The Blues won 3-1 to stay third, seven points behind leaders Manchester United but having played a game more. ...
10:38 PM, Dec 08, 2012
Peter Cech believes Chelsea will quickly rediscover their form after a poor show in the Champions League. ...
12:36 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Norwich withstood a second-half fightback by struggling Sunderland to claim a 2-1 win in the Premier League on Sunday. ...
11:32 PM, Dec 02, 2012
Harry Redknapp's first match in charge of Queens Park Rangers ended in a 0-0 draw at Sunderland. ...
10:41 AM, Nov 28, 2012
Henderson, who has five England caps and was part of the Euro 2012 squad, made 48 appearances under Kenny Dalglish. ...
07:46 PM, Nov 27, 2012
London: Struggling Sunderland capitalised on the early sending-off of Brede Hangeland to beat Fulham 3-1 on Sunday, earning only their second Premier League win of the season. Steven Fletcher, Carlos Cuellar and Stephane Sessegnon all scored in the second half for the visitors while Fulham were down to 10 men, with Hangeland given a straight red card for a reckless 30th-minute tackle. Substitute Mladen Petric had equalised in the 62nd...
11:44 PM, Nov 18, 2012
London: Enjoying his most prolific spell in English football, Luis Suarez will look to wreak further havoc on Chelsea's creaking defense this weekend to reinvigorate Liverpool's stuttering Premier League campaign. The Uruguay striker has seven goals - more than half of Liverpool's total - in the league, with his effervescent form prompting manager Brendan Rodgers to compare him to Barcelona star Lionel Messi. "His cleverness and movement really is world...
12:11 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Sunderland: Aston Villa beat Sunderland and former manager Martin O'Neill 1-0 with Gabriel Agbonlahor's first goal in the English Premier League season on Saturday. Agbonlahor struck from close range in the 57th minute to set up Villa's second league win. Matt Lowton's cross from the right was deflected by Christian Benteke into the box, where Agbonlahor pounced. Sunderland failed to threaten Villa, not putting a meaningful shot on target until...
12:01 AM, Nov 04, 2012
Sunderland: Demba Ba scored a late own goal as Sunderland escaped with a point from a 1-1 draw with 10-man Newcastle in a feisty north-east derby in the Premier League on Sunday. The Senegal striker is the league's joint-top scorer this season with six goals, but he deflected the ball into his own net in the 86th minute following Sebastian Larsson's whipped free kick that was glanced on by John...
08:40 AM, Oct 22, 2012
Sunderland: Police are investigating an allegation of racist abuse by a fan during the northeast derby between Sunderland and Newcastle in the Premier League. Northumbria Police said there was a report of racist language "used by a supporter in one area of the stadium" in Sunday's match, which finished 1-1 at the Stadium of Light. Police praised the behavior of both sets of fans, despite 15 people being arrested from...
01:54 AM, Oct 22, 2012
London: Premier League champions Manchester City maintained their unbeaten start to the season and consigned Sunderland to a first defeat with a 3-0 win at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. City, with seven changes from the side outplayed by Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday, took an early lead with a blistering free-kick from Aleksandar Kolarov after five minutes. Substitute Sergio Aguero doubled the lead after an hour,...
07:19 PM, Oct 06, 2012
Shola Ameobi came to Newcastle's rescue in stoppage time on Sunday, salvaging a 1-1 draw against Sunderland in the northeast derby. The substitute leveled after Demba Ba had an 83rd-minute penalty saved by Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. "It has been a mad week," Ameobi said. "I have had the flu and didn't expect to be involved today. It is just one of those games I tend to score in. It...
08:31 PM, Mar 04, 2012
London: Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker faces a long spell on the sidelines after undergoing ankle surgery only four months before the European Championships. The Germany international injured his right ankle in Saturday's Premier League match against Sunderland. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said that, "unfortunately he has had surgery and we have lost him for a while. How long I don't know. He had reconstruction of his ligaments. So it will...
08:07 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Sunderland: Arsenal legend Thierry Henry bade farewell to the Premier League in fairytale fashion with an injury-time winner as the Gunners came from behind to snatch a 2-1 victory at Sunderland and move above Chelsea into fourth place in the Premier League on Saturday. Substitute Henry, playing in what could be his last ever Premier League game as he prepares to return to Major League Soccer with the New York...
10:53 PM, Feb 11, 2012
Middlesbrough: Sunderland will meet Arsenal in the fifth round of the FA Cup after winning 2-1 at Middlesbrough in a replay from Stephane Sessegnon's extra-time winner. The Benin forward struck in the 113th minute to take Sunderland through to a last-16 clash - their first in eight years - with Arsenal on February 18 at the Stadium of Light. Sunderland took a 42nd-minute lead through Jack Colback's left-footed strike, but...
08:45 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Chelsea made four changes to the side which beat Hull City. ...
05:01 PM, Aug 19, 2009
Despite losing to Chelsea, Sunderland maintained their EPL position. ...
02:44 PM, May 25, 2009
Man U the defending champions lead over Liverpool at the EPL. ...
06:05 PM, Apr 12, 2009
Liverpool saw off what might have been a tricky encounter against Sunderland. ...
08:51 PM, Mar 04, 2009
