NEW DELHI: British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe on Sunday struck a long awaited deal to buy a 25 percent stake (at a reported 1.6 billion) in Premier League club Manchester United and pledged to invest $300 million in the club to try to revive its fortunes.The deal, which will also see Ratcliffe’s INEOS group take over…
The scrapbook is meticulously preserved, a series of newspaper clippings saved and collated by a proud father. It charts almost every step on Wayne Harrison’s journey towards the big time, from first kicking a ball for Woodsmoor Colts and goalscoring exploits for Stockport Boys and Greater Manchester Boys, to making his professional debut for Oldham…
One of the most eye-catching bios on X, or Twitter as we all know it, belonged to a sports writer with one of the UK’s biggest national newspapers. It was plain and simple and boiled down to five words: “Biased against your football club.” Which is true. If you’ve followed football for any length of…
Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he appears at the balcony to deliver his Christmas Urbi et Orbi blessing in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican. | Photo Credit: AFP INDIA partners speak in one voice against the BJP, call fresh suspensions as an ‘attack on democracy’ The mass suspension of Opposition members from both…
Follow live coverage of Manchester City vs Urawa Red Diamonds in the Club World Cup today The draw for the last 16 of the Champions League was made in UEFA’s Nyon headquarters this morning and Europe’s big guns will have largely liked the outcome. England’s two remaining representatives, Arsenal and Manchester City, were handed kind…
NEW DELHI: Manchester United disrupted Liverpool‘s perfect record with a hard-fought 0-0 draw in a closely contested match at Anfield. Despite Liverpool’s dominance, holding nearly 70 percent possession and attempting 34 shots compared to United’s six, the visitors stood resilient, denying the title chasers a victory. United frustrate LiverpoolLiverpool now sit second in the table,…
LONDON: Mohammed Kudus scored twice as West Ham defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 at home in the Premier League on Sunday.The win takes West Ham up to seventh in the table on 27 points, ahead of Manchester United on goal difference. United play away at Liverpool later on Sunday. Wolves remain in 13th on 19 points.The…
LONDON: Chelsea scored twice in seven second-half minutes through Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson to claim a laboured 2-0 win over the Premier League‘s bottom club Sheffield United on Saturday.Palmer unlocked a determined visiting defence when he poked the ball home from six metres after a one-two with Raheem Sterling in the 54th minute.Palmer then…
It’s Jesse Lingard’s birthday. He turns 31 today and, at this stage of his life, he must realise it is not going to be easy shifting some of the perceptions that come from being a non-footballing footballer. For now, at least. Speak to Lingard’s former team-mates and they will talk about a guy who has…
There can’t be many footballers who have gone from playing for a military team to the cover of Vogue in a few months. But that’s just one of the ways South Korean striker Cho Gue-sung’s life has changed in the last year or so. Last year was a decent one for Cho. He joined Jeonbuk…
