Tottenham and Chelsea stayed neck and neck at the top of the English Premier League with away victories on Sunday.
Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Manchester United will not venture into the transfer market despite an injury to Rio Ferdinand.
Manchester United’s defence of the Premier League title suffered an early blow as the champions slumped to a shock 1-0 defeat at promoted Burnley.
English football’s superpowers had mixed fortunes on the opening weekend of the Premier League season, with Arsenal enjoying six of the best.
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez believes Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is feeling the heat from big-spending Manchester City.
Alex Ferguson celebrated wrapping up Manchester United’s third straight Premier League title with a pledge to come back and do it again next season.
Liverpool beat Newcastle United 3-0 at Anfield on Sunday to keep up their pursuit of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League table.
Premier League leaders Manchester United piled the pressure on second-placed Liverpool by moving six points clear at the top with a 2-0 win away.
Wolves will play in the Premier League for the first time in five years after Saturday’s 1-0 win over QPR sealed promotion from the Championship.
The focus in the Premier League turns to the increasingly desperate fight to avoid relegation
Stunned 3-1 at home by Chelsea in the Champions League, Liverpool badly needs to bounce back by beating Blackburn on Saturday.
Federico Macheda’s winner last weekend merely papered over the cracks in a Manchester United team floundering in their defence of their title.
Aston Villa’s Brad Friedel is still on track to become the first player to appear in 200 consecutive league matches after he had a red card rescinded.
Champions Manchester United imploded at Fulham on Saturday when Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney were sent off in a 2-0 defeat.
English football hopes that the four Premier League clubs who have made it to the quarterfinal draw will avoid each other on Friday.
Steven Gerrard hopes Liverpool’s victory against Manchester United will give the rest of the Premier League the belief to keep the title race alive.
Rafael Benitez came close to conceding defeat in the Premier League title battle after a shock 2-0 defeat at Middlesbrough.
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/ 2 February 2009
African fans of the English Premier League were dealt a huge blow when the British company which broadcasts games across the continent collapsed.
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/ 14 January 2009
AC Milan star Kaka reportedly turned down a world record £100-million transfer to Manchester City on Wednesday.
Alex Ferguson will quit as Manchester United manager within three years, he told The Mail on Sunday newspaper. Ferguson, who has been in charge at Old Trafford since 1986, said he would be gone by the time he reaches 70 in December 2011. The Scot reneged on his original plan to retire six years ago.
Avram Grant has promised Manchester United a fight to the very finish after his Chelsea side beat Newcastle to ensure the English Premier League title race will go right down to the wire. A hard-fought 2-0 win at St James’s Park on Monday stretched Chelsea’s impressive unbeaten league run to 20 games to set up a tense last day of the season on Sunday.
West Bromwich Albion were promoted to the English Premier League after two seasons away as champions of the second-tier Championship following a 2-0 win away to Queens Park Rangers on Sunday. Stoke City, who haven’t played in English football’s top flight since 1985, also gained automatic promotion after finishing runners-up after a goalless draw with Leicester City.
Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard shrugged off mounting speculation about his future on Monday as he said his side had prepared for a penalty shoot-out ahead of their Champions League semifinal second-leg clash against Manchester United on Tuesday. The Catalan side held United to a goalless draw in last week’s first leg at the Nou Camp.
Blackburn Rovers handed Chelsea a shock lifeline in the English Premier League title race by holding leaders Manchester United to a 1-1 draw on Saturday. The champions were heading for defeat but Argentina striker Carlos Tevez rescued a precious point with just two minutes to go.
Chelsea boss Avram Grant refused to concede defeat to Manchester United in the English Premier League title race, insisting his players still believed they could win it. He admitted the Blues simply had to win Thursday’s clash at fifth-placed Everton, otherwise United could seal the title.
Owen Hargreaves was Manchester United’s unlikely goal-scoring hero as the English Premier League leaders came from behind to see-off title challengers Arsenal 2-1 at Old Trafford in London on Sunday. Earlier on Sunday, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard scored in a 3-1 win over Blackburn Rovers at Anfield.
Sunderland manager and former Manchester United star Roy Keane plans to complete his coaching badges with the All Blacks. Keane is studying for his European Football Association pro-licence, which is an obligatory qualification for managers in the English Premier League. As part of the course, students are required to spend time in another sport.
David Beckham’s move to Major League Soccer may have been good for his wallet but it has apparently not helped his popularity in Asia. Empty seats and surprising indifference greeted soccer’s greatest star, who was mobbed like a rockstar on his first trip to the region, as he completed an Asian tour with LA Galaxy.
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/ 24 February 2008
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger could not contain his anger at Birmingham’s Martin Taylor after the defender’s horror tackle left Eduardo fighting to save his career. Eduardo underwent surgery in Birmingham’s Selly Oak hospital on Saturday night for a double compound fracture of his left leg.
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/ 6 February 2008
A memorial service was to be held on Wednesday for the eight Manchester United players killed when the team’s plane crashed in Munich 50 years ago as they returned from a European Cup match. The remembrance service, at the English Premier League champions’ Old Trafford ground, was to start at 3.04pm GMT — the exact time of the tragedy.
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/ 20 January 2008
A Wayne Rooney-inspired late show enabled Manchester United finally to overcome Reading and hold on to pole position in the English Premier League title battle on Saturday. At St James’ Park, Kevin Keegan’s second stint as Newcastle manager got under way with a subdued performance that ended in a goalless draw with Bolton.
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/ 11 January 2008
French striker Nicolas Anelka has joined Chelsea from English Premier League rivals Bolton, the clubs announced on Friday. A statement on Chelsea’s website said: ”Chelsea Football Club and Bolton Wanderers can confirm that terms have been agreed between the clubs for the transfer of Nicolas Anelka.”