Fernando Torres insists it is imperative Liverpool find new owners quickly if they are to avoid falling further behind the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea. Spain striker Torres pledged his future to the Reds last month amid feverish speculation linking him with a move away and he is confident that should current owners George [...]
Nicolas Anelka and Salomon Kalou both scored twice as Chelsea thrashed Wigan. Florent Malouda gave Chelsea the lead when he tapped in after Frank Lampard’s deft flick was saved by Chris Kirkland. Anelka added a second shortly after the break when he fired in from inside the area and then nodded in his second before [...]
The United States survived a spirited comeback from world champions Spain to win 86-85 in a thrilling warm-up game on Sunday, sending out a warning to their rivals ahead of the world championships. The Olympic gold medallists have set out for Turkey with a side shorn of big names such as LeBron James, Kobe Bryant [...]
City giants Al Wahda, after their convincing win in the 2009-10 UAE Football League, are facing a daunting season as they line up for six competitions. Al Wahda are one of the most dominant teams in club football, having won three of their four League titles in the past decade, and finishing as runners-up [...]
An Indian investor plotting the takeover of Blackburn Rovers says he will give Sam Allardyce up to £100 million in transfer funds as part of a £300-million 15-year investment in Ewood Park. Ahsan Ali Syed, an Indian investment tycoon, is hoping to take control of Blackburn in the next month. A team of negotiators from [...]
Javier Mascherano wants to leave Liverpool but Fernando Torres is likely to stay, the Premier League club’s new manager Roy Hodgson said. Argentina captain Mascherano has been linked with a move to European champions Inter Milan managed by former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez. The 26-year-old midfielder did not return Hodgson’s calls while on holiday [...]
Serena and Venus Williams clinched the French Open women’s doubles title to become only the third team to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time. The top seeded Americans defeated Slovenia’s Katarina Srebotnik and Kveta Peschke of the Czech Republic, the 12th seeds, 6-2, 6-3 to win their second Roland Garros doubles [...]
More than half the tickets for November’s Formula One Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix have been sold within two weeks of going on sale, well ahead of results for the same period for last year’s sell-out event, a press release has said. Tickets went on sale for the UAE community on May 16 and [...]
The award-winning Emirates Airline has recently agreed a sponsorship deal with the USA Rugby Team, which will include Emirates flying the Eagles squad to next year’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, a press release has said. The sponsorship is an extension of the existing agreement with the US Rugby Sevens teams, and will see [...]
Following back-to-back victories in the Australian and Brazilian rounds of the 2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, Team Abu Dhabi has got its sights set firmly on a rare hat-trick of wins as the tour moves to Windsor, in Canada. Confidence in the Abu Dhabi camp is bolstered by strong support from the city’s [...]
