In a move that came as a surprise to nobody in football, Chelsea yesterday rewarded manager Avram Grant for getting them within a goalpost's width of their first European Cup by terminating his contract. According to a statement released on the club's website Saturday afternoon, the Israeli coach, and sometime rodent disturber, was dismissed following a series of meetings over the past two days. Peter Kenyon prefigured the decision earlier in the week, when......

Vindication finally came to Avram Grant last night. The lugubrious Chelsea manager (and sometime Dangermouse nemesis) achieved what his beloved predecessor never could: he smuggled his side into a European cup final. Long derided by fans, and perennially in danger of being chopped by Chelsea paterfamilias Roman Abramovich, Grant suddenly finds himself with the chance of snatching a historic Prem and Champions League double from under the whiskers of Manchester United. And in a......

Selfridges go that little bit further to draw in the crowds. There won’t be a criminal enquiry over Lee Jasper’s conduct. But we don’t think that this will be the last of it. Chelsea manager Avram Grant has received anti-semitic death threats. That’s just not football, now is it? Yikes! The £4.00 pint is on its way. You can check out the Brit award winners and losers here. Actually, the losers were all those......