For the second time, Chelsea’s John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy. The English Football Association confirmed that Terry was informed of the decision by FA chairman David Bernstein in a phone call Friday morning. Terry is due to stand trial in July over racial abuse allegations after an incident with QPR’s Anton […]
Premier League
Newcastle United are up to fifth in the Premier League after they beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0, while Arsenal’s poor run of form continues as they were held 0-0 at Bolton. Newcastle took a 12th-minute lead when Blackburn’s Scott Dann deflected a 25-yard shot from Ryan Taylor past stranded Rovers goalkeeper Paul Robinson. Blackburn, who remain […]
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis was interviewed by Fox on Sunday and he said that Arsenal will never be able to compete with the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City in the transfer market but believes Arsene Wenger’s focus on developing young players is the correct way to run a football club. While City and […]
Chelsea continue to hemorrhage money after announcing a loss of £67.7million for the financial year ending June 30, 2011. That is only a slight drop decrease from the loss of £70.9million in 2010, as Chelsea struggles to fall in line with UEFA’s new financial fair play rules. Since Roman Abramovich bought the club, Chelsea have […]
Carlos Tevez’s advisor, Kia Joorabchian is quoted in the English newspapers as saying that Tevez will not be sold in the January transfer window: “We’ve been in negotiations with three big clubs but I don’t think they have reached the figures Manchester City want. Carlos will remain at Man City until the summer. They [City] […]
It’s funny how the English media mock the quality of Major League Soccer, but guess where Premier League teams turned to this month to help their sides? Yep, MLS. First we had the Galaxy’s Landon Donovan going back to Everton on loan and then the NYRB’s Thierry Henry returned to Arsenal, where he promptly scored […]
Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has been found guilty of gross misconduct and fined six weeks’ wages after flying home to Argentina without permission, a club source told Reuters. Tevez has been in Argentina since November as his agents try and negotiate a move to AC Milan. City have obviously had enough of Tevez’s antics […]
Unusual court case got underway in London today that could have ramifications on the Premier League title race as well as the England managerial position. The government is claiming that Spurs manager Harry Redknapp and former Portsmouth boss Milan Mandaric used offshore accounts to avoid having to pay income tax on more than £189,000 that […]
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 […]