Chelsea

Villas-Boas: Defiant

AVB defends team selection

Andre Villas-Boas has defended his decision to leave Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole out of Chelsea's defeat to Napoli on Tuesday.
Villas-Boas: Defensive concerns

AVB laments Terry absence

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas admits John Terry's absence is being felt by the misfiring Londoners.

Terry: Sidelined

Ailing Blues suffer Terry blow

Chelsea captain John Terry is set for a further two months on the sidelines after aggravating a knee injury.

Ezequil and Lavezzi celebrate Napoli's third

Napoli 3-1 Chelsea

Napoli rallied from a goal down to record what turned out to be a fairly comfortable victory over Chelsea at San Paolo Stadium on Tuesday.

Torres: subject of cheeky bid

Hammers tried to sign Torres

West Ham United failed with audacious loan bids for star strikers Fernando Torres and Carlos Tevez during the January transfer window.

Villas-Boas: Out in the cold

AVB: Board must break silence

Andre Villas-Boas has called on Chelsea's board members to back up his words regarding his future as manager at Stamford Bridge.

Sturridge lauds Blues 'family'

Against a backdrop of poor form and alleged mutiny under boss Andre Villas-Boas, Daniel Sturridge insists all is well at Chelsea.

Napoli v Chelsea

Chelsea will have their work cut out for them when they travel to Napoli for the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash.

Blues rally behind poor Torres

Fernando Torres' dry spell has not gone unnoticed at Chelsea, but boss Andre Villas-Boas reckons everyone is still behind the striker.

AVB backs Blues in Europe

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas is adamant his side has the quality to challenge for European glory, despite their poor form.

FA Cup quarter-final draw

Merseyside rivals Liverpool and Everton have been handed home draws in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

Villas-Boas: I'm still in control

Andre Villas-Boas has slammed suggestions that Didier Drogba took control of the Chelsea dressing room in the 1-1 draw with Birmingham.

Chelsea 1-1 Birmingham

Chelsea failed to overcome Birmingham in their FA Cup fifth round tie on Saturday to increase the pressure on boss Andre Villas-Boas.

AVB looks to wounded Drog

Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has backed striker Didier Drogba to prove the catalyst for a change of fortunes for the Blues.

Chelsea v Birmingham City

Chelsea's FA Cup fifth-round clash with Birmingham City should provide them with a welcome distraction from their stuttering league campaign.

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Barclays Premier League

  Teams P Pts
1 Man City 25 60
2 Man Utd 25 58
3 Tottenham 25 53
4 Arsenal 25 43
5 Chelsea 25 43
6 Newcastle 25 42
7 Liverpool 25 39
8 Norwich 25 35
9 Sunderland 25 33
10 Everton 25 33
11 Swansea 25 30
12 Fulham 25 30
13 Stoke City 25 30
14 West Brom 25 29
15 A Villa 25 28
16 QPR 25 21
17 Blackburn 25 21
18 Wolves 25 21
19 Bolton 25 20
20 Wigan 25 19
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Fixtures
Results
Wednesday 22nd February
South African ABSA Premier League
Platinum Stars 3 - 4 Orlando Pirates
Black Leopards 2 - 2 Bloemfontein Celtic
International Match
China PR 2 - 0 Kuwait
UEFA Champions League
Basle 1 - 0 Bayern Munich
Marseille 1 - 0 Inter Milan
Europa League
Man City 4 - 0 FC Porto
Tuesday 21st February
UEFA Champions League
Napoli 3 - 1 Chelsea
CSKA Moscow 1 - 1 Real Madrid
Sunday 19th February
South African ABSA Premier League
Maritzburg United 0 - 2 Ajax Cape Town
Mamelodi Sundowns 0 - 0 Jomo Cosmos
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