Air Partner’s share price leaps after it nets bumper half-year results September 29, 2016 Air Partner's share price jumped nearly 10 per cent this morning after revealing that flying Premier League stars across the globe had helped grow half-year profits by a third. Contracts with Real Madrid, Manchester City and Leicester City, as well as an increase in business during this summer's football European Championships – where it flew four of the teams including France – led [...]
ECB proposal to give greater rewards and a central deal to one-day players is on the money September 28, 2016 The England and Wales Cricket Board’s proposed revamping of the central contract structure, which could see the introduction of standalone deals for one-day players for the first time, is a positive step forward. Currently, central contracts are handed to the mainstays of the Test set-up, while fringe players and those featuring in limited-overs cricket are [...]
Pep Guardiola eases Kevin de Bruyne injury fears as Manchester City bid for 11th consecutive victory against Celtic September 27, 2016 Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has eased concerns over the long-term fitness of midfielder Kevin de Bruyne although confirmed that the Belgium playmaker will miss Wednesday's Champions League showdown with Celtic at Parkhead. De Bruyne is also set to be absent from City’s Premier League clash with Tottenham at White Hart Lane on Sunday after [...]
Sam Allardyce: The FA were entitled to sack England manager for misconduct, says leading sports lawyer September 27, 2016 The Football Association [FA] would have been legally entitled to sack England manager Sam Allardyce after he was filmed appearing to advise how to circumvent transfer rules, according to a leading sports lawyer. Allardyce left his position tonight after just one game in charge after apologising for his alleged comments to undercover reporters from a national newspaper posing as Far East [...]
Arsene Wenger wary of Basel’s Champions League threat as Gunners bid to move on from humbling of Chelsea September 27, 2016 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits he is wary of the threat posed by reigning Swiss champions Basel as the Gunners bid to establish themselves as Group A frontrunners during their Champions League clash on Wednesday. Basel have been crowned Swiss title winners in eight out of the past nine seasons and their back catalogue of European [...]
Burnley 2, Watford 0: Skipper Troy Deeney lays into “bullied” Hornets after Turf Moor demise September 26, 2016 Furious Watford skipper Troy Deeney admitted his side were bullied by a buoyant Burnley as the Hornets’ upturn in form came to a shuddering halt at Turf Moor last night. Watford had recorded back-to-back victories but headed goals from Burnley’s club record £10.5m signing Jeff Hendrick and defender Michael Keane settled matters in the Lancashire outfit’s [...]
Harry Kane’s scan results hand Tottenham and Mauricio Pochettino pre-Champions League boost September 26, 2016 Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has been handed a major boost on the eve of his side’s crunch Champions League clash with CSKA Moscow after striker Harry Kane’s ankle injury was declared less serious than first feared. The 23-year-old hitman had been expected to be sidelined for up to eight weeks after suffering grade two ligament [...]
West Ham co-chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold vow to arrest stuttering season September 26, 2016 West Ham joint-chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold have moved to quash unrest among the club’s supporters after the Hammers’ disastrous start to the season plunged to new depths on Sunday. The Irons were thrashed 3-0 by Southampton at the London Stadium, a result which left the east London club marooned in the bottom three [...]
West Ham United 0, Southampton 3: Slaven Bilic insists there is no dressing room split as Hammers condemned to fourth straight Premier League defeat September 25, 2016 Downbeat West Ham boss Slaven Bilic insists there is no split within the Hammers’ dressing room despite his side crumbling to a fourth straight Premier League defeat against an impressive Southampton. The Saints were composed and sleek as goals from in-form hitman Charlie Austin, winger Dusan Tadic and substitute James Ward-Prowse consigned West Ham to a [...]
Dele Alli praises Heung-Min Son after Korean’s double lifts Tottenham to second in Premier League September 25, 2016 Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli has hailed Heung-Min Son’s start to the season after the South Korea forward struck his second brace in three Premier League games to sink Middlesbrough 2-1 on Saturday. Son almost left Spurs in the summer after a patchy first campaign in north London but has helped the club to second in [...]