Wigan manager Roberto Martinez was delighted his side ended their eight-game winless run in the Premier League with victory over Blackburn. The Latics overcame a sluggish pitch at the DW Stadium and stern opponents in…
If English football had an archetypal nearly man, Gareth Barry would be that player. For years Aston Villa’s crown jewel Barry's reluctance to move on, meant a career at the highest level did not really kick…
Cruz Azul and Real Salt Lake are the first teams into the CONCACAF Champions League semi-finals after impressive wins on Tuesday.Cruz scored a 5-1 aggregate win over Santos Laguna on Tuesday but the victory came…
Any professional footballer would tell you it’s a short career and you are a long time retired. So if you’re a player who is used to training every day, playing twice a week and being…
West Bromwich Albion will look to continue their revival under Roy Hodgson when they travel to Sunderland on Saturday in the English Premier League.Since Hodgson took over, the Baggies are unbeaten in five and have…
Black Cats boss Steve Bruce will be desperate to turn around the awful run of form his Sunderland side have been in since the start of the year. The 5-0 defeat at Manchester City last…
Aston Villa will be without hospitalised manager Gerard Houllier when they take on Stoke City in the English Premier League on Saturday.After weathering a difficult period at the helm of the Villa Park outfit, Frenchman…
Last March, a Dirk Kuyt hat-trick in Liverpool’s memorable and emphatic 3-1 defeat of Manchester United ensured the Reds remained in the chase for Champions’ League qualification and that the Premier League title race stayed…
Former Chelsea midfielder, Terry Venables, has defended his former club’s sacking of Carlo Ancelotti, although admits to feeling sorry for the Italian losing his job only 12 months after securing the first double in the…
Relations between La Liga rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid have worsened after a war of words between the two clubs erupted on Thursday.The first shot was fired by Barca president Sandro Rosell at a press…