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Trophy dreams spur Walker to sign new deal October 28, 2013 TOTTENHAM defender Kyle Walker has revealed the pursuit of silverware motivated him to extend his contract at the club until 2019. Walker joined Spurs from Sheffield United in 2008 and has gone on to make 112 first team appearances and cement a regular berth in the England team. And the 23-year-old, named PFA Young Player [...]
Blues reserves good enough to knock out Gunners, says Schurrle October 28, 2013 CHELSEA winger Andre Schurrle insists they can overcome Arsenal in tonight’s Capital One Cup even if manager Jose Mourinho sees through his threat to make wholesale changes for the London derby. Mourinho has railed at the scheduling of the fixture, little more than 48 hours after their Premier League clash with title rivals Manchester City, [...]
Anti-racism chief says British game not reflective of society October 28, 2013 WORLD football’s most prominent anti-discrimination official has added to criticism of the English game for failing to involve enough black people in governance and management. Jeffrey Webb, head of Fifa’s anti-racism task force and tipped as a possible future president of the world governing body, says ethnic minority players in this country are “demoralised” by [...]
The Sky Sports boss who is set to resume the battle with BT October 28, 2013 The TV sports giant’s managing director Barney Francis tells David Hellier that the secret to success is to keep growing in the face of increasing competition WHEN you’re head of sport at a company like Sky, the satellite broadcaster where covering live elite sport is a major driver of the business, there’s barely time to [...]
Premier League: Repentant Mourinho: I did not mean to offend City October 27, 2013 AT STAMFORD BRIDGE CHELSEA 2 vs MANCHESTER CITY 1 CHELSEA boss Jose Mourinho sought to defuse a row with his Manchester City counterpart Manuel Pellegrini last night, after appearing to provoke City’s bench with a wild celebration of the Blues’ late winning goal. With the scores level following goals from Andre Schurrle and Sergio Aguero, [...]
Pellegrini snubs handshake with Chelsea boss October 27, 2013 MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini revealed last night that he deliberately snubbed Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho for the traditional post-match handshake, having been unimpressed with his opposite number’s reaction to the Blues’ late match-winner. Pellegrini was left fuming after another defensive mix-up from a long ball in the closing stages of the game saw City [...]
Premier League: Fans’ anxiety is not helping us, says Villas-Boas October 27, 2013 AT WHITE HART LANE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1 vs HULL CITY 0 TOTTENHAM manager Andre Villas-Boas criticised the club’s fans for allowing their anxiety to almost jeopardise the narrow home win that moved Spurs up to fourth in the Premier League table yesterday. The White Hart Lane faithful witnessed a first home victory in three matches [...]
Premier League: Allardyce rues missed chances as goal-shy West Ham draw October 27, 2013 SWANSEA CITY 0 vs WEST HAM UNITED 0 WEST Ham manager Sam Allardyce was left to bemoan his side’s lack of killer instinct as they drew a blank for the fifth time in nine Premier League games. The visitors, fielding a team without a recognised centre forward, came closest to breaking the deadlock in the [...]
Premier League: Late derby win ideal tonic for new boss Poyet October 27, 2013 SUNDERLAND 2 vs NEWCASTLE UNITED 1 JUBILANT Sunderland manager Gus Poyet has urged his team to use their late victory in yesterday’s north-east derby as a catalyst to save their season. On-loan forward Fabio Borini’s rasping 84th-minute drive earned the Black Cats a first win of the season and lifted them off the bottom of [...]
Wenger admits tougher tests are still to come October 27, 2013 ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger has admitted that his table-topping side have enjoyed a relatively easy start to the season, yet now face a crunch period of tough games starting with Chelsea in the Capital One Cup tomorrow night. Following their clash with the Blues, Arsenal then face Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United over a [...]