Andy Murray coasts into Paris Masters fourth round as faltering world No1 Novak Djokovic struggles November 3, 2016 Britain's Andy Murray kept up his hopes of dethroning Novak Djokovic as world No1 later this week by progressing with greater ease than the Serb at the Paris Masters. Murray, who is on a 17-match unbeaten run, reeled off eight games in a row as he beat Frenchman Lucas Pouille 6-3, 6-0. The Scot, 29, can hit [...]
Fenerbahce 2, Manchester United 1: Jose Mourinho fumes at lazy and complacent United as they lose for the fifth time in 13 games November 3, 2016 Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho accused his team of being lazy and complacent after Europa League defeat at Fenerbahce capped a miserable week for the under-pressure boss. Forward Moussa Sow’s dazzling overhead kick rocked United in the second minute and an exquisite free-kick from former Sunderland winger Jeremain Lens doubled the hosts’ advantage after half-time. [...]
Fifa president Gianni Infantino wants to outlaw Chelsea’s policy of stockpiling players and loaning them out November 3, 2016 World football chief Gianni Infantino says he wants to make it illegal for clubs such as Chelsea to “hoard” legions of players and farm them out on loan. The Blues are not the only club to stockpile talent but are the best-known proponents and currently have 38 fringe payers and youngsters out on loans at clubs in [...]
Are we at a watershed moment for women’s boxing? Katie Taylor and Claressa Shields pave the way for a professional future November 3, 2016 Next month’s blockbuster night of boxing at the Manchester Arena promises to be a big occasion for a number of reasons, most notably for Anthony Joshua’s chance to secure a potentially career-defining fight with Wladimir Klitschko by successfully defending his title against American Eric Molina. Yet it is a less heralded bout at the bottom [...]
West Ham London Stadium controversy: LLDC boss David Edmonds resigns November 3, 2016 The chairman of the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), the company that owns the Olympic Stadium, has resigned after Mayor Sadiq Khan announced an investigation into rising conversion costs. David Edmonds, who has been an LLDC board member since its 2012 inception was appointed chairman in September last year, has become the first high profile departure [...]
Adidas share price falls after sportswear giant announces Reebok restructuring November 3, 2016 Adidas' share price fell by over four per cent in morning trading as the German sportswear giant announced it would be taking one-off expenses to make investments for further growth and restructure the Reebok brand. In its third quarter report, the first set of results delivered under new chief executive Kasper Rorsted, Adidas said that net [...]
Sam Burgess interview: I just didn’t love rugby union as much as I love league November 3, 2016 If absence makes the heart grow fonder then code-switching powerhouse and newly-anointed England rugby league skipper Sam Burgess has reason to be more love-struck then ever. Burgess was back on the international stage on Saturday spearheading England’s Four Nations charge, little more than a year after his and his country’s ill-fated showing at the rugby [...]
FC Copenhagen 0, Leicester City 0: Claudio Ranieri warns against complacency as Foxes move to cusp of Champions League last 16 November 2, 2016 Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri has urged his side to guard against complacency despite a stalemate against Danish title-holders FC Copenhagen nudging them ever closer to the Champions League knockout phase. The Foxes are still to concede a goal in Europe’s premier club competition but were indebted to goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel for pulling off a late save [...]
Tottenham Hotspur 0, Bayer Leverkusen 1: Mauricio Pochettino ashamed and embarrassed as Spurs pushed closer to Champions League exit November 2, 2016 Tottenham Hotspur 0, Bayer Leverkusen 1 Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino admitted to being "ashamed and embarrassed" after defeat to Bayer Leverkusen left his team's Champions League hopes dangling by a thread. Winger Kevin Kampl's second-half strike condemned Spurs to a second defeat from two home games at Wembley, meaning they must win at Group E leaders Monaco next [...]
It will be far from easy, but the only thing England can do is stand up and fight India November 2, 2016 Even if England had wiped the floor with Bangladesh during their two-Test series and hinted at mastering subcontinent conditions, the upcoming tussles with India were always going to be much harder propositions. Going into the Bangladesh series I felt England were more than capable of winning 2-0, but I don’t necessarily think 1-1 was a [...]