NEW DELHI: Everton secured a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace in a Premier League match on Monday. The game was notable for the presence of Crystal Palace’s new manager, Oliver Glasner, who watched from the stands. Jordan Ayew opened the scoring for Palace in the second half, shortly after their previous manager, Roy Hodgson, stepped…
NEW DELHI: After the final whistle on Saturday, Erling Haaland expressed his frustration pushing aside a television camera. The outburst came in disappointment after Haaland failed to score despite taking nine shots, marking the first time in his Manchester City career that he had not found the net. As the players gathered on the pitch,…
NEW DELHI: Arsenal delivered a dominant performance as they cruised to a commanding 5-0 victory over Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday, propelling themselves into second place in the Premier League standings.The Gunners wasted no time asserting their dominance, with Martin Odegaard opening the scoring in the fourth minute with a left-footed strike from outside…
NEW DELHI: Liverpool demonstrated their Premier League title credentials with an emphatic 4-1 victory over Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday, with Mohamed Salah‘s return from injury stealing the headlines.Liverpool asserted their dominance from the outset, with Darwin Nunez opening the scoring with a sublime chip late in the first half.The Reds’ attacking…
Ice ages haven’t lasted as long as this. Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid… it has been a thing for about a decade at least. The Athletic was not even in existence when the pair began courting each other. Twitter was still fun (and called Twitter), Taylor Swift hadn’t heard of American football and the closest…
The physical altercation that left Tottenham Hotspur and South Korea captain Son Heung-min with a dislocated finger had been a good few weeks in the making. The South Korea camp for the Asian Cup played in Qatar over the past month or so had been far from harmonious, with splits everywhere you looked. Manager Jurgen…
Tottenham Hotspur reclaimed their spot in the Premier League‘s top four thanks to a dramatic 2-1 victory at home against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, sealed by substitute Brennan Johnson‘s stoppage-time heroics.Johnson hammered the ball into the net from close range following a low cross by Tottenham’s captain Son Heung-min, who had started the…
A new ‘blue card’ will be introduced as part of the 10-minute sin bin trials in football. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) will publish the detailed protocols on Friday as football tries to clamp down on abuse towards match officials and cynical fouls. The blue cards will form part of the trial involving sin…
NEW DELHI: Close to two years since departing from Manchester United, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hasn’t allowed the aspiration of managing another prestigious club to diminish. He acknowledged missing the pressure-filled realm of a top-flight football manager.Solskjaer departed from Old Trafford in November 2022 following the club’s significant defeats against arch-rivals Liverpool, neighbors Manchester City and…
Did you know Manchester United have agreements in place to sign superstars Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior? Or that Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the man investing millions into the club, sensationally plans to bring Mason Greenwood back into the fold? No? Well, that is because these stories are, in fact, complete nonsense. But that has not…
