Toulouse will be hoping their impregnable home form holds up when they host Top 14 leaders and title favourites Clermont at the Stade Ernest-Wallon on Sunday. The record four-time European champions and 19-time French champions have endured a frustrating…
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Arsene Wenger has warned his Arsenal stars he will not accept another lacklustre effort in the FA Cup when Tottenham visit the Emirates Stadium in Saturday’s marquee third round clash. Wenger’s side crashed out of the FA Cup after an embarrassing home…
By Callum Hamilton @Callum_TH on Jan 3 2014, 12:19p + The relegation fight in this season’s Premier League just might be the most fierce ever, with everybody from 10th to below involved in some way and nobody looking certain to go down. As in the…
Syrian rebels in opposition-held areas were engaged in fierce battles with Al-Qaeda-linked elements Friday in what activists say is growing resistance to the jihadists’ brutal grip in many places. Elsewhere in northern Syria, an unidentified group seized…
Southampton striker Dani Osvaldo was fined £40,000 ($65,000, 48,0000 euros) and suspended for three matches on Friday for his part in a touchline brawl during an ill-tempered Premier League clash at Newcastle. Osvaldo, an Argentina-born Italy international…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is raring to start as coach of Cardiff City and sees Saturday’s third-round FA Cup clash at Newcastle as the perfect starting point. With Premier League survival top of the Welsh club’s agenda, Solsjkaer could be forgiven for looking…
Charlton Athletic, from England’s second-tier Championship, on Friday confirmed they had been taken over by Belgian entrepreneur Roland Duchatelet. The 67-year-old’s company, Staprix NV, will acquire 100 percent of the shares in the club, subject to…
Southampton have accused controversial referee Mark Clattenburg of “abusing and insulting” their captain Adam Lallana during the recent 2-1 defeat at Everton. The Premier League club have lodged a complaint with the Professional Game Match Officials…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has maintained that Fulham striker Dimitar Berbatov is not currently on his wish list for the January transfer window. Wenger added that he will wait to discover the extent of Nicklas Bendtner’s ankle injury before deciding…
Former US and Egypt coach Bob Bradley was on Friday named as new manager of Norwegian club Stabaek. Bradley, 55, replaces Petter Belsvik at Stabaek, a club that recently went through straitened financial times and who spent last season in the Norwegian…
Aston Villa striker Libor Kozak has been ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a broken leg. Kozak sustained the injury during a training session with the Premier League club, who confirmed on Thursday that the Czech Republic international…
Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has been fined £8,000 ($13,100, 9,600 euros) after admitting a charge of improper conduct, the Football Association announced on Thursday. The charge related to his dismissal from the touchline during Stoke’s 5-1 Premier…
Real Madrid defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in a prestige friendly played under pouring rain in Doha, Qatar on Thursday. The only goal of the match was scored by 20-year-old Jese after 19 minutes in front of an enthusiastic crowd who favoured the Spanish…
Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is to turn 45 on Friday while lying comatose in a French hospital after suffering critical head injuries in a ski accident. Doctors and family members were tight-lipped Thursday about the condition of the German…
Former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been appointed as the new manager of Cardiff City, the Premier League strugglers announced on Thursday. The 40-year-old joins from Norwegian club Molde and succeeds Malky Mackay, who was sacked…
àChelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes his side recorded a âÂÂperfectâ performance over Southampton as the Blues sailed to a 3-0 win on the road. Despite their new found form, Mourinho insists Chelsea were not in contention to win the Premier…
Tottenham Hotspur hammered another nail into Manchester United’s creaking Premier League title defence with a 2-1 victory at Old Trafford on New Year’s Day. Having won their previous six games in all competitions, United were hoping to match wins by…
Jose Mourinho revealed Oscar admitted diving in a failed attempt to win a penalty and get Southampton goalkeeper Kelvin Davis sent off in Chelsea’s 3-0 win at St Mary’s. Brazil midfielder Oscar had only been on the pitch for a matter of seconds after…
Tottenham Hotspur’s Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen (R) celebrates with Tottenham Hotspur’s English midfielder Aaron Lennon (L) after scoring the second…
Tottenham Hotspur’s Togolese forward Emmanuel Adebayor (L) celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match…