Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli is facing a four-match ban after being charged with violent conduct by the Football Association for his stamp on Scott Parker’s head during yesterday’s 3-2 win over Tottenham. The FA statement read: “The FA has today charged Manchester City forward Mario Balotelli with violent conduct following an incident in his […]
Real Madrid bounced back from their midweek Copa del Rey defeat to Barcelona with a comeback 4-1 victory over 10-man Athletic Bilbao that kept them five points clear at the top of the Primera Division. In-form Athletic had threatened to add to Madrid’s misery following their 2-1 home loss to Barca in the first leg […]
Rumours are circulating of a serious training ground dispute between coach Jose Mourinho and vice-captain Sergio Ramos on Friday. According to Madrid-based sports paper Marca, Mourinho accused his playing staff of betrayal following their post-match press reaction on Wednesday night. During Friday’s session, Mourinho is reported to have turned to Ramos and said: “You [guys] […]
In the big two Sunday games in the Premier League, both Manchester City and Manchester United dealt big blows to North London rivals Spurs and Arsenal. In the first game, Man City won a thrilling controversial 3-2 match thanks to Mario Balotelli’s injury-time penalty. The controversy is whether Balotelli should have been on the field […]
Ricardo Clark headed home Jermaine Jones’ corner in the 7th minute of stopping time to help the United States to a 1-0 victory over 10-man Venezuela before 22,403 at University of Phoenix Stadium. The American’s win was its third in eight matches since Jurgen Klinsmann took over from Bob Bradley as coach last year. The […]
Neil Warnock says he lost his Queens Park Rangers job as his reputation was “slowly poisoned” by critics both inside and outside the club. He claimed a “lack of football experience” in the hierarchy left QPR open to “manipulative” people. The 63-year-old said he was unhappy fans and players were able to talk to owner Tony […]
Espanyol extended their unbeaten run to five league games and moved into fifth place in La Liga thanks to a comfortable 3-0 win over Granada. The hosts started brightly and took the lead when Raul Baena headed in from Thievy Bifouma’s flick-on after 26 minutes. Espanyol doubled their advantage just before half-time as Allan Nyom […]
Newcastle’s hopes of taking advantage of Chelsea’s draw at Norwich were stopped by a five-goal second-half blitz from Fulham as they lost 5-2 at Fulham. Fulham were poor in the first-hald and it was no surprise that Newcastle scored first thanks to a Danny Guthrie thunderbolt from outside the area. Not sure what Martin Jol […]
Lazio have emerged as favourites to secure the signature of CSKA Moscow midfielder Keisuke Honda according to the newspaper Corriere dello Sport. Honda has been continually linked with a move out of Russia, with the likes of Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and even Manchester United among those reportedly interested. But it is Lazio that seems to […]