Roy Hodgson and Wayne Rooney implore England fans to avoid trouble as Euro 2016 expulsion threat hangs over Three Lions June 13, 2016 England manager Roy Hodgson and captain Wayne Rooney have pleaded with supporters to be on the their best behaviour at Euro 2016 after the team was threatened with disqualification. Governing body Uefa on Sunday warned it would not hesitate to throw England and Russia out of the competition following the violent clashes between fans that marred [...]
Wales have smashed England’s tournament prize money record at Euro 2016 after beating Belgium to reach the semi-finals and pocketing £15m July 2, 2016 Wales' historic run to the Euro 2016 semi-finals will provide a financial windfall for the Football Association of Wales (FAW) as well as a fairytale story for the country to pass through generations. After staging a massive shock to beat Belgium 3-1 in Friday night's quarter-final, the Wales team has earned the FAW £14.7m in [...]
Euro 2016: Who are England’s last 16 foes? Stats and facts on Iceland June 27, 2016 UNFAMILIAR FOES The Three Lions have only crossed swords with Iceland twice. The last meeting was a Euro 2004 warm-up clash at the City of Manchester Stadium which England won 6-1. Skipper Wayne Rooney scored twice that day, while Iceland were captained by Former Chelsea, Tottenham and Fulham forward Eidur Gudjohnsen. The only other meeting [...]
Arsene Wenger: “England is my second country. Could I manage them? Why not?” July 10, 2016 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has given the clearest indication yet that he would be willing to take the England job. Wenger is unwilling to leave Emirates Stadium before his current contract expires in 12 months’ time but appeared to encourage interest from the Football Association in an interview on French television. “Could I manage England? [...]
Russia 1, Slovakia 2: Slutsky dodges flare probe as defeat pushes Russia closer to Euro 2016 elimination June 15, 2016 Russia boss Leonid Slutsky refused to debate the consequences of the lighting of a flare within a section of the ground populated by his side’s supporters after a potentially pivotal defeat to Slovakia in Lille yesterday. Governing body Uefa are not expected to enact Russia’s suspended disqualification from Euro 2016 following yesterday’s events, a sanction [...]
Russia turns fire on England after threat of expulsion from Euro 2016 looms larger June 14, 2016 Russia’s coach and players have hit out at England after they were pushed closer to expulsion from Euro 2016 over the violence wreaked by dozens of their fans at Saturday’s Group B match in Marseille. Governing body Uefa has fined the Russian Football Union €150,000 (£119,000) and warned that any repeat of their fighting, racism or use [...]
This is Goldman Sachs’ favourite to win Euro 2016 June 6, 2016 If you have yet to place your bets on the upcoming 2016 UEFA European Championship, perhaps this latest round of predictions will help you, as one of the world's biggest banks gets in on the action. Goldman Sachs has revealed its favourites to win the tournament, which starts in France this week. The bank used historical data from [...]
Euro 2016: Travel chaos looms as French pilots call a strike for 11-14 June June 2, 2016 French pilots could be set to throw thousands of football fans' travel plans into chaos, after calling a strike for 11-14 June – coinciding with the start of the 2016 UEFA European Championship. Pilots working for Air France are planning to take industrial action over a pay dispute, according to union Spaf – which represents around [...]
WPP posts sales growth of 3.3 per cent but warns of caution among its clients as China slowdown takes hold October 26, 2015 WPP has posted net sales growth of 3.3 per cent as it warns of caution among clients The figures Third quarter revenues at the advertising giant were up 5.9 per cent at £2.93bn for the third quarter. Meanwhile, net sales rose 3.3 per cent to £2.5bn. Net new businesses was reported as £3.2bn in the first nine [...]
Bolton heyday shows that England candidate Sam Allardyce is more than just a firefighter July 12, 2016 You don’t need to cast your mind back far if you want evidence of the importance a strong team identity: it was the foundation of a Portugal side that won Euro 2016 even though they were without Cristiano Ronaldo for most of Sunday’s final against France. Portugal weren’t the only team to benefit from a [...]