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The incident happened at Chelsea's Cobham training ground on Friday. Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images Chelsea have launched an investigation after a smoke grenade went off at the club's training ground on Friday.Players and officials from the reserve, youth and academy teams were forced by thick smoke to flee the dressing rooms at the complex in Cobham, Surrey, according to the Daily Mail.The club did not give any details on what stage the investigation...

Arsenal's Robin van Persie, right, heads his first goal past Liverpool goalkeeper José Reina. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Robin van Persie has waited a long time to score against Liverpool and he will remember both of the goals that earned Arsenal the points here. His first is the only goal he has scored with his head this season; his second a winner in the second minute of added time that will rank as one of the best strikes of his career.Marco van Basten could hardly have...

The Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, says he believes he can persuade the Ifab to introduce goalline technology. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Football's law-makers have announced that they will go forward with final tests on two goalline technology systems. Six other systems have been ruled out after a series of experiments by scientists in Switzerland.The International FA Board (Ifab) will now run final tests on two systems - one by British company Hawk-Eye and...

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson admits his plan to retire unsettled the Old Trafford dressing room. Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Sir Alex Ferguson has warned that the uncertainty regarding whether Harry Redknapp will become England manager could affect Tottenham Hotspur's season.The Scot takes Manchester United to White Hart Lane on Sunday and, asked if the speculation might prove a distraction, he said: "Its difficult to say. I think the people who will...

The Wales team during a minute's applause for Gary Speed before the friendly against Costa Rica at the Cardiff City Stadium. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images It was one of those nights when it was impossible not to shed a tear."There's only one Gary Speed" and "Speedo" reverberated around the stadium as Ed and Tommy, the teenage boys that were so proud of their father, embraced their grandparents Roger and Carol after singing Land of My Fathers alongside the Wales...

Arjen Robben, left, scores his second goal, Holland's winner, in injury time against England. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters In the end it was a night that will have done little for Stuart Pearce's job application for Euro 2012. For all the late drama, it was a subdued Wembley by the final whistle and even if there were mitigating circumstances, as there always are when key players are missing, the crowd could be forgiven if they are contemplating the summer with a sense of...

Watch the controversial video here. The advert in question starts at 1min 01sec Another Liverpool player was at the centre of a race row on Wednesday after a Spanish advert featuring the goalkeeper Pepe Reina was pulled after a complaint about its depiction of racial and sexual stereotypes.The video, an ad for a multinational insurance firm, was withdrawn from Spanish TV following a complaint from Operation Black Vote, a non‑political campaigning group. Liverpool have been...

England's Stuart Pearce endured a testing night in the 3-2 defeat against Holland in his first game in charge of the senior national team. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP 1 Team selectionIf this was a brave new dawn, the teamsheet had a distinctly familiar feel about it. Injuries and respect for his opponents forced Pearce's hand but there may have been some disappointment in the crowd at the absence of new faces. Adam Johnson was perhaps the biggest surprise, preferred to James...

Robin van Persie sat out the final 15 minutes of training ahead of Holland's friendly against England. Photograph: Paul Harding/Action Images Robin van Persie is set to play for Holland in the friendly with England at Wembley despite fears of a groin problem after the KNVB, the Dutch Football Association, insisted he is "completely fit."The KNVB added that he had not required a fitness test, but did state it is unsure whether Arsenal would be happy for Van Persie to...

Scott Parker has been named as England's captain for the friendly against Holland. Photograph: Neil Tingle/Sportsphoto/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar The Tottenham midfielder Scott Parker will captain England during the international friendly against Holland at Wembley.The interim England manager, Stuart Pearce, had been expected to return the captaincy to Liverpool's Steven Gerrard for the first time since 2010, but informed the squad at a team meeting that he had opted instead...