﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Rivals.net Headlines</title><link>http://www.rivals.net/Services/Rss/news.aspx</link><image>http://www.rivals.net/images/topbanner_27.jpg</image><description>Visit Rivals.net for the latest football news, fixtures, scores, results and tables.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2007, BSKYB.  All Rights Reserved.</copyright><pubDate>08/07/2008 22:42:54</pubDate><lastBuildDate>08/07/2008 22:42:54</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Toon sale: Club claim utter nonsense but US link confirmed]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3792829&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[Just what is going on at Newcastle United? The club deny that Mike Ashley will be selling the club in their latest comments, yet the US party in question confirm they have been approached! Just another day at Toon...]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/02/84/St_James_Park_631609.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>08/07/2008 10:46:41</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can call me Al!]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3792547&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[It seems Potters boss Tony Pulis has been a busy boy on the phone just recently, speaking to all manner of Premier League managers - including Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United...]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/05/84/Tony-Pulis-face_869342.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>08/07/2008 09:22:59</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter Grant appointed first team coach]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3792723&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[Albion have appointed former Norwich manager Peter Grant as first team coach. But is he the right choice?]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/07/84/West-Brom-Peter-Grant-Norwich-2007_1013004.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>08/07/2008 10:17:33</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the boss tan strangler]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3792325&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[The colour of you, Duncan Ferguson, as you posed proudly alongside your young charge, Wayne Rooney, at his recent nuptials.  ]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/07/84/duncan-ferguson_1012761.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>08/07/2008 08:24:20</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BREAKING NEWS: City to hand boss new 3 year deal!]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3790200&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[The latest news headlines concerning Hull City suggest that chairman Paul Duffen and his manager Phil Brown are on the brink of agreeing a new three year contract extension to manage the Tigers...]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/05/84/Phil-Brown-and-Paul-Duffen_899191.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>07/07/2008 17:46:31</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reds accept Crouch bid]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3789425&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[Peter Crouch is set to undergo a medical at Portsmouth after Liverpool accepted their latest bid for the forward.]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/07/11/84/Crouch_604070.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>07/07/2008 14:20:24</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fat club? Love handles? Physical peak? City in pre-season!]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3789317&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[It may be the return to pre-season training (wow! already? - ed)  but Gary Johnson says the condition of the players this year, is marked improvement from 12 months ago...]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/05/84/Gary-Johnson-thumbs-up_888955.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>07/07/2008 13:51:32</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keane completes Uefa licence]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3789109&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[ROY KEANE has completed his Uefa Pro Licence coaching qualification.
]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/07/84/RoyKeane_1002597.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>07/07/2008 13:02:06</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delap: Stoke a top 10 City!]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3788981&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[Stoke - a fine top 10 Bristish city. And we're talking in the footballing term too. Rory Delap has been giving us his views ahead of the new up and coming Premier League season...]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/07/84/Stoke-Rory-Delap-action_1010658.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>07/07/2008 00:31:59</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hodgson: More to come in]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3788847&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[To date, Roy Hodgson has brought in five new players into the Craven Cottage fold, but the Fulham boss has declared more signings or on the way...]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/03/84/Roy_Hodgson_face_3_733485.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>07/07/2008 11:59:55</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ranger Rowlands off to Hull?]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3788200&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[The latest Queens Park Rangers transfer news worryingly sees speculation that midfield schemer Martin Rowlands may be off to the Premier League...]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/05/84/Martin_Rowlands_sent_off_846680.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>07/07/2008 09:01:33</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wengers Martin move]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3788190&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[NUFC striker Obafemi Martins claims he would welcome the chance to play for Arsenal. ]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/04/84/Martins_reading_april_08_770448.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>07/07/2008 08:59:09</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[More trouble for Ridsdale as Steve Day takes legal action on unpaid wager]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3786334&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[Peter Ridsdale's week-of-hell continues with the City chairman again hitting the headlines over a controversial courtcase. This won't quite get the front-page coverage of the £30million Langston case, or the impending problems with Hasselbaink, but City fan Steve Day is taking the club's chairman through the County Courts over an alleged £5,000 unpaid bet.]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/05/84/Peter_Ridsdale_2__835847.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>06/07/2008 20:03:48</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waiting on the Q]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3786369&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[So will Brian McClair or Mickey Phelan get the nod should 'the federation' and United come to a deal over Carlos?]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/01/84/78787647_620381.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>06/07/2008 20:09:29</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA['Dinho saga to end in failure]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3786003&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[City's attempt to sign Ronaldinho appears to have failed, following comments emanating from AC Milan sources and Brazil coach Dunga on Sunday.]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/07/84/ronaldinhofriendly_995531.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>06/07/2008 18:48:10</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lampard in new deal offer]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3785016&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[Chelsea are, according to reports, set to sign a new deal with Frank Lampard sometime in the next week. The England midfielder has taken his time to renew his existing contract and once former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho joined Inter Milan as manager, there was intense speculation that Lampard himself would follow him. 
