Archive for January 19, 2013
Roman Abramovich wants to keep interim manager Rafa Benítez but knows fans will not accept Spaniard as Scot emerges as contender.
Belfast Giants claimed a 5-4 win over Nottingham Panthers on Saturday to close the gap at the top of the Elite League to just two points.
Belfast Giants claimed a 5-4 win over Nottingham Panthers on Saturday to close the gap at the top of the Elite League to just two points.
Manchester United target Wilfried Zaha showed why Sir Alex Ferguson is leading the chase for his considerable talents with a virtuoso display that nearly ruined Dougie Freedman’s return to Selhurst Park.
Real Sociedad hit back from two goals down to end Barcelona’s unbeaten Primera Division record in stunning fashion at the Anoeta this evening.
Former Manchester United player Paul Pogba struck a brilliant brace as Juventus extended their lead at the top of Serie A to five points over Lazio and six over Napoli with a 4-0 home win over Udinese.
Follow the gruelling 5,000-mile, two-week race from Peru to Chile in the Dakar Rally with our man in the sand, Anthony Clavane
Patrick Collins: Lance Armstrong’s life will eventually be made into a Hollywood blockbuster but the cheating cyclist deserves to be in the dock, just like the cricketers jailed for spot-fixing.
Sunderland’s Glenn Foot claimed the first Prizefighter trophy of 2013 with a hard-earned victory over Dale Evans in the final of welterweights III.
Rafa Benitez recognises the problem and Sol Campbell, a stalwart of Arsenal’s Invincibles of 2003-04, knows it, too: Football teams need leaders.
Rafael Benitez has finally written off Chelsea’s chances of winning the Barclays Premier League. They have just won once at home since he took over.
Two tries in a seven-minute spell early in the second half kept Leinster’s hopes of remaining in the Heineken Cup alive, but they were forced to battle hard against newcomers Exeter.
Lance Armstrong was supposed to have confessed all in his two-part interview with chat show queen, Oprah Winfrey – but did the doping cheat rarely lay bare all the skeletons in his closet?
Andy Murray has admitted that his mission to win the Australian Open is being driven by a desire to cheer his seriously ill friend Ross Hutchins.
Former Manchester City striker Uwe Rosler took to the pitch to plead with Brentford fans after their pelting of Tranmere goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams with snowballs turned nasty.
Rafa Benitez has written off Chelsea’s chances of challenging for this season’s Premier League title.
Fernando Llorente appears set to join Juventus after the Italian champions revealed they were close to completing a deal for the Spain striker.
When a certain kind of Englishman dreams of football, the images flutter past in a tangle of sepia tints. Mud-swamped pitches from autumn to spring. Steaming Bovril, sipped on freezing terraces.
• Brentford fans cause delay with snowball fight• There’s no place Loïc home for QPR’s RémyMAN OF THE DAYSubstitute Adam Le Fondre took just seven …
Africa Cup of Nations: In front of a huge home crowd, tournament debutants Cape Verde held an expectant South Africa to a 0-0 draw with a mature performance in driving rain in Soweto.
