Archive for January 8, 2013
The bottom line is simple: midfielder is leaving Chelsea because club’s Russian owner wants him out.
Darryl Fitton stuns top seed Stephen Bunting by recording a 4-2 victory to progress to the BDO World Championship quarter-finals.
Bradford manager says he will keep his players’ feet on the ground despite the League Two side being 90 minutes from Wembley.
Phil Parkinson saluted his Bradford City giant-killers and backed them to become the first fourth-tier team to reach a major cup final in 50 years.
Bradford goalkeeper Matt Duke says the 3-1 victory over Aston Villa in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final feels “unreal”.
• ‘These are the nights you dream about,’ says Phil Parkinson• Villa manager Paul Lambert lambasts his team’s defendingPhil Parkinson confidently predicted his team could …
• ‘These are the nights you dream about,’ says Phil Parkinson• Paul Lambert lambasts his team’s defendingPhil Parkinson confidently predicted his team could complete the job and make Aston Villa their third Premier League giantkilling act of this Capital One Cup run as he reflected on Bradford City’s remarkable journey to the verge of a Wembley final.”It’s important not to get carried away and to respect Villa,” the Bradford manager said. “We’ve got to go to Villa Park in a fortnight and do it all again. But I’m absolutely delighted with the way we played.
Paul Lambert says Aston Villa can still reach the Capital One Cup final despite a shock semi-final first-leg defeat at Bradford.
Many of us enjoyed Bradford v Aston Villa on Tuesday night, but few of us would have done so as comfortably as Chelsea captain John Terry.
Liverpool are close to finalising a £6million deal for Blackpool’s Tom Ince after a breakthrough in negotiations tonight.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul has confirmed that he has signed a two-year contract with Derbyshire.
Paul Lambert turned on his side’s defending after Aston Villa were humbled 3-1 by Bradford City in the first leg of their Capital One Cup semi-final.
John Percy: Aston Villa’s defeat at Valley Parade was more evidence that a short-term fix is needed for survival
Is it the sun, the sand and the sangria? Is it the fat wage packets or the tax breaks? Whatever it is, Spain have overtaken England in many categories.
Dustin Johnson makes a winning start to 2013 by claiming a four-shot victory at the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii.
• Arsenal set to offer forward £90,000 a week • Club hope to announce long-term deal next weekArsenal’s tortuous negotiations with Theo Walcott over a new contract finally appear to be edging towards a favourable conclusion with the Premier League club expected to make an improved offer that will effectively be worth £25m in a bid to retain the England forward’s services.The 23-year-old, whose current deal expires at the end of the season, would be paid around £90,000-a-week with a significant signing-on bonus, thought to be worth around £3m, written into the agreement should he agree to extend his stay at the Emirates stadium for a further five years.Arsenal will reopen talks with Walcott’s representatives in the next 24 hours and, while the deal is unlikely to be signed before the weekend, the hierarchy are confident they will be able to announce the player has committed his long-term future to the club, perhaps even next week.Player and club have been in limbo since the winger turned striker rejected what was dressed up as a “final offer” worth £75,000-a-week back in August. The forward found himself cast to the fringes of the first-team while communications between his employer and his representatives remained fractured, dialogue having dried up, though efforts were made to build bridges again with Arsène Wenger last month.Walcott asked for reassurances over his future, clarity over his role in the team and details of the club’s long-term ambition in that meeting with the manager and was duly restored to the side in his favoured central striking role for the league game at Reading, in which he scored.His form since, including a stunning hat-trick in the 7-3 trouncing of Newcastle, has justified that switch with Wenger impressed by the mature and professional manner he had displayed during that period out of favour. The Frenchman has consistently insisted he considers Walcott key for the team’s future, despite his failure to select him in his starting lineup in domestic and European matches over the first few months of the campaign, and was determined to retain the player’s services despite mooted interest from the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool.Walcott, who would have been available on a free transfer next July, has scored 14 goals this term to establish himself as the club’s leading scorer and is expected to be granted further opportunity in the striking role, starting with Sunday’s visit of City to north London.An alternative forward target, Barcelona’s David Villa, will not be moving to the Premier League after the Catalan club’s president, Sandro Rosell, indicated the Spain international would remain at Camp Nou
• Arsenal set to offer forward £90,000 a week • Club hope to announce long-term deal next weekArsenal’s tortuous negotiations with Theo Walcott over a new contract finally appear to be edging towards a favourable conclusion with the Premier League club expected to make an improved offer that will effectively be worth £25m in a bid to retain the England forward’s services.The 23-year-old, whose current deal expires at the end of the season, would be paid around £90,000-a-week with a significant signing-on bonus, thought to be worth around £3m, written into the agreement should he agree to extend his stay at the Emirates stadium for a further five years.Arsenal will reopen talks with Walcott’s representatives in the next 24 hours and, while the deal is unlikely to be signed before the weekend, the hierarchy are confident they will be able to announce the player has committed his long-term future to the club, perhaps even next week.Player and club have been in limbo since the winger turned striker rejected what was dressed up as a “final offer” worth £75,000-a-week back in August. The forward found himself cast to the fringes of the first-team while communications between his employer and his representatives remained fractured, dialogue having dried up, though efforts were made to build bridges again with Arsène Wenger last month.Walcott asked for reassurances over his future, clarity over his role in the team and details of the club’s long-term ambition in that meeting with the manager and was duly restored to the side in his favoured central striking role for the league game at Reading, in which he scored.His form since, including a stunning hat-trick in the 7-3 trouncing of Newcastle, has justified that switch with Wenger impressed by the mature and professional manner he had displayed during that period out of favour. The Frenchman has consistently insisted he considers Walcott key for the team’s future, despite his failure to select him in his starting lineup in domestic and European matches over the first few months of the campaign, and was determined to retain the player’s services despite mooted interest from the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool.Walcott, who would have been available on a free transfer next July, has scored 14 goals this term to establish himself as the club’s leading scorer and is expected to be granted further opportunity in the striking role, starting with Sunday’s visit of City to north London.An alternative forward target, Barcelona’s David Villa, will not be moving to the Premier League after the Catalan club’s president, Sandro Rosell, indicated the Spain international would remain at Camp Nou
Tim Cahill’s move to Sunderland is off but the Black Cats expect to finalise a £3.5m deal for Alfred N’Diaye today.The France Under 21 midfielder visited Wearside yesterday and has been offered a three-year deal.
Dustin Johnson began his year in supreme style with victory in the first PGA tournament of 2013 at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions.
Darryl Fitton produced a superb display to oust top seed Stephen Bunting in the second round of the BDO World Dart Championships.
