Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho could discover later Tuesday if he has been given a touchline ban after he was sent to the stands during last weekend’s goalless draw home to Burnley.The Portuguese, no stranger to disciplinary hearings during his two spells at Chelsea, had until Monday to respond to a separate Football Association charge of misconduct over comments about referee Anthony Taylor ahead of United’s recent goalless draw against arch-rivals Liverpool.But Saturday’s incident at Old Trafford threatens to land...
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Less than 12 months since his second spell as Chelsea manager ended amid on-pitch turmoil and bitter off-pitch recrimination, Jose Mourinho returns to Stamford Bridge with Manchester United on Sunday.With three Premier League titles, three League Cups and one FA Cup won across his two stints in west London, Mourinho is the most successful manager in Chelsea’s history.The love affair ended last December after nine league defeats and what technical director Michael Emenalo termed “palpable discord” between manager and players,...
Wayne Rooney has promised to accept whatever role England manager Gareth Southgate wants him to play after admitting he is tired of the debate about his best position. Rooney has spent the best days of his glittering career as a striker, but he was deployed in midfield by then England boss Roy Hodgson at Euro 2016 after finishing last season with Manchester United in the same position. Jose Mourinho’s arrival at United to replace Louis van Gaal has seen Rooney...
Divisions in Prime Minister Theresa May’s Cabinet generated confusion over Brexit Friday after a series of mixed messages on how...
New UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin unveiled the logo for Euro 2020 at the tournament’s official launch in London on Wednesday.The logo shows multicoloured fan silhouettes standing either side of the competition’s Henri Delaunay Trophy on a green bridge, representative of the links between the 13 host countries.The 2020 European Championship is being staged in 13 cities across Europe to mark the 60th anniversary of the competition, with the semi-finals and final to take place at London’s Wembley Stadium.“UEFA wanted the...
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp refused to countenance the suggestion his side might be Premier League title contenders following their impressive 2-1 victory at Chelsea. Dejan Lovren’s close-range volley and Jordan Henderson’s sublime 25-yard curler earned Liverpool victory at Stamford Bridge on Friday, with Diego Costa replying for the home side. Liverpool have also beaten Arsenal and defending champions Leicester City this season, but Klopp was no more willing to discuss their title chances than he had been after their 3-1...
Arsene Wenger bemoaned the absence of Santi Cazorla after Arsenal were held to a drab goalless draw by struggling Middlesbrough.Cazorla did not feature at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday and the Spanish midfielder was sorely missed by the spluttering Gunners.Arsenal were frustrated by Middlesbrough as they wasted a chance to win for a seventh successive Premier League game and eighth in all competitions. “You always miss Cazorla at home. From deep midfield into the final third his pass is always...
British annual inflation surged to a near two-year high of 1.0 percent in September, official data showed Tuesday, as a tumbling pound raised prices of imported goods and attracted tourists.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the jump in the rate, from 0.6 percent in August, was mainly the result of significant increases to prices of women’s outerwear, although not necessarily a direct result of the pound’s slide in the wake of Britain voting in June to exit the European...
As Sam Allardyce beat a shame-faced retreat from Wembley after being forced out as England manager, his place as a punchline in the national team’s ever-expanding hall of shame was already etched in stone. Allardyce had coveted the England post for decades and proudly hailed his appointment in July as an overdue chance to seize the spotlight after being denied a crack at one of the Premier League’s top clubs. Yet like so many who came before him, the 61-year-old...
Oil prices fell sharply late Friday, wiping out much of the week’s gains, after reports that Saudi Arabia is downplaying prospects of a producers deal on output next week.The key benchmarks Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) both lost more than 3 percent in Friday’s trading, as earlier hopes faded for the informal meeting of OPEC producers and Russia in Algiers.The losses came after Bloomberg reported that an OPEC delegate “familiar with Saudi Arabian policy” said Riyadh did not...
Kate Moss is launching her own talent agency after leaving the one that recruited her aged 14 earlier this year, the Business of Fashion website reported as London Fashion Week draws to a close on Tuesday.“I don’t really want pretty people, I want people that want to sing and dance and act. I want to create stars,” the 42-year-old was quoted as saying in a rare interview after her departure from Storm Models.“I want to focus more on managing people’s...
Mauricio Pochettino admits Harry Kane is feeling the strain of a testing summer but is convinced the striker will rediscover his scintillating form of last season. The 23-year-old England international and his Tottenham Hotspur team-mates will attempt to bounce back from the disappointment of Wednesday’s defeat at Wembley to Monaco in the Champions League when struggling Sunderland visit White Hart Lane on Sunday. Kane scored his first goal of the season in last weekend’s victory at Stoke, ending a nine-game...
