Tottenham 0, Crystal Palace 1: Alan Pardew backs Wilfried Zaha for a place in England’s Euro 2016 squad after Eagles dump Spurs out of FA Cup February 21, 2016 Tottenham Hotspur 0, Crystal Palace 1 Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew tipped winger Wilfried Zaha for England’s Euro 2016 squad after they inflicted Tottenham’s first defeat in nine games in the FA Cup on Sunday. Zaha teed up right-back Martin Kelly for the game’s only goal in first-half stoppage time as the Eagles set up a quarter-final [...]
The battle lines are drawn at Wentworth Golf Club after residents reject the owner’s concessions February 21, 2016 The battle lines have been drawn; concessions made by Wentworth Golf Club in a bid to prevent its own members from taking legal action against it have been rejected. The Wentworth Residents Association, which counts many City workers among its activists, is campaigning to stop the club’s Chinese owner from cutting the number of memberships from [...]
Blackburn 1, West Ham 5: Dimitri Payet compared to Luka Modric as Hammers crush Rovers to set up possible FA Cup clash with Manchester United February 21, 2016 Blackburn Rovers 1, West Ham United 5 West Ham manager Slaven Bilic compared Dimitri Payet to Real Madrid star Luka Modric after the playmaker inspired a five-goal drubbing of Blackburn to send the Hammers into the FA Cup quarter-finals on Sunday. Championship side Rovers took a shock lead through right-back Ben Marshall but winger Victor [...]
South Africa thrash England to complete series win but Eoin Morgan insists his men can still win World Twenty20 February 21, 2016 England captain Eoin Morgan insists his team can win next month’s World Twenty20 despite suffering an emphatic nine-wicket loss to seal a 2-0 series defeat in South Africa on Sunday. Proteas skipper AB de Villiers plundered 71 off 29 balls and fellow opener Hashim Amla 69 off 38 as the hosts raced to their target [...]
Jose Mourinho has the Manchester United job, suggests Inter Milan director February 20, 2016 Jose Mourinho is joining Manchester United, so says Inter Milan director Bedy Moratti. The former Inter manager was in Italy this week, sparking speculation he could be heading for a move back to the club he won the treble with in 2010. But Moratti, sister of former president and Mourinho employer Massimo, dismissed the possibility [...]
Liverpool hoping for £90m Anfield main stand sponsorship from Chinese firms February 20, 2016 Liverpool are looking to the cash-rich Chinese market for a potential buyer of the naming rights to Anfield's new main stand, valued up to £9m a season by the Reds. The club's chief commercial officer Billy Hogan has reportedly travelled to China to meet firms interested in having their branding on the expanded main stand, which [...]
Sepp Blatter: You cannot buy a World Cup and I have committed nothing criminal, says former Fifa boss February 20, 2016 Disgraced former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has insisted "you cannot buy a World Cup" and claimed the controversial vote to award the 2018 and 2022 tournaments to Russia and Qatar was not fixed. Fifa will elect its new president on Friday after Blatter, along with former Uefa president Michel Platini, was banned from football for [...]
Anthony Joshua: Charles Martin’s IBF heavyweight belt “belongs to me” February 20, 2016 Not many boxers get offered a world title fight just over two years into their professional career – and even fewer would feel ready to take one so early. But Anthony Joshua is a cut above most boxers and when the opportunity to fight unbeaten American Charles Martin for his IBF heavyweight belt arised, he didn’t [...]
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger tells Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham to forget about loaning his players February 19, 2016 Arsene Wenger has warned Arsenal's rivals at the top of the Premier League they can forget about taking any of his players on loan. The Arsenal boss admitted he blocked a loan move for right-back Mathieu Debuchy to Manchester United last month, and suggested he would never lend one of his players to a direct [...]
Manny Pacquiao “accepts” Nike’s decision to cancel his sponsorship – but reaffirms views on homosexuality February 19, 2016 Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao says he accepts Nike's decision to drop him from their sponsored athletes roster, but has repeated the criticism of homosexuality which cost him the endorsement. Nike moved swiftly to cancel their sponsorship of the welterweight fighter this week, describing his comments that gay people were "worse than animals" as "abhorrent". Yet [...]