Bould calls for Arsenal to keep improving after win October 3, 2012 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ARSENAL 3 vs OLYMPIAKOS 1 ARSENAL assistant manager Steve Bould last night demanded his side remain focused on qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League after they laboured to a victory over Olympiakos that took them to the top of Group B. After Kostas Mitroglou’s powerful header had cancelled out Gervinho’s [...]
Balotelli saves City at the death October 3, 2012 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MANCHESTER CITY 1 vs BORUSSIA DORTMUND 1 MANCHESTER City striker Mario Balotelli last night scored an audaciously-confident late penalty to rescue his side from a second loss from two Champions League fixtures. The charismatic Italian casually stroked his 90th-minute effort into the back of the net after Neven Subotic’s handball had given them [...]
Botham: Pietersen issue should not have rumbled on like this October 3, 2012 FORMER England captain Sir Ian Botham has insisted that the proposed return of Kevin Pietersen to the national side is likely to be a difficult process. The controversial batsman yesterday signed a new four-month contract with England having agreed to undergo a “reintegration” period after being dropped from selection for critical text messages about then-captain [...]
Lloris likely to start for Spurs in Europa League trip to Athens October 3, 2012 FRANCE goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is likely to tonight start for Tottenham away to Panathinaikos after Brad Friedel was left out of the squad that travelled to Athens. The £14m summer recruit has, to his obvious distress, remained back up to Friedel since his arrival but Spurs are likely to again select a strong side for [...]
Hodgson to announce new look England squad without Terry October 3, 2012 ENGLAND manager Roy Hodgson will today announce his squad for the World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Poland but will do so without both the recently-retired John Terry and Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling, who has been called up by Stuart Pearce for the U21s. Hodgson’s main dilemma surrounds who to use as Terry’s replacement. Having [...]
Ferdinand thanks QPR fans October 3, 2012 FOOTBALL: QPR defender Anton Ferdinand has thanked fans for the support he received during the club’s recent match with Chelsea, when played against bitter rival John Terry. He said: “They gave me fantastic support and I couldn’t have got through the day without them.”
Bellew added to Froch bill October 3, 2012 BOXING: Liverpool light-heavyweight Tony Bellew will fight Argentina’s Roberto Bolonti on 17 November, on the undercard of Carl Froch’s IBF super-middleweight title fight against Yusaf Mack in Nottingham.
Youngs ready to return October 3, 2012 RUGBY UNION: England and Leicester scrum-half Ben Youngs could return from injury in tomorrow’s fixture away to Sale. Team-mates Manu Tuilagi and Mathew Tait could also be set to return to the first team.
Di Matteo demands less danger and more goals as Chelsea win October 2, 2012 FC NORDSJAELLAND 0 vs CHELSEA 4 CHELSEA manager Roberto Di Matteo pushed his players to be more clinical in front of goal after leaving it until the final 10 minutes to secure a Champions League victory away in Denmark. The tournament’s defending champions took the lead in the 33rd minute through the classy Spaniard Juan [...]
We have got to improve or we’ll be out, says City boss Mancini October 2, 2012 MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini believes only a significant improvement in his side’s continental approach will suffice if they are to advance beyond the Champions League group stages. In their only European fixture so far this season, City lost 2-1 away to Real Madrid having twice taken the lead. Given that their relative naivety was [...]