Jose Mourinho tips Chelsea to thrive as Champions League dark horses December 10, 2015 CHELSEA 2, PORTO 0 Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists his side will relish their underdog status in the Champions League after they secured a place in the knock-out stages with victory over Porto last night. An own goal from Ivan Marcano and a second-half strike from Willian earned the Blues – in the midst of [...]
Olivier Giroud inspires Arsenal Champions League great escape as Gunners pip Olympiacos to place in knockout stage December 10, 2015 OLYMPIACOS 0, ARSENAL 3 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger toasted one of the greatest European nights of his long tenure after Olivier Giroud scored a hat-trick to complete a Champions League great escape in Greece last night. France striker Giroud’s first treble for the club earned the convincing win over Olympiacos required to snatch second place in [...]
Gary Neville’s Valencia crash out of Champions League against Lyon in former England and Manchester United defender’s managerial debut December 9, 2015 Former England and Manchester United defender Gary Neville’s managerial career got off to the worst possible start on Wednesday night as his Valencia team lost and crashed out of the Champions League. Lyon’s 2-0 win in Spain, earned by goals either side of half-time by Maxwell Cornet and Alexandre Lacazette, ended Valencia’s slim hopes of [...]
ESports firm Azubu raises £40m to fund global expansion December 9, 2015 ESports entertainment network Azubu is hoping a new €55m (£39.9m) round of investment will help it expand its global presence. The financing, led by London-based Sapinda Group and Sallfort Privatbank of Switzerland, signals further investment into the new eSports markets. Read more: Pro video gaming in the UK attracts almost 60m views Azubu will also use the [...]
Rejuvenated Cue Card ready to tackle King George and hunt £1m bonus December 9, 2015 Some National Hunt horses truly capture the hearts of the public and Cue Card is one of them. Colin Tizzard’s nine-year-old appears to have been around forever. A winner of the Champion Bumper at 40/1 on just his second start in 2010, his last trip to Cheltenham was in March 2013 when he demolished his Ryanair [...]
Here’s how costly Manchester United’s Champions League exit could be to the club’s finances December 9, 2015 Manchester United will count the cost of failing to reach the Champions League knock-out stage after a 3-2 defeat in Wolfsburg shunted them into the Europa League. The club will now miss out on a possible £24m in prize money available from the Champions League knock-out stages – with a maximum of just £9.2m on [...]
Tyson Fury stripped of IBF world heavyweight title belt December 9, 2015 Tyson Fury has lost one of his world title belts less than a fortnight after beating Wladimir Klitschko to become heavyweight champion of the world. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has stripped Fury of his world heavyweight title for facing Wladimir Klitschko in an immediate rematch rather than taking on the organisation's mandatory challenger, Ukrainian [...]
Tyson Fury: Police launch hate crime investigation into heavyweight champion’s homophobic remarks December 9, 2015 The storm surrounding controversial world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury shows no signs of dissipating after the police launched a hate crime investigation into comments made by the boxer. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said they had received reports of a hate crime from members of the public who had heard Fury's comments equating homosexuality with paedophilia. Fury [...]
Louis van Gaal and Manchester United suffer Champions League humiliation at hands of Wolfsburg December 8, 2015 Wolfsburg 3, Manchester United 2 Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal rued a “crazy” match after a dramatic defeat at Wolfsburg condemned his side to a humiliating Champions League group stage elimination on Tuesday night. Defender Naldo’s powerful 84th-minute header stunned United and, coupled with PSV Eindhoven’s late rally to beat CSKA Moscow in Holland, [...]
Gary Neville’s Valencia move is a fascinating gamble but he has a long way to go before he should get the Manchester United or England jobs December 8, 2015 There is more than just possible Champions League progress on the line on Wednesday night in Valencia, where Gary Neville is due to begin his managerial career in earnest. Everyone agrees Neville has been a brilliant pundit – fluent in football, a clear and creative thinker, and great at detailed analysis – but he is taking [...]