Sunderland have wasted no time finding a replacement for the fired Steve Bruce by targeting the best manager available for hire: Martin O’Neil. By all accounts O’Neil is close to agreeing to take over at the Stadium of Light and could be in the stands for Sunday’s away match against Wolverhampton. Martin is reported to […]
Premier League
Barcelona star Daniel Alves believes that the media furore over Gerard Pique’s booking against Rayo Vallecano proves there is an agenda against his club. Pique has been pillored in the media for collecting a yellow card for time wasting during the closing stages of their 4-0 win over Rayo, which rules him out of their […]
There will be no dream Carling Cup semi-final match-up for Manchester United fans with Man City or Liverpool as United were unceremoniously bounced from the cup tonight by Crystal Palace 2-1 at Old Trafford after extra time. This was not a case of United battering Palace for 120 minutes and them escaping. Palace played well and […]
In Saturday’s Madrid derby it was clear that one of Atletico’s tactics was to be very physical. That tactic backfired when five Atletico Madrid players were shown yellow cards while two more were shown straight reds. Atletico’s tactics did not go down well with the Real Madrid players and Cristiano Ronaldo made sure that the […]
It will go down in the records book as a comfortable 4-0 victory over Rayo Vallecano at the Camp Nou tonight. But this game was much more than that. After the weekend’s shocking 1-0 defeat to Getafe, Barcelona found itself in the unusual position of looking up at Real Madrid. Before tonight’s kick-off Barca was […]
Sunderland have announced they have fired manager Steve Bruce and that assistant manager Eric Black has taken over interim first-team duties. A statement on the Sunderland web site from Chairman Ellis Short said: “This has been a difficult time for everyone at Sunderland and is not a situation that any of us envisaged or expected […]
Barcelona are six points behind Liga leaders Real Madrid after a shocking 1-0 defeat at Getafe. Earlier in the day Real Madrid continued their dominance over their city rivals with a 4-2 defeat of Atletico Madrid who ended up with only 9 men after Thibaut Courtois and Diego Godín were both sent off. A Valera […]
With the top three all in action on Saturday, attention will switch to the fight for UEFA spots and the struggle at the bottom on Sunday. Levant host Sporting, in-form Bilbao are at home to Granada, the stuttering Seville are at Zaragoza and Espanyol are at the Cornella-El Prat Stadium against Osasuna. Bottom club Racing […]
Roberto Soldado grabbed three first-half goals to help Valencia thrash Genk 7-0 in a crucial result that kept alive the Spaniards’ hopes of qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League. Jonas Goncalves got an early opener before Soldado’s solo show gave Valencia a 4-0 lead before the interval. Pablo Hernandez, Aritz Aduriz and […]