admin | April 15, 2011
The biggest football derby in the world will be played at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday evening. The two teams come after they won the semifinals at the Champions League double header going in the Tottenham team that Lucescu Romans and Razvan Rat, Shakhtar Donetsk. During the three weeks the two teams will meet 4 [...]
admin | September 26, 2010
Sir Alex Ferguson praised his Manchester United team for fighting back to earn a point against Bolton on Sunday. United came away from the Reebok with a 2-2 draw but had to twice come from behind to earn a share of the spoils. Zat Knight capitalised on poor defending from Ferguson’s men to give Bolton [...]
admin | September 26, 2010
Bolton manager Owen Coyle highlighted the performance of Johan Elmander in his team’s 2-2 draw with Manchester United. The Trotters twice led at the Reebok thanks to strikes from Zat Knight and Martin Petrov, but Nani and Michael Owen ensured a pulsating game finished even. Bolton could feel aggrieved not to have taken all three [...]
admin | September 26, 2010
Gerard Houllier hailed Aston Villa’s derby victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers as the ‘perfect return’ to Premier League management. Houllier’s first dugout appearance in six years saw the Villa boss make a winning start to league football as his team ran out 2-1 winners at Molineux. The Frenchman, who previously managed Liverpool, had a former Red [...]
admin | September 20, 2010
Jose Mourinho has made it clear that he will not be taking the Portugal national post on an interim basis. It had been suggested that the Real Madrid boss could take temporary charge of his homeland for a Euro 2012 double-header against Denmark and Iceland in October. With the position currently vacant following the dismissal [...]
admin | September 20, 2010
Brad Friedel believes that new Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier will bring a positive mentality to the club. The Frenchman took charge of his first training session with Villa on Monday after relieving caretaker manager Kevin MacDonald of his duties. Friedel was at Liverpool when Houllier took the reins at Anfield in a short-lived joint-manager [...]
admin | September 20, 2010
Newcastle boss Chris Hughton has ruled out a move for former Magpies goalkeeper Shay Given. Reports over the weekend linked Newcastle with a move for out-of-favour Manchester City keeper Given after losing No.1 Steve Harper to injury in their 1-0 win at Everton on Saturday. Newcastle are still waiting to find out the full extent [...]
admin | September 20, 2010
Bolton manager Owen Coyle has claimed that he would not have left Burnley last season had it just been down to his emotions. The former Ireland international departed the Clarets at the start of the year to move to the club where he played for two years in the 1990s. Coyle is to return to [...]
admin | September 20, 2010
Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky has rued his missed penalty during Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Sunderland. The Gunners went ahead through a fluke Cesc Fabregas goal early on, but were put under pressure when Alex Song was dismissed in the 55th minute. Czech Republic international Rosicky then blundered a chance to put the Gunners 2-0 up [...]
admin | September 20, 2010
Everton have jumped to the defence of Marouane Fellaini following criticism of the midfielder’s use of the elbow. Fellaini was lucky to escape a red card in Saturday’s defeat to Newcastle after appearing to catch Mike Williamson on his head with his arm. The Belgium international was booked for the offence and Everton assistant boss [...]
admin | September 20, 2010
Barry Hearn introduced Lord Stevens as the head of his new integrity unit to cover snooker and darts, and warned that lifetime bans would be introduced for any player having any involvement in betting. Suspended former world champion John Higgins will play a role in World Snooker’s new measures to ensure the integrity of the [...]
admin | September 19, 2010
Roberto Mancini praised his Manchester City side after a hard-fought victory against Wigan on a tricky pitch at the DW Stadium. City climbed up to fourth position from 13th to go level on points with Tottenham as the Eastlands outfit secured only their second win of the season. Carlos Tevez opened the scoring with his [...]
admin | September 19, 2010
Sir Alex Ferguson insists he never doubted Dimitar Berbatov after the striker’s hat-trick secured Manchester United a 3-2 victory over arch-rivals Liverpool. Berbatov has struggled to silence his critics since his 2008 move from Tottenham Hotspur and has endured a mixed first two seasons at Old Trafford. However, the Bulgarian has hit the ground running [...]
admin | September 14, 2010
Tottenham Hotspur embark on their first ever Champions League adventure as Europe’s premier competition returns for the 2010/11 season, with all eight of Tuesday’s matches screened live on Sky Sports. Harry Redknapp’s Spurs travel to Bundesliga team Werder Bremen in Group A eager to begin with a success. In the same group, Inter Milan begin [...]
admin | September 13, 2010
Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas insists the Gunners have faith in goalkeeper Maunel Almunia. The Spanish keeper’s position was put under question this summer as Arsenal had bids for Fulham’s Australia international Mark Schwarzer turned down. But Almunia skippered the side in Fabregas’ absence for their opening-day trip to Liverpool and pulled off a fine save [...]
