Swansea: Manchester City dropped points in their bid to secure second place in the English Premier League by drawing 0-0 with Swansea in a lackluster match on Saturday. Edin Dzeko and David Silva missed gilt-edged late chances at Liberty Stadium for the deposed champions, who are provisionally seven points clear of third-place Chelsea having played a game extra. "The first half was so-so but we missed five incredible chances to...
11:18 PM, May 04, 2013
Manchester: Gareth Bale produced yet another moment of magic to keep Tottenham on course for a return to the Champions League, while Wigan boosted their survival hopes in the English Premier League with a come-from-behind win at West Bromwich Albion. Playing his first match since being named English football's player of the year, Bale cut inside from the right in the 86th minute and smashed a long-range strike into the...
10:39 PM, May 04, 2013
Hull: Hull returned to the Premier League on Saturday after a three-year absence by clinching a second-place finish in England's second tier ahead of Watford on a dramatic final day. After drawing 2-2 with already-promoted Cardiff, Hull would have been denied the automatic promotion place if Watford had beaten Leeds in a match ending later because of a lengthy first-half injury delay. However, Watford conceded a late goal to lose...
08:04 PM, May 04, 2013
London: Midfielder Scott Sinclair's likely exit from Manchester City after a forgettable season is a stark reminder of the club's transfer market failings following last year's Premier League title. While Sinclair is not the reason City handed the league crown back to Manchester United without much of a fight, his signing from Swansea City in August epitomised the club's low-key approach to squad strengthening. Whereas neighbours United captured the prized...
09:59 PM, May 03, 2013
London: Arsenal are in a "very, very strong position for the future", manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday as an eighth season without a trophy reaches a nervy conclusion. Wenger also played down any talk of him leaving the Gunners before his current contract ends next year and said he felt as committed to Arsenal as he has done since arriving in the red half of North London in 1996....
07:34 PM, May 03, 2013
London: For the final time as Chelsea manager, Rafa Benitez will face old adversary Alex Ferguson at Manchester United on Sunday with the team's Champions League prospects on the line against the new Premier League champions. The feud between Ferguson and Benitez stretches back to the Spaniard's time as Liverpool manager, and the pair engaged in a dispute over handshakes when Chelsea played at United in the FA Cup in...
04:24 PM, May 03, 2013
London: Uruguayan Luis Suarez, a contender for England's Footballer of the Year award before being banned for 10 matches for biting, still collected two votes from the country's football writers in the poll won by Tottenham's Gareth Bale on Thursday. Bale, 23, topped journalists poll with 53 per cent of the votes to claim a narrow victory over Manchester United forward Robin van Persie. Chelsea's Spanish midfielder Juan Mata was...
10:22 PM, May 02, 2013
Enfield: Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas would welcome his mentor Jose Mourinho back to the Premier League next season, saying his return would be spectacular. Villas-Boas worked under Mourinho at Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan before deciding to forge a name for himself by taking on the coaching job at Portuguese club Academica. Mourinho, who parted company with Chelsea in 2007 having won two league titles, dropped heavy hints this...
08:41 PM, May 02, 2013
London: New sponsorship deals in Europe and Asia helped English soccer champions Manchester United to report a 23 per cent increase in underlying profit in the three months to March. United, who have just recaptured the English Premier League title, said they were on course to hit revenue and profit targets for their financial year, which runs to the end of June. The club claims to have more than 650...
05:26 PM, May 02, 2013
London: Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Gareth Bale was named England's Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers' Association on Thursday. The Wales international, 23, topped the poll of journalists with a narrow victory over Manchester United's Dutch international forward Robin van Persie, who won it last year when he was at Arsenal. Chelsea's Spanish midfielder Juan Mata came third. Bale is the first Spurs player to win the world's oldest...
04:57 PM, May 02, 2013
London: Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has agreed a deal to re-join Chelsea as their manager this summer - and is poised to bring Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao with him. According to a report in Goal.com Mourinho will be unveiled as a Chelsea coach at the end of the season or early next month. Mourinho had earlier led the club to two Premier League titles, FA Cup and Carling...
01:51 PM, May 01, 2013
After registering their 20th English Premiere League title, Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson has expressed a keen desire to bring in Real Madrid star striker Cristiano Ronaldo back to Old Trafford, the Sun reported on Monday. Ronaldo, who left United in 2009 for Madrid at a whopping 80 million has two more years remaining in his contract and if the rumour mills are to be believed, it might be...
01:48 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Birmingham: Aston Villa moved closer to avoiding relegation from the Premier League after Christian Benteke scored a second-half hat trick in a 6-1 thrashing of Sunderland on Monday. The Belgian international scored in the 55th, 60th and 72nd minutes at Villa Park to tally 22 league goals and 27 in all competitions in his first season at the club. More importantly, Villa moved five points clear of Wigan in the...
08:46 AM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Arsene Wenger's 17-year reign at the English Premier League club Arsenal may end as the manager at Emirates is persuaded to leave England and take charge at Paris St-Germain (PSG), The Telegraph reported on Tuesday. "The club's (PSG) proprietors, who have spent heavily on the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Javier Pastore and Ezequiel Lavezzi, and who signed David Beckham on a six-month deal in January, have told friends...
08:35 AM, Apr 30, 2013
London: Harry Redknapp will remain as manager of Queens Park Rangers despite the club's relegation from the Premier League. QPR owner Tony Fernandes held talks with Redknapp on Monday and says "I don't think there was any point where he was thinking of not being with us and continuing this project he has embarked upon." Redknapp took over as QPR manager in November on a 2 -year deal with the...
11:02 PM, Apr 29, 2013
London: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes that if his team win their last three Premier League games they will qualify for the Champions League, but both Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur could yet scupper his hopes. If Chelsea take at least nine points from their last four games, they will finish on 74 points. If Tottenham win their four remaining games, they would also finish on 74 points. However, even if...
04:38 PM, Apr 29, 2013
London: Still to win any trophies with Tottenham, Gareth Bale collected the top two awards in English football on Sunday to cement his status as one of the sport's most talented players. The Wales forward was voted player of the year and the young player of the year by his fellow professionals in English football. "It's a massive honor," said Bale, who was also voted player of the year in...
09:02 AM, Apr 29, 2013
London: Reading and Queens Park Rangers were put out of their misery and relegated from the Premier League on Sunday, while Robin van Persie ensured his former club Arsenal will have to put up a tough fight to reach the Champions League. Reading and QPR were demoted after they drew 0-0, leaving just one more spot to be determined in the drop zone. Booed relentlessly on his return to Arsenal,...
12:40 AM, Apr 29, 2013
London: Chelsea kept up their push for a Champions League spot by beating Swansea 2-0 on Sunday with both goals coming shortly before the halftime break. Oscar put Chelsea ahead at Stamford Bridge in the 44th minute and Frank Lampard then doubled the lead from the penalty spot a minute later for his 201st goal for the club, moving him within one of Bobby Tambling's record. Lampard began the game...
12:01 AM, Apr 29, 2013
London: Robin van Persie marked his return to Arsenal by scoring a penalty amid a chorus of boos to give newly crowned Premier League champion Manchester United a 1-1 draw on Sunday that also hurt his former team's chances of making the Champions League. Arsenal fans had already had to watch their team form a guard of honor for Van Persie and his United team before kickoff at the Emirates...
11:27 PM, Apr 28, 2013
