Football Comment: Villa will pounce should Gunners slip at Wembley May 28, 2015 IT’S THE type of game that players remember most once they retire; a chance to make a name for yourself; the final game of the season and a final push. It might be less of a priority nowadays but the FA Cup final remains a magnificent match to be involved in. Big teams start to [...]
Sherwood talks up chances of thwarting Arsenal’s FA Cup bid May 28, 2015 BUOYANT Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood has backed his side to deliver an FA Cup upset in tomorrow’s final against Arsenal at Wembley and end the club’s 19-year trophy drought. Villa’s last piece of silverware was the League Cup in 1996, a final in which Savo Milosevic, Ian Taylor and Dwight Yorke were on target [...]
Villa can keep Arsenal waiting in quest to retain FA Cup May 28, 2015 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE FA CUP FINAL AND HARRY MADLEY LOOKS AT RUGBY’S PREMIERSHIP FINAL ARSENAL waited nine years for a major trophy but are as short as 2/7 with Betway to get their second in 12 months as they battle Aston Villa to hold on to their FA Cup crown at Wembley tomorrow afternoon. [...]
Cricket Comment: Stokes can be England’s next true all-rounder May 27, 2015 Like many people I thought Jason Gillespie had a real shout of landing the England head coach’s job but I believe that Trevor Bayliss is a really good appointment and he is someone who will move the national side in the right direction. I spent a bit of time with him when I was with [...]
Sevilla in record Europa title haul May 27, 2015 SEVILLA secured a record fourth Europa League trophy after edging a thrilling contest against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3-2 in last night’s final in Warsaw. Colombia striker Carlos Bacca netted the winner, his second of the game, after former Blackburn forward Nikola Kalinic opened the scoring for the Ukrainians, while Ruslan Rotan and Grzegorz Krychowiak were also [...]
Bayliss raring to plot Aussie Ashes demise May 26, 2015 ENGLAND head coach Trevor Bayliss insists he will relish plotting the downfall of his native Australia during this summer’s Ashes series after his appointment was confirmed yesterday. Bayliss succeeds the sacked Peter Moores, who was axed earlier this month, and becomes the first Australian to lead England, having usurped compatriot and early frontrunner Jason Gillespie [...]
Europa League qualification to slash West Ham summer break May 26, 2015 WEST HAM’S need for a new manager has gained greater urgency after it was confirmed that they will enter next season’s Europa League and therefore start the campaign in less than five weeks. The Hammers, who qualified by topping the Premier League’s fair play rankings, are due to enter the competition at the first qualifying [...]
Watford set to replace Jokanovic as managerial chaos continues May 26, 2015 PREMIER League-bound Watford are set to replace manager Slavisa Jokanovic with Getafe boss Quique Sanchez Flores despite the former Chelsea midfielder guiding the Hornets to English football’s top flight. Watford are understood to have made an official approach for Flores, who won the 2010 Europa League while in charge of Atletico Madrid after beginning his [...]
Sweet smell of success May 25, 2015 LONDON played host to celebrating supporters of Norwich City, Chelsea and the England cricket team yesterday, during a thrilling bank holiday for sport in the capital. England captain Alastair Cook responded to criticism of his reign by scoring 162 runs before his side bowled out New Zealand to record a morale-boosting victory in the first [...]
Championship: Neil: Canaries can soar in top flight May 25, 2015 MIDDLESBROUGH 0 NORWICH 2 NORWICH manager Alex Neil believes his side can thrive in the Premier League next season after he wrote the latest chapter in his remarkable ascent by masterminding victory in the Championship play-off yesterday. Two goals in the space of three first-half minutes from striker Cameron Jerome and winger Nathan Redmond saw [...]