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Ashworth ‘LEAVES his role as United’s sporting director after just five months’

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Manchester United sporting director Dan Ashworth has resigned after just five months, according to reports. Ashworth officially started work at Old Trafford on July 1 after a long period of garden leave with his former club Newcastle United. However, his shock departure is said to have been agreed in a meeting with United CEO Omar […]

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Storm Darragh: What football games and sporting events have been called off?

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Storm Darragh heeft sportevenementen in Groot-Brittannië en Ierland in de war gebracht, terwijl stormachtige wind en meedogenloze regen tot wijdverspreide annuleringen leidden. Het Met Office heeft rode en gele weerwaarschuwingen afgegeven, waarbij ambtenaren niet-essentiële buitenactiviteiten adviseren. De zware omstandigheden hebben een domino-effect gehad, waardoor wedstrijden, race-evenementen en openbare bijeenkomsten zijn verstoord. In Wales zijn voetbal

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Real Madrid Sporting Director critical of Carlo Ancelotti during poor run

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Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has cut a much sullen figure than last season, no doubt as a result of some of this season's results. However, he has also shown a certain annoyance, which it is suggested is not exclusively about the public criticism, but rather about the internal criticism. There has been speculation in

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Arteta hints Arsenal could’ve suffered ANOTHER injury blow in Sporting victory

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Mikel Arteta has provided an update on Arsenal's latest injury setback following his side's dominant 5-1 defeat to Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League. The Gunners went into the match on the back of a confidence-boosting 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday, ending a run of three games without a win. And they made

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Man United had scouts for £70m Sporting striker Viktor Gyokeres against Arsenal

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The top stories and transfer rumors from Wednesday's newspapers… DAILY MAIL Manchester United had scouts on hand to watch £70m-rated striker Viktor Gyokeres – and two of his Sporting Lisbon teammates – play against Arsenal in the Champions League. DAILY TELEGRAPH Brighton and Hove Albion striker Evan Ferguson will be loaned out in January, with

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Ferdinand praises Arsenal’s ‘statement performance’ in demolition of Sporting

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Rio Ferdinand believes Arsenal's destruction of Sporting Lisbon shows they can still win the Premier League title despite having a huge mountain to climb. Their 5-1 win on Tuesday night was their biggest away win in the Champions League since beating Inter Milan in 2003. Mikel Arteta's side led from the seventh minute and, apart

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Arteta hails 5-1 win over Sporting as best European away display of his tenure

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Mikel Arteta believes Arsenal's emphatic thrashing of Sporting Lisbon was the best European away performance of his tenure – and could now kick-start the Gunners. The impressive performance ended a torrid run away from home in the Champions League, which saw the Gunners last win in Europe against Sevilla in October last year. The last

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Sporting Lisbon fans cause chaos with fireworks during Arsenal clash

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Sporting Lisbon fans set off fireworks during their Champions League match against Arsenal, a move that threatened to derail the match. The disgruntled home fans launched the fireworks after about 25 minutes with a 2-0 deficit at the Estadio Jose Alvalade. It was thought the match may have to be stopped after fireworks exploded above

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‘We wanted to make a statement’ – Arteta revels in thumping win over Sporting

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Mikel Arteta enjoyed a statement victory in the Champions League after Arsenal's 5-1 defeat to Sporting CP. Sporting, who are under new leadership following the departure of Ruben Amorim to Manchester United, were second in the standings heading into matchday five following their 4-1 defeat to Manchester City earlier in November. Yet the Portuguese team

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Sporting make familiar Amorim mistake in Champions League clash with Arsenal

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Sporting's new manager Joao Pereira was not allowed to enter his technical area during the Champions League match against Arsenal due to problems with his trainer's license. The Portuguese giants welcomed the Premier League side to the Jose Alvalade Stadium in the Champions League on Tuesday evening. It was Sporting's first European appearance since former

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Martinelli enjoys redemption story as Arsenal put Sporting to the sword

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Arsenal made easy work of Sporting CP as they left Lisbon with all three points to kick-start their Champions League campaign. Three goals before half-time did the damage, the first time they have scored three away goals in a European tie since Mikel Arteta's first season in charge. Goncalo Inacio threatened to make it a

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Liverpool sporting director is a ‘ROBOT’, claims agent after Salah’s statement

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Liverpool transfer chief Richard Hughes has been called a 'robot' who 'has no empathy' by the agent of a Reds coach. It comes after star player Mohamed Salah revealed his disappointment with the club over the lack of progress in offering a new contract. The Egyptian spoke in an impressive interview in which he also

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