Jurgen Klopp ready to entrust Liverpool’s kids to navigate FA Cup third round replay at Plymouth January 17, 2017 Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp appears set to entrust similarly youthful side to navigate Wednesday's FA third round replay at Plymouth Argyle as featured in in the goalless draw at Anfield. Klopp named the youngest starting XI in club’s history for the Reds’ stalemate against the League Two outfit at Anfield on 8 January, citing the [...]
Crystal Palace 2, Bolton Wanderers 1: Sam Allardyce urges Eagles to use FA Cup win to stoke Premier League revival January 17, 2017 Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce has urged his side to use their comeback victory over his former club Bolton as fuel to ignite their Premier League survival bid after reaching the FA Cup fourth round. Allardyce earned his first win as Palace manager at the sixth attempt as substitute Christian Benteke, a £27m signing from Liverpool, [...]
Sale suspend wing Tom Arscott as Bristol defend his meeting with brother Luke January 17, 2017 Sale Sharks have suspended wing Tom Arscott amid a probe into an alleged leak of information to rivals Bristol prior to their Premiership showdown on New Year’s Day. The Rugby Football Union are investigating whether confidential team information, including on-field calls and tactical insight, was passed to Bristol, who won 24-23, before the match. Sale [...]
Johanna Konta fails to hit top gear but still leads British assault at Australian Open January 17, 2017 World No9 Johanna Konta expressed her relief at clearing the opening hurdle of her grand slam season after defeating Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens in the first round of the Australian Open. The 25-year-old, who prevailed 7-5, 6-2, led the home nations charge in Melbourne as Heather Watson and Kyle Edmund also progressed, ensuring that five British [...]
Sir Andy Murray expects dust-up with former Soviet boxer’s son as he bids to progress at Australian Open January 17, 2017 While his opponent is something of an unknown quantity, Britain’s Sir Andy Murray is convinced that Russian teenager Andrey Rublev will come out swinging in a bid to derail his Australian Open campaign. Murray will cross swords with world No152 Rublev, who is the son of a former Soviet boxer, for a place in the third [...]
West Ham dig their heels in over rebel Dimitri Payet and reject second Marseille bid January 16, 2017 West Ham have underlined their refusal to be bullied into selling Dimitri Payet at a knockdown price by rejecting an improved £20m bid from Marseille for the wantaway midfielder. The offer for Payet, a hike of little more than £1m from the Ligue 1 club’s opening bid, is believed to have been rebuffed by Hammers [...]
Valtteri Bottas predicts great success for Mercedes after joining forces with Lewis Hamilton January 16, 2017 Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas is convinced that he and three-time world champion Lewis Hamilton will form a formidable partnership after succeeding Nico Rosberg at Mercedes. The 27-year-old arrives at Mercedes following four years at Williams and replaces Rosberg, who dramatically quit the sport just five days after securing his maiden world championship crown in Abu Dhabi [...]
World No4 Simona Halep becomes first big-hitter to crash out of Australian Open as Angelique Kerber squeezes through January 16, 2017 World No4 Simona Halep became the first major casualty of the Australian Open after crashing out in the opening round following defeat to American Shelby Rogers. For the second successive year Romania’s Halep stumbled at the first hurdle of the season-commencing grand slam, losing 6-3, 6-1 to power-hitting Rogers, herself a first-round loser in her [...]
Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce not prepared to risk Premier League safety for FA Cup run January 16, 2017 Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce insists he is not prepared to risk his side’s Premier League safety for the sake of an FA Cup run as the Eagles prepare for their third round replay against Bolton. Palace host Allardyce’s former club, who are third in League One but lost at home to Swindon on Saturday, [...]
Scarlets 22, Saracens 22: Last-gasp Sarries seal place in European Champions Cup quarter-finals January 15, 2017 Saracens boss Mark McCall praised his side’s doggedness after a last-gasp Chris Ashton try snatched a dramatic 22-22 draw with Scarlets and sealed their passage to the European Champions Cup quarter-finals. Ashton crossed the line for the second time with the final play of the game and Owen Farrell duly converted, after Wales centre Scott [...]
