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Black Cats pounce for Tainio
Sunderland have announced the signing of Tottenham midfielder Teemu Tainio, with Pascal Chimbonda's arrival expected to be confirmed imminently. more
BORO'S squad numbers have been revealed with the all important No 1 shirt - the one that is the biggest conunderum of the close season - left blank....Read more
Toon new boy Jonas Gutierrez has yet to kick a ball for Newcastle United but his words today will no doubt go down well with the Geordie nation....Read more
Roy Keane isn't exactly short of a few bob, but Sunderland's manager still turned into debt collector at the team's hotel in Portugal today after hustling some of his players out of their hard earned wedge....Read more
KEVIN KEEGAN was in the stands at Gateshead International Stadium tonight as Newcastle United reserves were held to a 1-1 draw by Conference North outfit Gateshead....Read more
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Bogie warns Gateshead of a big Toon backlash
GATESHEAD manager and former Magpie Ian Bogie expects Newcastle United’s young guns to have been stung by their 6-2 mauling at Arngrove Northern League side Newcastle Benfield last week. more
Jubilant Durham are aiming high
DURHAM are one game away from the most lucrative competition in domestic cricket history but one of the men who got them there, Liam Plunkett, claimed his team-mates’ sights are set higher than merely playing in the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League. more
Boxing legend Frazier's Tyneside date
JOE FRAZIER hails from the golden age of heavyweights when he, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman ruled the world with shuddering ferocity. more
Turbitt makes the grade in javelin
CUMBRIAN outfit Border Harriers proved once again to be too strong for the region’s clubs in the Northern Two North match at Monkton Stadium. more
‘Birthday monsters’ put into
TWO of the 15lb-plus rainbows to be stocked as part of the reservoir’s 100th birthday celebrations have now been released at Fontburn where the fish have come back on to the feed with the water settling after recent downpours. more
Storm’s surge subsides on opening holes
GRAEME Storm’s hopes of being in the Open Championship mix at Royal Birkdale all but disappeared when he bogeyed the first two holes. more