London, England – British press strongly rumors the French technician’s name as a possible solution for the England national team’s bench, although he himself said that the mission to coach England would be appropriate for an Englishman. British newspaper Daily Express cited sources inside the English Football Federation that say the FA is in the [...]
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has rubbished speculation that Rio Ferdinand’s Manchester United future is in danger and has insisted that the defender is still part of his plans. He also insisted that there was no intention of letting him leave Manchester United in the near future. Earlier Ferguson had indicated that the defender [...]
Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has revealed that he is content with the squad he has and he will not jump into the winter transfer window as he boasted about the strength of his current crop. Despite missing both Luka Modric and Rafael van der Vaart, Spurs beat West Brom on Saturday and made it [...]
Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has rued his clubs luck, as the London side went down 2-1 to Bayer Leverkusen after an injury time goal by the Germans. The Londoners will now have to beat Valencia at Stamford Bridge in their final Group E game to progress to the next round of the UEFA Champions League. [...]
Struggling Blackburn Rovers have announced that they have made revisions to the contract of manager Steve Kean, as speculation intensifies that the under fire boss is all set to sign an improved contract with the club. Rovers sit second from the bottom in the Premier League with only one win this season, a surprise [...]
Stoke went ahead early on through Jon Walters, but Heidar Helguson equalised in the 22nd minute and Luke Young then struck at the end of a flowing move before the interval. Fit-again pair Matthew Etherington and skipper Shawcross were restored to the side, while Danny Higginbotham also made his first league start of the campaign. [...]
It must be recognized many more walked past disinterested, some of them muttering less than supportively about the protesters. In the battle for the hearts and minds of Everton Football Club, there may be no winner, just the debris of a divided fan base with different theories about how to achieve the same goal. If [...]
Blackburn had surprised the home defenders when Morten Gamst Pedersen seemed to take a corner to himself and charged towards the area before drilling a slow cross over for Hoilett to score. Everyone in the ground, including referee Andre Marriner, had assumed Yakubu had touched the ball before heading to the penalty area but replays [...]
A testy game between two under-performing sides put pressure on the officials with Albion frustrated by the offside flag early on. Captain Gary Cahill led the Bolton players in their appeals to the assistant referee but any seeming wrong was redressed just minutes later when Thomas clumsily barged into Fabrice Muamba in front of goal. [...]
Fulham came close to scoring at the start and finish of the first half, Mousa Dembele skipping past two tackles only to shoot straight at Keiren Westwood, while Lee Cattermole cleared Dickson Etuhu’s header off the line in stoppage time. In the minutes between, Sunderland were the better side, although a lack of creativity in [...]
There is a calm assurance about the captain now he is fit and flying which this youthful Arsenal really need. Especially after the calamitous start yesterday when they could have been about 4-0 up but found themselves a goal down in the 18th minute thanks to some comedy defending from Per Mertesacker. Wenger has been [...]
Aguero saw a 20-yard strike fly narrowly over the crossbar and Balotelli had a header well saved by Tim Krul before Demba Ba missed two good chances for the visitors. This is but some of the action that went down between Manchester City and Newcastle. Ryan Taylor’s clear handball from Yaya Toure’s close range shot [...]
