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Brentford 0-2 Leyton Orient | League One match report

Brentford 0-2 Leyton Orient 2 Leyton Orient extended their winning start to the season to eight games with a 2-0 victory at Brentford after a Dave Mooney penalty and an 85th-minute goal from the substitute Shaun Batt. Orient, who fielded an unchanged team from the one that thrashed Notts County…

Samuel Eto'o | The Gallery

The Gallery: The Chelsea striker stars as a wrecking ball, a cut-price supermarket and a Shakespearean play

Club Wembley corporate hospitality boosts the FA's coffers with £56m

• Renewal of 10-year debentures in 2017 will be crucial • FA's commitment to grassroots facilities drops by £2m The importance of Wembley's hospitality seats, up for renewal in 2017, to the Football Association's bottom line has been underlined by its 2012 accounts. The figures…

Michu fills several roles in Swansea’s shining show

One day, surely, Swansea City will stop improving, stop surprising, and find their level. But for now, at least, their progress continues, with three away wins this month and a creditable draw against Liverpool. They are still waiting to find their upper limit, as is their best player, the…

What now for Di Canio?

How can maverick Italian Paolo Di Canio bounce back from his sacking as Sunderland manager?

Istanbul 'Wembley's main 2020 rival'

The Football Association believes Istanbul is the "front runner" to host the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020.

Sunderland fired Paolo Di Canio for ‘systematic destruction’ of his players

Paolo Di Canio’s 175-day reign of fear at Sunderland was ended because of the “systematic destruction of the players’ self-esteem and self-worth” The Independent can reveal.

How Di Canio’s final ultimatum backfired

There were plenty of new rules at Sunderland’s training ground during Paolo Di Canio’s short-lived reign, some of which related to the Italian’s fastidious fitness regimes, others which appealed to his sense of authority and hierarchy.

Roberto Di Matteo the favourite to succeed Paolo Di Canio as Sunderland manager

Roberto Di Matteo is the front-runner to succeed Paolo Di Canio but Sunderland will not be rushed into a decision.