Arsenal beat relegation threatened Reading 4-1 at the Emirates Stadium keeping up the pressure in the race for Champions League qualification with Reading going to the bottom of the goals. Gervinho scored the first goal in the 11th minute with Santi Cazola, Olivier Giroud scoring in the 48th and the 67th minute respectively. Hal Robson-Kanu headed in a consolation goal for the visitors in the 68th with Mikel Arteta sealing...
10:35 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Manchester: Goals from Carlos Tevez, David Silva, Vincent Kompany and Yaya Toure secured a comfortable 4-0 win for Roberto Mancini's men over struggling Newcastle United. With Roberto Mancini's team playing for the last hour with the kind of flourish that has usually evaded them during their title challenge, Yaya Toure capitalised by smashing in the fourth. As the first semblance of spring loosened winter's icy grip on March, City have...
10:24 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Manchester: Manchester United sealed their seventh consecutive league victory to inch ever-closer towards their 20th Premier League title thanks to a 1-0 victory at Sunderland. The hosts battled hard throughout but the Red Devils were ultimately comfortable and a first-half own goal from Titus Bramble was all that was needed to secure the win. Sunderland made four changes to the side that struggled to a 1-1 draw at home to...
08:14 PM, Mar 30, 2013
London: Rio Ferdinand is shocked by the allegation England fans sang racist songs about him and his brother Anton during the 8-0 World Cup qualifying victory in San Marino, the Manchester United defender said on Friday. Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) have contacted world soccer's ruling body FIFA about the complaints and the Football Association is awaiting official notification of the incident which could lead to England being forced...
07:10 PM, Mar 29, 2013
Rio de Janeiro: Arsenal defender Andre Santos says he wants to turn his loan spell at Gremio into a permanent move. The 30-year-old has been in impressive form since joining the Brazilian top-flight football outfit last month on a 12-month deal, reports Xinhua. Santos initially expressed a desire to return to the London club but now appears to have changed his mind. "I'll do my best to win titles at...
02:58 PM, Mar 29, 2013
Tokyo: English Premier League club Arsenal will visit Japan this summer to play a friendly against Japanese side Nagoya Grampus. Arsenal will meet Nagoya on July 22 at Toyota Stadium as part of the club's pre-season Asian tour. It will be the first time an Arsenal first team have played a match in Japan since May 1968, when the club played four matches during an end of season tour to...
02:21 PM, Mar 29, 2013
London: Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby is facing up to nine months on the sidelines to recover from a knee complaint, the latest in a long line of injuries to have plagued the France international. Diaby tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee at a training session on Wednesday. "Following consultations with specialists, Abou will undergo surgery to repair the injury in the near future," Arsenal said on Thursday....
10:42 AM, Mar 29, 2013
London: With a 20th league title virtually in the bag and no more European distractions, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is challenging his side to push for a Premier League points record. United visit Sunderland on Saturday (1245) when victory would open up an 18-point lead, at least until second-placed Manchester City host Newcastle United later (1500). With nine games remaining, United have 74 points and need 22 more to...
09:23 AM, Mar 29, 2013
Manchester: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini threw in the towel for his club's Premier League title challenge on Thursday, saying the motivation for the rest of the season was to keep the teams below them at a safe distance. Defeat to Everton in their last Premier League outing left City trailing leaders Manchester United by 15 points with nine games remaining. United have shown no signs of wilting under the...
07:41 PM, Mar 28, 2013
London: Injured Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere will miss Saturday's Premier League clash against Reading, manager Arsene Wenger said on Thursday. The England international has been out with an ankle problem since the start of the month, but it had been rumoured he was in line for a weekend return. "Regarding Jack? I think two weeks on Sunday. Not the next game, but the game after," Wenger told reporters. Arsenal travel...
05:55 PM, Mar 28, 2013
London: Whether by design, necessity, self-interest or because of all three, nurturing youngsters has become fashionable for England's elite with no expense spared in the hunt for the new Wayne Rooney or Steven Gerrard. The length and breadth of the country, scouts from top clubs are hoovering up promising footballers barely old enough to tie their bootlaces in a bid to unearth the 30 million pounds treasures of the future....
09:38 AM, Mar 28, 2013
London: Former Southampton boss Nigel Adkins has been appointed manager of relegation-threatened Reading, replacing Brian McDermott who was axed by the Premier League club two weeks ago. Adkins, sacked by Southampton in January, has signed a three-year deal, the club said in a statement on its website (www.readingfc.co.uk) on Tuesday. He faces the task of keeping Reading in the Premier League. They are second-bottom in the table and seven points...
03:46 PM, Mar 26, 2013
New Delhi: After launching Graph Search and the new News Feed, Facebook has now introduced one more feature that lets users reply to comments, which is said to be designed to improve conversations. It allows users to reply directly to comments left on their Page content and start conversation threads, which will make it easier for them to interact directly with individual readers and keep relevant conversations connected. The most...
11:39 AM, Mar 26, 2013
London: Luiz Felipe Scolari's only bad memory of Chelsea was the cold, the Brazil coach said on Sunday as he returned to a frigid Stamford Bridge for the first time since being unceremoniously sacked in 2009. "I'm happy to be here again, it's a place where I enjoyed working," said the man known as Felipao (Big Phil), whose side face Russia in a friendly on Monday. "The only think I...
09:18 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Rome: Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has hinted that in the next football season he could return to coach Inter Milan or Chelsea. Mourinho is under pressure in Spain although his side has reached the Champions League quarter-finals as his team continues to trail behind Barcelona in La Liga. "I have an adventurous spirit and do not know what will happen next season," he was quoted as saying by Xinhua....
02:02 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Manager Nigel Adkins benched the Poland international after he tossed the bottle at his own fans during the first half of Tottenham Hotspur's 2-1 win in October. ...
01:24 AM, Mar 23, 2013
The stadium will have a 54,000 capacity once it is converted for use by the Premier League club, who have been granted a 99-year lease. ...
04:54 PM, Mar 22, 2013
The 24-year-old suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his right knee during Tottenham's goalless draw against Queens Park Rangers. ...
01:21 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Owen regularly terrorised defences with his breathtaking speed, most memorably with a stunning goal against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup. ...
05:55 AM, Mar 22, 2013
Rickie Lambert extended his contract with Southampton by two years until 2016. ...
02:23 AM, Mar 22, 2013
