Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard insists a top-four place remains within their reach and the next two months are likely to decide whether they qualify for the UEFA Champions League this season. A 2-2 draw against Manchester City, for the second time this season a defensive mistake costing them victory against the champions, provided hope for […]
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First match-fixing and now doping. Not the best day to be a football fan. If you follow cycling, you will be aware that over the last 10 years, Spanish doctors have been linked with some of the biggest doping scandals in that sport. With all the money that is involved in professional football it is […]
Europol today launched the “biggest-ever investigation into suspected match-fixing in Europe” in which 425 match officials, club officials, players and criminals are suspected of being involved. European police say that they have uncovered an Asian betting syndicate responsible for more than 380 suspicious games, including Word Cup and European Championship qualifiers and two Champions League […]
According to Martin Lipton at the Mirror, Rafa Benitez has been an ultimatum. Beat Wigan this weekend or be sacked! Roman Abramovich is said to be furious as Chelsea’s post-Christmas tailspin. Saturday’s loss at Newcastle came on the back of poor draws at Swansea, Brentford and Reading. Abramovich, who is not known for his patience, […]
Wayne Rooney’s goal helped Manchester United beat Fulham 1-0 today. Rooney’s tenth goal in as many games sent United ten points clear of Manchester City, who play Liverpool tomorrow, and a massive 16 points ahead of third-placed Chelsea. Going back to the start of last season, Rooney has now been involved in 68 goals in […]
He is said to be top of Pep Guardiola’s shopping list for this summer, but Luis Suarez says that he is going nowhere, even if Liverpool don’t finish in the top four this season. Liverpool are seven points behind fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League table with 14 games remaining and will face competition […]
Ashley Cole is set to become the seventh player to win 100 England caps after being named in the squad for next week’s friendly with Brazil. Cole would become only the seventh player to have reached 100 caps for England, joining Gerrard, Billy Wright, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, David Beckham and Peter Shilton. Roy Hodgson […]
West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie doesn’t believe in burning bridges. He burns down whole cities. The problem for Odemwingie was that when the transfer window closed, he was still a West Brom player despite driving down to Queens Park Rangers and begging them to let him into the ground. It is hard to tell whether […]
Premier League teams spent £120m in January, double the total of January 2012. Still that is a long way way short of the record level of £225m in January 2011. Three clubs, Queens Park Rangers, Liverpool and Newcastle accounted for more than 50% of the total outlay this year. Deloitte’s Dan Jones said: “Premier League […]