Ashley Cole News

Damien Duff has revealed that in an effort to dissuade him from retiring from international football, Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni wanted to speak to the winger's wife.

It looks like Chelsea FC is a lot like high school, the worst thing you can do is get caught smoking.

RACE row football rivals Ashley Cole and Anton Ferdinand came face-to-face in a 2am bust-up in a car park.

JOSE MOURINHO wants Chelsea to have completed their summer transfer business within a fortnight.

London, Jun 15: Chelsea ace Ashley Cole has been reportedly snapped smoking a cigarette as he left his rented Los Angeles holiday pad with friends, which puts him in danger of risking the wrath of his new boss Jose Mourinho.

According to The Guardian , Jose Mourinho is set to confirm his first signing of his second spell at Chelsea in the form of German winger Andre Schurrle.

A top sports agent with links to Premier League star Ashley Cole and rapper Jay Z was cleared at the Old Bailey today of murdering an 18-year-old man in a "revenge" attack over a stolen BlackBerry phone.

Like them or not - and when questioned, most fans will most likely fall into the second category - in a world where football has become a gargantuan, multimillionaire business, agents are here to stay.

In Chelsea Top Trumps, the cult of Mourinho outranks even that of JT and Super Frank - it's that standing which will prove his biggest asset in his second spell.

Torres and Mata also face being summoned to the headmaster's office once the Special One gets down to business Jose Mourinho wants face-to-face talks with Chelsea's core stars to decide who will be part of his new Stamford Bridge masterplan .

Uruguay will be forced to line up against Venezuela without their first choice goalkeeper Luis SuA rez tonight.

Chelsea 's 2012 Champions League triumph felt like a long, distant memory for much of last season.

Ashley Cole started the trend when he joined Chelsea back in 2006. Emmanuel Adebayor and Samir Nasri quit the Emirates in 2009 and 2011 respectively, with both sealing mega-money moves to Manchester City.

Amid the Premier League's manager-merry-go-round this summer, Sky Bet offers a range of specials on how each will perform in their new job.

Amid the Premier League's manager-merry-go-round this summer, Sky Bet offers a range of specials on how each will perform in their new job.

The Chelsea manager claims the unsettled England striker 'is a little bit like me' while giving no assurances over the future of Fernando Torres Jose Mourinho has told Wayne Rooney to base the decision on his future on what makes him happiest rather than on money, as the new Chelsea manager arrived to a barrage of questions on what his club's next ... (more)

After a long, gruelling season, the world of football will now be able to kick back and enjoy a long, hot summer as the game's brightest stars head off on their holidays.

The Special One will be welcomed back to Stamford Bridge with open arms, yet much has changed since he was last in charge six years ago Note: We do not store your email address but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature.

THE start of the UEFA Under-21 European Championships this week fills the close-season footballing void in the absence of a major senior tournament for addicts like yours truly.

Had they been able to pick their own partners Mourinho would have chosen Manchester United and Roman Abramovich would have walked down the football aisle with Pep Guardiola.