Leo Bonatini scored for the sixth game in succession as an impressive Wolverhampton Wanderers extended their lead at the top of the Championship with a 2-0 win over Fulham on Friday. The 23-year-old Brazilian added to Romain Saiss’s opener to send Wolves four points clear although Cardiff can cut it back to one if they beat in-form Bristol City away on Saturday. Wolves Portuguese manager Nuno Espirito Santo-who had been linked with the vacancy at Everton but has said he...
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British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday said she enjoyed the “full support” of her cabinet after a former chairman of her Conservative Party admitted he was behind a plot by around 30 MPs to urge her to resign.“What the country needs is calm leadership and that’s what I’m providing with the full support of my cabinet,” May told reporters in her constituency in Maidenhead, west of London.Grant Shapps, identified as the ringleader of the effort to oust May after...
Former England captain Michael Vaughan has called for a change in the culture of the national team after Ben Stokes’ arrest on a night out.Stokes was arrested in Bristol on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm after getting into a fight in the early hours of last Monday.Video footage allegedly shows the England all-rounder throwing punches and knocking a man to the floor.Stokes, who has not been charged, and other England team-mates were out celebrating a one-day international win over...
Manchester City’s defensive resilience and offensive brilliance so far this season face arguably their sternest tests on Saturday against champions Chelsea, with the Premier League leaders without full-back Benjamin Mendy and star striker Sergio Aguero. France full-back Mendy looks set to miss most, if not all, of the rest of the season after undergoing an operation on a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. City medical staff say Aguero will be absent for between two to four weeks with a broken rib...
Britain’s banks need to set aside another œ10 billion ($13.5 billion, 11.3 billion euros) to cushion against potential consumer credit losses, the Bank of England warned Monday.The central bank’s Financial Policy Committee watchdog said the sector was “underestimating” the risks of mounting household debt, but added that climbing debt levels did not pose an immediate risk to the economy.“Within a benign overall domestic credit environment, there is a pocket of risk in the rapid growth of consumer credit,” the FPC...
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes there will be a radical overhaul of the transfer market within the next year following the stratospheric spending of the close-season trading period.Paris Saint-Germain smashed the world transfer record to sign Neymar from Barcelona for 222 million euros ($266 million), while Premier League clubs spent o1.4 billion ($1.9 billion, 1.6 billion euros).German chancellor Angela Merkel urged the sport’s authorities to curb spiralling fees earlier this month and Wenger said the intervention of such a figure...
Cristiano Ronaldo has set his sights on a “lucky seventh” piece of FIFA silverware after collecting his fifth Men’s Player...
Manchester City centre-back John Stones says he is determined to repay manager Pep Guardiola for the faith he showed in him during his difficult first season at the Etihad Stadium. Stones, 23, produced several error-strewn displays last season after joining City from Everton in a o47.5 million ($62.9 million, 53.6 million euros) move that made him the world’s second most expensive defender. But Guardiola stuck by the England international and has been rewarded this season as Stones has contributed to...
Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal are ready to silence the critics who wrote them off in the aftermath of their humiliating loss against Liverpool.Wenger’s side have been revitalised since the 4-0 mauling at Anfield in August and they maintained that momentum with a 2-0 win over Brighton on Sunday.Nacho Monreal’s first Premier League goal since 2013 put Arsenal ahead in the early stages and Alex Iwobi wrapped up the points after the interval at the Emirates Stadium.The Gunners have now taken...
England star Ben Stokes’s place in the Ashes tour of Australia appeared to be in fresh jeopardy after the Sun newspaper published video footage purporting to show him engaged in a street brawl. Test vice-captain Stokes was included in England’s 16-man squad for the Ashes tour announced earlier Wednesday despite damaging his hand in the incident that led to his arrest in Bristol on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm. The 26-year-old was released without charge on Monday, but remains...
FIFA has backed down in its row with British football authorities over the wearing of poppies by players in international matches as a tribute to those killed in war. Football associations in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales were fined by FIFA for ignoring warnings not to commemorate Armistice Day during their World Cup qualifiers last November. FIFA’s stance — based on a strict interpretation of its laws against the use of personal, political or religious slogans or symbols —...
Paul Pogba could be out of action for a “few weeks” after suffering a suspected hamstring injury that took the shine off Manchester United’s successful return to the Champions League, manager Jose Mourinho said.United, who missed out on qualification for Europe’s premier club competition last season, coasted to a 3-0 victory on Tuesday, with goals for Marouane Fellaini, Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford....
