Indifference towards the World Twenty20 is almost inevitable September 30, 2012 THE Ryder Cup may have been the biggest show in town in Chicago over the past week but it certainly hasn’t been the only one. The White Sox have been playing baseball. Endlessly. Night after night in front of swathes of empty seats as the sport drifts aimlessly into becoming a kind of athletic Muzak [...]
Terry fined and banned for racial abuse September 27, 2012 THE Football Association last night banned Chelsea captain John Terry for a total of four games and fined him £220,000 after finding him guilty of racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand. It was over a four-day disciplinary hearing that the FA came to their conclusion despite a summer case at Westminster Magistrates’ Court clearing Terry of [...]
Arsenal and Chelsea to cancel each other out at the Emirates September 27, 2012 ARSENAL are in the middle of a tricky set of fixtures but they were impressive at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday against champions Manchester City and thoroughly deserved their point. The Gunners are playing with far more confidence this season and they are solid at the back, except for their suspect zonal defending at corners. [...]
Toure tells City they need to tighten up September 26, 2012 MANCHESTER City defender Kolo Toure has admitted his side’s defensive vulnerabilities will threaten their hopes of success if they cannot be eradicated. Toure on Tuesday night played for City when they twice led at home to Aston Villa in the Capital One Cup before conceding a total of four goals when succumbing to a 4-2 [...]
Ferguson pleased with United victory September 26, 2012 MANCHESTER UNITED 2 vs NEWCASTLE 1 MANCHESTER United defeated a resilient Newcastle to advance to a fourth-round Capital One Cup tie away to Chelsea. Goals from midfielders Anderson – a minute before half-time – and Tom Cleverley in the 58th minute had given United a two-goal lead before visiting striker Papiss Cisse scored with a [...]
Chelsea cruise to six-goal Capital win September 25, 2012 CAPITAL ONE CUP CHELSEA 6 vs WOLVES 0 PREMIER League Chelsea last night returned to their finest form to advance to the fourth round of the Capital One Cup with a devastatingly clinical victory over recently-relegated Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Blues had on Saturday remained unconvincing in a 1-0 victory over Stoke City and had last [...]
I believe JT has jumped before he could be pushed September 25, 2012 JOHN Terry’s decision to retire from international duty does, I suspect, actually have something to do with his age. If he was 26, I don’t think he’d bother. He’s had all the trauma from the summer’s court case and I think he’s retired because he believes the FA will find him guilty in their own [...]
Untenable… Terry quits England as FA begin inquest September 23, 2012 FORMER England captain John Terry last night stunned the nation when retiring from international duty on the eve of the Football Association’s inquest into the Anton Ferdinand race row. The FA’s disciplinary hearing was less than 24 hours away when Terry accused them of making his position “untenable” when announcing his immediate retirement from the [...]
Rodgers hits out at ref after Reds fall to latest league loss September 23, 2012 LIVERPOOL 1 vs MANCHESTER UNITED 2 LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers hailed yesterday’s tribute to the 96 fans killed at Hillsborough in 1989, yet could not hide his frustration after a fiery derby ended in a narrow defeat to rivals Manchester United. Both clubs honoured the Hillsborough victims before the match, while the game itself was [...]
Pardew pleads with Demba to keep raising Newcastle’s Ba September 23, 2012 NEWCASTLE 1 vs NORWICH 0 NEWCASTLE manager Alan Pardew urged Demba Ba to continue his fine form after the striker’s third goal in two games secured their first Premier League win since the opening day of the season. “That all got blown out of proportion a little bit – the comments from his agent,” said [...]