Instagram post KOs Balotelli for Arsenal match December 18, 2014 CONTROVERSIAL Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli is set to miss Sunday’s Premier League clash with Arsenal after he was last night handed a one-match ban for an offensive social media post. Balotelli was also fined £25,000 and ordered to attend an education course for republishing an image of video game character Super Mario that contained the [...]
Arsenal can pile pressure back on Brendan Rodgers December 18, 2014 BEN CLEMINSON LOOKS AT THE BIG GAMES IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE THIS WEEKEND LIVERPOOL’s 3-1 win over Bournemouth on Wednesday night was only their third in their last 11 games. Welcome as that victory over the Championship leaders was, it doesn’t even begin to mask what has been a terrible campaign so far for last [...]
Premier League outright spread betting with Sporting Index December 18, 2014 UNLIKE fixed-odds bookmakers, Sporting Index gives points to every team in the Premier League regardless of where they finish. The Championship 60 Index is updated after every gameweek and points are awarded as follows: Winner = 60pts, Second = 40pts, Third = 30pts, Fourth = 20pts, Fifth = 10pts, Sixth = 5pts. All others = [...]
André Villas-Boas: The former Tottenham and Chelsea manager on charity, football and coaching in Saint Petersburg December 18, 2014 How have you found being an ambassador for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation? I have been an ambassador since 2011. I’m very grateful for the opportunity they have given me to reach out to people who have suffered from all kinds of problems, from social exclusion, to poverty, to disabilities. As a citizen you [...]
Premier League auction turns heat up on Sky December 17, 2014 Sky’s reliance on Premier League football rights was highlighted again yesterday after a leading broker reiterated its “sell” rating on the company by reminding investors about the significance of the sporting contract to the company’s future. Broker Liberum Capital published fresh research identifying the auction for the Premier League’s viewing rights – which began last [...]
Capital One Cup: Rodgers looks to Sterling to solve Liverpool’s scoring conundrum December 17, 2014 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 1 LIVERPOOL 3 LIVERPOOL boss Brendan Rodgers insists Raheem Sterling could prove the solution to the club’s goalscoring woes after last night firing the Reds to a Capital One Cup semi-final showdown with old foes Chelsea. Sterling missed a host of presentable chances against Manchester United on Sunday but his double, together with a [...]
Sturridge heads to Red Sox for injury salvation December 17, 2014 LIVERPOOL striker Daniel Sturridge will link up with medical specialists at baseball team Boston Red Sox over the Christmas period in a bid to expedite his return from injury. Sturridge netted 25 times last season and has been sorely missed by the Reds as they have struggled to replicate the form which saw them narrowly [...]
Prototype modern player Henry bids adieu December 16, 2014 FOR a player who won almost every prize football has to offer and who has been celebrated worldwide, Thierry Henry’s status among the game’s greats still divides opinion. To some, the former Arsenal, Barcelona, New York Red Bulls, Monaco, Juventus and France forward, who retired yesterday, aged, 37 to pursue a broadcasting and coaching career, [...]
Saints upset by plucky Blades December 16, 2014 GIANT-KILLERS Sheffield United claimed another Premier League scalp as 10-man Southampton’s plummeting run of form continued with a Capital One Cup quarter-final exit at Bramall Lane last night. Striker Mark McNulty proved the match-winner in the second half as Southampton defender Florin Gardos was dismissed late on. The Saints have lost their last five matches, [...]
Rodgers slams mutiny claims December 16, 2014 EMBATTLED Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has rubbished claims of dressing-room unrest as he prepares for tonight’s hazardous trip to in-form Bournemouth. A Capital One Cup quarter-final upset at the Championship leaders would increase uncertainty over Rodgers’ position, though he insists there is no mutiny. “I hear one or two bits and pieces about unrest – [...]