Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice but was later sent off for the second time in his Real Madrid career as Madrid beat Malaga 2-0 to close the gap to Barcelona to five points. Manuel Pellegrini’s side needed to bounce back from defeat by Athletic Madrid last weekend and respond to Barcelona’s comfortable 3-0 victory at Real […]
Premier League
Pep Guardiola has finally agreed terms on a new one-year deal to remain as manager of Barcelona. There has been a lot of press speculation in England that Manchester United would like Guardiola to replace Sir Alex Ferguson when Fergie finally leaves Old Trafford at the end of next season. Since Guardiola has only signed […]
Former Manchester United player Carlos Tevez scored twice as Man City took a 2-1 advantage into the Carling Cup semi-final second leg at Old Trafford next week. United had taken the lead in the first half from a Ryan Giggs tap-in but the game changed right before half time when ref Mike Dean penalized Rafael […]
As if losing to Reading in the FA Cup was not bad enough, now comes news that three Liverpool players suffered injuries in the game. The biggest loss is Fernando Torres, who being substituted damaged cartilage in his right knee, and will be out of action for six weeks. Steven Gerrard will miss two weeks […]
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 […]