Pep Guardiola to Manchester City: former Barcelona coach to be best paid manager in world football on £15m a year when he leaves Bayern Munich in the summer February 1, 2016 Manchester City are set to make Pep Guardiola the best-paid football manager in the world after confirming today that the Bayern Munich and former Barcelona coach will take charge next season. Guardiola has signed a three-year contract believed to be worth £15m a year – an increase on his existing €17m (£13m) deal at Bayern [...]
Branden Grace ready to challenge for Majors as golf’s top three show next generation the way February 1, 2016 It must be so inspiring for young players nowadays to see that the top three in men’s golf – Jordan Spieth, Jason Day and Rory McIlroy – are all still in their 20s. The game is not being dominated by an old guard, by the likes of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson; Spieth, Day and [...]
Jones predicts long England career awaits for Itoje despite his Calcutta Cup omission February 1, 2016 Head coach Eddie Jones believes that Saracens lock Maro Itoje is destined for a long international career despite omitting him from England’s draft squad to face Scotland in their Six Nations opener on Saturday. Jones decided against retaining the uncapped 21-year-old in a group of 23 players earmarked to start in the Calcutta Cup this weekend, [...]
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 [...]