James Milner could sensationally make a farewell appearance at Villa Park after his protracted move to Manchster City hit another frustrating snag.Read
Birchfield Harrier Mark Lewis-Francis has upstaged Great British team-mate Dwain Chambers to claim a shock silver medal in the 100 metres at the European Championships in Barcelona.Read
James Milner trained with the rest of the Villa squad today at Bodymoor Heath. He and the manager, along with chief executive Paul Faulkner and the player’s representative, Matthew Buck, had an amicable conversation and, while James will not play in tomorrow’s game at Walsall, he will fly with the squad to Portugal on Wednesday ahead of the Guadiana Cup in which Villa will compete with Benfica and Feyenoord this weekend.Read
Paul is the communities editor for www.birminghammail.net. He is also the video editor and works in a team editing the Birmingham Mail, Birmingham POst and Sunday Mercury websites.
In 2007 Paul began as a trainee journalist at the Birmingam Mail, covering the Worcestershire patch and later covering defence.
