Friday was not a good day for Premier League stars in South Africa. First came the news that England captain Rio Ferdinand will miss the World Cup after injuring himself in training. That was followed by news that Ivory Coast and Chelsea star Didier Drogba had fractured his elbow in a warm-up game against Japan. […]
Premier League
Rafael Benitez has left Liverpool by mutual consent after six years as manager. The club have agreed a compensation package with the 50-year-old after a turbulent 2009-10 season. Liverpool, having begun the campaign among the title favourites, finished a disappointing seventh in the Barclays Premier League and were eliminated from the Champions League at the […]
Veteran striker Brett Ormerod hit the £90million goal to fire Blackpool to the most lucrative, and unlikeliest, of promotions to the Barclays Premier League as they beat Cardiff 3-2 in the Coca-Cola Championship play-off final. Blackpool has not played in England’s top division since 1971, but they twice came back from being a goal down […]
Inter beat Siena 1-0 to add the Scudetto to the Coppa Italia. Inter Milan are now a Champions League final away from completing a historic treble. Roma won away to Chievo but all Inter needed to do was match their result for a fifth consecutive Serie A title and eighteenth overall. It was plain sailing […]
The thought before the Chelsea v Wigan game would be that is would be a nervy affair for Chelsea and the longer the game stayed scoreless the more pressure Chelsea would face. But those predictions were thrown out the window when Anelka scored after six minutes at Stamford Bridge, you could feel the relief around […]
Barcelona head into the final week of the La Liga season a point ahead of Real Madrid after a nervy 3-2 win over Sevilla on Saturday. Lionel Messi, Bojan Krkic and Pedro were the goalscorers for Barca. Barcelona can wrap up the title with a win at home over Real Valladolid next weekend. Real Madrid […]
Inter Milan won the Italian Cup, beating AS Roma 1-0 on Diego Milito’s 40th-minute goal, and boosted its chances of becoming the first Italian club to win a treble. It’s Inter’s sixth Italian Cup title and first since 2006 after losing two finals to Roma. “We’ve won the first,” Milito said. “Now we’re waiting for […]
Tottenham qualified for the Champions League for the first time, beating Manchester City 1-0 Wednesday night. Peter Crouch was the goal scoring hero for Spurs as he reacted first to a save from Man City goalkeeper Marton Fulop to nod the ball into the net. “For a club like us to break into the top […]