Premier League: Mourinho will fight until deadline day for Rooney August 18, 2013 AT STAMFORD BRIDGE CHELSEA 2 vs HULL CITY 0 CHELSEA boss Jose Mourinho will persevere to the end of the transfer window to secure the signing of unsettled Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney, despite watching the Blues’ attack rip through Hull City in the opening half an hour of their latest Premier League campaign. An [...]
Premier League: Spurs new boys will get better, says Villas-Boas August 18, 2013 AT SELHURST PARK CRYSTAL PALACE 0 vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1 TOTTENHAM boss Andre Villas-Boas believes the best is yet to come from his summer signings after record £26m-buy Roberto Soldado scored the decisive goal at Selhurst Park. Soldado, together with midfielders Paulinho and Nacer Chadli, made accomplished, if unspectacular, debuts in the narrow victory. And [...]
Sport Comment: It’s worth walking to Glasgow for glimpse of a sprint superstar August 18, 2013 GIVEN events at Emirates Stadium on Saturday, and my prediction last Monday that Arsenal would win the Premier League this season, you may be inclined to give this column a miss this week on the grounds that the writer clearly doesn’t know what he’s talking about. It is a marathon not a sprint, remember; still [...]
BT Sport strikes Virgin deal for new channels August 15, 2013 VIRGIN Media customers will now be offered access to BT’s new sports channels, after the network providers struck a deal just days ahead of the start of the Premier League season. The three-year deal – BT Sport’s first tie-up with a rival pay-TV service – will mean subscribers to Virgin’s most expensive XL package will [...]
Premier League return will benefit more than just well-paid players August 15, 2013 THE PREMIER League returns tomorrow. Although most of us will be interested in the quality of the football on offer, the amounts of money involved are no less significant. It’s Europe’s highest revenue-generating league by a margin of over €1bn (£850m), with combined club revenue of over £2.3bn in 2011-12. But while players continue to [...]
Football Comment: Mourinho can bring the title back to Chelsea August 15, 2013 THE JURY’S out on how David Moyes and Manuel Pellegrini will perform at United and City, but Jose Mourinho brings with him a certainty to Chelsea and that is a very big positive. He’s been there and done it before, he’s got a good young squad and they might have the edge. However, I think [...]
United set for tough start at Liberty Staduim August 15, 2013 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE PREMIER LEAGUE SWANSEA vs MANCHESTER UNITED Tomorrow 5.30pm DAVID Moyes would love nothing more than to get his Manchester United Premier League managerial career off to a flyer with a win at the Liberty Stadium in tomorrow’s evening kick-off, but it’s certainly not going to be a walk in the park. [...]
Put your trust in City to win back the title August 15, 2013 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE PREMIER LEAGUE THE upcoming Premier League season is set to be one of the most open in recent memory with bookmakers struggling to split Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea at the head of the outright market. What is unusual is that the three leading fancies all have new managers who [...]
Top Tips from: Paddy Power August 15, 2013 THE Premier League kicks off again this weekend with the first match of the season seeing Liverpool take on Stoke. Issues around Suarez aside, Liverpool look in good shape and are clear favourites at 2/5. With two good goalkeepers it’s not set to be a goalfest, under 2.5 goals in the game is at evens. [...]
BT teams up with Virgin Media in football battle against Sky August 15, 2013 BT and Virgin Media have announced a three year deal that will give Virgin Media TV customers access to BT Sport TV channels (release). The deal will come into effect from this weekend, and will give Virgin Media’s 3.8m XL customers access to BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN. The deal will boost [...]