Tour de France champion Chris Froome says questions remain over rival Sir Bradley Wiggins’ use of controversial TUEs October 18, 2016 Triple Tour de France champion Chris Froome has fuelled the debate over Sir Bradley Wiggins’ use of therapeutic use exemptions (TUE), saying his rival may have been operating in a grey area of anti-doping rules. Wiggins has faced questions after it emerged that he was prescribed a powerful drug, which would have been forbidden without a [...]
Manchester City have reached “new level of commercial maturity”, claims chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak October 18, 2016 Manchester City have reached a new level of "commercial maturity" after announcing club record revenues of £391.8m for last season, according to chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak. Despite their worst Premier League campaign since 2010, City scored a second consecutive year of profitability as the bottom line almost doubled from £10.5m to £20.5m. The club's 11.4 per cent rise [...]
Liverpool 0, Manchester United 0: Jose Mourinho revels in proving doubters wrong as David de Gea saves Red Devils from Anfield rap October 17, 2016 Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho revelled in proving his doubters wrong after frustrating Liverpool’s attacking potency during an attritional stalemate at Anfield. Liverpool were unable to break free from the shackles of a carefully crafted Mourinho game-plan, although United were indebted to goalkeeper David de Gea, who pulled off two impressive saves to keep the [...]
Mauricio Pochettino backing Tottenham’s squad depth to prove trump card in bid for Champions League victory October 17, 2016 Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is adamant that squad depth will prove his trump card as Spurs bid to take a significant step towards the Champions League knockout phase with victory over Bayer Leverkusen at the BayArena on Tuesday. Pochettino will be without striker Harry Kane, who remains sidelined with an ankle injury, and Toby Alderweireld after [...]
Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri makes no apologies for prioritising Champions League October 17, 2016 Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri has defended his decision to prioritise the Champions League and rest key players for Saturday’s demolition at Chelsea with Tuesday's tussle with FC Copenhagen in mind. Ranieri chose to start reigning PFA Player of the Year Riyad Mahrez and £30m record signing Islam Slimani on the bench as the Premier League [...]
Greg Clarke accuses Sam Allardyce of “letting us down badly” but defends reported £1m pay-off and the Football Association’s due diligence October 17, 2016 Football Association chairman Greg Clarke says Sam Allardyce “let us down badly” during his 67-day England reign but defended the decision to pay the manager a settlement reported to run to seven figures. In an appearance before the House of Commons’ Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Monday, Clarke also insisted that the FA had done [...]
Ben Duckett ready to fill any void in bid to land England debut as fellow rookie Haseeb Hameed also presses his case for Test bow October 17, 2016 England rookie Ben Duckett insists he will happily bat anywhere should he be handed his maiden Test cap in the opening match of the red-ball series against Bangladesh in Chittagong on Thursday. Duckett celebrated his 22nd birthday by scoring 60 yesterday – his fourth half-century in five innings – during England’s draw with a Bangladesh [...]
Tennis star Nick Kyrgios set to see sports psychologist under threat of eight-week ban October 17, 2016 Bad boy Nick Kyrgios is set to comply with tennis chiefs’ demand that he sees a psychologist in order to avoid a ban from the sport that would keep him out until next year. The measure is part of a second wave of sanctions for the Australian’s behaviour last week at the Shanghai Masters, where [...]
Alex Noren’s acceptance of imperfection is the key to Swede’s red-hot run October 17, 2016 There was something that Alex Noren said in the moments after winning the British Masters at The Grove on Sunday – the Swede’s third win from his last eight events – that I particularly liked. He spoke about not trying to achieve perfection but just playing golf, and I think that is a good attitude [...]
Tributes pour in after Munster head coach Anthony Foley dies in hotel October 16, 2016 Tributes have poured in after it emerged that Munster head coach Anthony Foley had died suddenly at the club’s hotel in Paris as they prepared for a Champions Cup clash with Racing 92. Former Ireland back-row forward Foley, aged 42, passed away overnight and as a mark of respect Munster’s planned showdown in the French capital [...]