The Gardeners' World Blog

Twenty four matches down, eight to go in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and England are still there!

I wrote last week of the effect qualifying from the World Cup group stage could mean for women's football in this country and Hope Powell's side got there in style on Monday with a comfortable 6-1 victory over Argentina to set up a quarter-final clash against the pre-tournament favourites USA in Tianjin tomorrow (kick off 1300 BST - live on BBC One).

Mourinho leaving Chelsea… the biggest sports story of the year? Almost certainly, for many of the reasons my colleague Richard has explained in his blog.

So did you feel the BBC did it justice?

Around two years ago, I went for lunch with Jose Mourinho.

Ok, it wasn't just me - Chelsea had invited sports editors from across the national media for an informal and off-the-record chat with their charismatic, and occasionally combustible, manager.

Mourinho held court for around two hours - he was captivating company...