Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Weekend and Mid week action

Monday's show was great! If you missed it here is the recap

EPL

Man United 2-1 Liverpool

Aston Villa 0-1 Man City

Sunderland 1-2 Arsenal

Wolves 1-5 West Brom

Tottenham 5-0 Newcastle

Blackburn 3-2 QPR

Bolton 1-2 Wigan

Everton 2-0 Chelsea

Fulham 2-1 Stoke

Swansea 2-3 Norwich

La Liga

Real Madrid 4-2 Levante

Osasuna 3-2 Barcelona

Villareal 3-1 Granada

Valencia 4-0 sporting Gijon

Malaga 3-1 Mallorca

Rayo Vallecano 2-0 Getafe

Espanyol 0-2 Real Zaragoza

Real Betis 2-1 Athletic Bilbao

Racing Santander 0-0 Atletico Madrid

Zambia: Chipolopolo lift first Afcon after dramatic penalty shoot-out

The Copper Bullets honored the memory of their fallen 1993 team in the best way possible by winning their first ever continental title at Cote d’Ivoire’s expense

Manchester United thanks Liverpool for apology over Luis Suarez's handshake snub with Patrice Evra

The Uruguayan striker today expressed his regret over the controversial incident at Old Trafford on Saturday and the Red Devils have accepted their Premier League rival's apology.
The Uruguayan striker has been heavily criticized for failing to shake the United captain's hand prior to kickoff and today issued an apology for letting his club down.

There is a lot going on in England at the moment… The most shocking being the resignation of Fabio Capello.

A statement on the FA’s official website read: “The Football Association can confirm that Fabio Capello has today resigned as England Manager.

“The discussions focused on The FA Board’s decision to remove the England team captaincy from John Terry, and Fabio Capello’s response through an Italian broadcast interview.

“I would like to stress that during today’s meeting and throughout his time as England Manager, Fabio has conducted himself in an extremely professional manner. We have accepted Fabio’s resignation, agreeing this is the right decision," he said.

“We would like to thank Fabio for his work with the England team and wish him every success in the future.”

Rooney gutted Rooney's Tweet read: "Gutted capello has quit. Good guy and top coach. Got to be english to replace him. Harry redknapp for me."

Jack Wilshere 'shocked' and 'gutted' at Fabio Capello's resignation as England managerSpeaking on his official Twitter account, Wilshere said: “Shocked about news on Fabio Capello...gutted to be honest, gave me my 1st cap and believed in me! Thank you Mr Capello! #GreatManager

Chelsea captain John Terry dropped from current Umbro campaigns pending racist abuse trial verdict

The sportswear giant also refused to comment on a possible extension of defender's £4 million deal, which expires in the summer

The 31-year-old was recently stripped of the England captaincy by the FA following the allegations, yet has since been cleared to play at Euro 2012 if selected, with his trial being adjourned until July 9. Umbro has confirmed the former England skipper is still to be sponsored by the sportswear giant, at least until his 4 million pound deal runs out in the summer, but he will not feature in any advertising campaigns pending the results of the trial.

Report: Cristiano Ronaldo buys himself a Lamborghini for his birthday

The Portugal international turned 27 over the weekend and treated himself to a special edition Aventador LP700-4 worth 340,000 euros to mark the occasion.

Real Madrid and Barcelona lead football rich list as Schalke makes surprise top-10 entrance

  • Real Madrid crowned as world's richest club for seventh year in a row
  • Clubs from four different countries in top 10
  • Schalke climbs most places - from 16th to 10th
  • Top-seven placings remain unchanged

CLUB REVENUE FOR 2010-11
1. Real Madrid €479.5m

2. Barcelona €450.7m

3. Manchester United
€367m

4. Bayern Munich
€321.4m

5. Arsenal
€251.1m

6. Chelsea
€249.8m

7. Milan
€235.1m

8. Inter
€211.4m

9. Liverpool
€203.3m

10. Schalke
€202.4m

11. Tottenham
€181m

12. Manchester City
€169.6m

13. Juventus
€153.9m

14. Marseille
€150.4m

15. Roma
€143.5m

16. Borussia Dortmund
€138.5m

17. Lyon
€132.8m

18. Hamburg €128.8m

19. Valencia
€116.8m

20. Napoli
€114.9m

Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere turns to technology in order to aid ankle injury recovery

The midfielder tweeted a picture of himself using a bone-healing machine as he looks to get over his stress fracture and make a late bid for Fabio Capello's Euro 2012 squad

Jack Wilshere has turned to technology in a bid to try and rescue his season.

The Arsenal midfielder has missed the entire campaign thus far due to injury and recently suffered a setback thanks to a further a stress fracture picked up in training.


Roberto Mancini hopes for Carlos Tevez return

The City boss said the striker could return to training next week before adding that Joe Hart is not a world class goalkeeper despite another excellent performance

Barcelona 2-0 Valencia (3-1 Agg): Fabregas and Xavi fire Blaugrana into Copa del Rey final meeting with Athletic Bilbao

Pep Guardiola's side comfortably overcame Los Che and will look to the final in May as it looks to rectify last season's defeat against Real Madrid.

Barcelona will contest the 2012 Copa del Rey final, its third in four years, against Athletic Bilbao after overcoming Valencia 2-0 at Camp Nou, and 3-1 on aggregate.


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