) West Ham Played 29, W 11, D 7, L 11 Carlton Cole believes he has become a better player after his England debut against Spain last month. "I learnt a lot," said the striker. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Next game Saturday Newcastle (away) Arsenal Played 29, W 14, D 10, L 5 CESC FABREGAS insists Arsenal should fear nobody in Friday's Champions League quarter-final draw. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Avram Grant clearly wasn't joking when he said he wanted to put the style back into Chelsea. No sooner has the Israeli got his feet under the table at Stamford Bridge than Giorgio Armani is breezing into west London and giving his seal of approval to a new lounge in the West Stand. Armani was pictured with striker Andriy Shevchenko, although rumours of a possible swap deal are apparently just wishful thinking. The Blues might remain the epitome of King's Road chic but Sven-Goran Eriksson is a bit of a fashion guru himself. The Swede can remind everyone at the Bridge why he was once on their managerial wish-list by ending the club's long unbeaten home run. VERDICT: SCRUFFY BLUES [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Moritz Volz keeps doing his bit for the crazy German stereotype. The Fulham defender locked himself in the toilet hours before a pre-season friendly with Brighton. He was eventually rescued by his cleaner, although Volz might wish he had in-khazi-rated himself ahead of this deadly dull fixture, which promises to produce more zeroes than a print-out of Mohamed Fayed's bank statement. Mido, meanwhile, could make an early return to the capital as he attempts to fill Mark Viduka's boots -- and XXL shorts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It's not just White Hart Lane's famous cock that's facing an uncertain future. There's more chance of Paul Ince being granted the freedom of Newham than Hammers fans giving Sven-Goran Eriksson a warm welcome back to English football at Upton Park The season hasn't even started and already Arsene Wenger's moaning. Apparently, Chelsea's injury crisis is all Jose Mourinho's fault United players are well practised in excusing themselves from travel abroad for meaningless matches - just ask Ryan Giggs. Fernando Torres might be feeling the heat of justifying his hefty price-tag - take your pick from anything between £19m and £27m - but what better place for the Spanish matador to start his Liverpool career than in the city of the Bull Ring? Who says Scunthorpe fans are ugly? Simon Jordan can hear the patter of tiny feet - and it's not Clinton Morrison demanding to know why he's not in the team. Focus loves going to Ashton Gate, if only to see the adjacent tower block that was the location for Nelson Mandela House in the later episodes of Only Fools And Horses. There are bigger issues than football in Wolverhampton right now where locals are in the midst of a cat-napping scandal. Just what East Enders love: a beano to the Essex coast on a hot Saturday in August. Rovers chairman John Ryan is the man whose plastic surgery firm sculpted Melinda Messenger's boobs. This is not so much an away game for Barnet as a "wahey!" game, as they visit Eric Morecambe's home town for the host's inaugural League encounter. Brentford hope striker Charlie Ide can fire them to promotion and defy the wisdom of modern nutrition in doing so. Dagenham players have been preparing for their League debut by having judo lessons. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAGENHAM AND REDBRIDGE striker Sam Sloma is confident the club will gain automatic promotion to the Football League after his late equaliser kept them 11 points clear of rivals Oxford United. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AT 6ft 5in tall and with the build of a light-heavyweight boxer, Marc Nygaard cuts a menacing figure at Queens Park Rangers' new training ground at Harlington. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PAUL IFILL will have an operation to cure his long-term ankle injury today, a procedure that will sideline him for a further three months. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Ian Holloway takes a depleted squad to Preston tonight as Queens Park Rangers hope to make history by equalling their record run of eight successive league wins. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Ian Holloway today urged his Queens Park Rangers players to heed the lessons from their Carling Cup defeat to Aston Villa. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]