Liverpool 0, Stoke City 1 (AET, Liverpool win 6-5 on penalties): Klopp vows to seal first Reds trophy January 26, 2016 Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has vowed to win the Capital One Cup and deliver a trophy in his first year in the Anfield hotseat after edging past Stoke in last night's semi-final courtesy of a tense sudden-death penalty shoot-out victory. Oft-maligned Reds goalkeeper Simon Mignolet turned centre-half Marc Muniesa’s spot-kick around the post before midfielder Joe [...]
Let me laugh and I will score goals, insists Palace new boy Emmanuel Adebayor January 26, 2016 New signing Emmanuel Adebayor has vowed to score the goals that fire Crystal Palace to a top-six finish — but only if he is allowed to laugh — after joining the Eagles on a free transfer until the end of the season yesterday. The 31-year-old was released by Tottenham in September having failed to impress [...]
Out-of-favour Tottenham winger Townsend set for £12m move to Newcastle January 26, 2016 ross mclean Tottenham exile Andros Townsend is poised to complete a move to relegation-threatened Newcastle after the two clubs agreed a £12m fee for his services. The 24-year-old, who has won 10 England caps, has made just three Premier League appearances for Spurs this season and has not featured since their Europa League clash with [...]
Hales, Compton and Taylor face axe, admits Cook after humiliating Test series conclusion January 26, 2016 England skipper Alastair Cook admitted that run-shy batsmen Alex Hales, Nick Compton and James Taylor could face the axe after his side’s humiliating collapse on the final morning of the fourth Test. South Africa needed just 66 minutes and 82 deliveries to claim England’s seven remaining wickets and rout their rivals for 101, chalking up [...]
Ramires close to shock £25m move to China January 25, 2016 Defending champions Chelsea are on the verge of a hefty windfall after it emerged last night that midfielder Ramires is close to joining Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning for a fee in the region of £25m. The 28-year-old cost the Blues £18m when he joined the Stamford Bridge ranks from Benfica in 2010 and [...]
Anderson returns fire on De Villiers after pre-match jibe although England face uphill battle to save Test January 25, 2016 England seamer James Anderson returned fire on out-of-form AB de Villiers after dismissing the South Africa skipper for a third successive duck during the penultimate day a seemingly doomed fourth Test at Centurion. De Villiers was interpreted as aiming a pre-match swipe at Anderson, the seventh highest Test wicket-taker of all time, by implying that [...]
There is more risk not appointing bad boy Dylan Hartley as England captain, insists head coach Eddie Jones January 25, 2016 England head coach Eddie Jones believes the potential reward of appointing Dylan Hartley as skipper far outweighs the risk after unveiling the controversial Northampton hooker as his Six Nations captain yesterday. The 29-year-old has racked up more than a year’s worth of suspensions during his career and was axed from England’s World Cup by Jones’ [...]
Arsenal 0, Chelsea 1: Wenger hits back as old foes dent Premier League title bid January 24, 2016 Tetchy Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger defended his decision to sacrifice 18-goal top-scorer Olivier Giroud following Per Mertesacker’s early dismissal after his side’s title bid stuttered against old foes Chelsea yesterday. Wenger’s decision was met with a chorus of boos, while the Gunners registered just one shot on target during the entire clash as they forlornly [...]
England head coach Eddie Jones calls up wing Semesa Rokoduguni as Six Nations cover for Chris Ashton January 24, 2016 England head coach Eddie Jones last night summoned Bath wing Semesa Rokoduguni to join his Six Nations squad as cover for Saracens counterpart Chris Ashton. Sarries have until this afternoon to decide whether to appeal the 10-week ban dished out to Ashton for making contact with the eye of Ulster centre Luke Marshall in a [...]
