Wayne Rooney clinched victory for Manchester United in the Club World Cup final with a late goal against Liga de Quito after Nemanja Vidic was sent off. Quito goalkeeper Jose Cevallos made a series of superb stops to deny Rooney, Carlos Tevez and Park Ji Sung in the first half as United dominated. United’s hopes [...]
Russia”s born Nikolai Valuev may have ended Evander Holyfield’s last chance of winning a fifth heavyweight title, as he successfully defended his WBA title in Zurich on Saturday night with a majority decision win over former world champion Evander Holyfield over 12 rounds on Saturday. Evander Holyfield, attempting to become the oldest heavyweight to win [...]
Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko successfully defended his WBO, IBF and IBO world heavyweight titles in Mannheim, Germany with a technical knockout of Hasim Rahman in round seven on Saturday. Klitschko won every round and first had Rahman on the deck in the sixth. The referee stopped the fight after Klitschko, 32, landed a series of punches to [...]
Former Spanish golf legend, Severiano Ballesteros has been released from intensive care, one day after he underwent his fourth operation since being diagnosed with a brain tumour in October. The former golf champion had a fourth operation to remove fluid from the brain. Seve, 51, was diagnosed with a brain tumour after losing consciousness at [...]
International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight champion, Wladimir Klitschko with amazing 45 knockouts from 54 fights, has said he will not underrate former IBF champion, Hasim Rahman as both return to the ring this weekend in a winner takes all championship. Wladimir, younger brother of reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) champion,Vitali Klitschko is wary of the [...]
Real Madrid C.F have sacked Bernd Schuster as coach after the last Sunday’s 4-3 home defeat by Sevilla, and immediately replaced the German with former Tottenham F.C manager Juande Ramos with an initial six-month deal which will keep him at the Spanish giants until the end of the season. Real sports director Pedja Mijatovic said [...]
Real Madrid Sporting Director, Pedja Mijatovic responded to the media after announcing the dismissal of Bernd Schuster as coach of Real Madrid C.F and Juande Ramos as his replacement as the new coach with immediate effect. [Q] How much influence did the statements made by Schuster last Sunday have on his dismissal? [A] After we met [...]
The France international, Real Madrid and Juventus legend Zinedine Zidane has opened up his heart to the fas of the games for the first timeafter the headbutt, and he admits his regret at the way he behaved during the World Cup final against Italy in 2006. Asked what had caused to react so violently, he said [...]
Robin van Persie struck twice in three second-half minutes to get Arsenal FC back into the English Premier League title race with a quickfire double that stunned leaders Chelsea FC in a 2-1 away win at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. An own goal from Johan Djourou gave Chelsea FC 1-0 half-time lead, only for the [...]