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Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis: Gunners will bounce back from Everton and Manchester City defeats to challenge for title December 22, 2016 Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis believes the Gunners will be in the title race right to the end, despite slipping nine points behind league leaders Chelsea last weekend. After slipping to consecutive 2-1 defeats at Everton and Manchester City, Arsene Wenger's men have fallen to fourth, just one point above local rivals Tottenham. But writing to shareholders in [...]
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho tempted by China’s riches but wants long-term Old Trafford stay December 21, 2016 Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho admits he is tempted by the riches on offer in Chinese football but insists he wants to remain in the Old Trafford hotseat for the foreseeable future. Contrary to speculation, former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Inter Milan manager Mourinho is adamant the club have not offered him fresh terms, although [...]
Double let-off for Northampton Saints over George North concussion inquiry and European Champions Cup team selection December 21, 2016 Northampton have escaped punishment despite being told they were wrong to allow wing George North to resume playing a Premiership match after he suffered a head injury. North, who has a history of concussions, was cleared to continue this month’s fixture against Leicester, amid concerns he may have been knocked out again, after being assessed by [...]
Football betting tips: Watford ready to pile the pressure on Alan Pardew’s Crystal Palace December 21, 2016 CRYSTAL Palace face a Boxing Day trip to Watford looking to improve on their disastrous form of eight defeats in their last 10 games. The Eagles currently sit in 17th place, just one point off the relegation places, and another defeat to could end Alan Pardew’s tumultuous reign. The English manager enjoyed great success in [...]
Football betting tips: Back Manchester City to win to nil against sinking Hull December 21, 2016 PEP Guardiola watched his Manchester City side come from behind to beat title rivals Arsenal last weekend and how it was needed. The former Barcelona boss hasn’t quite had the start he envisioned when taking over at the Etihad Stadium in the summer. City are already seven points off leaders Chelsea and have struggled for [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Valseur Lido ready to drive away from his rivals in Lexus December 21, 2016 There is some top class jumping action on the other side of the Irish Sea with the four-day Leopardstown Christmas Festival. The highlight is always Wednesday’s Lexus Chase (3.00pm) where Gigginstown House Stud will be trying to win the Grade One for the third straight year. I think they can do it, as I was [...]
Jonny Bairstow, that World Twenty20 final and Virat Kohli: Chris Tremlett’s guide to the best of 2016 December 21, 2016 England player of the year It took Jonny Bairstow a while to find his feet in Test cricket but he has dug England out of trouble on many occasions this year. The 27-year-old didn’t score a century in his first 21 Tests but racked up three during 2016 as well as eight half centuries. He [...]
Australian Open 2017 prize money: Earnings boost to lower levels in bid to spread tennis wealth December 21, 2016 More prize money will be up for grabs than ever before at next month's Australian Open, after the Grand Slam increased its fund by 14 per cent to AUS$50m (£29.4m). The winner of the tournament, which starts on 16 January, will receive AUS$3.7m (£2.2m) — AUS$300,000 more than last year's winner Novak Djokovic was paid. The [...]
Festive betting tips: Thistlecrack can be crowned King before taking Gold December 21, 2016 They say it takes two to tango and that’s the case at Kempton on Boxing Day now that trainer Colin Tizzard has given his two stable stars the green light to run in the 32Red King George VI Chase (3.15pm). Last year’s winner Cue Card was always set to be part of this particular Christmas [...]
Meet Tom Vernon, the former Manchester United scout and founder of Africa’s top football academy out to turn the sport on its head December 21, 2016 There is something extraordinary about the union between FC Nordsjaelland, an unremarkable Danish first division football club to the north-west of Copenhagen, and the Right To Dream academy in Ghana. It is not just because the club, from the modest 19,000-person town of Farum, is some 5,000 miles away from Right To Dream’s football-oriented residential [...]