Wenger: Don’t blame league for Euro slump September 28, 2015 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger insists it is too early to discern whether a highly competitive Premier League is damaging the results of English clubs in Europe. The Gunners and both Manchester clubs all lost their opening Champions League group stage contests, adding to fears that England could have its allocation cut from four places to [...]
Hodgson boost as Grealish opts for Three Lions September 28, 2015 ENGLAND manager Roy Hodgson’s attacking options have been swelled less than a year before the European Championships following the decision of Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish to pledge his international future to the Three Lions. The 20-year-old also qualified for the Republic of Ireland through his grandparents and played for their under-21 side, but turned down [...]
London pulls out of hosting Tour de France Grand Départ in 2017 September 28, 2015 London will no longer host the start of the Tour de France in 2017 after Transport for London (TfL) pulled out. Read more: Global interest in the Tour de France rises The capital was awarded the right to stage the cycling showpiece for the third time in a decade by race organisers Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), [...]
Axe will fall on under par stars, warns Mourinho September 28, 2015 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho has warned his under-performing players that nobody is safe from the axe after his side’s uncharacteristically sluggish start to the season. The Blues will seek respite from an underwhelming opening to the Premier League campaign tonight as they bid to build on their Champions League Group A victory against Maccabi Tel [...]
Renault home in on controlling stake in cash-strapped Lotus September 28, 2015 RENAULT’S proposed takeover of cash-strapped Lotus moved a step closer yesterday after the French manufacturer signed a letter of intent to buy a controlling stake in the ailing Formula One team ahead of the 2016 season. Talks between Renault and Genii Capital-owned Lotus have been ongoing for several months, during which time the Oxfordshire-based outfit’s [...]
Michel Platini admits Uefa image could be damaged by “disloyal” Fifa payment as Sepp Blatter stays on as president September 28, 2015 Uefa president Michel Platini has admitted the governing body's reputation may have been damaged after Swiss authorities alleged he had received a "disloyal" payment from Fifa president Sepp Blatter in 2011. Meanwhile, Blatter has maintained his innocence and refused to step down from his role in charge of football's governing body despite facing criminal proceedings [...]
Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers put up for sale by chairman Steve Morgan September 28, 2015 Wolves chairman Steve Morgan has put his 100 per cent shareholding in the Championship club up for sale, eight years after taking control. Morgan will continue to support the club financially as it looks for a new buyer, but will step down from the board and day-to-day activities with immediate effect. The founder of FTSE [...]
Three Arsenal players and Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez named as best in the Premier League in their position so far this season September 28, 2015 Despite the team's unsure start to the season, three Arsenal players have been named as the best-performing Premier League players in their respective positions so far. Read more: Arsenal 2014/2015 player stats Laurent Koscielny, Santi Cazorla and Mesut Ozil have been deemed to be the league's best performing players at centre-back, defensive midfield and attacking midfield respectively [...]
Jordan Spieth wins $10m FedEx Cup bonus and breaks prize money record as earnings hit $31m September 28, 2015 Jordan Spieth finished his remarkable breakthrough season with $22.03m (£14.5m) in on-course earnings after he won the Tour Championship in East Lake, Atlanta to secure this year's FedEx Cup. Read more: Jordan Spieth caddie could earn up to $180,000 in prize money The Texan picked up the $10m "bonus" that comes with winning the season-long FedEx Cup [...]
Rugby has a brilliant, unique brand – it should do more to showcase it at the World Cup September 28, 2015 Three years ago, I was engaged by the RFU to look at their brand identity and it was then that my preconceptions of rugby as a studious game for privileged southerners challenged (I’m originally from the North West of England and a lifelong fan of Everton). But rather than becoming an evangelical convert, my apathy [...]