PREMIER LEAGUE TV rights go under hammer
Broadcasters BT, Sky and others are battling for football supremacy as the deadline approaches for the rights of live TV coverage of English Premier League matches. As Sara Hemrajani reports, the total bids for the lucrative multi-year contract are expected to top £4 billion.
Whodunit in the Penalty Area: Referees Could Use Help
Justice may have been ultimately served in Dortmund, where Borussia won with three late goals, and in Manchester, despite a referees likely error.
Rare Final for Cardiff
Cardiff reached the F.A. Cup final for the first time since 1927, beating Barnsley, 1-0, at Wembley on Joe Ledley’s ninth-minute goal. Cardiff, which plays in Britain’s second-tier League Championship, will face the Premier League club Portsmouth in the final on May 17. On Saturday, Portsmouth edged another Championship club, West Bromwich Albion, 1-0. Cardiff has won the F.A. Cup once — in 1927, when it defeated Arsenal, 1-0.
BURMAS PREMIER REVAMPS CABINET; Acts When 15 Ministers Quit Over Party Leadership -- Test Is Seen Today
RANGOON, Burma, June 4 (Reuters) -- The Burmese Premier, U Nu, formed a new Cabinet tonight following the resignation of fifteen ministers in a dispute over leadership of the Government party.. Resigns
Arsenal Keeps Slim Hopes Alive in PREMIER LEAGUE
Arsenal brushed aside Reading, 2-0, at Emirates Stadium in London on Saturday for only its second win in nine English Premier League games.
Summer Transfers to Make Man Utd 2015/16 Premier League Title Contenders
Manchester United find themselves in an unfamiliar position this season. Already not in European competition in 2014/15, the Red Devils are currently clinging to a top-four spot in the Premier League. What can be done to bring back the title-winning.
Louis van Gaal defends Man Utd side and says they can.
The veteran Dutchman shrugged off fierce flak from United legend Paul Scholes and his stellar compatriot Wim Van Hanegem to claim his side can finish second in the Premier League table and that he will remain manager��.
Sky and BT just spent a record ��5.14 billion on Premier.
Its safe to say that theres a lot of money in Premier League football. Clubs are profitable businesses in their own right, but a large share of its revenue is provided by investments for live TV rights. Over the past week, Sky and��.
PREMIER LEAGUE: 10 talking points from the midweek action.
Guardian writers: Cesc F��bregas is struggling, Emre Can may be the man to take over from Steven Gerrard and Roberto Mart��nez must get serious about the threat of relegation.
English PREMIER LEAGUE Top Scorers
Top scorers of the English premier league on Sunday
Relentless PREMIER LEAGUE challenge hurts Manchester City.
Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko argues that the relentless challenge in the Premier League leaves its teams too tired to be effective in the Champions League.
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend action.
Philippe Coutinho exposed Citys weakness in the market, Puncheon has reinvented himself, TV replays are on the agenda again and has Southamptons bubble finally burst?
Oldham Ousts Everton From the F.A. Cup
Everton was knocked out of the English F.A. Cup by Oldham Athletic on Saturday when it lost at home, 1-0, in the third round, becoming one of four Premier League teams to be beaten by lower league opposition.
English PREMIER LEAGUE Top Scorers
Top scorers of the English premier league on Saturday
Sky and BT retain Premier League TV rights for record ��5.14.
The Premier League has announced that Sky Sports and BT Sport have won the UK television rights for 2016-2019 for a total value of ��5.136bn.
Bedford Hopes PREMIER LEAGUE Keeps Grassroots Promise
Former 10,000 metres world record holder David Bedford knows all about competing at the highest level of elite sport, and also about life in the less than glamorous world of English non-league soccer.
For Most Top Premier Clubs, No More Gifts Under the Tree
Arsenal won, 2-1, but the other top Premier League clubs had to settle for draws, two days after their Boxing Day matches.
Messi worth ��190 million to the Premier League - Business.
Speculation over whether Lionel Messi will head to the Premier League never ends. Fans would love to see Messis Argentine wizardry grace the stadiums of England and Wales. According to the Manchester Evening News,��.
Steven Gerrard Leaving Liverpool
Steven Gerrard has decided to leave the club at the end of this season. He is perhaps headed to the United States.
