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NUMBER-CRUNCHED: the best and worst of English league football in 2014

Cycling in the EPO era: 65 per cent 'juiced' ... and probably more

For Foxes sake: Leicester's hope against Spurs rooted in ghosts of seasons past

QPR's road woes keep them on course for ignominy ... and relegation

Man Utd look to repel raiders Liverpool to restore Old Trafford as fortress

In search of Louis van Gaal: dictator, drama queen, legend

From Chelsea to Arsenal via Tottenham: best season, worst and bang average

Upgraded Saints alive with potential ... but now to handle the crunch

Chelsea's 10 unbeaten games keeps them on Invincibles course ....

"Catterick: ruthless, demanding, never courted popularity. Mr Success"

City host United in Manchester derby on crest of rivalry rollercoaster

'The top 20 teams in England pay $2.9BN in wages a year. All of MLS pays $129.5m'

Arsenal bedevilled by too many draws as trip to stalemate Sunderland looms

'Dutee Chand, science and the spirit of sport: why IAAF policy is deeply flawed'

Tottenham's long-term dominance over City washed away by Mansour money

Messi, Neymar, Suarez - bid to win a chance to watch them train and play

'KP - a supremely talented man with an uncanny ability to piss people off'

City may be 'Richer than God' but are their fans really poorer than United's? It matters

Arsenal's weakness at top-five rivals makes for daunting Chelsea challenge

'A lack of reliable doping data puts the spirit of sport in peril'

Only five PL teams haven't won away. Eight are yet to win at home

Chelsea best against Manchester clubs ... and winning start points to title push

'Anyone would think UEFA and a vice-president condone match-fixing'

'The president couldn't say who owned his players. Maybe criminals. Astonishing'

'The data's clear: soccer is becoming more significant in the US sporting landscape'

Manchester divided: young and English versus older and foreign, so far

Radamel Falcao: a symbol of Uefa shackling Manchester City in the FFP era

'Community is at the core of football, and with it notions of identity and place'

Tottenham's handling of Liverpool a barometer of Pochettino's top-six capability

Man Utd on 28-game unbeaten run against promoted teams ... since Burnley 2009

MOTD at 50: 'Interesting, very interesting ... Oh look at his face, just look at his face'

Everton's failings against Arsenal and Co undermine top-four credentials

Survival chances up but 'at least one of Leicester, Burnley, QPR down'

Arsenal's unbroken post-war top-flight tenure puts them top of 15 'deserved' PL teams

Measuring the 'Tiger effect' - doubling of Tour prizes, billions into players' pockets

'Sport does not exist in a vacuum. Fifa has a responsibility to act on Russia'

Man Utd's Chevrolet deal pushes Premier League shirt values to £191m

Unlucky: 13 Premier League clubs hike ticket prices. City cheapest, Arsenal most costly.

Man United and Liverpool remain top TV draws despite 2013-14 without trophies

'Could England play "the German way"? Of course not ... It is never going to be'

A doping conundrum: just $6m a year on developing new tests, $350m on testing

Germany: deserving, obvious World Cup winners (almost nobody predicted)

Bankers and bookies oust FIFA as best bets for World Cup forecasts

Upsets, giant-killings, adios, bye-bye: FIFA rankings STILL ahead in predicting results

Picking World Cup winners? After 12 games, FIFA rankings beating eminent thinkers

And the World Cup winners will be ... Brazil. Or Argentina. Or Spain. Or Germany

OFFICIAL: Premier League 2013-14 had biggest top-flight crowds for 64 years

Where the money went: Liverpool top Premier League prize cash in 2013-14

Winning in global sport: Often about the money, money, money ..... (but not always)

CHELSEA: best against the best - and worst of the best against the rest

Liverpool and Man City eye 105 goals to top Spurs '61 vintage record per game

REVEALED: Man City, Yankees, Dodgers, RM, Barca best paid in global sport

Four wins in 35: Man City's PL record at Liverpool, Palace and Everton - combined

Palace hope to avoid fourth Premier League cameo as one-season wonders

Why the 3-way title race hinges on games between Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool

'GFH have focussed purely on controlling the narrative, not on running Leeds United'

'Believe nothing in Turkish football - it is rotten to the core and nobody will act'

Man Utd kings among PL 'ever presents' but Chelsea on verge of usurping Arsenal

Tottenham's last league win at Chelsea: so long ago it involved Gary Lineker

Everton have upper hand in financial mid-table tussle with Hammers

Premier League goals: worth £915k each last season, and £1.5m now

Everton punching above financial weight as trip to top-four rivals Tottenham looms

Chelsea's challenge: a rampant Man City with a scoring home run of 61 matches

EXCLUSIVE: Cellino claims 'McDermott had to go ... Festa in temporary control at Leeds'

FA Cup on the up with fans, even as Arsenal-Liverpool controversy looms

REVEALED: Barcelona best at producing 'Big 5' players, Ajax most across Europe

Chelsea only club better than Manchester United, head-to-head ... even before Moyes

Rampant Suarez helps Liverpool to a place in Premier League high-scoring hall of fame

"Tennis should be safe. That it should be humane should not even be up for discussion."

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Liverpool in search of first Premier League win at Stoke at sixth time of asking