Most valuable football teams: Arsenal, Chelsea and three other Premier League teams worth over £1bn according to new ranking May 11, 2016 Five Premier League clubs are now worth over £500m according to a new ranking of the world's most valuable football teams from Forbes magazine. Spanish giants Real Madrid have been named as the most valuable club in the world for the second successive year with an estimated worth of £2.5bn, closely followed by domestic rivals Barcelona [...]
Players Championship 2016 prize money: Richest tournament in golf offers winner more money than ever before May 11, 2016 The Players Championship may not boast the renown nor history of golf's four Majors, but in purely monetary terms no tournament is bigger. Golf's richest event tees off on Thursday with the sport's largest winner's pay cheque of $1.9m (£1.3m) drawn from its largest prize fund of $10.5m. That marks an increase on Rickie Fowler's [...]
West Ham United 3, Manchester United 2: Fireworks as Hammers send Boleyn Ground off with a bang May 11, 2016 Emotional West Ham boss Slaven Bilic hailed a fitting farewell to 112 years of football at the Boleyn Ground as his side produced a dramatic fightback to boost their Europa Leagues and dent the top-four aspirations of Manchester United. A goal from defender Winston Reid inside the final 10 minutes settled an enthralling contest after [...]
Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney condemns actions of supporters as Football Association vow to probe pre-match attack on team bus May 11, 2016 Manchester United skipper Wayne Rooney condemned the actions of supporters after West Ham’s farewell to the Boleyn Ground threatened to be overshadowed by pre-match attacks on his side’s team bus as it arrived at Upton Park last night. The coach’s tinted windows were broken and damaged after it was pelted with glass bottles as it [...]
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp confirms midfielder Jordan Henderson will be 100 per cent fit for Euro 2016 May 10, 2016 Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has declared that midfielder Jordan Henderson will be “100 per cent” fit for England duty during the summer’s European Championship after returning to training this week. Reds skipper Henderson emerged as a serious doubt for Euro 2016 after suffering a knee injury in the first leg of the club’s Europa League quarter-final [...]
My reign will have been a failure if England aren’t the best in the world, says head coach Eddie Jones May 10, 2016 Head coach Eddie Jones insists he will have failed if he does not transform England into the best Test side in the world. The Australian, appointed in November, picked up the pieces from last autumn’s harrowing World Cup showing and promptly guided England to their first Six Nations grand slam since 2003 in March. England [...]
Why Andy Carroll, Theo Walcott and Ryan Bertrand deserve a place in England’s Euro 2016 squad – and Raheem Sterling, Jordan Henderson and Leighton Baines don’t May 10, 2016 Roy Hodgson may have delayed naming his 23-man squad for the European Championship until Monday, but the England manager has only a few dilemmas left. The goalkeeping line-up of Joe Hart, Fraser Forster and Tom Heaton is straightforward, yet there are decisions to be made in defence, midfield and up front, especially with Danny Welbeck [...]
Guus Hiddink backs John Terry to play on but offers him no assurances over Chelsea future May 10, 2016 Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink believes John Terry is good enough to play on beyond this season but says he has cannot influence whether the veteran skipper has reached the end of his 18-year Blues career. Terry, who is out of contract in the summer, could have made his last appearance for the club already, having [...]
World Anti-Doping Agency to probe new claims of Russian doping at Sochi 2014 May 10, 2016 Allegations of Russian doping at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi will be investigated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), it was confirmed today. The claims, made by whistleblower Vitaly Stepanov during an interview aired on Sunday by American channel CBS, centre on Russian athletes and entourage members engaging in the misuse of drugs. [...]
West Ham say goodbye to Upton Park…here’s how six other Premier League teams got on in their stadium farewell May 10, 2016 West Ham say farewell to the home of 112 years' worth of memories when they take on Manchester United tonight in their final game at Upton Park. Like a number of Premier League clubs before them — and more to come — the Hammers are trading in a traditional four-sided football ground for a modern, state of [...]