Bolton Wanderers have fired manager Gary Megson this morning. “Gary Megson has been relieved of his duties as first team manager of Bolton Wanderers Football Club with immediate effect,” a statement on the club’s official website reads. The decision has been taken in the light of the position the club finds itself in the Premier […]
Premier League
Wow, someone at the north pole must really like Rafa Benitez as he got everything he wished for this Christmas. An injury time winner from Fernando Torres gave Liverpool a huge 1-0 win at Aston Villa. Combined with Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Wolves on Boxing Day, Rafa’s reds find themselves only four points out from […]
Chelsea came from behind to beat west-London rivals Fulham 2-1 at Stamford Bridge today to restore their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League while Spurs moved into fourth after beating West Ham 2-0. After a draw at Birmingham on Saturday and wins by title rivals Manchester United and Arsenal on Sunday the […]
Is it time for Roman Abromovich to hit the panic button? Since hammering Arsenal at the Emirates, Chelsea have won only one of their last seven games and have picked up just six points from their last five Premier League games. With players getting ready to leave for the African Cup and Michael Essien out […]
Spain’s coach Vicente del Bosque has seen his contract extended by the Spanish FA after guiding Spain through an impressive 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign. Del Bosque, who succeeded Luis Aragonés after Spain won the Euros in 2008, saw his team go unbeaten in the qualifying stages for South Africa and Spain ranked #1 […]
Real Madrid have never beaten Lyon and Manuel Pellegrini admits it will be at the back of his mind after they were drawn together in the UEFA Champions League first knockout round; a tie that means a reunion for the French club with Karim Benzema. Madrid have failed to progress past this stage of competition […]
Valencia have signed Russian Premier-Liga player of the year Alejandro Domínguez from FC Rubin Kazan on a free transfer. The 28-year-old Argentinian attacking midfielder completed a medical at Mestalla on Monday before signing a three-and-a-half year deal with Valencia. Domínguez finished joint top scorer to help Rubin to their second successive Russian league title as […]
Everton are expected to sign USA international Landon Donovan on a three-month loan deal in January. Donovan needs to play competitive football at the end of the Major League Soccer to maintain his fitness for the World Cup finals in South Africa in June and he spent last winter at Bayern Munich. Newspaper reports say […]