Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA World Player of the Year award Monday. The accolade completes a hat-trick of titles for Ronaldo, who was honoured as the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year in August before collecting the Ballon d’Or last month. “It is an overwhelming moment, a very special moment in my life,” Ronaldo said. […]
Premier League
Barcelona extended their lead at the top of the Primera Liga to 12 points after rallying from 2-1 down to win 3-2 at rock-bottom Osasuna. The Catalan giants were in danger of falling victim to one of the shocks of the season when Samuel Eto’o’s opener was overturned by efforts from Miguel Flano and Walter […]
It was a huge week in the English Premier League with Manchester United beating Chelsea and Spurs dropping back into the relegation zone. Here are the weekends winners and losers. Winners Manchester United With games against Wigan in midweek and Bolton next Saturday, United could be back on top of the Premier League before Liverpool […]
Manchester United beat a very disappointing Chelsea team 3-0 at Old Trafford on Sunday, confirming that they are leaders Liverpool’s main challengers. Nemanja Vidic’s header on the stroke of half-time was followed by second-half goals for Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov as the champions ran out comfortable victors. With the loss, the pressure will continue […]
A couple of weeks ago we wrote that UEFA has told Real Madrid that they will have to choose between Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Lassana Diarra for the knock-out phase of the Champions League. Well Real Madrid appealed that ruling and today, UEFA’s disciplinary committee met in special session and rejected the request. Real Madrid’s […]
A huge upset in the Carling Cup semi-final first leg as Derby County beat the reigning Premier, European and World Champions 1-0. Rob Hulse even missed a golden chance to make it 2-0 when he missed an open goal after Kuszczak had palmed out another Commons shot. Not even the introduction of Rooney and Ronaldo helped as […]
A superb Lionel Messi hat-trick gave FC Barcelona a 3-1 win over ten-man Club Atlético de Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 Spanish Cup tie on Tuesday. A brillant piece of skill from Daniel Alves unlocked the home defence for Messi’s opening goal on 12 minutes. Atlético had to play with ten men […]
An alarming report on the credit condition of Premier league clubs was issued late Monday by Equifax. In a review of credit ratings for the top flight, Equifax declared that 10 clubs would struggle to repay their debts if they were asked. “We have listed 10 clubs as insolvent because they would struggle if everyone […]