With the F.A. Cup, the Dream Endures, Though Reality Intrudes
The F.A. Cup has been around for 144 years, with the allure that on any given day, a lesser team can become giant killers.
Nemanja Matic demands Chelsea win the PREMIER LEAGUE.
Its bad enough that the Serbian midfielder was left thanking his lucky stars that he survived a career-threatening tackle in the Premier League against Burnley. He genuinely feared it could have broken his leg. But now Matic��.
Why would Gareth Bale quit Real Madrid for the Premier League and a few quid.
On Sunday we were told about possible Premier League returns of the two most expensive footballers on the planet ��� Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo. Which assumes that either player might value money over European glory. Hours after Chelseas .
Prem transfer spending increases - report
Transfer spending by Europes wealthiest clubs -- particularly in the Premier League -- could lead to further domination by those at the top if left unchecked, according to a CIES Football Observatory study. CIESs March report takes into account.
Young Sparks Villa
Ashley Young scored with a well-taken free kick after 73 minutes and host Aston Villa fought back to earn a tie, 1-1, with Blackburn on Saturday in the Premier League.
Premier League webchat | Football | The Guardian
Barney Ronay was online to discuss the midweek fixtures in the Premier League.
TARDIEU SAYS REICH TRIES BLACKMAIL; Asserts She Seeks to Repeat Gains Made in Threat to Arms Parley Last Year.
PARIS, Oct. 18 (By Wireless). -- The greater part of the press errs in considering Germanys withdrawal from the Disarmament Conference and threat to leave the League of Nations as a bombshell or as a revelation, at last, of Germanys real policy.. Tardieu says offer is repetition of previous offers
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Swansea have beaten Liverpool only once in seven matches (D3, L3) since winning promotion to the Premier League in 2011 and Brendan Rodgers was the Swansea manager for that sole Premier League win, a 1-0 triumph at the Liberty Stadium in May .
English Premier League Gravy Train Proving Unstoppable
The soothsayers said it would not last, the bubble would burst and the English Premier League gravy train would run dry.
Carrick: Utd can beat City to 2nd
Manchester United duo Michael Carrick and Chris Smalling have Manchester City in their sights as they target second place in the Premier League. United closed the gap on the defending champions to two points with Sundays 3-0 win over Tottenham, and .
Premier League - Dick Advocaat set for Sunderland talks
The Black Cats are moving quickly in their pursuit of the 67-year-old, with Saturdays trip to West Ham one of only nine games left to lift them away from the Barclays Premier League drop zone. Poyet was apparently told of his dismissal after training.
PREMIER LEAGUE Table 2015 Week 29: Title Odds, Outlook and Predictions
Saturdays Week 29 results had a big impact on the 2014-15 Premier League title race, as defending champions Manchester City suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of Burnley, and Arsenal cruised to a win over West Ham United. The Gunners have .
Barclays Under-21 Premier League 2015 Table: Results and Standings on.
Manchester United extended their lead at the top of the under-21 Premier League on Monday evening as Southampton climbed to second with a 2-0 win over Liverpool. A 2-1 win over Everton cemented the Red Devils standing as Division 1 leaders in the .
PREMIER LEAGUE set for another fight over winter World Cup as Qatar 2022 dates.
The Football League are certainly in the right place if they were ever to be worthy of News at Ten attention. Having been evicted by the Premier League, their new offices in Londons Grays Inn Road are next door to the ITV news studio in the ITN building.
Henderson scores freak goal, earns Liverpool win over Swansea in Premier.
Jordan Henderson scored a fluke goal in the 68th minute to earn Liverpool a 1-0 victory over Swansea in the Premier League, with a covering clearance slamming into the right shin of the England midfielder and looping over the goalkeeper from the edge.
Roberto Martinez claims Evertons PREMIER LEAGUE.
ROBERTO MARTINEZ has claimed Evertons Premier Leagues problems are ���psychological��� and not as a result of his tactical approach.
English Officials Concerned About Adding Game
The governing body of English soccer has “serious reservations” about plans to play a round of Premier League games overseas, particularly fearing that it would harm England’s bid to be the host to the 2018 World Cup.
