Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Thanks for signing up to the Football email Kevin De Bruyne has been named in Manchester City’s squad for the Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia later this month, organiser FIFA has announced. The Belgium playmaker has not featured for the treble winners since undergoing surgery
Josh Dobbs is keeping his job for at least one more week. The Vikings are sticking with the quarterback nicknamed the “Passtronaut” in Week 14, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported. Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell announced Dobbs the starter against the Las Vegas Raiders. Minnesota considered making a change following its second straight defeat — and especially after Dobbs had a horrid night in a primetime
Manchester United flop Juan Sebastian Veron has admitted he regrets leaving Old Trafford for Chelsea. The Argentine was regarded as one of the top midfielders in the world when he signed for United for £28million from Lazio in 2001. Veron built his impressive reputation during spells with Sampdoria, Parma and Lazio after heading to Europe from Boca Juniors. Much was expected of the powerful middleman, but he proved to be
Bookmark For the latest from the pitch sign up for our football newsletter For the latest from the pitch sign up for our football newsletter We have more newsletters It seems there is no escape for Manchester City supporters after they are targeted by a rowdy snooker fan at a tournament. The atmosphere, or alleged lack of it, at the Etihad has long been used as a stick to beat
Erik ten Hag’s journalist ban has echoes of Sir Alex Ferguson’s drive to ‘control’ the media… the fearsome ex-Man United boss snubbed the BBC for SEVEN YEARS, barred one author despite refusing to read his book and exploded with rage over Veron Manchester United barred four media outlets from Ten Hag press conference Being banned by Ferguson was seen as a badge of honour on Manchester patch Erik ten Hag
Ten Hag demands improvements from Man Utd squad against Chelsea There is an uneasy feeling that things are unravelling for Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford. The optimism of the Dutchman’s first season, which ended a six-year trophy drought at Manchester United, has been replaced by pessimism and rancour. The mood music has turned darker, the criticism more pointed. Worse, for Ten Hag, there is a sense that he
Streaming giant Amazon Prime continues to make its mark in football with another round of Premier League fixtures this week. The retail titan is increasing its presence in the English market with a host of new presenters, pundits and changes to the viewing experience. And that includes one minor tweak that left some spectators scratching their heads mid-match. Certain viewers spotted Prime Video's scoreboard returned with five white dashes above
Man United’s Antony accuses certain club legends of ‘never giving constructive criticism’ as he labels their comments ‘malicious and unfair’… but admits the Red Devils are ‘UNSTABLE’ this season Antony hit out at criticism from pundits after fuming over ‘unfair’ comments United star said none had offered constructive feedback or reached out to him United are like a rotten window frame that you paint over to make it look better,
Helmut Marko has cited cost and a tense relationship as the two leading factors stopping Lewis Hamilton from teaming up with Max Verstappen at Red Bull in the future. These comments follow claims that the former’s camp reached out to Christian Horner about potentially replacing Sergio Perez. The debate was sparked after Christian Horner told the Daily Mail: “We have had several conversations over the years about Lewis joining. They
Dancing on tables and Europeans booing the Yanks – it must be the Mosconi Cup! The nine-ball pool tournament celebrates its 30-year anniversary at Alexandra Palace this week with Team Europe looking to defend the crown they lifted in Las Vegas last year. But Team USA are not only here to make up the numbers in the Ryder Cup of pool. Over 2,000 fans will be packed into Ally Pally