For the second time, Chelsea’s John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy. The English Football Association confirmed that Terry was informed of the decision by FA chairman David Bernstein in a phone call Friday morning. Terry is due to stand trial in July over racial abuse allegations after an incident with QPR’s Anton […]
Premier League
Newcastle United are up to fifth in the Premier League after they beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0, while Arsenal’s poor run of form continues as they were held 0-0 at Bolton. Newcastle took a 12th-minute lead when Blackburn’s Scott Dann deflected a 25-yard shot from Ryan Taylor past stranded Rovers goalkeeper Paul Robinson. Blackburn, who remain […]
Two goals from Fernando Llorente has given Athletic Bilbao a 2-1 first-leg advantage in their Copa del Rey semi-final against giant-killers Mirandes, and seriously dented the Cinderella dreams of the third division team. Llorente scored twice in the first half to seemingly put Athletic firmly in control of this tie. But the minnows, who have […]
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has criticised the performance levels of Spanish referees this season. Rosell’s club felt aggrieved by the decision of the Spanish federation’s competitions committee not to punish Real Madrid utility man Pepe for appearing to stamp on Barca forward Lionel Messi’s hand earlier this month. Rosell said in quotes reported by marca.com: […]
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis was interviewed by Fox on Sunday and he said that Arsenal will never be able to compete with the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City in the transfer market but believes Arsene Wenger’s focus on developing young players is the correct way to run a football club. While City and […]
Chelsea continue to hemorrhage money after announcing a loss of £67.7million for the financial year ending June 30, 2011. That is only a slight drop decrease from the loss of £70.9million in 2010, as Chelsea struggles to fall in line with UEFA’s new financial fair play rules. Since Roman Abramovich bought the club, Chelsea have […]
Atletico Madrid’s revival under new coach Diego Simeone continued on Monday as Diego Godin fired the winner in a battling 1-0 victory at Osasuna that lifted Atletico up to seventh in La Liga. The Uruguay defender bundled in from close range at a corner just before the break and forwards Adrian and Radamel Falcao missed […]
Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes says that his side cannot afford to drop any more points if they are to successfully defend their La Liga title this season. Barca were held to a 0-0 draw against Villarreal on Saturday, a result that now leaves them seven points behind league leaders Real Madrid, who recorded a 3-1 […]