Joe Root set for £1m pay deal as England cricket chiefs confirm biggest shake-up to central contract system for more than a decade September 29, 2016 England cricket chiefs have confirmed the biggest shake-up to the way that the country’s centrally-contracted players are paid for more than a decade. The England and Wales Cricket Board have for the first time awarded central contracts to regulars in the one-day team as well as those in the Test side. Mainstays of both teams, [...]
Ryder Cup statistics: How Europe and USA compare when it comes to driving, putting, scrambling and experience September 29, 2016 Can Europe make it four from four Ryder Cups this weekend or can USA harness home advantage to win the famous trophy for just the second time this millennium? To get a more detailed idea of where the cup might be won and lost in Hazeltine, City A.M. analysed how the two 12-man teams have performed this season across [...]
Celtic 3, Manchester City 3: We ought to have won, blasts Pep Guardiola after Bhoys end Spaniard’s winning start to City career September 28, 2016 Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola declared his side should have conquered Scottish title winners Celtic despite having to come from behind three times to salvage a Champions League point. City fought back through goals from Fernandinho, Raheem Sterling and Nolito after Celtic had repeatedly edged ahead with a double strike from former Fulham forward Moussa [...]
Arsenal 2, Basel 0: Boom boom! Basel brushed aside by Arsenal and two-goal fox in the box Theo Walcott September 28, 2016 Arsenal 2, Basel 0 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger tipped Theo Walcott for an England recall after the revitalised forward took his tally to four goals in three games in a comfortable victory over Basel. Walcott headed the opener and swept home a second as the rampant Gunners earned their first Champions League win of the season to sit [...]
Sam Allardyce claims “entrapment won” as he looks for refuge abroad after losing England manager’s job September 28, 2016 Former England boss Sam Allardyce claimed entrapment had won after speaking publicly for the first time since the storm which brought his downfall as Three Lions manager erupted on Monday. A crestfallen Allardyce left the role he had coveted for most of his managerial career on Tuesday after he was secretly filmed discussing how to [...]
ECB proposal to give greater rewards and a central deal to one-day players is on the money September 28, 2016 The England and Wales Cricket Board’s proposed revamping of the central contract structure, which could see the introduction of standalone deals for one-day players for the first time, is a positive step forward. Currently, central contracts are handed to the mainstays of the Test set-up, while fringe players and those featuring in limited-overs cricket are [...]
Phil Mickelson: US Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III has teed us up perfectly to beat Europe September 28, 2016 Five-time Major winner Phil Mickelson believes captain Davis Love III has given the United States team the perfect platform to end Europe’s stranglehold on the Ryder Cup this week. Mickelson was highly critical of previous skipper Tom Watson after the 2014 defeat at Gleneagles, complaints which resulted in the formation of a committee tasked with [...]
Cache of paintings by mysterious artist who shunned fame to go on display for first time September 28, 2016 In the late 1950s, Keith Cunningham was one of the art world’s brightest stars. Critics praised him, galleries vied to show his work, and like his Royal College of Art contemporaries Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff, he seemed set for a brilliant career. Then one day, he stopped exhibiting. Cunningham died in 2014, aged 85, [...]
Jacksonville Jaguars: London’s unofficial NFL franchise, their plans to put down roots in the capital, and the threat Tottenham Hotspur pose to their British affair September 28, 2016 More than three years have passed since Mohamed Al Fayed, in a fitting coda to his eccentric reign, donned an oversized fake moustache and faced the cameras with Shahid Khan to mark the bewhiskered American sports mogul’s takeover of Fulham Football Club. It marked the second play of Pakistan-born, Florida-based Khan’s incursion into the capital’s [...]
Sam Allardyce says “entrapment has won” after losing England manager’s job September 28, 2016 Sam Allardyce says "entrapment has won" after losing the England manager's job for advising undercover reporters posing as businessmen on how to circumvent Football Association rules and regulations. The 61-year-old admitted to reporters outside his home that he had made a mistake and put himself in an "unfortunate position" but insists he attended the meeting as a [...]