Zidane allays Ronaldo injury fears and confirms top scorer set to Manchester City in Champions League semi-final April 25, 2016 Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane brushed aside fitness concerns over top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo and intimated that the two-time Ballon d’Or winner will be thrust into battle against Manchester City on Tuesday. Former Manchester United attacker Ronaldo, who has netted 47 goals this season, emerged as a doubt for their Champions League semi-final clash after [...]
Bilic urges West Ham to make tussles with Euro elite the norm after announcing Juventus will be first Olympic Stadium opponents April 25, 2016 West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has has urged his side to make clashes against Juventus a regular occurrence after the club announced yesterday that the Italian champions will be the opposition for their inaugural match in the Olympic Stadium. The Hammers move into their new 60-000-seater home in Stratford this summer, bringing the curtain down [...]
City boss Manuel Pellegrini rebuffs Real Madrid revenge mission and calls for hot hearts in Champions League semi-final April 25, 2016 Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini insists he is not motivated by revenge as his side prepare to face European heavyweights Read Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final clash tomorrow. Despite guiding Real to their then-record La Liga points tally, Pellegrini was axed at the end of the 2009/10 campaign, his solitary season [...]
Owen Farrell and Joe Marler could miss European finals and England tour of Australia after semi-final citings April 25, 2016 Saracens fly-half Owen Farrell and Harlequins prop Joe Marler could miss their clubs’ European finals – and possibly England’s summer tour of Australia – after being cited for foul play. Farrell has been accused of committing a dangerous tackle on Wasps scrum-half Dan Robson during Saracens’ 24-17 win in Saturday’s European Champions Cup semi-final. He [...]
Soomin Lee’s monumental first European Tour win shows he can be fine successor to fellow Koreans KJ Choi and YE Yang April 25, 2016 We have seen Asia dominating women’s golf for some time now but in the men’s game the success has been more sporadic. If it is to go the same way then it may end up being down to the likes of Soomin Lee. The 22-year-old from South Korea claimed his maiden European Tour title at [...]
Ori Gersht’s first UK show examines the nature of flux in a static medium April 25, 2016 Israeli photographer Ori Gersht is best known for his photographs of tranquil landscapes that retrace the paths of past traumas: his 1998 series After War was taken around Sarajevo, while White Noise was shot from a train between Krakow and Auschwitz. The historical memories create a tension between the beauty and stillness of the present [...]
Ex-New Zealand No10 Dan Carter inspires Racing 92 to beat Leicester and set up Saracens final April 25, 2016 Former All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter kicked Racing 92 into a European Champions Cup final against Saracens with 11 points in yesterday’s 19-16 defeat of Leicester. France scrum-half Maxime Machenaud’s early try put Racing in front at Nottingham’s City Ground and Carter’s four successful kicks kept Leicester at bay until a 79th-minute try from Telusa [...]
Leicester forward Riyad Mahrez wins PFA Player of the Year while Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli voted best young player April 24, 2016 Leicester forward Riyad Mahrez has been crowned the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year after playing a pivotal role in the Foxes’ dazzling campaign which sees them on the cusp of a maiden top-flight title. Mahrez, fresh from scoring in Leicester’s 4-0 thrashing of Swansea, fought off competition from team-mates Jamie Vardy and N’Golo Kante, [...]
Crystal Palace 2, Watford 1: Palace party like it’s 1990 as Pardew compares his modern day team to vintage Eagles side April 24, 2016 Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew drew comparisons between his modern day side and the class of 1990 after they set up a repeat of that year’s FA Cup final against Manchester United with victory over Watford. Former England Under-21 striker Connor Wickham netted Palace’s second-half winner shortly after skipper Troy Deeney had hauled Watford level [...]
Leicester City 4, Swansea City 0: Tottenham faced with eight-point gap again after four-goal Foxes clear latest hurdle in emphatic fashion April 24, 2016 Leicester City 4, Swansea City 0 Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri has urged his players to realise their dreams and win a first ever Premier League title after they overcame another hurdle in emphatic fashion. The Foxes made a mockery of fears they might struggle without suspended top scorer Jamie Vardy by smashing four past a [...]