Extended ban for Ferdinand January 28, 2010 MANCHESTER United defender Rio Ferdinand has been banned for four matches for violent conduct, meaning he will miss Sunday’s trip to Premier League title rivals Arsenal. Ferdinand received an extra one-game suspension on top of the standard three because the Football Association considered his appeal against the charge frivolous. That appeal allowed the England centre-back [...]
Mutu fails another drug test January 28, 2010 FORMER Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu is facing career ruin after failing another drug test, this time for sibutramine, a banned appetite suppressant. The 31-year-old, who served a seven-month worldwide ban for using cocaine while at Stamford Bridge, tested positive after playing for Fiorentina earlier this month. Mutu could be banned for four years if the [...]
Website taken down as Pompey reach new low January 28, 2010 PORTSMOUTH’S season of crisis took another farcical turn yesterday when their official website was taken offline because of an unpaid bill. Juicy, the company that runs the site, only made the site available again later in the day after Pompey had made them a payment. The club’s latest shambolic episode came as it emerged they [...]
Rooney’s late winner gives City deja vu January 27, 2010 MANCHESTER UTD [Man Utd win 4-3 on agg] (3) vs MANCHESTER CITY (1) SIR ALEX FERGUSON heaped praise on his Manchester United troops after they silenced ‘noisy neighbours’ City and clinched a place in the Carling Cup final. Wayne Rooney’s injury-time winner earned the defending champions a Wembley date with Aston Villa on 28 February, [...]
Target Huntelaar is going nowhere, says Milan chief January 27, 2010 AC MILAN have issued a ‘hands-off’ warning to a number of Premier League clubs chasing striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. The Holland international is frustrated at a lack of first-team football and is considering a loan move away from the San Siro to safeguard his World Cup place. Everton boss David Moyes has already expressed an interest [...]
Get set for a transfer scramble January 27, 2010 WE’VE not seen much in the way of transfer activity in this January window, but expect all that to change over the next few days as managers hit the mid-season panic button. Today and tomorrow are potentially massive days in determining the campaign and you can be assured at least one of the genuine title [...]
Manchester United bonds dip in trading January 26, 2010 THE new bonds issued by Manchester United last week are trading below par, it emerged yesterday. The £500m worth of bonds were trading at between 93-94p yesterday afternoon, meaning they were yileding more than 10 per cent. Analysts said that tradional high income investors were wary of the bonds because of the high debts the [...]
Spurs tighten grip on fourth and return to winning ways January 26, 2010 TOTTENHAM (2) vs FULHAM (0) TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp savoured his first Premier League victory of 2010 after goals from Peter Crouch and David Bentley boosted their Champions League aspirations. Spurs came into the match without a win in three but England forward Crouch eased their nerves with a 27th-minute strike. Out-of-favour midfielder Bentley justified [...]
Benitez coy on Juventus after Reds slip up again January 26, 2010 WOLVES (0) vs LIVERPOOL (0) UNDER-FIRE Rafael Benitez remained tight-lipped over a possible move to Juventus after his Liverpool side suffered yet another setback in their bid for a Champions League place. Benitez has been heavily linked with the Italian giants amid suggestions they are about to sack coach Ciro Ferrara. The Spaniard saw his [...]
McLeish: We can stun Blues January 26, 2010 ALEX MCLEISH believes his Birmingham City high-fliers can derail Chelsea’s title charge at Stamford Bridge tonight. McLeish’s side are currently lying a creditable eighth in the Premier League following a club record run of 15 matches unbeaten. Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea can go back to the top of the table with three points tonight, but McLeish [...]