Premier League: Spurs suffer as Rodgers talks up title August 31, 2014 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0 LIVERPOOL 3 AT WHITE HART LANE LIVERPOOL boss Brendan Rodgers believes his side’s performance in the mauling of Tottenham yesterday proved the Reds can mount a title charge despite the close season loss of mercurial talisman Luis Suarez. The visitors served notice of their intentions with an early Raheem Sterling goal before [...]
Arsenal weaknesses exposed at Leicester but Arsene Wenger plays down transfer talk August 31, 2014 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger appealed for trust but refused to promise fans any deadline-day signings after his injury-hit squad’s limitations were laid bare at newly promoted Leicester yesterday. Marquee summer signing Alexis Sanchez struck his first Premier League goal for the Gunners but it was swiftly negated by Leonardo Ulloa’s headed reply and Wenger’s men [...]
Sport Comment: Tsonga offers Murray resurgence barometer August 31, 2014 SOMEHOW, given that many people were starting to write his obituary, Andy Murray has made it in to the second week of the US Open. He is yet again the sole reason for a sizeable percentage of the British sporting public to retain interest in a grand slam tennis tournament, as the back-up troops to [...]
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. [...]