]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/07/11/84/Frank_Lampard_601850.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>06/07/2008 14:29:54</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Albion linked with Spurs keeper Paul Robinson]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3781195&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[According to reports Albion are the only team to make a firm approach for Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Paul Robinson. The England international keeper looks set to leave White Hart Lane this summer after Spurs signed goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes from PSV.]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/07/11/84/72711973_599853.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>05/07/2008 21:01:21</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kaboul close to Pompey switch?]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3784075&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[Pompey are on the verge of signing Younes Kaboul from Spurs in a £6 million deal according to reports in France.</p>]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/05/84/Kaboul_892893.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>06/07/2008 09:13:39</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Round Goodison bound]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3781389&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan has lost one of his assistants at the club, following the news that coach Steve Round is to join David Moyes at Premier League rivals Everton...]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/07/12/84/Everton_607842.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>05/07/2008 22:15:15</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coppell : 'I only want you, if you want to be here']]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3779313&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[Steve Coppell has sent a warning out to the likes of Stephen Hunt and Ibrahima Sonko, who are talking themselves up for moves away from the club - 'If you don't want to be here, then go.']]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/07/11/84/Coppell_reading_603258.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>05/07/2008 00:06:57</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Werder Bremen striker could join Kapo at Wigan]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3777120&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[Steve Bruce is aiming to finalise things with both Ivan Klasnic and Olivier Kapo by the end of next week. After the revelations at Zamelek with Zaki, Klasnic has fast become the next target and the Werder Bremen striker is currently out of contract.]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/07/84/IvanKlasnic_1003618.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>04/07/2008 20:35:30</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dutch ace at 'advanced' transfer stage]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3779016&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[Hull City's proposed move for Middlesbrough's Dutch midfield star George Boateng has reached an 'advanced' stage of negotiations during the pre-season build up to the Premier League...]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/01/84/George_Boateng_celebrates_621363.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>05/07/2008 10:19:19</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shaun to Portsmouth]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3777471&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[Rumours have again surfaced concerning a move to Portsmouth for Chelsea and England midfielder Shaun Wright-Phillips after his father, Ian Wright, strongly advised him to leave Chelsea.Since joining from Manchester City in 2005, Wright-Phillips has won the Premier league, the FA Cup and Carling Cup while at Stamford Bridge.]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/01/84/SWP_619736.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>04/07/2008 22:09:52</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazilian moves on]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3777018&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[Geovanni has signed a two-year contract with Premier League newcomers Hull City, it was revealed on Friday.]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/07/11/84/geovanni_604131.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>04/07/2008 19:49:31</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ashley to sell off Toon SHOCK?]]></title><link>http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13364_3775924&amp;id=0</link><description><![CDATA[Incredibly, in a little over a year since taking over Newcastle United, Mike Ashley is reportedly touting the club to American investors for a shock takeover over at the club...]]></description><enclosure>http://images.rivals.net/08/01/84/mikeashley_620249.jpg</enclosure><pubDate>04/07/2008 14:26:36</pubDate></item></channel></rss>