Laudrup sacked by Swansea as board seek stable future February 4, 2014 SWANSEA chairman Huw Jenkins sacked manager Michael Laudrup due to doubts over his long-term commitment, the club revealed last night. The 49-year-old helped Swansea win the first trophy in their history when they lifted the Capital One Cup last season, but has since overseen just eight wins from 35 Premier League games. Laudrup was openly [...]
FA Cup: Blunt Fulham dumped out of Cup by Blades February 4, 2014 FULHAM 0 vs SHEFFIELD UNITED 1 (After extra time) FULHAM boss Rene Meulensteen admitted his team’s lack of creativity in last night’s embarrassing FA Cup exit was so alarming they could have played for a month and still not scored. Sheffield United, 23rd in League One and the lowest ranked team left in the competition, [...]
Premier League: Chelsea halt City’s title charge February 3, 2014 MANCHESTER CITY 0 vs CHELSEA 1 Mourinho credits club masseur for inspiring victory CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho revealed a team-talk from masseur Billy McCulloch inspired last night’s victory against their title rivals. Branislav Ivanovic’s first-half strike was enough to move Chelsea level on points with second-placed City, and two behind leaders Arsenal, as Manuel Pellegrini [...]
Defeat just a small setback, says Pellegrini February 3, 2014 MANCHESTER City boss Manuel Pellegrini feels his team’s title chances have not suffered despite defeat to Chelsea in last night’s top of the table clash. City, without injured stalwarts Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho, missed the chance to return to the top of the Premier League as Branislav Ivanovic’s first-half goal ended an eight-match winning run. [...]
Premier League: Gunners go top yet boss defiant over panic buy February 2, 2014 AT EMIRATES STADIUM ARSENAL 2 vs CRYSTAL PALACE 0 ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger watched his side reclaim top spot in the Premier League with another clinical home win yesterday, before coming out fighting over the bizarre loan signing of injured midfielder Kim Kallstrom. Wenger revealed that Arsenal will pay nothing for the Swedish international until [...]
Investors back BSkyB despite drop in profits January 30, 2014 INVESTORS remained confident in BSkyB yesterday, despite a 18 per cent drop in half year profits, as Britain’s biggest pay-TV broadcaster added over 100,000 new customers during its second quarter. Shares in Sky closed up 4.4 per cent on the results, which included news of a new deal with HBO to secure exclusive access to [...]
Kvist makes Fulham move January 30, 2014 DENMARK midfielder William Kvist, 28, yesterday admitted the lure of playing in the Premier League was the motivation behind his loan move to Fulham from Stuttgart until the end of the season. Kvist said: “This [playing in the Premier League] is the biggest challenge you could get as a footballer. This is the motherland of [...]
Sixth signing for West Ham January 30, 2014 WEST Ham manager Sam Allardyce has completed his sixth signing of the January transfer window after midfielder Abdul Razak signed a short-term contract yesterday. The Ivory Coast international made five Premier League appearances for Manchester City before joining Anzhi Makhachkala last summer. Razak made his last appearance for the cash-strapped Russian club in a 4-1 [...]
City to maintain mesmerising unbeaten home record January 30, 2014 IT’S NO exaggeration to claim Manchester City are the best team in the world right now after their latest demolition job over Tottenham on Wednesday night. Manuel Pellegrini’s men had destroyed Spurs at the Etihad 6-0 earlier this season and were sublime once again as they smashed the north Londoners 5-1. The title looks like [...]
Sky’s growing customers fail to stop profits falling January 30, 2014 Broadcasting giant Sky has reported a fall in profit before tax from £642m to £527m for the half financial year 2013/14 compared to a year earlier. In the six months to 31 December operating profit fell by a hefty 16 per cent. The company said it was moving through a year of investment, absorbing the [...]