Newcastle bid £21m for Berahino as transfer deadline nears January 31, 2016 Premier League strugglers Newcastle United appear intent on assuming the status of the highest spenders in the January transfer window after bidding £21m for West Brom’s wantaway striker Saido Berahino yesterday. The north east side already leads the way in terms of outlay this month having splashed out a combined £29m on midfielder Jonjo Shelvey and [...]
MK Dons 1, Chelsea 5: Terry to leave Blues after contract snub January 31, 2016 Iconic Chelsea captain John Terry has revealed that his illustrious 18-year Stamford Bridge career will come to an end this summer after the club decided against offering the former England skipper a new one-year deal. The 35-year-old centre-half made the announcement after Chelsea eased into the FA Cup fifth round with a crushing 5-1 victory [...]
City boys launch legal fight against Chinese owners of UK’s most expensive golf club January 31, 2016 Residents of Wentworth, home to the UK’s most expensive golf club nestled in Surrey’s stockbroker belt, are threatening legal action against its Chinese owner after it proposed terminating all current members’ contracts and asking them to pay a one-off £100,000 to rejoin. The club, which is the birthplace of the Ryder Cup, was bought by Chinese-based [...]
Australian Open 2016: Novak Djokovic’s fourth win from five grand slams leaves Serb out in front on his own January 31, 2016 World No1 Novak Djokovic insists he is resisting the temptation to conclude that his recent dominance has extinguished the era of a so-called big four in men’s tennis. Djokovic’s emphatic straight-sets dismissal of Andy Murray in yesterday’s Australian Open final brought the Serb a record-equalling sixth title in Melbourne, where he has lost just once [...]
Australian Open final 2016: Andy Murray misses out on $2.4m prize money as Novak Djokovic career earnings rise to $96.6m January 31, 2016 Andy Murray missed out on AUS$3.4m (£1.7m) in prize money after suffering a fifth Australian Open final loss with a straight sets defeat to Novak Djokovic. No player has ever lost five times in the final of a grand slam without winning it before – but at least Murray can console himself with a runners up [...]
January transfer window 2016: When does the window shut? Can deals still be completed after the deadline? Here’s everything you need to know January 30, 2016 When does this year's January transfer window close? The window officially shuts on Premier League clubs at 11pm on Monday 1 February in the UK – an hour after shutting in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Earlier this week, Spain's La Liga opted to keep its window open for an extra day beyond its initial [...]
Real and Atletico Madrid transfer bans provisionally suspended by Fifa pending appeal process January 30, 2016 Spanish clubs Real and Atletico Madrid have both had their transfer bans provisionally suspended by Fifa. The two clubs had been banned from buying any new players for two transfer windows earlier this month, after being found guilty of breaching Fifa regulation on the transfer of minors. In a statement Real said: "Fifa's appeals commission [...]
Australian Open 2016 prize money: Angelique Kerber pockets biggest paycheque of her career with shock victory over Serena Williams January 30, 2016 German Angelique Kerber staged a huge upset in the final of the Australian Open on Saturday by beating world No1 Serena Williams to secure her first grand slam title and earn the biggest pay day of her career to date. In the first grand slam final of her career, 28-year-old Kerber beat the six-time Australian Open [...]
FA Cup fourth round: How much is winning worth? How its prize money compares to the Champions League and Premier League January 30, 2016 In football's modern landscape of multi-billion pound TV deals, prawn sandwiches and sponsored stadiums it's often taken as a given that cold hard cash rules all. Yet if there's one counter point to that cynicism it's surely the FA Cup, which remains one of English football's most prized assets despite a relatively paltry economic reward for [...]
Arsenal: Coquelin’s return provides welcome relief from Flamini – but is Cazorla the key to defensive solidity? January 30, 2016 Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin is in line for a return from two months on the sidelines this weekend and among the cacophony of relieved sighs at the Emirates Stadium none will be louder than Petr Cech’s. The Arsenal goalkeeper could justifiably expect a welcome drop in his workload once there is a Coquelin-shaped shield sitting [...]