Zlatan Ibrahimovic salary: New PSG contract boosts earnings to £1.1m and makes him the best-paid player in France January 27, 2016 Zlatan Ibrahimovic has almost doubled his money at Paris Saint-German with a new contract worth more than £1m a month, according to local reports in France. The Swedish superstar's lucrative new salary makes him the best-paid player in France ahead of PSG teammate Thiago Silva. Ibrahimovic's contract with the Qatari-owned club is set to expire [...]
Johanna Konta earnings: Australian Open prize money doubles career total in six months and past $1m mark January 27, 2016 British tennis sensation Jo Konta has increased her career earnings by more than 50 per cent after beating China's Shuai Zhang 6-4 6-1 in the Australian Open quarter-final. The win earns Konta the biggest payday of her career, and the $563,240 prize money she has banked for reaching the semi-finals of a grand slam – the [...]
Liverpool 0, Stoke City 1 (AET, Liverpool win 6-5 on penalties): Klopp vows to seal first Reds trophy January 26, 2016 Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has vowed to win the Capital One Cup and deliver a trophy in his first year in the Anfield hotseat after edging past Stoke in last night's semi-final courtesy of a tense sudden-death penalty shoot-out victory. Oft-maligned Reds goalkeeper Simon Mignolet turned centre-half Marc Muniesa’s spot-kick around the post before midfielder Joe [...]
Let me laugh and I will score goals, insists Palace new boy Emmanuel Adebayor January 26, 2016 New signing Emmanuel Adebayor has vowed to score the goals that fire Crystal Palace to a top-six finish — but only if he is allowed to laugh — after joining the Eagles on a free transfer until the end of the season yesterday. The 31-year-old was released by Tottenham in September having failed to impress [...]
Jose Mourinho and Manchester United are the perfect marriage and neither can afford to fail with their next appointment January 26, 2016 It's hard to avoid the conclusion that Louis van Gaal is a dead man walking. The Manchester United manager has made himself unpopular among fans with his brand of football, and the best the club can hope for this season is probably scraping into the Champions League. It’s a question of when, not if, he goes [...]
Australian Open 2016: Novak Djokovic ready for latest instalment of titanic rivalry with Roger Federer after they join women’s champion Serena Williams in sweeping into the last four January 26, 2016 Defending champion Novak Djokovic is braced for another epic tussle with former world No1 Roger Federer after both men swept into the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Tuesday. Djokovic put an error-strewn fourth-round match behind him with a ruthless display against Kei Nishikori, beating the Japanese seventh seed 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Federer was almost [...]
Out-of-favour Tottenham winger Townsend set for £12m move to Newcastle January 26, 2016 ross mclean Tottenham exile Andros Townsend is poised to complete a move to relegation-threatened Newcastle after the two clubs agreed a £12m fee for his services. The 24-year-old, who has won 10 England caps, has made just three Premier League appearances for Spurs this season and has not featured since their Europa League clash with [...]
Hales, Compton and Taylor face axe, admits Cook after humiliating Test series conclusion January 26, 2016 England skipper Alastair Cook admitted that run-shy batsmen Alex Hales, Nick Compton and James Taylor could face the axe after his side’s humiliating collapse on the final morning of the fourth Test. South Africa needed just 66 minutes and 82 deliveries to claim England’s seven remaining wickets and rout their rivals for 101, chalking up [...]
IAAF crisis: Qatar bids for 2017 and 2019 World Championships in Doha under scrutiny January 26, 2016 The bidding for the 2017 and 2019 world athletics championships has been placed under the scrutiny of the IAAF's ethics commission, UK Athletics boss Ed Warner has revealed. Speaking to a parliamentary select committee, Warner also called for Russia to be barred from competing at this year's Olympics and said British athletes will be asked [...]
Former Arsenal director slams Chelsea striker Diego Costa as a “serial cheat” January 26, 2016 Chelsea striker Diego Costa has been branded "a serial cheat" by former Arsenal director Peter Hill-Wood following the Spaniard's match-winning display at the Emirates this weekend. Costa was at the centre of attention, scoring the game's only goal shortly after he was fouled by Gunners centre-back Per Mertesacker – a challenge which earned the German [...]