It was business as usual as Serie A resumed after the winter break, the top three all winning with AC Milan sounding a significant warning to leaders Inter Milan as they scored five against Genoa. Milan came back from being a goal down to thrash Genoa. Marco Borriello struck twice while Ronaldinho and Klaas Jan […]
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This is why the FA Cup is the best domestic club tournament in the world. It gives smaller clubs the opportunity to play the big teams, and to sometimes upset them. Jermaine Beckford’s first-half goal gave third-tier Leeds United a 1-0 victory over bitter rivals Manchester united as Sir Alex Ferguson suffered his first FA […]
The BBC had a story recently that the clubs that have qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League this season have already pocketed on average 50m euros (£45m) from the competition. The 50m euros is comprised of 14m euros in participation and prize money, 12m euros from UEFA’s commercial deals, 8m euros from […]
I was shocked to read on the Chelsea web site that the club is now claiming that team it is now effectively debt free. So what happened to the £600+million that Roman Abramovich had put into Chelsea since he bought the team? Well it appears that Abramovich turned his interest-free loan to the club into […]
Manchester United and Arsenal kept the pressure on Chelsea at the top of England’s Premier League after both recorded easy wins tonight. Manchester United cut the gap to Chelsea to two points after thrashing Wigan 5-0 for the second time this season. United ran riot all night at Old Trafford and the only question was […]
Bolton Wanderers have fired manager Gary Megson this morning. “Gary Megson has been relieved of his duties as first team manager of Bolton Wanderers Football Club with immediate effect,” a statement on the club’s official website reads. The decision has been taken in the light of the position the club finds itself in the Premier […]
Wow, someone at the north pole must really like Rafa Benitez as he got everything he wished for this Christmas. An injury time winner from Fernando Torres gave Liverpool a huge 1-0 win at Aston Villa. Combined with Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Wolves on Boxing Day, Rafa’s reds find themselves only four points out from […]
Chelsea came from behind to beat west-London rivals Fulham 2-1 at Stamford Bridge today to restore their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League while Spurs moved into fourth after beating West Ham 2-0. After a draw at Birmingham on Saturday and wins by title rivals Manchester United and Arsenal on Sunday the […]
Football is the most popular sport in the world and yet is falls way short as the most lucrative one. Sports such as American Football, Basketball and Baseball are some of the richest sports in the world. Sports personalities in the NBA like LA’s Kobe Bryant and Celtics Kevin Garnett earn a whooping US$ 25,000,000 […]