Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola pledge to bury the hatchet… for now July 24, 2016 Adversaries Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola have pledged to contain their historic animosity towards each other when they reprise their rivalry during Monday’s Manchester derby in Beijing. United and City go head-to-head tomorrow afternoon in the International Champions Cup as preparations for the new Premier League season, which starts on Saturday 13 August, intensify. It [...]
Chris Froome prize money: Team Sky rider on verge of Tour de France victory – but how much will he earn? July 23, 2016 Chris Froome has all but secured a third Tour de France title ahead of the final stage in Paris, and his reward for being the first Briton to achieve such a feat will be fittingly lucrative. The Team Sky rider has a seemingly insurmountable lead over Romain Bardet of four minutes and five seconds following a wet penultimate [...]
Arsenal ticket prices: KPMG says Emirates Stadium season tickets are the worst value for money in Europe July 23, 2016 Top Premier League teams are ripping off fans on ticket prices compared to elite European clubs, according to a new KPMG study which names Arsenal tickets as the worst value for money when compared with the wealth of the club. Analysis from the accountancy giant into the relationship between a club's valuation and their cheapest season [...]
America’s Cup World Series: How Sir Ben Ainslie’s Land Rover team uses artificial intelligence technology to seek an edge July 23, 2016 Sir Ben Ainslie and his Land Rover team set sail off the coast of Portsmouth this weekend for the America’s Cup World Series’ sixth leg, aiming for a repeat of their triumph on Southsea Common. But it won’t just be the five-time Olympic medallist and his crew’s grappling to steer control of their 44ft foiling [...]
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis says spending big money on transfers has become less important in achieving Premier League success July 22, 2016 Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has argued the ability to spend more money on transfers than your rivals is becoming less determinative of Premier League success. His comments may be interpreted as a playing down of fans' expectations for the club's transfer window ambitions this summer. Since signing Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka for £30m in May, Arsenal have failed [...]
Paul Pogba agent Mino Raiola “doesn’t give a damn” about Manchester United’s proposed world record £100m transfer fee July 22, 2016 Paul Pogba's agent Mino Raiola says he is unfussed about the prospect of Manchester United breaking the world transfer record on the Juventus midfielder. The Premier League club are prepared to make former player Pogba football's first £100m man but Raiola, who also represents recent United acquisitions Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, says he only wants "the best for my [...]
Jose Mourinho, Harry Redknapp and Sven-Goran Eriksson join forces to welcome imminent appointment of Sam Allardyce as England boss July 21, 2016 High-profile managers past and present have joined forces in welcoming the imminent appointment of Sam Allardyce as England manager and successor to Roy Hodgson. No formal confirmation of Allardyce’s hiring was given today as the Football Association (FA) continued to thrash out a compensation package with the 61-year-old’s current employers Sunderland. The governing body’s selection panel [...]
Chris Froome in touching distance of third Tour de France title July 21, 2016 Britain's Chris Froome has vowed to get the job done after edging closer to his third Tour de France title by claiming victory in the stage 18 time trial yesterday. Froome beat time-trial specialist Tom Dumoulin of Holland by 21 seconds over the 17 kilometre course from Sallanches to Megeve to extend his lead in the [...]
Cricket betting: Batting bother for England – but Jonny Bairstow can deliver July 21, 2016 England's batting order has been a cause for concern for a number of years now. Since the departure – wrongly or rightly – of Kevin Pietersen, they have tried to plug the round holes of positions three, four and five with a series of square pegs. Last time out at Lord’s, with Nick Compton in [...]
Cricket betting: Spinner Shah could make things Messi for England July 21, 2016 Pakistan's performance against England at Lord’s last week couldn’t have gone much better and it is no surprise they have a 1-0 lead in the four-match series. They were in control of the game throughout, taking a first innings advantage after a century from captain Misbah-ul-Haq before leg-spinner Yasir Shah helped wrap the game up [...]