Chelsea land £10m Loic Remy as transfer deadline day arrives August 31, 2014 France striker Loic Remy is targeting Champions League glory with Chelsea after the Premier League’s early pacesetters moved swiftly to wrap up a £10.5m deal before tonight’s transfer deadline. Remy’s short move across west London from QPR allowed £50m misfit Fernando Torres to leave Stamford Bridge for AC Milan on what is officially a two-year [...]
Automatic Ryder Cup slot slips Gallacher’s grasp by one shot August 31, 2014 SCOTLAND’S Stephen Gallacher faces an anxious wait to discover whether Paul McGinley will select him as one of three captain’s picks for the Ryder Cup after falling agonisingly short of automatic qualification at the Italian Open yesterday. Gallacher required a top-two finish in Turin to overhaul Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell and secure the final automatic [...]
Woz makes US Open quarters August 31, 2014 DENMARK’S Caroline Wozniacki brushed aside Maria Sharapova to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open yesterday. Wozniacki dispatched her rival 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to make the last eight at a grand slam for the first time since the 2012 Australian Open. Fourth seed David Ferrer became the first top-10 man to crash out after suffering [...]
Liverpool sign more players than any other Premier League club, Arsenal joint lowest August 29, 2014 Brendan Rodgers has been the busiest Premier League manager this summer, bringing 11 new faces to Liverpool – more new signings than Manchester United and Chelsea combined. With four days remaining in the transfer window, no other Premier League club has accumulated more players than last season’s runners-up. In fact, eight per cent of [...]
Rooney gets captaincy but may face axe August 28, 2014 ENGLAND coach Roy Hodgson insists he is still prepared to drop Wayne Rooney if he underperforms despite naming the Manchester United striker captain of the national team. Rooney, who will lead the team in forthcoming matches against Norway and Switzerland, was the obvious choice to succeed Steven Gerrard, having won 95 caps – more than [...]
Europa League: Spurs secure Europa League spot August 28, 2014 TOTTENHAM 3 AEL 0 Tottenham win 5-1 on aggregate TOTTENHAM boss Mauricio Pochettino admired the poise shown by starlet Harry Kane after he brushed aside penalty agony to ignite Spurs’ passage to the Europa League group stages with the first goal in a commanding victory over Cypriot outfit AEL last night. Striker Kane missed an [...]
Chelsea calm Costa worries August 28, 2014 CHELSEA have moved to play down fears star striker Diego Costa could face a prolonged spell on the sidelines after suffering a hamstring injury in training. Initial suggestions were the £32m signing from Atletico Madrid, who has scored in both of Chelsea’s Premier League fixtures so far this season, could be out for six weeks. [...]
Liverpool relish Real Madrid visit as other English clubs get deja vu August 28, 2014 LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers savoured the prospect of a visit from Champions League holders Real Madrid after the Reds were drawn with the Spanish giants in the group stage yesterday. Manchester City were dealt perhaps the worst hand of the four Premier League sides, and face German title-holders Bayern Munich, Serie A runners-up Roma and [...]
Warnock keen to repay debt August 28, 2014 NEW Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock insists he has a debt to pay as his second stint at the club begins with a trip to Newcastle tomorrow. The 65-year-old’s appointment on Wednesday ended a chaotic spell at Selhurst Park, triggered by the departure of Tony Pulis less than 48 hours before the start of the [...]
LVG: Di Maria is no miracle cure August 28, 2014 UNDERSTATED Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has dampened expectations ahead of British record signing Angel di Maria’s potential debut at Burnley tomorrow. United splashed out £59.7m to land the 26-year-old Argentina winger from Real Madrid and boost a flagging squad which has one point from two Premier League fixtures and were dumped out of [...]