Wigan Athletic have signed Chile striker Angelo Henriquez, 18, on loan from Premier League rivals Manchester United for the rest of the season. ...
04:55 PM, Jan 02, 2013
Everton provisionally moved into the top four of the Premier League by beating Wigan 2-1 on Wednesday. ...
10:36 PM, Dec 26, 2012
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: 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. After Wigan forward Shaun Maloney equalised in the 51st minute to cancel out midfielder Anthony Pilkington's 15th-minute opener, Hoolahan struck in the 64th to give Norwich their fifth straight home win in the league at Carrow Road. Norwich haven't lost in the league since...
11:20 PM, Dec 15, 2012
Wigan: Midfielder 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. The home side opened the scoring in the 19th minute after a poor clearance from a corner reached McCarthy, whose well-struck volley took a deflection before beating goalkeeper Rob Green. Defender Ryan...
10:49 PM, Dec 08, 2012
Newcastle: Newcastle recorded its first Premier League win in six matches by beating 10-man Wigan 3-0 on Monday after two goals by Demba Ba and another from Gael Bigirimana. Newcastle manager Alan Pardew had been under pressure with his injury-hit team winning only one league match since he signed an eight-year contract extension in late September to sit just two points above the relegation zone. But his players responded to...
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 Athletic on Wednesday, first-team coach David Platt said. Kompany hurt his knee in City's Champions League draw with Real Madrid last week but played the full match against Chelsea on Sunday, despite being on crutches 48 hours before kickoff. Platt told a news conference on Tuesday that two games in a...
07:22 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Premier League champions Manchester City will be on full alert ahead of their trip to Wigan Athletic on Wednesday after manager Roberto Martinez said his side were beginning to start converting solid performances into points. Catalan-born Jordi Gomez became only the second Spaniard to score a Premier League hat-trick when he produced a dazzling display to help Wigan beat Reading 3-2 at home at the weekend. The victory came despite...
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
