LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City’s grip on the Premier League trophy could be prised away once and for all this weekend as Roberto Mancini’s side face Tottenham Hotspur knowing defeat would allow Manchester United the chance to be crowned champions on Monday.

A sense of inevitability has hung over the title race for several weeks but below it, the season is reaching a nerve-jangling climax both in the battle to qualify for next year’s Champions League and to stay in the top flight.

LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City’s grip on the Premier League trophy could be prised away once and for all this weekend as Roberto Mancini’s side face Tottenham Hotspur knowing defeat would allow Manchester United the chance to be crowned champions on Monday.

A sense of inevitability has hung over the title race for several weeks but below it, the season is reaching a nerve-jangling climax both in the battle to qualify for next year’s Champions League and to stay in the top flight.

LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) – Manchester City’s grip on the Premier League trophy could be prised away once and for all this weekend as Roberto Mancini’s side face Tottenham Hotspur knowing defeat would allow Manchester United the chance to be crowned champions on Monday.

A sense of inevitability has hung over the title race for several weeks but below it, the season is reaching a nerve-jangling climax both in the battle to qualify for next year’s Champions League and to stay in the top flight.

LONDON (Reuters) – Internationally Welsh football remains in the wilderness yet next season the hills and valleys that loom across the Severn Estuary will become a hotbed for the English Premier League.

Cardiff City’s promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in half a century was confirmed on Tuesday.

LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – Internationally Welsh football remains in the wilderness yet next season the hills and valleys that loom across the Severn Estuary will become a hotbed for the English Premier League.

Cardiff City’s promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in half a century was confirmed on Tuesday.

LONDON (Reuters) – Usain Bolt will return to London to compete in the IAAF Diamond League meeting at the Olympic Stadium in which he achieved a clean sweep of gold medals last year.

The Jamaican six-times Olympic champion will head a glittering cast as London’s Queen Elizabeth Park celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Olympic opening ceremony.

LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – Usain Bolt will return to London to compete in the IAAF Diamond League meeting at the Olympic Stadium in which he achieved a clean sweep of gold medals last year.

The Jamaican six-times Olympic champion will head a glittering cast as London’s Queen Elizabeth Park celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Olympic opening ceremony.

LONDON (Reuters) – Former FA Cup winners Coventry City were deducted 10 points by the Football League on Thursday as a result of entering administration because of spiralling debts.

The League One (third tier) club, founder members of the Premier League, have fallen on hard times and have been under threat of having to move from their Ricoh Arena home because of rent arrears.

LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) – Former FA Cup winners Coventry City were deducted 10 points by the Football League on Thursday as a result of entering administration because of spiralling debts.

The League One (third tier) club, founder members of the Premier League, have fallen on hard times and have been under threat of having to move from their Ricoh Arena home because of rent arrears.

LONDON (Reuters) – Whether by design, necessity, self-interest or because of all three, nurturing youngsters has become fashionable for England’s elite with no expense spared in the hunt for the new Wayne Rooney or Steven Gerrard.

The length and breadth of the country, scouts from top clubs are hoovering up promising footballers barely old enough to tie their bootlaces in a bid to unearth the 30 million pounds treasures of the future.