MADRID (Reuters) – Under-fire Rafa Benitez said Real Madrid needed to be more consistent and also accused his players of easing off in games ahead of Sunday’s La Liga clash with his former club Valencia. The Spaniard is the most successful coach in Valencia’s history. He led them to La Liga titles in 2002 and […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri prepared to pop the champagne corks on Saturday despite a missed penalty in a goalless draw at home to 10-man Bournemouth. All season the Italian has stuck to his mantra of needing 40 points to secure survival, even when Leicester were leading the Premier League, and the […]
India defeated Afghanistan 2-1 to lift the 2015 SAFF Cup in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. Afghanistan took the lead in the 70th minute from Zubayr Amiri, but it was cancelled just after 3 minutes by India’s Jeje Lalpekhlua. Indian captain Sunil Chhetri then rose to the challenge as he scored the winner in the 10th minute of […]
Manchester City went into their 20th game in the Premier League against Watford City at Vicarage road after a disappointing 0-0 draw against Leicester City and standing at the 3rd spot, 6 points off Arsenal. A loss at the hands of flying Watford could possibly push them down to the 4th position. Watford though, went […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney rose to second place on the all-time Premier League scoring list with a clever winner against Swansea City on Saturday. The England captain ended a run of 553 minutes without a goal for his club by deftly flicking in Anthony Martial’s cross 13 minutes from time to […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Relieved Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce gave thanks for two-goal Jermain Defoe after his side ended a five-match losing streak with a 3-1 win over fellow Premier League strugglers Aston Villa on Saturday. “Thank God for Jermain Defoe and his finishing qualities. He turned the game back in our favour,” Allardyce told Sky […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini had words of warning for defenders facing Sergio Aguero in the second half of the Premier League season — he is just going to keep getting better. Aguero headed home the winner as City produced a superb late comeback to beat Watford 2-1 on Saturday, his first […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Andy Carroll scored with a trademark towering header to sink his former employers as West Ham United got 2016 off to a flying start with a 2-0 Premier League win over a typically inconsistent Liverpool on Saturday. Carroll rose to meet a precise cross from Mark Noble 10 minutes into the second […]
By Tim Hanlon BARCELONA (Reuters) – Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez both hit the woodwork as Barcelona were held 0-0 by Espanyol on Saturday in a hard-fought derby that left Atletico Madrid poised to go top of La Liga in the later game against bottom side Levante. Barca set a Spanish record of 180 goals […]
By Jamie McGeever LONDON (Reuters) – West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic hailed Andy Carroll as the “cherry on the pie” after the injury-prone striker headed his side to a convincing 2-0 victory over Liverpool on Saturday. The result stretched West Ham’s unbeaten run to seven games, and marked the team’s first league double over […]
