Saturday, 04 February 2012 09:51
Last week the villan, this weekend the hero - manager Arsene Wenger is used to being both heralded and haranged by fans and critics this season.
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Last week the villan, this weekend the hero - manager Arsene Wenger is used to being both heralded and haranged by fans and critics this season.

John Terry was removed as England captain on Friday as he awaits trial for racial abuse, but the Chelsea defender will remain eligible to play for the national team at the European Championship.

Celebrated boxing trainer Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali's cornerman in his greatest fights, has died at the age of 90.

With four different champions in the past four seasons and no overwhelming favourite, the 2012 Six Nations could be the most open and interesting tournament for years.

Former Force India Formula One driver Adrian Sutil was found guilty of grievous bodily harm by a Munich court on Tuesday and given an 18-month suspended sentence and $262,300 fine for a night club brawl in China last year.

When the year began common logic suggested Novak Djokovic would struggle to emulate his extraordinary 2011 but after retaining his Australian Open title in astonishing fashion on Sunday the question is can anyone stop him setting the bar even higher.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic battled past Rafael Nadal in an epic, five-set Australian Open final which clocked in at 5hr 53min - the longest title match in grand slam history – early on Monday.

Victoria Azarenka won her first Grand Slam title and became the new world number one when she thrashed a disappointing Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final on Saturday.

Ivory Coast became the second country after Equatorial Guinea to reach the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals thanks to a 2-0 win over Burkina Faso in Group B on Thursday.

With queries over his form, fitness and motivation dogging him in the runup to the Australian Open, Rafael Nadal did not dream he would make the final.
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