Leicester City 0, Tottenham Hotspur 2: Pochettino boasts of squad depth as Spurs eye assault on three fronts January 20, 2016 Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino revelled in the depth of squad at his disposal after a much-changed Spurs side disposed of Premier League high-flyers Leicester in their FA Cup third-round replay last night. A stunning strike from Son Heung-Min and second-half finish from Nacer Chadli booked Tottenham’s place in round four, where League One strugglers Colchester [...]
Jones offers Ashton backing after 10-week ban scuppers Six Nations recall hopes January 20, 2016 England head coach Eddie Jones has backed Saracens wing Chris Ashton to rebound from the 10-week ban which has destroyed his hopes of earning an international recall during the Six Nations. Ashton was suspended from playing until 28 March following an independent disciplinary hearing yesterday, having pleaded not guilty to making contact with the eye [...]
Broad deserves to be classed as one of the best January 20, 2016 Wickets and averages don’t lie and seamer Stuart Broad, the newly-crowned No1 Test bowler in the world, ranks right up there with the best England has ever produced. Broad has taken more Test wickets in the last five years than anyone else and in that time has come on leaps and bounds and found a [...]
How football clubs are funding their fight for Premier League riches by selling shares of their future revenues January 20, 2016 With the treasures of next season's £5bn TV deal coming ever closer into view, Premier League and Championship clubs are exploring alternative avenues to fund their promotion push or relegation resistance in the January transfer window. City A.M. has learned that some football clubs within England's top two tiers have boosted their available transfer funds [...]
England winger Chris Ashton to miss entire Six Nations campaign after being banned for 10 weeks January 20, 2016 Chris Ashton will miss England's entire Six Nations campaign after being suspended for 10 weeks for eye gouging Ulster centre Luke Marshall. The 28-year-old was recalled to the England squad by new head coach Eddie Jones last week, after falling out of favour under previous boss Stuart Lancaster. But the Saracens winger will now have [...]
Harlequins boss Conor O’Shea announces plan to leave Stoop sparking Italy head coach speculation January 20, 2016 Harlequins' director of rugby Conor O'Shea has announced he will leave the club at the end of the season after six years in charge. O'Shea's contract expires at the end of the current campaign and the 45-year-old is expected to succeed Jacques Brunel as Italy head coach. "I will have been very fortunate to have had [...]
Tennis match-fixing: Why sport authorities should outsource governance and regulatory work to independent bodies to avoid corruption scandals January 20, 2016 Unless governance rules within sports are drastically changed or all regulatory functions are outsourced to an independent body to oversee all sports, the current accusations of corruption engulfing tennis and athletics will continue to occur. Recent claims of suspicions of match-fixing in tennis being ignored by the sport’s authorities may well come to nothing, unlike [...]
Leading racing trainers banned for doping horses with cobalt chrloride January 20, 2016 Two top trainers have been banned from racing after their horses tested positive for doping. Australians Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh – a former Melbourne Cup winner – have been banned for four and three years respectively by local authorities for exceeding the permitted use of cobalt chloride on their horses. The substance can be used [...]
Respite and financial boost for debt-ridden Bolton in FA Cup third round replay against fifth-tier Eastleigh January 19, 2016 ENGLISH football’s crisis club Bolton were granted a modicum of respite and a much-needed financial boost by a 3-2 FA Cup third-round replay victory over fifth-tier Eastleigh. Wanderers are rock bottom of the Championship and saddled with £172.9m worth of debt, while on Monday they avoided a High Court winding up order after their case [...]
Tottenham move to Milton Keynes would be good, says Mauricio Pochettino, amid talk of sharing Wembley with Chelsea January 19, 2016 Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino insists he would be happy for the club to relocate 50 miles to Milton Keynes while a new 61,000-capacity stadium is completed in north London. The controversial proposal, which would see Spurs stage their home fixtures at MK Dons’ Stadium mk for the 2017-18 season, is under consideration as an alternative [...]