FC Barcelona sent out an ominous warning as they began their Liga defence with a 7-0 defeat of Levante before Real Madrid posted a 2-1 comeback victory at home to Real Betis. New Barça coach Gerardo Martino only had to wait three minutes for his team’s first goal of the campaign courtesy of Alexis Sánchez. […]
Premier League
AS Monaco continued their impressive start to their season, while champions Paris Saint-Germain’s early season struggles continued as they were held to a draw for the second consecutive week. It’s only been two weeks, but Monaco have lived up to their heavyweight billing. Last weekend they beat Bordeaux 2-0 and this weekend they beat Montpellier […]
Roberto Soldado marked his Tottenham Hotspur league debut with the only goal of the game at promoted Crystal Palace today while Jose Mourinho made a winning return as Chelsea manager with a 2-0 win at home to promoted Hull City. With everyone’s attention focused on when Gareth Bale will join Real Madrid in a world-record […]
Here are some of the comments from Arsene Wenger after today’s shocking performance against Aston Villa. From reading his comments, is Wenger in denial about the crisis at Arsenal? Wenger: “Gibbs has a deep cut, Sagna, Rosicky has a problem. Ramsey has a problem with a kick on his ankle.” #AFCvAVFC — Arsenal.com (@Arsenal) August […]
The new Premier League kicked off today, and as expected there were surprises. Arsenal lost at home to Aston Villa, Fulham won at Sunderland and Man United won 4-1 at Swansea. Well maybe that last one was not a big surprise, but the way that the experts have been writing off United’s chances to repeat […]
Luis Suarez rejoined Liverpool first-team training today after apologising to the club for his behaviour over the summer. Neither the Reds nor the striker’s representatives have made any comment on the issue, but it is understood that Suarez said sorry to his team-mates after arriving back on Merseyside from Japan, where he had been on […]
Jose Mourinho has warned possible suitors, including Barcelona, that Chelsea will not sell David Luiz for “any price”. Luiz has been linked with a move to Spain as new Barcelona manager Gerardo Martino assesses ways to improve his defensive options. But speaking to BT Sport, Mourinho played down the chances of the Brazil international defender […]
Jozy Altidore had a hat trick to lead an impressive comeback Wednesday, with the U.S. scoring all of their goals in the second half to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-3 in Sarajevo and extend their record winning streak to 12 games. Altidore has scored in five straight games, a first for a U.S. player, and also had […]