The 33-year-old forward is one of the few players to have featured for each of the ‘big four’ teams in Turkey Burak Yilmaz has completed a contentious move to Besiktas after Trabzonspor confirmed that they have agreed to sell the veteran striker for a fee of €1.36 million. The Turkey striker had a previous spell with […]
Tottenham were beaten 3-1 by Wolves in the Premier League and the defeat means they failed to close the gap to leaders Liverpool Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino said Tottenham were wrong in their approach to Saturday’s Premier League clash with Wolves, which ended in a shock 3-1 defeat. Spurs took a first-half lead through a […]
The brilliant Belgian finally got some support from his fellow forwards as Chelsea strengthened their grip on fourth with a 2-1 win over Newcastle Eden Hazard has looked like a man carrying a great burden this season, as he has all too often found himself having to win games for Chelsea almost all on his […]
The former Gunners star believes one lucrative deal is making it difficult to snap up other players, with the club “a million miles” from competing Arsenal’s decision to hand Mesut Ozil a big-money contract has made it difficult for them to bring in players, says Paul Merson, with the club now 20-plus years from a […]
The midfielder has enjoyed a superb season for the Hammers and is considered one of the best up-and-coming young players in the Premier League West Ham’s Declan Rice has claimed he had no intentions of leaving the club, despite admitting he was surprised at how long it took for them to offer him a new long-term […]
The Arsenal boss is happy to go toe-to-toe with his squad in order to galvanise them as he continues to overlook the German Arsenal boss Unai Emery has revealed he attempts to antagonise players in an effort to bring the best out of them. The comments come amid the continued marginalisation of Mesut Ozil, who […]
Having joined the Super Rugby competition in 2011, the Melbourne Rebels will be looking for their most consistent year yet after finishing 15th in the 2014 season. The inaugural season of the Buildcorp National Rugby championship identified some young talent in Jack Debreczeni & Sefanaia Naivalu, while the likes of Sean McMahon, Laurie Weeks & […]
Plenty has changed at the Brumbies in recent months and yet a lot is quite the same for Scott Sio as he prepares for his first match of 2017. Sio has been named on the bench for Saturday’s clash with the Highlanders, the team he faced in his last Super Rugby match, quarter-final loss in […]
Friday night’s loss to the Waratahs was absolutely a ‘wasted opportunity’, Rebels coach Tony McGahan says. McGahan was unequivocal, albeit pragmatic, when asked whether his team would live to rue the night they let a 19-point lead slip through their fingers. “No doubt. (It was) a wasted opportunity,” he said. “Someone had to leave here […]
The Melbourne Rebels are off to the best start in their history, taking a 35-9 win over the Sunwolves in Tokyo. In just their second ever win outside of Australia, the Rebels’ bonus point victory handed them a 3-1 record from the opening four rounds, their best since joining the Super Rugby competition. A scrappy […]