(Reuters) – Jose Mourinho’s sacking by Chelsea has left Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce uncertain what to expect from the struggling champions when his team visit Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Mourinho was given his marching orders on Thursday after a dreadful run of results have left the club hovering a point above the Premier League relegation […]
By Tim Hanlon (Reuters) – Thomas Partey scored his first goal for Atletico Madrid as they reached the last 16 of the King’s Cup with a 1-0 home victory over third-tier Reus on Thursday that secured a 3-1 aggregate success. It was relatively plain sailing for Spain’s top flight clubs as Villarreal, Celta Vigo and […]
(Reuters) – Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and the United States are the top four seeds for next year’s Copa America, tournament organisers announced on Thursday. The 2016 event, to be held in the U.S. for the first time, will be staged in 10 cities from June 3-26. Sixteen nations will contest the event — 10 from […]
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Dutch coach Guus Hiddink is set to take over at Premier League champions Chelsea after they sacked Jose Mourinho on Thursday, the club’s former striker Mateja Kezman said. “I don’t know if it has been officially confirmed yet, but Hiddink just told me he was the new coach,” Kezman, who played for […]
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The Argentine Football Association presidential election was postponed until next year after it was blocked by a civil court judge on Thursday. The judge acted on an injunction presented by a supporter of interim president Luis Segura’s rival, entrepreneur and television producer and presenter Marcelo Tinelli, claiming AFA statutes required the […]
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Jose Mourinho was sacked as manager of Premier League champions Chelsea on Thursday after a calamitous run of results left the west London club one point above the relegation zone. A club statement said Chelsea and the 52-year-old Portuguese had parted company by “mutual consent” seven months after he […]
We take a look at some of the Premier League players who not only switched to other Premier League clubs but signed the dotted line for their sworn rivals.
The Chelsea Board have sacked Jose Mourinho by mutual consent after weeks of speculation over his future. A record of nine defeats in 16 Premier League games this season brought an end to the Special One’s second spell as Chelsea manager. The club wishes to make clear Jose leaves us on good terms and […]
