David Bentley signs a new contract
Blackburn winger David Bentley has signed a new contract with the club. The contract ensures that the former Arsenal player will stay at Ewood Park till the summer of 2011.
The Lancashire club signed Bentley from Arsenal on the last day of the 2006 January transfer window. He also had an earlier loan spell at the [...]
Premiership results- Feb 24-25
Fulham 1-2 Manchester United ( Brian McBride/ Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo)
Fulham played out of their skins but Edwin Van Der Sar pulled off some brilliant saves- especially the Davies and Radzinski shots. Radzinski had a header cannon back off the crossbar as United lived dangerously, but Ronaldo’s superb individual effort after running with the ball [...]
Champions League Round of 16 results
First leg- 20th February
Celtic 0-0 AC Milan
Lille 0-1 Manchester United ( Ryan Giggs)
PSV Eindhoven 1-0 Arsenal ( Edilson Mendez)
Xiang Sun became the first Chinese player to appear in the UEFA Champions League
when he replaced Da Costa in the 65th minute.
Real Madrid 3-2 Bayern Munich ( Raul Gonzalez Blanco*2, Ruud Van Nistelrooy/ Lucio, [...]
Liverpool to sign Andriy Voronin
If reports are to be believed, Bayer Leverkusen forward Andriy Voronin will be on his way to Anfield in the summer. Voronin, whose contract expires this summer, has reportedly penned a 4 year deal.
Voronin is a 179 cm Ukranian striker who has been capped 40 times at national level. He has spent close to 12 [...]
FA Cup fifth round results
Arsenal 0-0 Blackburn
Brad Friedel’s late double save ensures that Mark Hughes’ side earn a replay at Ewood Park.
Chelsea 4-0 Norwich City ( Shaun Wright Philips, Didier Drogba, Michael Essien, Andrey Shevchenko)
Norwich played well in the first half, and Wright Philips, making a rare start, gave Chelsea the lead. Drogba’s goal ended any hopes that [...]
Parma appoint Ranieri as manager
Italian club Parma A.C. have appoint former Valencia and Chelsea head Claudio Ranieri as their new manager.
Parma sacked Stefano Pioli after a 3-0 loss to the Gialarossi on Sunday in the Serie A. The club currently are second from bottom, just 3 points ahead of bottom placed Ascoli.
This is Ranieri’s first job in football management [...]
Thomas Von Heesen leaves Bielefeld
Arminia Bielefeld coach Thomas Van Heesen has left the North Rhine Westphalia based club. Von Heesen who was due to leave at the end of the season, said that he had reached an agreement with the club to terminate his contract.Bielefeld lost to Bayern Munchen 1-0 on Sunday, a game which marked the home debut [...]
England U-21 vs Spain U-21 match review
Steve Mclaren’s first game in charge of the Young Lions didn’t start on a winning note-but at the end of the day, the Manchester City coach would have been pretty happy with the 2-2 full time scoreline.
England were awful in the first half, unable to penetrate and cause the Spanish too much trouble. There was [...]
Charlton take American goalkeeper Chris Konopka on trial
Charlton Athletic have taken former Providence College keeper Chris Konopka on trial for a week. Konopka will train with Charlton till their next game with Premiership leaders Manchester United.
Konopka is also in the process of getting his Polish passport, and that will ease his passage into the Premiership should the Addicks want to sign him [...]
Chelsea vs Charlton Premiership review
It was a battle between a team second from bottom and a team second from the top.One had scored 44 goals while the other had shipped in the same amount. The pre match statistics suggested that the match could go only one way- Chelsea’s. And that is eventually ended– 1-0 to Chelsea. Charlton showed plenty [...]
Ledley King to be out for 6-8 weeks
Tottenham skipper Ledley King is expected to be out for anywhere between 6 and 8 weeks after suffering a stress fracture in the fourth metatarsal of his left foot.
The injury means the centreback will not be available for atleast 2 months for Martin Jol. He hasn’t played for Spurs since they won at home on [...]
Stuart Pearce named new England U-21 manager
Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce has been named by the English FA as their new U-21 coach. Pearce replaces current Crystal Palace boss Peter Taylor, who quit in January after three years at the top.
However, Pearce will be a part time boss and he will be in charge till the end of the European Championship [...]
Hammers sign Matthew Upson
West Ham United have completed the signing of Birmingham centreback Matthew Upson for a fee of 6 million pounds. The fee for the transfer, which took place on the last day of the window, could go upto 7 and a half million pounds depending on appearances.
Upson, who has been capped 7 times for England, was [...]
