Penalties on the agenda for history-making final May 20, 2010 BAYERN MUNICH vs INTER MILAN TOMORROW – 7.45PM ITV1 THE ITV big-wigs must be tearing their hair out in frustration that the first time the Champions League final has been moved to the prime Saturday night slot no English team has managed to get there. England have been represented in all of the last five [...]
Unsettled Liverpool manager Benitez admits he would like to coach Spain May 19, 2010 RAFAEL BENITEZ says he dreams of one day coaching the Spanish national team – but insists he has no plans to leave Liverpool just yet. Under-fire Benitez has been tipped to quit Anfield this summer after failing to secure qualification for the Champions League. Inter Milan have been linked but Juventus, another potential destination, have [...]
Platini rides to England’s aid May 18, 2010 ENGLAND’S floundering bid to host the 2018 World Cup received a much-needed shot in the arm last night when two of the global game’s most powerful men, Michel Platini and Jack Warner, insisted the proposal remained strong. The country’s hopes of staging the tournament for the first time since 1966 nosedived after Lord Triesman, the [...]
Triesman departure sparks FA scramble May 18, 2010 A MASS scramble has begun to land the job of the most powerful man in English football following Lord Triesman’s resignation as chairman of the Football Association on Sunday. Triesman stepped down both from the FA and as chairman of England’s 2018 World Cup bid after he was secretly recorded telling a friend that Spain [...]
Foster looking to revive career with Birmingham move May 18, 2010 BIRMINGHAM have moved quickly to lay the groundwork for next season with a double swoop for England goalkeeper Ben Foster and Spanish youngster Enric Valles. Foster, 27, is poised to complete his £6m move from Manchester United after undergoing a medical in the midlands yesterday. He will be expected to be the Blues’ new No1, [...]
BANK BOSS HOLDS OWN IN STUDENT SCUFFLE May 16, 2010 THERE’S certainly one thing you can say with confidence about JP Morgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon: he ain’t afraid of taking the bull between the horns. Dimon yesterday braved the anger of the masses as he strode onto the campus of Syracuse University in New York, despite a planned protest against his invitation to [...]
Triesman quits posts amid bribery claims furore May 16, 2010 LORD TRIESMAN, one of the most powerful men in the British game, last night resigned as chairman of the Football Association and England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup in embarrassing circumstances. Triesman stepped down after a Sunday newspaper published a private conversation between him and a former aide in which he allegedly suggests [...]
Blues double stars salute Ancelotti May 16, 2010 THE FA CUP FINAL 2010 FRANK LAMPARD and John Terry, two of the players closest to Jose Mourinho during his reign as Chelsea manager, have hailed double-winning boss Carlo Ancelotti as the equal of the self-styled Special One. Ancelotti led his squad on an open-topped bus parade through west London yesterday as ecstatic Blues fans [...]
BT will spend an extra £1bn on broadband May 13, 2010 BT WILL plough an extra £1bn into its broadband network as it strives to roll out superfast internet to thousands of new homes. It will also invest heavily in its struggling BT Vision television service, which it hopes can pull off a remarkable turnaround now it can offer Premier League football matches. The news came [...]
Chelsea shouldn’t take first Double for Granted May 13, 2010 CHELSEA vs PORTSMOUTH TOMORROW – 3.00PM ITV CHELSEA have really come to the fore over the past few weeks and thoroughly deserve their first title in four years. They were immense against Wigan at Stamford Bridge on Sunday and the 8-0 victory meant we made two decent spread betting profits on the game. It’s always [...]