Arteta coolly slotted home a second-half penalty to send Arsenal third in the Premier League with a 1-0 victory over Wigan. ...
10:25 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Norwich extended their unbeaten run in the English Premier League to 10 games by beating Wigan 2-1 from Wes Hoolahan's second-half winning goal on Saturday. ...
11:20 PM, Dec 15, 2012
James McCarthy scored twice as Wigan held QPR to a 2-2 draw on Saturday at the DW Stadium, extending the London club's winless run to open the season to a Premier League record of 16 games. ...
10:49 PM, Dec 08, 2012
Two goals by Demba Ba and another from Gael Bigirimana helped Newcastle to record its first Premier League win in six matches. ...
08:38 AM, Dec 04, 2012
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany will be fit to lead his side in their Premier League match at Wigan. ...
07:22 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Wigan Athletic will be without defender Ivan Ramis and midfielder Shaun Maloney for the match after both picked up injuries in their match against Reading. ...
11:40 PM, Nov 26, 2012
London: Wigan Athletic midfielder Ben Watson suffered a broken leg in his side's 3-0 Premier League defeat at Liverpool on Saturday. "It is a broken leg and we will see the extent of the break and what treatment he needs," Wigan manager Roberto Martinez told reporters after the former England Under-21 international challenged for a high ball with Raheem Sterling. "Both were looking at the ball - it's a real...
11:48 AM, Nov 18, 2012
Liverpool: Luis Suarez scored twice and helped set up another goal on Saturday as Liverpool beat Wigan 3-0 for just their second home win of the Premier League season. The hosts took the lead in the second half, with Suarez grabbing his ninth league goal of the campaign, with a vicious strike from inside the box after some superb work from Raheem Sterling pouncing on some loose Wigan play in...
11:19 PM, Nov 17, 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
London: Ben Watson scored his first English Premier League goal since December 2011 to give Wigan a 1-0 victory over Tottenham at White Hart Lane on Saturday. The midfielder scored in the 56th minute when he turned in a Shaun Maloney ball from close range to break the deadlock for the visitors. Tottenham enjoyed the bulk of the possession for much of the second half but could not find an...
11:17 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Wigan: Wigan won its first home match in the Premier League this season, beating West Ham 2-1 on Saturday after goals from Ivan Ramis and James McArthur. Ramis scored in the eighth minute and McArthur found the net in the 47th at the DW Stadium as Wigan provisionally rose two places to 15th in the standings, four points above the relegation zone. It was Wigan manager Roberto Martinez's first victory...
11:26 PM, Oct 27, 2012
London: Everton beat Aston Villa 3-1 at Villa Park with goals from Steven Pienaar, Marouane Fellaini and Nikica Jelavic before half-time, while two second-half goals secured three points for Wigan Athletic against Southampton. Villa had Ciaran Clark sent off on 58 minutes before Karim El Ahmadi scored a consolation goal for the home side. Norwich City and Queens Park Rangers drew 1-1 at Carrow Road in a fixture that saw...
11:44 PM, Aug 25, 2012
London: Chelsea have taken their summer spending beyond 70 million and added yet another attacking midfielder after a 10 million deal was finally accepted by Wigan for winger Victor Moses. Wigan said on Thursday that after four unsuccessful bids "a fifth bid has finally met the valuation." Moses has been given permissions to speak with Chelsea, nearly two years after joining Wigan from Crystal Palace. The imminent arrival of Moses...
03:36 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Wigan: Eden Hazard inspired Chelsea to a 2-0 win at Wigan on his Premier League debut, providing an assist for Branislav Ivanovic to score in the second minute before being fouled for Frank Lampard's penalty five minutes later. Chelsea remained comfortable for the rest of the match, although Wigan midfielder Jordi Gomez missed several chances in the second half. Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo was delighted with the Hazard's impact....
09:04 PM, Aug 19, 2012
London: Wigan Athletic's Roberto Martinez has been "made an offer" by Liverpool's American owners who are searching for a new manager after sacking Kenny Dalglish, Wigan chairman Dave Whelan said on Friday. Martinez flew to Miami after holidaying in Barbados to meet Liverpool's principle owner John Henry and, according to Whelan, is set for a second meeting on Tuesday. "He had a very constructive meeting. They made an offer and...
08:58 PM, May 25, 2012
London: Wigan Athletic's Roberto Martinez has flown to Miami to talk to the American owners of Liverpool about the vacant manager's job at Anfield, Wigan chairman Dave Whelan said on Thursday. Martinez is meeting with John W Henry after being granted permission to speak with the Reds' hierarchy. "Roberto is in Miami today [Thursday] and you can only assume what he's gone there for," Whelan told the BBC. "He is...
09:01 AM, May 25, 2012
London: Liverpool have been given permission by Wigan to speak to manager Roberto Martinez about succeeding the fired Kenny Dalglish. Wigan chairman Dave Whelan says the approach from Liverpool came on Thursday while he was with Martinez, a day after Dalglish was sacked following the club's disappointing season in which they finished eighth in the Premier League. "I gave him permission and he will be talking to them soon. I...
11:11 PM, May 17, 2012
Blackburn: Blackburn joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in being relegated from the English Premier League after losing 1-0 at home to Wigan who ensured their survival with sixth win from their past eight matches on Monday. Blackburn, the 1995 champion, needed to win to have any chance of staying up, but Wigan defender Antolin Alcaraz scored with an 87th-minute header from a corner that sealed both teams' fate. The hosts earlier had...
07:19 AM, May 08, 2012
London: Gareth Bale scored twice and Luka Modric added another goal as Tottenham beat Wigan 3-1 on Tuesday to move within sight of the Premier League lead after Manchester City lost at Everton. Bale's volley in the 29th minute was followed up by Modric's cool finish five minutes later from 18 yards to give Spurs a 2-0 half-time lead. Bale struck again for his 11th goal of the season in...
06:28 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Manchester: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has defended his habit of waving imaginary cards on the touchline calling for opposing players to be sent-off. Mancini once again gestured for a red card on Monday night after Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa handled the ball in the 88th minute of Citys 1-0 victory at the DW Stadium. It was the second time in four games that Mancini has waved an imaginary card...
12:19 AM, Jan 18, 2012
