Englishman Dorman proud to play for Wales

Phil Gordon charts the journey that has led the St Mirren midfield player to be selected for John Toshack’s squad

Brown’s demand for cash threatens 2018 bid

Government wants share of profits from what could be richest World Cup on record if England wins bid to stage 2018 finals

Enke: a career of peaks and troughs

Germany and Hanover goalkeeper, who committed suicide on Tuesday, had to contend with a difficult path to prominence

Naismith ready to seize chance to shine

Striker hoping to cement his starting place for Rangers and Scotland in a season that he believes could make his career

Germany stunned by goalkeeper's 'suicide'

Robert Enke, the leading candidate to represent Germany in goal at next year's World Cup, dies after being hit by a train

Onuoha torn over international future

Manchester City defender remains unsure whether to pledge his allegiance to Nigeria or England

German goalkeeper kept depression a secret

Robert Enke, who threw himself in front of a train, feared loss of career and child if he admitted illness, his widow said

Cascarino: don’t let the culprits go to ground

The FA must take a stand now against cheats with three-match bans if it is to make inroads on one of the game’s ugliest habits

Rivals who could grab World Cup from England

They might be the favourites to be hosts in 2018, but Spain and Portugal, Russia, Australia and several others also have high hopes

Fox looks forward to belated Scotland debut

Celtic full back hopes to join likes of Matt Elliott and Nigel Quashie and become latest Englishman to play for Scotland

Kyle has unfinished business in England

Kilmarnock striker plans to use call-up for friendly in Wales to put himself in shop window for a return to Championship

Beckham is no Beckenbauer in diplomacy stakes

If there is a factor holding back England’s World Cup bid it is the lack of a recognisable, heavyweight figure behind it

Politicians must not miss this chance

It has been a year of empty promises and false starts, but there may still be time to turn things around

Football in brief: Drogba bruised but fit

Chelsea striker passed to play for Ivory Coast despite suffering a rib injury in clash with Jonny Evans during defeat of Manchester United

Burley: Fletcher’s good enough for England

Scotland manager believes on current form Manchester United midfielder would be selected by Fabio Capello for England squad

The men who will vote on England 2018 bid

From Sepp Blatter to Jack Warner, meet the 24 Fifa members who will decide host of football’s showcase in nine years time

The main selling-points of England’s 2018 bid

Eight reasons why the Fifa executive committee members should vote for the World Cup to come home to England in nine years’ time

Johnson pulls out of England squad

Liverpool right back withdraws from squad to face Brazil on Saturday after picking up an injury in club’s draw with Birmingham

Torres to miss three more weeks

Another blow to injury problems for Liverpool as Glen Johnson admits club's form is "awful" after Birmingham draw

Benitez must address injury crisis to stop rot

Tony Barrett gives his verdict on what the Anfield club need to do to turn their fortunes around. He talks to Ben Smith

Poyet confirmed as Brighton manager

Former Chelsea midfielder agrees a contract until end of next season, with Mauricio Taricco named as assistant manager

Tottenham announce record £33.4m profits

The figures are partly down to the £56.5m raised from the sales of Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane last season

Is this woman the world's dirtiest footballer?

Antics of Elizabeth Lambert - hair-pulling and hacking at opponents - put the infamous Leeds United team of the 1970s to shame

Benítez mired in state of disbelief at Anfield

Liverpool manager bemoans his side's continuing run of bad luck, with Albert Riera and Yossi Benayoun now also injured

Ngog caught in ‘cheat’ row

Controversial penalty awarded after fall from striker in penalty area saves Rafael Benitez from another defeat