A flurry of big-money moves before the transfer deadline at midnight Monday took spending by English Premier League (EPL) clubsides to the second-highest ever for a winter window. The likes of Luis Diaz, Bruno Guimaraes and Rodrigo Bentancur in the last few days of January left the league’s gross...
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Everton on Monday appointed Frank Lampard as their new manager on a two-and-a-half-year deal with the task of keeping the Toffees in the Premier League. Lampard has been out of the game since being sacked as Chelsea boss a little over a year ago. The former England international will...
Philippe Coutinho made a dream debut for Aston Villa as the Brazil star’s late equaliser capped a thrilling fightback from two goals down against Manchester United in Saturday’s 2-2 draw. Four years after he last played in the Premier League with Liverpool, Coutinho made an instant impact on his...
Manchester City’s revenue exceeded arch-rivals Manchester United for the first time last year, the Premier League champions revealed in their latest financial accounts on Wednesday. City reported club record revenue of £569.8 million ($780 million) for their title-winning 2020-21 season. That was a revenue increase of 19 per cent...
The Premier League in England has the option of rescheduling matches postponed due to COVID-19 during the international break at the end of the month, world governing body FIFA says. Eighteen top-flight games have been called off for COVID-related reasons since last month amid a significant rise in cases,...
Chelsea came from 2-0 down to earn a point from a pulsating 2-2 draw with Liverpool on Sunday that does little for either side’s hopes of catching Manchester City at the top of the Premier League. City’s lead now stands at 10 points from Chelsea with Liverpool a point...
Rodri scored a 93rd-minute winner as Manchester City took another huge step towards retaining the Premier League title with a 2-1 win over 10-man Arsenal. Pep Guardiola’s men are now 11 points clear at the top thanks to an 11-game winning run, but were made to toil until deep...
European champions Chelsea announced Thursday an annual loss of £145.6 million ($196.7 million, 173.5 million euros) for the year to June 30 2021 despite their Champions League triumph. The London club were crowned kings of Europe in May following a 1-0 win over English rivals Manchester City in the...
Tottenham Hotspur came from a goal behind to secure a 1-1 draw against 10-man Southampton on Tuesday. James Ward-Prowse gave Southampton the lead with a spectacular strike in the first half but Spurs were able to draw level. This was when Mohammed Salisu gave away a penalty and was...
Nigeria’s Kelechi Iheanacho scored but Manchester City powered six points clear at the top of the Premier League after quashing Leicester’s comeback bid in a pulsating 6-3 win on Sunday. Pep Guardiola’s rampant side scored four times in the opening 25 minutes of a Christmas cracker at the Etihad...
Chelsea got back on track with a 3-1 victory at Aston Villa on Sunday as Manchester City opened up a six-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a first half demolition of Leicester in a thrilling 6-3 win. After one win in their previous four league...
Arsenal consolidated their position in fourth with a routine 5-0 win at rock bottom Norwich. Goals from Bukayo Saka and Kieran Tierney put the result beyond much doubt before half-time. Saka added a second before Alexandre Lacazette’s penalty and substitute Emile Smith Rowe rounded off a fifth consecutive win...
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp claimed referee Paul Tierney has a “problem” with him after Tottenham’s Son Heung-min punished Alisson Becker’s blunder to rescue a thrilling 2-2 draw on Sunday. Klopp’s side recovered from Harry Kane’s early strike to move in front thanks to goals from Diogo Jota and Andrew...
Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold scored with a spectacular strike as they overcame the loss of three players to suspected positive COVID-19 tests to beat Newcastle United 3-1 in the Premier League on Thursday. The result meant Liverpool moved onto 40 points from 17 games, one behind leaders Manchester City who...
Arsenal moved to fourth on the Premier League table after defeating West Ham United on Wednesday. Brazilian forward, Gabriel Martinelli and Emily Smith-Rowe scored a goal each for the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium to hand Arteta’s men a second consecutive win after a run of two league defeats...
West Ham punished three costly mistakes from Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker as the Reds’ 25-match unbeaten run was shattered in a 3-2 defeat at the London Stadium on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp’s side would have broken the club’s record unbeaten run in all competitions, which had stood since 1982 if...
Manchester United suffered another home humiliation as Manchester City cruised to a 2-0 win at Old Trafford on Saturday to raise further questions over the future of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Eric Bailly’s own goal and Bernardo Silva’s strike on the stroke of half-time was the difference between the sides...