Stats reveal Alexis Sanchez’s startling slump in form – should Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger drop him for the trip to Tottenham? March 4, 2016 It’s easy to forget that little over a year ago, some pundits questioned whether Barcelona had made a mistake in selling Alexis Sanchez to Arsenal for £35m in the summer of 2014. Sanchez was a leading candidate to be named Premier League player of the season following 16 goals in his first 28 games for [...]
England to play Euro 2016 warm-up games at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium and Sunderland’s Stadium of Light March 4, 2016 The England football team are to play games outside of London for the first time in nine years ahead of this summer's Euro 2016, with games in Manchester and Sunderland. Roy Hodgson's side will take on Turkey at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Sunday 22 May and Australia at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland five [...]
US sports executive: Leicester City in the Champions League would hold back likes of Manchester United, European Super League still on the agenda March 4, 2016 Europe's elite clubs could make much more money by closing off the Champions League to smaller teams such as Leicester City, an American sports executive who met with the "big five" Premier League clubs on Tuesday has claimed. Earlier this week executives from Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool held talks with Relevent [...]
Pochettino stokes north London derby by questioning Arsenal’s title credentials March 3, 2016 Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has fanned the flames of Saturday’s north London derby by questioning whether title rivals Arsenal have the credentials to be crowned Premier League champions. Defeat at high-flying West Ham on Wednesday robbed second-placed Spurs of the chance to overtake leaders Leicester and hit top spot, although they remain firmly ensconced in [...]
Manchester United kit deal helps Adidas to record football sales of £1.75bn March 3, 2016 Adidas enjoyed the best ever performance of its football business last year – thanks in part to the lucrative £75m kit deal it signed with Manchester United. Football sales for the fiscal year reached a record €2.2bn (£1.7bn), the company revealed in its annual results, helping it to overall sales of €17bn for 2015. The [...]
Racing betting: Art Mauresque can land another Greatwood at Newbury for in-form Paul Nicholls March 3, 2016 Second-guessing the weather in this country is a dangerous pursuit, but if it stays dry then I’m confident that Paul Nicholls can add to his already impressive record in the Greatwood Gold Cup (3.25pm) at Newbury Saturday. The champion trainer has won a staggering seven of the 13 renewals of the 2m 3f Chase run [...]
Racing betting: Progressive Le Prezien to justify 800-mile round trip to Kelso March 3, 2016 Kelso's richest day’s racing has attracted some interesting runners to the Scottish Borders on Saturday with the most eye-catching being Paul Nicholls’ LE PREZIEN in the Grade Two Premier Kelso Hurdle (3.15pm). This is the first time that Nicholls has fielded a runner in this race and he doesn’t send his horses to Kelso for a [...]
Football betting: Tottenham and Arsenal title challenges on the line in nervy north London derby March 3, 2016 Since 1995, Tottenham have finished above every single club in the Premier League in one season or another – except Arsenal. Sat three points above their old rivals ahead of Saturday's north London derby with only 10 games left, they will fancy their chances of altering that statistic. In doing so they may even scratch [...]
Football betting: Slaven Bilic to mastermind end to West Ham’s Goodison blues at former club Everton March 3, 2016 West Ham boss Slaven Bilic returns to Everton on Saturday hoping to end his team’s remarkable and unwanted run against their opponents. Since Bobby Zamora’s winner in a 1-0 win in April 2007, the Hammers have gone 18 matches without a win over the Merseysiders . However, with his side flying high in sixth place, [...]
Great Britain begin defence of Davis Cup title against Japan: When is it? Where can I watch it? Who is playing? March 3, 2016 Andy Murray and team-mates can take heart from Great Britain’s impressive history of defending the Davis Cup when they begin their title defence with a first-round tie against Japan in Birmingham tomorrow. The last time Great Britain won the competition before last year’s triumph, it marked a fourth straight year that they had won tennis’s [...]