Premier League: City beat Arsenal and inch towards title April 26, 2023 Kevin De Bruyne netted a brace as Manchester City beat Arsenal 4-1 last night in the Premier League to close the gap to their title rivals to just two points. In what many described as the title decider, De Bruyne and John Stones netted before the break before the Belgian midfielder added his second in [...]
Forest fuel survival hopes as Hammers and Chelsea lose in Premier League April 26, 2023 Nottingham Forest recovered from a one goal deficit to beat Brighton and Hove Albion 3-1 last night to lift themselves out of the relegation zone and keep their Premier League survival hopes alive. The home side went behind at the City Ground to a Facundo Buonanotte goal after Solly March’s effort was saved by Forest [...]
Epsom Derby moved to avoid clash with Manchester derby FA Cup final April 26, 2023 Horse racing’s iconic Epsom Derby flat race will start earlier than originally scheduled to avoid a clash with the FA Cup final. Both events will take place on Saturday 3 June with the Derby being run at 1:30pm followed by the FA Cup at 3pm. The FA Cup final had been set to kick off around [...]
‘Players will be rightly angry’: Football at loggerheads over plans for a salary cap April 26, 2023 Plans to implement a salary cap in European football have received an immediate backlash, with unions accusing the game’s governing bodies of ignoring the views of players. Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin revealed this week that talks had begun on introduce a cap in order to stabilise club finances and improve competition, and that “everybody agrees”. [...]
Arsenal can draw on spirit and lessons of Anfield 1989 against Manchester City April 26, 2023 A young team who took the league by storm but lost their lead in a late-season wobble that left them facing a must-win trip to their title rivals, the perennial champions – Arsenal fans of a certain vintage may recognise parallels between this campaign and 1989. Following costly draws against Liverpool, West Ham and Southampton [...]
Former Manchester City connections give Arsenal belief for title showdown April 25, 2023 Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta believes the trophy-winning experience of Gabriel Jesus and Oleksander Zinchenko can give them a vital edge in their Premier League title showdown with their former club Manchester City on Wednesday night. The north Londoners were quick to pounce when City made Jesus and Zinchenko available last summer and the combined £75m [...]
Manchester United sale: Will bidders call the Glazers’ bluff? April 25, 2023 Five months after Manchester United’s owners, the Glazers, fired the starting pistol on a potential sale, bidding is finally expected to draw to a close on Friday. The Glazers’ bankers, the Raine Group, surprised some earlier this month by extending the process to a third round of offers for the 20-time English champions. It has [...]
Wrexham’s promotion: ‘Feelgood fairy tale’ or ‘brand-building exercise that sticks in the craw’? Our writers debate April 25, 2023 Wrexham clinched the National League title at the weekend, securing their promotion to the English Football League two years after being bought by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. But is the story, which has been played out in a reality TV series as well as on the pitches of England and Wales, an [...]
Why 2023 is the year of the litmus test for women’s rugby, cricket and football April 24, 2023 On Saturday afternoon more than 50,000 fans will descend on Twickenham Stadium to not only watch England’s final match of the Women’s Six Nations against France but also be part of history. Because the fixture is set to smash all previous records for attendances at a women’s rugby match and set a new standard in [...]
Stellini sacked: What Levy said as Tottenham Hotspur switch manager AGAIN April 24, 2023 Tottenham Hotspur have sacked Cristian Stellini from his duties as interim manager after his side were humiliated 6-1 by Newcastle United on Sunday. Spurs conceded five goals inside the opening 21 minutes at St James’ Park in a thrashing at the hands of Eddie Howe’s men. Ryan Mason will take over at the Tottenham Hotspur [...]