Tottenham Hotspur 2, Leicester City 2: Kane late show preserves Spurs’ cup ambitions January 10, 2016 Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino conceded his relief after a contentious late penalty from substitute Harry Kane rescued his side’s fading FA Cup hopes against Premier League high-flyers Leicester yesterday. Spurs were seconds from elimination when referee Bobby Madley awarded a dubious spot-kick, penalising Nathan Dyer for handball as the on-loan winger challenged Danny Rose on [...]
Money talks for Daggers: Glamourous FA Cup tie against Everton could prove pivotal in Dagenham and Redbridge’s battle for League Two survival January 8, 2016 Just in case Steve Thompson, managing director of League Two strugglers Dagenham and Redbridge, needed any reminding of the fuss surrounding tomorrow’s FA Cup third round clash at Premier League Everton, he has found it in the most unconventional of settings. “The supporters I speak to everyday are buzzing, absolutely buzzing,” he told City A.M. [...]
Big Sam offers Liverpool apology after Klopp aims dig at Allardyce January 7, 2016 LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp has hit back at Sunderland counterpart Sam Allardyce as their war of words continued ahead of the Reds’ FA Cup third round trip to Exeter City tonight. The German was responding to Allardyce’s claim that Liverpool’s current injury crisis was in part down to Klopp underestimating the physical demands of the [...]
Chelsea’s Oscar forced to deny suggestions of training ground bust-up with Diego Costa January 7, 2016 Chelsea midfielder Oscar last night moved to douse suggestions that he and combative striker Diego Costa had been involved in a training ground bust-up ahead of the club’s FA Cup third round tie against Scunthorpe on Sunday. The duo were said to have squared up to each other at Chelsea’s Cobham training base yesterday before [...]
Banned Uefa chief Platini pulls out of Fifa presidential race January 7, 2016 Suspended Uefa boss Michel Platini last night formally withdrew his candidacy to replace departing Fifa chief Sepp Blatter in next month’s presidential election at the crisis-hit world governing body. Platini, along with Blatter, was banned from all football-related activity for eight years by Fifa’s ethics committee in December over a £1.3m payment he had received from [...]
Life bans for trio in doping bribe scandal January 7, 2016 The scale of corruption in world athletics has been illustrated further after governing body the IAAF banned three top officials for life for blackmailing a Russian athlete as part of a doping conspiracy. Papa Massata Diack, son of the IAAF’s then-president Lamine Diack and a marketing consultant to the crisis-hit organisation, and senior Russian athletics [...]
Everton 2, Manchester City 1: Pellegrini lampoons officials as Lukaku proves worth to Everton January 6, 2016 Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini blamed the “unbelievable” decisions of the match officials for his side’s Capital One Cup semi-final first leg demise at the hands of Everton last night. Romelu Lukaku proved the matchwinner with his 12th goal in as many matches, seconds after substitute Jesus Navas had cancelled out Ramiro Funes Mori’s opener [...]
Proteas snatch momentum but positives for England January 6, 2016 It was a gruelling Test match but the aching bodies will hurt less in the South Africa camp after the Proteas wrestled the initiative from England in the final few days in Cape Town. The hosts will go into third Test in Johannesburg, which starts on 14 January, with a little bit more momentum than [...]
South Africa’s Hashim Amla vows to lead batting charge after quitting captaincy January 6, 2016 South Africa batsman Hashim Amla has vowed to hit top form and prove a thorn in England’s side after his shock decision to relinquish the captaincy following his side’s draw in the second Test in Cape Town yesterday. England suffered a top-order collapse and slipped to 116-6 before Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali halted the [...]
Stoke City 0, Liverpool 1: Klopp ready to splash cash as injuries bite January 5, 2016 Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admitted that he may be forced into the transfer market after his side’s victory in the Capital One Cup semi-final first leg at Stoke last night was tainted by hamstring injuries to playmaker Philippe Coutinho and centre-half Dejan Lovren. Substitute Jordan Ibe proved the matchwinner as the Reds secured a slender [...]
