Meireles set for £8m transfer to Fenerbahce September 3, 2012 CHELSEA midfielder Raul Meireles yesterday completed an £8m transfer to Turkish club Fenerbahce. The 29-year-old Portugal international was signed during Andre Villas-Boas’s brief reign but following his succession by Roberto Di Matteo and the consequent midfield arrivals of Oscar, Eden Hazard and Marko Marin, Meireles was no longer needed in London and has finally completed [...]
Liverpool are struggling but Rodgers needs time – and Owen September 3, 2012 Alot of recent focus has been placed upon Liverpool’s poor start to the season, their decision to let Andy Carroll go to West Ham, and their inability to sign a replacement. Brendan Rodgers is an idealist, and this is coming into football more because of the Barcelona effect, but they’ve been doing it for years [...]
Simmonds secures second gold and more GB medals follow September 3, 2012 GREAT BRITAIN’S Ellie Simmonds yesterday won her second gold of London 2012 by setting her second world record of the Paralympic Games in the SM6 200m individual medley. Having on Saturday already defended her 400m freestyle title, the 17-year-old surpassed her score from the heats to win in three minutes, 5.39 seconds as compatriot Natalie [...]
Cleverly to fight Uzelkov September 3, 2012 BOXING: Nathan Cleverly is to defend his WBO light heavyweight title against Ukraine’s Vyacheslav Uzelkov on 27 October at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena.
Pardew given touchline ban September 3, 2012 FOOTBALL: Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has been fined £20,000 and given a two-match touchline ban after accepting an FA charge of improper conduct for pushing a linesman.
Nadal out for two more months September 3, 2012 TENNIS: Rafael Nadal is to miss two further months of tennis because of his ongoing knee injury.
Bopara and Morgan hope for KP September 3, 2012 CRICKET: Ravi Bopara and Eoin Morgan both admit they hope Kevin Pietersen will resume his England career. They play South Africa at Trent Bridge in an ODI tomorrow.
Gunners recruits find feet as Rodgers rues Carroll absence September 2, 2012 LIVERPOOL (0) vs ARSENAL (2) ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger hailed a colossal midfield performance from Abou Diaby after the Gunners plundered their first Premier League win of the season and turned up the heat on new Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers. Summer signings Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla neatly teed each other up for a goal [...]
Scholes made the difference, says Ferguson September 2, 2012 SOUTHAMPTON (2) vs MANCHESTER UNITED (3) MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson praised Paul Scholes for turning his 1000th league match in charge of the club from a disaster into a victory after his side had trailed 2-1 at Southampton. “We didn’t start playing until Paul Scholes came onto the pitch,” Ferguson said. “When they [...]
Point enough for Pardew September 2, 2012 NEWCASTLE (1) vs ASTON VILLA (1) NEWCASTLE manager Alan Pardew accepted his side were perhaps fortunate to have gained a point against Aston Villa and accepted that they were well below their best. “Our set plays were awful,” he said. “There was a lot of things wrong with our game and we caught Villa at [...]