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Florida football Coach Urban Meyer resigns GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- University of Florida football Coach Urban Meyer resigned unexpectedly Saturday. Athletic Director Jeremy Foley made the announcement Saturday afternoon after receiving Meyer's decision. In a statement on the school's Web site, Meyer, 45, cited health and family reasons. "I have given my heart and soul to coaching college football and mentoring young men for the last 24-plus years and I have dedicated... Read Full Story

by John Percy BIRMINGHAM, England (AFP) -- Carlo Ancelotti is convinced that he can still mastermind a Premier League title in his first campaign at Chelsea despite seeing his troops win only once in seven games. The Italian is refusing to press the panic button after a run that has cost his side the chance to open up a convincing lead over champions Manchester United, who had the chance to cut Chelsea's lead back to two points with victory over struggling Hull on Sunday. Ancelotti received... Read Full Story

Wigan Athletic's Premier League match at home to Bolton Wanderers on Monday has been postponed on safety grounds, officials have announced. Although undersoil heating meant the pitch at the DW Stadium was playable and there were no safety issues inside the ground itself, surrounding areas were, a Wigan statement said, "deemed not safe for the public". Recent cold weather in Britain had, the club added, left them with no choice but to postpone the match several hours before Monday's scheduled... Read Full Story

Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti insists John Terry has nothing to hide after a newpaper report on Sunday accused the England captain of accepting a financial payment to provide a tour of the club's training ground. The News of the World alleged that Terry, who captained the Blues in Sunday's 1-1 draw at West Ham, arranged the visit to Chelsea's Cobham headquarters for three undercover reporters posing as businessmen without permission from Ancelotti. It is claimed that Terry took a 10,000... Read Full Story

A planeload of weapons from North Korea seized in Bangkok this month was bound for Iran, a newspaper report said Monday, citing documents obtained by arms trafficking experts. US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair had said last week that the 35-tonne cargo, shipped in defiance of UN sanctions on Pyongyang, was bound for an unspecified Middle East destination. The Wall Street Journal, quoting a flight plan obtained by researchers, said the plane was due to make refuelling stops in... Read Full Story

Sir Alex Ferguson believes the 2010 Premier League title race could be the most exciting in its history after the recent emergence of Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur as potential rivals. Last month, Ferguson claimed that he felt his own Manchester United and Chelsea would ease away to leave the run-in as a two-horse race between the winners of the last five championships. But Villa's impressive victory at Old Trafford last weekend, coupled with Tottenham?s comfortable win over wealthy... Read Full Story

Mark Hughes was sacked as manager of Manchester City on Saturday and replaced by former Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini, the English Premier League side announced. City have lost just twice in the league this season and Hughes departed despite Saturday's 4-3 win in the league at home to Sunderland, a victory which lifted them into sixth place in the table. But their record under former Manchester United striker Hughes was clearly not good enough for the club's billionaire Abu Dhabi owner... Read Full Story

Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti admitted Friday he had been too inflexible in failing to find a place in his Parma side for Gianfranco Zola. Ancelotti's intransigence led Zola to begin a much-lauded career in English football as a striker with Chelsea, for whom the he played over 300 games. Now, 13 years after the former forward's Parma exit, the two Italians are set to go head-head when Ancelotti's Premier League leaders travel across London to play second-bottom West Ham, managed by Zola... Read Full Story

David Beckham is dreaming of a return to Old Trafford ahead of Friday's draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League, which could see Manchester United paired with AC Milan. Beckham is due to return to Milan in January for a second loan spell and, with United among the seeds for the draw in Switzerland, they are one of six teams the English champions could face in February. Beckham left United for Real Madrid in 2003 and has not yet come up against the club where he made his name and... Read Full Story

Stoke manager Tony Pulis has told Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger to stop "moaning like a drain" about fixture congestion, saying the Gunners ought to be able to play three games in a week. Wenger was also unhappy with Wolves manager Mick McCarthy's decision to field a second-string side in a 3-0 defeat by the London club's top four rivals Manchester United on Tuesday. The Frenchman, speaking after Arsenal's 1-1 Premier League draw with Burnley on Wednesday, slammed a fixture list which... Read Full Story