Crystal Palace v Man City: Tough assignment for City ahead of Juve showdown September 10, 2015 While the champions have made a sluggish start, the same cannot be said about Manchester City who are the champions-elect if you go by Betway’s 4/9 quote for the league. Manuel Pellegrini’s men were hugely disappointing last campaign. However, they’ve fired out of the starting blocks, winning four out of four and still yet to [...]
EU migrant crisis: Arsenal continue Syrian refugee aid efforts by pledging £1 per ticket sold this Saturday September 10, 2015 Arsenal will issue a show of financial support for those affected by the Syrian refugee crisis at this Saturday's Premier League game against Stoke City. Read more: Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund show of support for asylum seekers Manager Arsene Wenger revealed today: "For the game against Stoke… £1 per ticket will be donated to [...]
Arsenal and Manchester United most popular destinations for overseas Premier League fans, who add £700m to UK economy September 10, 2015 Football fans travelling from abroad to watch live Premier League football add £684m to the UK economy, according to a new study. Read more: Weak euro saves Premier League clubs up to £85m during record summer of blockbuster signings Around 800,000 overseas fans paid for Premier League tickets in 2014 – an increase of 50,000 in [...]
Chris Tremlett’s Cricket Comment: Domestic players to welcome ECB’s proposed changes September 10, 2015 Cricket bosses look set to ratify a significant revamp of domestic cricket at their board meeting later this month and some of the changes are certainly things which players have been consistently advocating for years. The England and Wales Cricket Board’s proposal is to reduce the number of County Championship fixtures from 16 to [...]
Gareth Bale’s agent rules out move to Manchester United from Real Madrid September 8, 2015 Gareth Bale's agent Jonathan Barnett has said his client will not leave Real Madrid for Manchester United, contrary to speculation. Read more: Players enjoy biggest slice of booming transfer market Speaking at the Soccerex conference for the football industry, Barnett insisted talk of Bale moving to the Premier League was "complete rubbish". He said: "I think [...]
Premier League players enjoy biggest slice of booming transfer market as English spending hits $996m September 8, 2015 Another record-breaking transfer window closed last week with typically huge sums splashed out by cash-rich Premier League clubs on new signings from abroad – yet it is the players themselves and not the selling clubs who benefit most from the booming market. Read more: Summer transfer 2015 window in five graphs A new study from the [...]
England v Switzerland: Roy Hodgson urges football chiefs to aid Euro bid September 8, 2015 England manager Roy Hodgson insists the country’s football chiefs need to throw their weight behind his blueprint for success if the Three Lions are to mount a bid for European Championship success next summer. Hodgson is set to shuffle his pack for tonight’s clash with Switzerland at Wembley after England secured their place at the [...]
The refugee crisis, the EU referendum and London’s skyline: Here’s what got us talking this week September 4, 2015 There was a fine wine scam. There was a Circle Line travelator (in the making). And somewhere in Japan, people started seeing the world from a cat's perspective. Here's what got us talking this week 1) The refugee crisis Disturbing images of dead toddler Aylan Kurdi galvanised the world into action over the Syrian refugee [...]
Arsenal injury record: Danny Welbeck to add to 1,931 games missed by Gunners players in last eight seasons September 4, 2015 Another week, another Arsenal player injured. Absences of first team players have become such a common occurrence for the Arsenal fans to endure that scarcely an eyebrow was raised when striker Danny Welbeck was yesterday ruled out until the end of the year following knee surgery. Read more: Blow for goal-shy Gunners as Welbeck ruled out for [...]
2016 London mayoral election: Conservative candidate Syed Kamall wants a London referendum on future airport capacity September 4, 2015 Londoners should be able to decide themselves whether airport capacity is expanded at Heathrow or elsewhere, Conservative London mayoral candidate Syed Kamall has said. The future of aviation capacity in London is for the people of London to decide, and should not be left to “unelected bureaucrats and vested interests to decide between Heathrow, Gatwick [...]