Grant charged by FA
West Ham supervisor Avram Grant has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association following feedback he produced about match official Mike Jones right after his side’s two-one FA Cup defeat to Stoke at the weekend.

MANCINI STANDS BY SQUAD Choices
Mancini – defends loan decisions. Supervisor Roberto Mancini has defended his determination to let three senior Manchester Metropolis stars to leave on loan in January when he has ended up so short of gamers.

BBC A single outperforms Chelsea game
Waterloo Road and MasterChef beat dwell Champions League football in primetime on Wednesday evening.