Premier League clockwatch ��� as it happened - The Guardian
Premier League clockwatch ��� as it happened. Chelsea earned a narrow win over West Ham to keep their lead as Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Spurs all won, while Evertons troubles deepened as they lost 2-0 to Stoke.
Villa Need Six Wins to Avoid Premier League Drop-Sherwood
Aston Villa need six wins from their remaining 12 games to avoid relegation from the Premier League for the first time in their history, manager Tim Sherwood said on Thursday.
Matt Phillips joins Premier League Goal of the Season debate with 45-yard rocket
Matt Phillips of QPR celebrates his goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Queens Park Rangers at Selhurst Park on March 14, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images). Move over, Philippe .
Jamie Carragher hits out at Premier League quality after.
With Premier League clubs struggling in the Champions League, the former Liverpool defender has said English clubs are losing their identity.
Arsenal Stays In First Place
Eduardo da Silva scored his fifth goal in three games to help Arsenal to a 2-0 victory over West Ham that kept the Gunners atop the Premier League. With second-place Manchester United beating Birmingham, 1-0, Eduardo and Emmanuel Adebayor scored to keep Arsenal 2 points ahead. Chelsea stayed in third place with a 2-1 victory at Fulham, while Everton, Portsmouth and Aston Villa also won.
PREMIER LEAGUE: 10 talking points from the weekend action
By pointing out that it could end up costing the Premier League millions in reduced payments for the TV rights, Steve Bruce may have hit on the best way of driving the current epidemic of referee-mobbing out of the game over here. After all, revenue.
Chelsea limping towards PREMIER LEAGUE title - Goal.com
But just as in his first season at Chelsea, Mourinho is poised to back up his bold talk with the Premier League trophy ��� even if Sundays draw with Southampton provided further evidence that the manner of the triumph is��.
Sky director teases BT following record Premier League TV.
Earlier this week, the Premier League announced the winners of its latest TV rights auction. As expected, Sky and BT were the (only) big winners, paying a whopping ��5.14 billion for coverage over the next three seasons.
Premier League Table: Latest 2015 EPL Standings and Predictions for Matchday.
A derby encounter between Liverpool and Manchester United headlines the Matchday 30 schedule of this Premier League season, with both teams coming to Anfield on the back of morale-boosting victories. The Red Devils 3-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur .
Premier League refereeing reaches a new low - can you spot whats wrong with.
Can you spot the problem? If not, book an eye test and then look at the feet of Shaun Wright-Phillips. Do we really need to say more? We can let SWP off the hook - given that Saturdays match at Selhurst Park was his first game of football for several.
Swansea vs. Liverpool: Score, Grades, Reaction from Premier League
Liverpool kept up their top-four challenge with a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Swansea City on Monday night in a Premier League clash at the Liberty Stadium. The hosts were the better side throughout the first half but were unable to score despite.
Premier League and Football League clockwatch ��� as it.
Premier League and Football League clockwatch ��� as it happened. Aston Villa gain first win under Tim Sherwood, while Southampton get back to winning ways and Hull and Sunderland draw. Middlesbrough and Bristol City��.
English PREMIER LEAGUE Top Scorers
Top scorers of the English premier league on Saturday
Broadcast Billions Dont Buy Premier League Success
(Bloomberg) -- Englands Premier League, the worlds richest soccer competition, is discovering its billions dont necessarily bring victories. Arsenal, trailing 3-1 going into tonights game against Monaco, and Manchester City, needing to overcome a 2.
PREMIER LEAGUE footballers favourite books ��� in pictures.
Premier League footballers favourite books ��� in pictures. Ever wondered what star footballers love reading when they get a bit of time off? This gallery reveals their reading passions, from Adam Lallanas love of The Gruffalo��.
MEETING OF THE ANARCHISTS.
The meeting held last Monday night in Clarendon Hall to glorify the death of Canovas by Golli, the Anarchist, was discussed last night at 1,524 Avenue A. There were twenty-five persons present, a majority of whom were Anarchists. The most prominent one was Emma Goldman, who made a speech in which she reiterated her statement that she was glad that Canovas was dead.. President C. Smiths Demand for Bachelors to Marry