West Ham accused of dodging its policing costs November 30, 2016 West Ham has managed to dodge over £43,000 in policing costs for their recent home game against Stoke. The information was revealed to Labour London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore by Sadiq Khan as part of Mayor’s Questions. Dismore criticised former mayor Boris Johnson for a deal between West Ham and the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) [...]
Arsenal 0, Southampton 2: Jordy Clasie and Ryan Bertrand dump Gunners out of EFL Cup November 30, 2016 Arsenal 0, Southampton 2 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger defended his decision to make 10 changes after the Gunners crashed out of the EFL Cup at home to Southampton for the second time in three seasons on Wednesday night. First-half goals from Jordy Clasie and Ryan Bertrand ended Arsenal's 19-match unbeaten run in all competitions and sent [...]
Team Sky star-signing urges public to look at the facts in Wiggins saga November 30, 2016 An Olympic gold medalist team-mate and new Team Sky signing has hit back at criticism of Tour de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins. Owain Doull said the outrage surrounding Wiggins’s controversial use of therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) on the run-up to his 2012 Tour de France victory had been “blown out of all proportion”. Wiggins’s [...]
India is proving tough, but some tours are brutal – try the 2013-14 Ashes series in Australia November 30, 2016 The tour of India is not going the way England would have hoped – 2-0 down with two Tests to play doesn’t make for pleasant reading, while injuries have also struck. It’s important that spirits are kept high and skipper Alastair Cook, together with the management and coaching staff, has an important job to make [...]
Gareth Southgate wants to instil the England team with “a winning mentality” November 30, 2016 England's new manager Gareth Southgate has identified instilling a winning mentality in the team as his top priority, after his appointment was confirmed by the Football Association today. Southgate also revealed that he intends to employ the same high-pressing style that he used in the friendly against Spain earlier this month – a performance that won plaudits and [...]
Six Nations introduces bonus points in 2017 competition to encourage attacking rugby November 30, 2016 Next year's Six Nations will feature a bonus point system the competition hopes will reward "try scoring and attacking play". From 2017 onwards the competition will double the points awarded for a win from two to four and will reward a bonus point to any team that scores four or more tries, replicating a scoring [...]
Gareth Southgate confirmed as England manager on three-and-a-half-year contract worth £6m November 30, 2016 The Football Association has confirmed the appointment of Gareth Southgate as England manager on a full-time basis following a spell as interim coach. Southgate and the FA agreed a contract believed to be worth around £1.5m a year plus bonuses until summer 2020, with a break option after the 2018 World Cup should he fail [...]
Liverpool 2, Leeds United 0: Records falls as Anfield starlet rewrites club history with maiden senior goal in EFL Cup quarter-final November 29, 2016 Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp hailed the potential of Ben Woodburn after the teenage striker broke Michael Owen’s record as the club’s youngest goalscorer in Tuesday's EFL Cup quarter-final victory over Leeds. Aged 17 years and 45 days, academy graduate Woodburn, a Wales Under-19 international, eclipsed the previous record set by former England frontman Owen by 98 [...]
Trevor Bayliss praises teenager Haseeb Hameed for his heroic rearguard action despite a badly broken finger November 29, 2016 England head coach Trevor Bayliss praised the heroism of rookie batsman Haseeb Hameed after the teenager mounted a spirited rearguard action in the third Test against India despite a badly broken finger. Hameed’s efforts, however, proved in vain as England slumped to an eight-wicket defeat – their fourth loss in six matches – and 2-0 series [...]
Football Association chiefs admit it is in crisis following child sex abuse allegations but defend decision not to launch full-scale independent inquiry November 29, 2016 Football Association chiefs have defended their handling of revelations of wide-ranging child abuse in the English game. Chairman Greg Clarke conceded that the scandal had plunged the FA into the biggest crisis he could remember but insisted that the governing body had “acted very quickly” to launch an internal investigation. Clarke added that the FA [...]