Diego Costa: Chelsea striker faces three-match ban after FA charge September 21, 2015 Controversial Chelsea striker Diego Costa is facing a second three-match ban for violent conduct this year after he was charged retrospectively by the Football Association (FA) today. The FA acted after referee Mike Dean acknowledged that he and his assistants had not spotted Costa putting his hands in Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny’s face during Saturday’s Premier [...]
Sir Alex Ferguson: Press conferences can kill managers September 21, 2015 Former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson insists the manager’s press conference is the most pivotal battleground in football and one which can prove terminal to an individual’s career if executed shabbily. Ferguson attracted a reputation for using a press conference to dictate the agenda during his 26-year managerial career at Old Trafford, a time [...]
Andy Murray could be fined for missing ATP World Tour finals for Davis Cup final September 21, 2015 Andy Murray is risking a hefty fine by missing the ATP World Tour Finals in order to help Great Britain overcome Belgium in their first Davis Cup final for 37 years. Read more: Magic Murray earns Britain historic win If Belgium choose to stage the final on clay, Murray suggested he will forego the ATP's end [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: Rugby’s 10 highest paid players’ salaries dwarfed by football’s best September 21, 2015 For the next six weeks, rugby will unusually claim pride of place ahead of football in the media's attentions, with back pages and news reports focused on the unfurling drama from the Rugby World Cup. Yet the financial dominance of football is demonstrated in the huge disparities between the top players' salaries. Read more: Sam Burgess [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: Tournament set to be highest attended single sport event in history after football World Cup following record attendance at Wembley September 21, 2015 This year's Rugby World Cup is on course to be the best-attended single-sport tournament in history behind the football World Cup, after a record attendance watched New Zealand beat Argentina 26 – 16 at Wembley yesterday. Read more: Record Rugby World Cup crowd witnesses All Blacks suffer fright Over 89,000 packed into Wembley to watch the tournament [...]
O2 pins hopes on England Rugby World Cup 2015 win: CEO Ronan Dunne on playing the long game September 20, 2015 If you were compiling a list of the most successful sponsorship partnerships in sport over the past 20 years, the one between O2 and England Rugby would have to be very near the top. Timing is everything of course, but when Cellnet, O2’s previous incarnation, decided to get involved in rugby union in 1995, [...]
Magic Murray earns Britain historic win September 20, 2015 JUBILANT Andy Murray last night admitted playing through the pain barrier to take Great Britain to within one tie of their first Davis Cup triumph since Fred Perry and Bunny Austin lifted the trophy in 1936. Murray’s straight-sets defeat of Bernard Tomic yesterday completed an almost single-handed 3-2 semi-final win over Australia in Glasgow and [...]
Burgess tipped to shine should he start against Wales September 20, 2015 ENGLAND skills coach Mike Catt has backed rugby league convert Sam Burgess to make a seamless transition into the starting XV should he be selected to face Wales on Saturday. Burgess impressed from the bench after replacing centre Brad Barritt shortly after the hour mark as England opened their Rugby World Cup campaign with a [...]
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho Mourinho jibe rubs salt into Arsene Wenger wound September 20, 2015 Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has fanned the flames following his team’s fiery 2-0 Premier League victory over Arsenal on Saturday, saying that Gunners manager Arsene Wenger is underachieving given the talent at his disposal. Mourinho had already taken his customary swipe at Wenger straight after the match, accusing the Frenchman of persistent moaning when he [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: Record crowd witnesses All Blacks suffer fright September 20, 2015 NEW ZEALAND 26 ARGENTINA 16 Rattled New Zealand captain Richie McCaw conceded his team would have to improve to win their third Rugby World Cup after they were given a huge scare by Argentina at Wembley yesterday. A world record crowd for the tournament of more than 89,000 witnessed the powerful Pumas come from 9-0 [...]