“A disastrous appointment” was how Albion fan writer Chris Hall described it, while BBC Radio WM’s Baggies reporter Steve Hermon called it “a horror movie”. Whatever the assessments, by appointing 34-year-old Ramsay in the first place, Albion showed they were prepared to stick with a high-stakes strategy. Their move to give a young head coach, […]
Twenty eight players spanning every club in the WSL will be at the Asian Cup, though they all play for either Australia (12) or Japan (16). Any player whose nation reaches the final will miss matchdays 17 and 18 of the WSL season. The final is also scheduled two days before the first leg of […]
“During that time I think that we weren’t playing badly at a club and I wasn’t playing badly but certain people decided to just send abusive messages after pretty much every game and it got to a point where I thought this is not OK,” Cain added. “It didn’t matter what I did on the […]
President Al-Khereiji said: “[Ronaldo] is regarded as the greatest to ever play the game, he knows the Spanish leagues very well and he understands the potential of what we are building here both in terms of the team and the academy.” Last year, Al-Khereiji’s SMC Group acquired Almeria from Turki Al-Sheikh, who is chairman of […]
Caoimhin Kelleher, Brentford, keeper, £4.7m – Burnley (a) Brentford‘s defence is worth investing in as they enter a very nice run of games, including Wolves and Everton at home. And Burnley have scored less than a goal per game at home. Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool, £6m – West Ham (h) The Dutchman has 28 points […]
Real Madrid have launched an investigation after a supporter allegedly performed a Nazi salute before the club’s Champions League win against Benfica on Wednesday. Prior to the kick-off at the Bernabeu, a fan appeared to make the fascist gesture as the television cameras panned around the 83,000-seater stadium. The fan was identified by security staff […]
Available for 29 days The Green Brigade are still locked out of Celtic Park, Martin O’Neill’s magic appears to be running out and there’s the small matter of a match against Stuttgart tonight ahead of the Old Firm tie on Sunday. Joining Charlotte Cohen to dissect all the going’s on at Celtic Park is former […]
Celtic are leading the pack of clubs following Plymouth Argyle’s prolific Lorent Tolaj and his strike partner Bim Pepple. (Mail), external Defending champions Celtic “are not out of the title”, says forward Tomas Cvancara. (Sun), external Cvancara believes Celtic have it in them to finish the season with a flourish. (Herald – subscription required), external […]
The question is whether Park has done enough to elevate herself on the international stage. United manager Skinner said last week he did not need to campaign on her behalf for more game time – she is doing it herself with her performances. “The one thing we just need to be careful of, is that […]
Since the reintroduction of the last-16 knockout round to Europe’s showpiece competition in 2003-04, there has always been at least one Italian representative. Not since 1987-88, when Napoli went out in the first round of the European Cup to Real Madrid, has Serie A had no teams in the last 16 of the competition – […]