Manchester United, who are on the verge of getting their 20th premier league title, are looking confident to acheive it easily. Manchester United can 'smell the finishing line' in the title race and deserve to be ranked among the great champions if they finish the job against Aston Villa, said Alex Ferguson, according to a report in Dailymail. "We have a group of players that are determined and committed. There...
02:22 PM, Apr 21, 2013
London: Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard feels a return to Chelsea for Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho would prove a great success. Mourinho led Chelsea to their first title in half a century and will become the first manager to win the Champions League with three different clubs if Real Madrid can win at Wembley. "Jose's an absolutely fantastic manager, one of the legends of the Champions League. There's no doubt...
01:30 PM, Apr 21, 2013
London: Cardiff City drew 1-1 at Burnley on Saturday to ensure they returned to the top flight of English soccer as winners of the English Championship (second division) after securing promotion earlier in the week. Craig Conway put the Welsh club ahead after 27 minutes at Turf Moor before David Edgar equalised for the home side with a thumping header in the dying minutes. The point moved Cardiff into an...
10:26 AM, Apr 21, 2013
London: Wigan's hopes of staying in the Premier League are looking precarious after losing 2-0 at West Ham on Saturday with Kevin Nolan scoring his 100th career goal. Matt Jarvis scored in the 20th minute at Upton Park with a cross that eluded Nolan and goalkeeper Joel Robles before the ball nestled inside the far corner of the net. Nolan wasn't to be denied in the 80th minute, latching onto...
10:00 PM, Apr 20, 2013
London: Arsenal strengthened their hopes of a Champions League spot on Saturday after Per Mertesacker's header late in the first half secured a 1-0 victory at Fulham, who played most of the game with 10 men but still came close to an equaliser. Arsenal dominated possession throughout the game after Steve Sidwell's clumsy challenge on Mikel Arteta earned him a straight red card in the 12th minute. But the Gunners...
09:34 PM, Apr 20, 2013
London: Manchester City's grip on the Premier League trophy could be prised away once and for all this weekend as Roberto Mancini's side face Tottenham Hotspur knowing defeat would allow Manchester United the chance to be crowned champions on Monday. A sense of inevitability has hung over the title race for several weeks but below it, the season is reaching a nerve-jangling climax both in the battle to qualify for...
10:22 AM, Apr 20, 2013
London: Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Gareth Bale is hot favourite to win the Player of the Year Award from his fellow professionals after the short-list for this season's nominations was issued on Friday. The Wales international, 23, is also favourite to win the Young Player of the Year Award, the other honour voted by members of the Professional Footballers Association (PFA), after scoring 22 goals for Spurs and five for Wales...
08:32 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Manchester: For striker Wayne Rooney to be taken off the pitch because Manchester United needed a vital goal was once inconceivable but is now the reality facing a player whose future at the club is as shaky as his form. "We had to get that goal that mattered," was manager Alex Ferguson's reasoning on Friday for the decision to substitute the England striker in Wednesday's 2-2 draw at West Ham...
07:00 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Berlin: Bayer Leverkusen have had talks with Chelsea over the possible transfer of 22-year-old attacking midfielder Andre Schuerrle, the Bundesliga soccer club said on Friday, though they denied the deal was close to being finalised. "I can confirm the talks in London," Leverkusen spokesman Meinolf Sprink told reporters, confirming German media reports of sports director Rudi Voeller's trip to the English capital on Thursday. Sprink said no decision had yet...
06:17 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Manchester: Manchester United winger Ashley Young will miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury, manager Alex Ferguson said on Friday. The England international picked up the problem in this month's 2-1 defeat by Manchester City and attended Wednesday's 2-2 draw at West Ham United on crutches. "Ashley is out for the season," Ferguson, whose side can secure the Premier League title on Monday if they beat Aston...
06:10 PM, Apr 19, 2013
London: Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky is a doubt for Saturday's Premier League game at Fulham as he battles a hamstring injury, manager Arsene Wenger said on Thursday. The Czech Republic captain's season has been badly disrupted by injury but his fortunes improved when he scored twice in a 2-1 win at West Bromwich Albion on April 6. However, he missed last weekend's 3-1 win over Norwich City and was an...
07:42 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Washington: NASA's planet-hunting telescope has discovered two planets that seem like ideal places for some sort of life to flourish. And they are just the right size and in just the right place. One is toasty, the other nippy. The distant duo are the best candidates for habitable planets that astronomers have found so far, said William Borucki, the chief scientist for NASA's Kepler telescope. And it's got astronomers thinking...
03:35 AM, Apr 19, 2013
London: Chelsea's interim manager Rafael Benitez is looking forward to making a sentimental visit to his old stomping ground on Sunday when the European champions take on his former club Liverpool in the Premier League. Benitez was in charge at Anfield from 2004-10. He twice reached the final of the Champions League and won Europe's elite club competition in unforgettable style in 2005 when his team came back from 3-0...
10:10 PM, Apr 18, 2013
London: Dutch international Ricky van Wolfswinkel's move from Sporting Lisbon to Norwich City could fall through if Norwich are relegated from the Premier League at the end of the season, the striker's agent has said. The 24-year-old Dutchman, who has played once for the Netherlands, agreed on a four-year deal estimated at 8 million pounds last month but if Norwich fail to maintain their top flight status, the move could...
03:31 PM, Apr 18, 2013
London: Swansea City have announced plans to increase the capacity of their Liberty Stadium by more than 12,000 seats in another reflection of the boom in Welsh soccer. The current capacity of the Liberty Stadium, which replaced the Vetch Field as Swansea's home in 2005, is 20,500 with Swansea submitting plans to the city's council for an increased capacity of 33,000. They will be joined in the Premier League next...
03:21 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Newcastle: Netherlands goalkeeper Tim Krul will undergo surgery next week and miss the rest of the Premier League season after dislocating his right shoulder while playing for Newcastle United in the northeast derby against Sunderland. Newcastle say Krul is expected to return to training at the end of July, in time for the start of the new season. Krul, who was hurt after landing awkwardly as he leapt to catch...
09:01 AM, Apr 18, 2013
London: David Luiz scored one of the goals of the season Wednesday and John Terry added a double as Chelsea won 3-0 at Fulham to reclaim third place in the Premier League. Luiz received a square pass from Eden Hazard, took a touch and unleashed a swerving 35-meter shot that flew into the far top corner in the 30th minute at Craven Cottage. Thirteen minutes later, it was 2-0. Juan...
07:54 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Manchester: The FA Cup Final rehearsal between Wigan and Manchester City ended in a win for the hosts with Carlos Tevez scoring the only goal seven minutes from time. With this win against relegation-threatened Wigan Athletic, City closed the gap on United to 13 points, who played out a 2-2 draw at West Ham. The home side were frustrated by the well-organised Latics, who created plenty of chances of their...
02:52 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Manchester: Manchester United's charge to the Premier League title was slightly delayed on Wednesday after being forced to twice come from behind to draw 2-2 at West Ham. With second-place Manchester City beating Wigan 1-0, United's advantage over their neighbour was reduced to 13 points with five games to go for the leaders. Antonio Valencia scored his first goal in a year to first pull United level by canceling out...
02:17 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Nine-time European champion Real Madrid have ended Manchester United's run as the world's most valuable soccer team, according to an annual survey released by Forbes on Wednesday. The value of Real, a Spanish club owned by its thousands of members, surged 76 percent to $3.3 billion from a year ago, Forbes said in a statement. (www.forbes.com/soccer) United, who have won the English title a record 19 times and are controlled...
10:40 PM, Apr 17, 2013
