Premier League: Forgotten man Bendtner tipped to shine again December 4, 2013 ARSENAL 2 vs HULL CITY 0 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho praised a “special” performance from playmaker Eden Hazard that kept his side second in the Premier League table. The Belgian took his tally to eight goals for the season with a sublime finish in either half as the Blues won a third successive league match. [...]
Premier League: Spurs bite back as Meulensteen’s Fulham tenure begins in defeat December 4, 2013 FULHAM 1 vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 TOTTENHAM are back on track, according to manager Andre Villas-Boas, after they came from behind at Craven Cottage to earn a first league win in five matches. Ashkan Dejagah fired Fulham ahead in Rene Meulensteen’s first match in charge, but late long-range efforts from Vlad Chiriches and Lewis Holtby [...]
Butler served with five-year ban for doping December 4, 2013 TRAINER Gerard Butler has been handed a five-year ban by the British Horseracing Authority after pleading guilty to seven doping charges. A disciplinary panel accused the Irishman of an “appalling breach of his duty” after nine horses in his care produced positive samples for the banned steroid stanozolol. Butler was found to have given four [...]
New Jersey among three axed December 4, 2013 FORMULA ONE: New Jersey, Mexico and South Korea have been dropped from the 2014 F1 calendar. Abu Dhabi is to host the final grand prix, with Brazil staging the penultimate event.
Rio 2016 medals to surpass 2012 December 4, 2013 OLYMPICS: British chiefs believe Team GB athletes are on course to achieve a first for a host nation and exceed their London 2012 medal haul at the Rio Games in 2016.
England could face Brazil and Dutch in World Cup nightmare December 3, 2013 ENGLAND’S World Cup hopes suffered a setback last night when it emerged they could be plunged into a group with two top 10 teams when the draw is made on Friday. The worst-case scenario would see them drawn with Brazil, Holland and the USA – all ranked in world governing body Fifa’s top 14 countries. [...]
Premier League: Allardyce aggrieved at defence in Palace loss December 3, 2013 CRYSTAL PALACE 1 vs WEST HAM UNITED 0 WEST Ham manager Sam Allardyce slammed the sloppy defending that gifted Crystal Palace their first home win since August and sucked the visitors closer to the relegation zone. Palace started tentatively in new boss Tony Pulis’s first match in charge at Selhurst Park, but edged in front [...]
Mourinho eyes decisive spell December 3, 2013 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho says the hectic Christmas period will sort the Premier League title contenders from the pretenders. Arsenal sit four points clear but Mourinho, whose side visit Sunderland tonight, will only consider them favourites if they remain atop the table at New Year. “There is a lot to play for in December and [...]
Ramsey tipped to score more December 3, 2013 IN-FORM Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey can still hit new heights, insists his manager Arsene Wenger. Ramsey has scored eight goals in 13 games to help the Gunners build a four-point lead at the top of the Premier League ahead of tonight’s visit of Hull. The Welshman’s displays are in stark contrast to his performance levels [...]
‘Now people go crazy when I don’t get mad’ December 3, 2013 HEARD the one about the tennis player who went off the rails in retirement because they couldn’t match the buzz of regular competition? Probably not, because such cases are mercifully rare compared to, say, football or boxing. Golf is similarly free of fallen idols. It may be coincidence, but both have thriving senior tours which [...]