If the Premier League did Black Friday: 12 bargain buys including Manchester United’s Memphis Depay, Chelsea’s Diego Costa, Arsenal’s Mathieu Debuchy, Everton’s Aidan McGeady and others November 27, 2015 While shoppers storm supermarkets in search of the best Black Friday deals, football managers across the country are left twiddling their thumbs with the transfer and loan (as of yesterday) windows firmly shut preventing any deals from taking place between now and January. But what if football had its very own Black Friday? A one-off [...]
Tottenham v Chelsea betting odds: Improving Blues can blunt Spurs attack and take a point from White Hart Lane November 27, 2015 The visit of Chelsea used to be the stuff of nightmares for Tottenham. They failed to win a single Premier League game against the Blues at White Hart Lane in 17 matches between 1989 and 2006. Since then, however, things have changed. Chelsea have only one victory in their last nine league visits, with Tottenham [...]
FK Qarabag 0, Tottenham Hotspur 1: Patient Spurs seal qualification to Europa League knockout phase November 26, 2015 Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino admitted that perseverance was paramount after his side secured qualification to the last 32 of the Europa League with a laboured victory over Azerbaijan champions Qarabag last night. England striker Harry Kane headed the only goal of the game, his ninth strike in six matches, with just 12 minutes remaining, while [...]
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger ready to splash cash in bid to win Premier League title November 26, 2015 Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has vowed to spend big in the January transfer window in a bid to secure the club’s first Premier League title since their Invincibles campaign of 2004. Frenchman Wenger attracted criticism from Arsenal supporters in the summer for only signing goalkeeper Petr Cech, who arrived for £10m from defending champions Chelsea, [...]
IAAF president Lord Coe leaves role with US sportswear giant Nike amid conflict of interest claims November 26, 2015 Athletics chief Lord Coe admitted that his controversial association with Nike was impinging on his ability to clean up the scandal-hit sport after quitting his role with the United States sportswear giant yesterday. Coe had faced mounting pressure to relinquish his £100,000 a year global ambassadorial role after conflict of interest claims surfaced following the award [...]
Cricket chiefs opt to scrap mandatory coin toss in domestic game’s County Championship November 26, 2015 England cricket bosses last night decreed that the age-old and mandatory pre-match coin toss will be scrapped in both divisions of the County Championship next season. The aim of the proposal is to produce better and more consistent pitches in domestic red-ball cricket, lessen the significance of winning the toss and help the future development [...]
Wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Billings stars as bold England strike first in T20 skirmish with Pakistan November 26, 2015 Skipper Eoin Morgan revelled in the depth of playing options at his disposal after a much-changed England dispatched Pakistan by 14 runs to secure victory in the opening T20 tussle with Pakistan in Dubai last night. England recovered from 19-3 to post 160-5, as recalled wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Billings clobbered his maiden T20I half-century, while the [...]
Davis Cup final 2015: Andy Murray warns Belgium not to underestimate debutant Kyle Edmund November 26, 2015 British No1 Andy Murray has warned Belgium that they will be making a grave mistake if they underestimate his unheralded team-mates in the final of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas. Murray has almost single-handedly dragged the team to a first final since 1978, which starts on Friday, and within touching distance of ending a 79-year [...]
Russia officially suspended from world athletics after it accepts indefinite ban over doping scandal November 26, 2015 Russia's indefinite suspension from athletics has been sealed in stone, after it opted not to appeal against the IAAF's ban. The IAAF had voted to provisionally suspend Russia from all international competition earlier this month after a report conducted on behalf of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) revealed its athletics federation was involved in systematic [...]
Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger compares £44m Mesut Ozil to a Black Friday “bargain” November 26, 2015 Arsene Wenger has sympathy with bargain hunters ahead of tomorrow's Black Friday sales bonanza. Although the Arsenal boss admitted he wasn't aware of what the event was actually all about when asked at a press conference this morning, he expressed his full sympathy with those hunting for value in a busy market. After all, spotting [...]