Manchester United make Radamel Falcao the Premier League’s newest Galactico as Danny Welbeck heads to Arsenal September 1, 2014 Mancester United last night completed an audacious deadline-day swoop for Monaco striker Radamel Falcao as Premier League clubs, coffers swelled by ever-increasing television income, took their spending for the summer transfer window to a record £861m. Falcao’s shock £20m loan was one of a swathe of late deals as clubs rushed to beat the 11pm [...]
Radamel Falcao transfer may mean Manchester United switch for Robin Van Persie or Wayne Rooney September 1, 2014 Towards the end of my career Walter Smith, the Rangers manager, would sometimes ask me to play as a wing-back. I didn’t enjoy it one little bit – at an age when running was getting harder I was being asked to do more of it – but I did it. Now it looks like one [...]
McGinley cool on Gallacher dream September 1, 2014 EUROPE’S Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has vowed to favour his head over his heart today when he names his three wildcard selections for this month’s contest against the United States. Among McGinley’s dilemmas has been whether to hand Stephen Gallacher a debut after the Scot missed out on automatic qualification by a single stroke [...]
Murray powers past Tsonga as Djokovic lurks September 1, 2014 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray knows a gruelling showdown with world No1 Novak Djokovic awaits in the quarter-final of the US Open after powering through his fourth-round clash with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga yesterday. The 27-year-old despatched Tsonga 7-5, 7-5 6-4, at Flushing Meadows to claim his first victory over a top-10 rival since defeating Djokovic to lift the [...]
Transfer deadline day: Arsenal sign fewer players than any other Premier League club despite fans’ call for new striker September 1, 2014 With the transfer window deadline looming, Arsenal fans were frantically refreshing their Twitter feeds and monitoring Sky Sports News in the hope of seeing their side add new players to their ranks. As things currently stand, Arsenal have signed fewer players than any other Premier League side this summer, with the Gunners bringing just [...]
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 [...]