Why the Capital One Cup is suddenly everyone’s favourite competition | Paul Wilson- Arsenal, first half excepted, certainly enjoyed themselves in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday night. Photograph: David Davies/PAWhy is the Capital One Cup suddenly everyone’s favourite competition? Apart from the 37 goals in the last eight ties, I mean, the three Premier

Wenger criticises Clattenburg claims- Chelsea’s handling of their complaint against Mark Clattenburg has been criticised by Arsène Wenger. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty ImagesArsène Wenger has criticised Chelsea for helping to turn the Mark Clattenburg race row controversy into a damaging spectacle and for initially “going public with little proof”, suggesting it was always preferable to resolve

The Fiver | A thermonuclear Sir Alex Ferguson | Scott Murray- Two scapegoats, earlier. Photograph: PAOn the face of it, last night wasn’t a particularly good one for Liverpool. They had been in proud possession of Tin Pot, the shiny three-handled metal jug which the do-gooders of the Football League charitably loan out each year

Sumo recruitment hits 54-year low in Japan- Sumo reigning grand champions, or yokozuna, Hakuho and Harumafuji were both born in Mongolia. The last Japan-born yokozuna, Takanohana, retired in 2003. Photograph: David LeveneThe Japanese sport of sumo is counting the cost of a string of scandals, attracting the smallest number of young recruits for more than

A look back at Sourav Ganguly’s career- Sourav Ganguly celebrates an India victory over England at Lord’s in July 2002. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty ImagesTalk about going out with a whimper. Reports have dribbled through to England that Sourav Ganguly won’t be playing in the Indian Premier League for Pune next year – and as he

Chelsea investigating apparent ‘monkey’ gesture made by fan- A Chelsea fan appears to make a monkey gesture towards Manchester United’s Danny Welbeck (out of shot). Photograph: David Klein/SportimageChelsea have launched an investigation after a photograph emerged of a supporter appearing to make a racist gesture towards a Manchester United player.The image shows a fan making

Win a signed copy of Bradley Wiggins new autobiography- Bradley Wiggins talks exclusively to Simon Hattenstone about his extraordinary summer of cycling success, only in Weekend magazine this Saturday 3 November with the Guardian. Plus, starting on Monday 5 November you can read exclusive extracts from his new autobiography, Bradley Wiggins: My Time (not released

Saxon find in Lyminge has historians partying like it’s 599- A still from the 2007 motion-capture film Beowulf. The epic poem featured a great hall of its own, Heorot, whose ‘radiance shone over many lands’. Photograph: Paramount/Everett/Rex FeaturesThe foundations of a spectacular Anglo-Saxon feasting hall, a place where a king and his warriors would have