Barcelona forecast €600m income from treble-winning season June 9, 2015 Barcelona expect the income from their treble-winning season to reach €600m (£440.3m), president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed today. In a press conference, Bartomeu heralded the club's head coach Luis Enrique's triumphs in La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League in his first year in the role and announced he would be extending [...]
Celtic given permission to create 2,600 capacity safe standing section June 9, 2015 Celtic will install a standing area for fans at Celtic Park after Glasgow city council approved the club's plans for a rail seating system. Up to 2,600 supporters will be able to stand in the area which the club say could be installed for the start of the 2016/17 season. Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell [...]
Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling is the world’s sixth most valuable player and fourth most likely to be sold this transfer window says new study June 9, 2015 Liverpool's Raheem Sterling has been named as the sixth most valuable player in the world in a new study that also ranks him the fourth most-likely top European player to be transferred this summer. The young winger is ranked the most valuable under 21-year-old player in world football and worth more than Luis Suarez, Diego [...]
Murray’s had best year yet says Henman June 8, 2015 FORMER Wimbledon favourite Tim Henman believes Britain’s Andy Murray has made the best start to a year in his career and is second only to world No1 Novak Djokovic in the SW19 running this month. Murray lost to Djokovic in an epic French Open semi-final on Saturday but has already won his first clay court [...]
Pistorius out of jail three months before murder acquittal appeal June 8, 2015 PARALYMPIC superstar Oscar Pistorius is due to be released on parole in August after serving just 10 months of a five-year sentence for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. South African doubleamputee athlete Pistorius is likely to be placed under house arrest when released from a Pretoria prison on 21 August. A state [...]
Bilic the favourite as West Ham prepare to announce new boss June 8, 2015 WEST Ham expect to appoint a new manager by tomorrow at the latest, with former Hammers defender Slaven Bilic widely considered the favourite to succeed Sam Allardyce. The club took the unusual step yesterday of confirming that an appointment was imminent, following days of intensive talks, and indicating that it would come in the next [...]
Compton targets England recall June 8, 2015 Middlesex batsman tells Ross McLean how hopes of Test return burn brightly THE embryonic stages of the cricket season may well have been dominated by Kevin Pietersen’s bid to revive his England career, but the maverick performer is not the sole South Africa-born batsman striving to end an international exile and earn a Test recall. [...]
Golf Comment: Swedes flourishing as thoughts turn to US Open June 8, 2015 IT’S BEEN quite a week for European golf, with players from this side of the Atlantic monopolising the top three places at the Jack Nicklaus-hosted Memorial Tournament. Sweden’s David Lingmerth produced a pretty ballsy performance to beat Major winner Justin Rose in a lengthy play-off and scoop the biggest win of his short career. Englishman [...]
Morgan plans ODI revolution June 8, 2015 SKIPPER Eoin Morgan believes England’s one-day clash against World Cup finalists New Zealand at Edgbaston today represents the first step on the long route to a brighter limited-overs future. The 28-year-old led England to a dismal group-stage exit at the World Cup in March but has a new-look squad at his disposal. Morgan said: “For [...]
Chelsea’s Eden Hazard is worth more than Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, new study reveals June 8, 2015 Chelsea's Eden Hazard is the second most valuable footballer in the world, according to a new study. Hazard is now more valuable than Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Sergio Aguero with a valuation ranging between €135.4m (£152.1m) and €148.9m, say CIES Football Observatory, an academic research group based in Switzerland. Hazard, this season named [...]