Swansea have confirmed that manager Brendan Rodgers has rejected an approach from Liverpool to discuss the managerial vacancy at Anfield. NEW LIVERPOOL HOME KIT LFC reveals 2012-13 jersey. Available on foxsoccershop.com June 1st. Click here for more photos. Liverpool’s owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG) are searching for a new manager after sacking Kenny Dalglish on [...]
(UKPA) – 2 hours ago Sam Allardyce insists the npower Championship play-off final is a bigger game than the Champions League final. Allardyce’s West Ham side will battle for promotion to the Barclays Premier League with Blackpool, with an estimated £90million at stake for the winners. Later in the evening Chelsea take on Bayern Munich [...]
Hyderabad, May 19 — Former champions Rajasthan Royals were knocked out of the fifth edition of Indian Premier league following their five wicket defeat by Deccan Chargers at Rajiv Gandhi International stadium here Friday. It was finally a moment of celebrations for the home team as chasing a modest target of 127, they notched up [...]
Last Sunday, Manchester City, the club I grew up supporting, won the Premier League, 44 years after their last championship. City’s all-star squad, paid for from the oil fortunes of the club’s far-fetched owner, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, were playing Queens Park Rangers, who were struggling to stay in the league. [...]
So, there are two big games being played on Saturday; one is for a place in English Premier League next season. In all likelihood that the winner will have a losing record next season and quite possibly be relegated. The winner of the other game will be crowned champion of European, and effectively World football. [...]
LONDON (AP) -Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers rejected an approach from Liverpool on Friday to discuss replacing the fired Kenny Dalglish at the Premier League rival. The American-owned club is planning to interview several managers before making an appointment, having already been granted permission by Wigan on Thursday to speak to Roberto Martinez. Rodgers will not [...]
LONDON — Manchester United revealed the financial impact on Thursday of its early exit from the Champions League, with earnings dropping and cash reserves being halved in the first three months of the year. United was deposed as Premier League champions by Manchester City on Sunday and eliminated from the lucrative Champions League at the [...]
Martyn Herman Reuters 7:29 a.m. CDT, May 18, 2012 Read More: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-rt-uk-soccer-england-playoffbre84h0i5-20120518,0,5893541.story
LONDON (AP) Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers rejected an approach from Liverpool on Friday to discuss replacing the fired Kenny Dalglish at the Premier League rival. The American-owned club is planning to interview several managers before making an appointment, having already been granted permission by Wigan on Thursday to speak to Roberto Martinez. Rodgers will not [...]
NEW DELHI — For cricket-crazy Indians, the Indian Premier League (IPL) transformed the old, colonial-era gentleman’s game into 21st-century, swashbuckling entertainment — replete with bling, Bollywood, billionaires, pom-pom waving cheerleaders and scandalous after-parties. Shah Rukh Khan, a Bollywood actor and co-owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders team, gestures toward a security guard at Wankhede Stadium [...]
Drogba finishes roller-coaster Champions League final on top
Didier Drogba celebrates after his goal in the 88th minute ties the match 1-1. (Getty Images) MUNICH — From hero to villain, to man of the match. Didier Drogba went through the full range of emotions on a night when he delivered the first Champions League title to Chelsea, in perhaps his last [...]
Nigeria suffer Yobo blow ahead of crucial qualifiers
Joseph Yobo has been ruled out of next month’s 2014 World Cup and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The Nigeria skipper sustained an injury during Wednesday’s Turkish Cup final, whilst playing for Fenerbahce. According to Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi, the Istanbul side suggest Yobo will be out for over four weeks. Keshi has added [...]
Renard to stay assures Kambwili
Zambia captain Christopher Katongo (L) and coach Herve Renard Zambia’s sports minister says that funds are finally in place to secure the services of Africa Cup of Nations-winning coach Herve Renard. Renard’s position has been unclear in recent months, with his contract having expired at the end of the 2012 finals. With the financial assistance [...]
Chelsea’s Mikel Missing from Nigeria Roster
Reuters Nigeria released their squad for their upcoming World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Thursday. Notably missing was Chelsea stalwart, John Mikel Obi. The midfielder, who is enjoying the finest season in his Chelsea career, and patiently waiting to answer the roll call in the UEFA Champions League Final at the Allianz [...]
FOOTBALL fans have been presented with a glorious opportunity to watch the 2013 edition of the African Cup of Nations as Premiership sponsors Castle Lager embarked on a nationwide campaign to recruit SuperFans. Two lucky fans are assured of a ticket to go and watch the African Cup of Nations finals next year. The campaign [...]
Sierra Leone pays out for chopper crash
2012-05-18 19:15 Freetown – Sierra Leone’s transport minister said on Friday that relatives of 19 Togolese football fans who died in a helicopter crash in 2007, including Togo’s sports minister, would receive compensation. “We have accepted liability and engaged Paramount Airlines as there was a valid insurance document covering all on board the aircraft,” Transport [...]
The Champions League Team That Wouldn’t Die
By JONATHAN CLEGG Getty Images Didier Drogba of Chelsea scores the winning kick against Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer during the Champions League final shootout. MUNICH—What started as a season of tumult and trauma finally ended in triumph here for Chelsea, as the Premier League giant-turned-underdog beat Bayern Munich on a penalty shootout to win [...]
Cardiff City eye up clash against Premier League flyers Newcastle United
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Delme Parfitt: Brendan Rodgers not big enough name for top Premier League club
FIRST Chelsea, then Tottenham, next Aston Villa then Liverpool…you wonder how many more Premier League clubs Brendan Rodgers will be linked with before the summer is out. It is of course testament to how well he is doing at Swansea City, a ringing endorsement of the thrilling play-off promotion he won 12 months ago and [...]
Drogba finishes roller-coaster Champions League final on top
Didier Drogba celebrates after his goal in the 88th minute ties the match 1-1. (Getty Images) MUNICH — From hero to villain, to man of the match. Didier Drogba went through the full range of emotions on a night when he delivered the first Champions League title to Chelsea, in perhaps his last [...]
