Bell among England stars unsold February 13, 2014 CRICKET: Batsman Ian Bell heads a list of 10 English players, including Ravi Bopara and Alex Hales, left unsold at the end of the Indian Premier League auction.
Home comforts should open the door to FA Cup progress February 13, 2014 Ben Cleminson and Bill Esdaile with the best football and racing bets WHO says the FA Cup has lost its magic? This weekend the Premier League’s top four are all in action – against each other. Heavyweights Manchester City and Chelsea clash in tomorrow’s tea time kick-off and Manuel Pellegrini’s charges will want revenge after [...]
This may change your mind about who’s going to win the Premier League February 13, 2014 Chelsea may occupy top spot in the Premier League, Manchester City remain the bookmakers’ favourites to win the title in May and Arsenal are hanging in there (somehow), but Liverpool are currently the best team in the division. That’s according to Kickdex, a stats-based index that assigns a value to every team and player in [...]
Premier League: Nerves stop Arsenal from moving top February 12, 2014 AT EMIRATES STADIUM ARSENAL 0 vs MANCHESTER UNITED 0 ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger admits his team are psychologically bruised and struggling to revive their attacking fluency after missing the chance to return to the top of the Premier League last night. Manchester United came closest to the morale-boosting win both sides sought when former Gunners [...]
Premier League: Adebayor laps up the plaudits as Spurs romp to four-goal victory February 12, 2014 NEWCASTLE UNITED 0 vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 4 TOTTENHAM manager Tim Sherwood praised striker Emmanuel Adebayor’s attitude after the rejuvenated striker took his tally to six goals in seven Premier League games last night. A goal from Adebayor in both halves, plus strikes from Paulinho and substitute Nacer Chadli, earned Spurs their biggest league win since [...]
Premier League: Last-minute defeat was tough to take, confesses Meulensteen February 12, 2014 FULHAM 2 vs LIVERPOOL 3 FULHAM boss Rene Meulensteen admitted surrendering a valuable point in second-half stoppage time was difficult to accept after his side stayed glued to the foot of the Premier League table last night. The Cottagers led twice, but England captain Steven Gerrard slotted in a 91st-minute penalty to nab the points. [...]
Everton and Manchester City matches fall victim to storms February 12, 2014 STORMS sweeping through Britain last night caused the postponement of Premier League matches at Manchester City and Everton. Title-chasing City were due to host struggling Sunderland at the Etihad Stadium, but the fixture was called off shortly before 7pm following advice from Great Manchester Police and the club’s own safety officer due to “exceptional and [...]
Pietersen fails to attract predicted IPL record bid February 12, 2014 ENGLAND cricket chiefs are seemingly not alone in turning their noses up at Kevin Pietersen. The controversial batsman fetched just £880,000 at yesterday’s Indian Premier League auction, way short of the £3m price that some on the subcontinent had predicted. Delhi Daredevils agreed to re-sign Pietersen, who played for the team last year, and paid [...]
Man Utd chief: If success-starved Liverpool can still sell shirts we don’t need to worry February 12, 2014 Mirth might be in short supply among Manchester United fans this season but that did not stop executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward making an apparent joke at Liverpool’s expense while announcing financials today. Woodward delivered the pointed quip during an investor conference call while rebutting fears that United’s dreadful recent on-field performance would affect their famous [...]
Manchester United Execs: Team must do better February 12, 2014 Manchester United executives have admitted to the team’s frankly dire performance on the pitch this season, in their latest quarterly report – released in New York this morning. Off the pitch, United are doing pretty darn well – the club raked in £122.9m in the final three months of last year, up 11.6 per cent [...]