Premier League: Van Gaal lashes out over sloppy Reds’ latest flop September 21, 2014 LEICESTER CITY 5 MANCHESTER UNITED 3 MANCHESTER United manager Louis van Gaal was left bemoaning his side’s tactical naivety again yesterday after they fell to a third defeat from their opening six games of the season. A scintillating attacking start saw goals from Robin van Persie and Angel Di Maria put United 2-1 up at [...]
Premier League: Warnock hails battling Palace after Eagles finally take flight September 21, 2014 EVERTON 2 CRYSTAL PALACE 3 CRYSTAL Palace manager Neil Warnock says his team’s morale will be boosted by yesterday’s hard-fought win at Goodison Park. The south Londoners recorded their first Premier League victory of the season despite falling behind early on when Romelu Lukaku fired home. Mile Jedinak’s penalty levelled the scores before Fraizer Campbell [...]
Pellegrini tells Blues: You play like a small club September 21, 2014 MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini reignited his war of words with Jose Mourinho last night by accusing Chelsea of deploying negative tactics. “I think we played during 90 minutes against a small team trying to defend, trying to keep 10 players in front of their goal,” Pellegrini said, following the 1-1 draw between the sides. [...]
Lewis Hamilton wins Formula One Singapore Grand Prix 2014: What are the odds on a drivers championship victory? September 21, 2014 After Lewis Hamilton battled his way to victory in the Singapore Grand Prix, what are the odds on his winning the Formula One Crown? The Briton won his seventh race of the season and, with five races left, has ground out a three point lead over his closest rival and teammate, Nico Rosberg. There are [...]
Europa League: Spurs fury at racist banner September 18, 2014 PARTIZAN BELGRADE 0 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0 PARTIZAN Belgrade could face Uefa sanctions after Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino last night condemned a banner with an anti-Semitic message displayed by home fans during the Europa League Group C tie. In a game of few chances, Spurs went closest to nabbing the points inside 60 seconds but Harry [...]
Everton win big on Europa return September 18, 2014 EVERTON boss Roberto Martinez felt his team were rewarded for embracing their participation in the Europa League last night with a 4-1 win over Wolfsburg. A packed Goodison Park enjoyed a first European encounter in five years as an own goal from Ricardo Rodriguez, plus a Seamus Coleman strike, Leighton Baines’ penalty and Kevin Mirallas [...]
Magath axed after winless start September 18, 2014 FULHAM chairman Shahid Khan is looking for his fourth manager during a turbulent 14 months at Craven Cottage, after Felix Magath was sacked last night. Former defender Kit Symons has been appointed caretaker boss ahead of tomorrow’s visit of Blackburn and is favourite to successfully make the upgrade from the Under-21s job to take the [...]
Women given R&A approval September 18, 2014 WOMEN can join the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews for the first time in its 260-year history following a vote conducted among members. Three quarters of the club’s 2,400 members voted, with 85 per cent of those in favour. Minister for sport Helen Grant said: “I hope we will now see other [...]
Murray promises to carry on regardless with British team September 18, 2014 TWO-TIME grand slam champion Andy Murray has vowed to keep playing for Great Britain whatever the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum, expected this morning. The 2013 Wimbledon champion tweeted to more than 2.7million followers yesterday that he was in favour of the “yes” vote, which would mean Scotland are no longer part of Britain. [...]
World Cup seats to be balloted September 18, 2014 SEVEN Rugby World Cup matches are already oversubscribed with 10 days remaining of the ticket sales window. Seats at three of England’s pool matches, as well as the final at Twickenham on 31 October 2015, will now be allocated by a ballot. The other sold-out fixtures are South Africa v Japan and Samoa v USA [...]