West Ham: Saleven Bilic releases captain Kevin Nolan August 27, 2015 West Ham have dissolved the contract of captain Kevin Nolan and released him on a free transfer after he slipped down the midfield pecking order at Upton Park. New Hammers boss Slaven Bilic had started the 33-year-old, who joined in 2011 and led the club back into the top-flight the next season, in just one [...]
Man City land Kevin De Bruyne in English record £57m transfer August 27, 2015 Manchester City are expected to complete the signing of Belgium attacking midfielder Kevin De Bruyne from Wolfsburg for a Premier League record transfer fee in euro terms. The early-season pace-setters are thought to have agreed to pay up to £57m for the 24-year-old former Chelsea player – the equivalent of €78m and slightly more [...]
Kristale gets a precious chance in the Hopeful Stakes August 27, 2015 The switch back to sprinting is yet to provide LUCKY KRISTALE with a win this season, but in tomorrow’s Hopeful Stakes (3.25pm) at Newmarket that could all change. She charged on late to be held by a head in last month’s Group Three Summer Stakes at York, and this drop into Listed company could be [...]
Swaggering Swansea set to frustrate toothless Red Devils August 27, 2015 MOST MANCHESTER United fans would have been delighted to have taken seven points from their opening three games at the start of the season. However, Louis van Gaal’s side have started off much the way they did last term, lacking balance in their first XІ and struggling for goals. Slow starts from Arsenal and Chelsea, [...]
Maximum excitement with sporting index August 27, 2015 THERE’S eight Premier League games for sports spread bettors to get stuck into tomorrow and Sporting Index have a number of markets that revolve around all the matches. Aggregate total goals is a prediction on how many goals in total will be scored across the eight fixtures. It’s pitched at 22.5-23.3. If you were expecting [...]
Rugby World Cup squad 2015: England gamble on Sam Burgess as Stuart Lancaster axes Danny Cipriani August 27, 2015 Rugby league convert Sam Burgess is the surprise inclusion in England head coach Stuart Lancaster’s squad for the Rugby World Cup, it was confirmed today. Burgess, 26, switched codes less than a year ago and only made his senior England debut earlier this month, earning mixed reviews in a 19-14 win against France at Twickenham. [...]
Chris Tremlett: My time had come to call it a day August 27, 2015 When I got injured at Guildford a couple of months ago while playing for Surrey, mentally something changed and it was at the back of my mind that I might not make it back from my latest injury and could be forced to retire. I gave myself a bit of time to let the [...]
I know what a World Cup axe feels like August 27, 2015 Ex-England No10 Charlie Hodgson tells Ross McLean that Lancaster can’t win THERE is simply no mechanism for cushioning the heart-rending blow of missing the final cut for your country’s Rugby World Cup squad. That is the view of Saracens fly-half Charlie Hodgson as England head coach Stuart Lancaster today prepares to name his 31-man party [...]
Farah refuses to be fall guy in 5,000m August 27, 2015 BRITAIN’S Mo Farah hopes to dodge the three strikes and you’re out mantra after suffering a scare in his bid for a long-distance double at the World Athletics Championship in Beijing yesterday. Defending champion Farah – hunting a record-breaking third twin title at major global events – qualified for Saturday’s 5,000m final second in his [...]
Champions League: Rooney finds scoring touch in Euro romp August 27, 2015 CLUB BRUGGE 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 4 MANCHESTER UNITED WIN 7-1 ON AGGREGATE SKIPPER Wayne Rooney admitted that his status in the game makes harsher scrutiny inevitable should he suffer a goal drought after catapulting his side to the Champions League group stages with a hat-trick against Club Brugge last night. England captain Rooney ended a [...]