EURO 2021

Midfielder Darren Fletcher has admitted that home draws with Benfica and FC Basel have left Manchester United facing a possible Champions League exit.

The Red Devils face Basel on Wednesday evening needing a draw to book a place in the last 16, with …

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini looks set to be without both Aleksandar Kolarov and Pablo Zabaleta for the vital Champions League clash with Bayern Munich, which they are 7/1 with bookmaker to win 2-0.

Left-back Kolarov could miss the next three…

England hope to have a full-strength pace attack available for next month’s first Test against Pakistan after Tim Bresnan had successful surgery on an elbow problem.

The 26-year-old Yorkshire bowler struggled with the injury during the recent one-day…

Roberto Mancini has admitted his Manchester City side are not capable of winning the Champions League at the first attempt.

Mancini’s men are 5/2 with bookmaker to finish in the top two in Group A and secure a last-16 spot. However, they must defeat Bay…

Joleon Lescott believes Manchester City will bounce back from their Champions League setback at Napoli and beat Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday.

Roberto Mancini’s side lost 2-1 to the Serie A side on Tuesday evening and now need to beat Bay…

Caroline Wozniacki will end 2011 as world number one for the second successive year after Maria Sharapova pulled out of the season-ending WTA Tour Championships.

World number two Sharapova was hampered by an ankle injury as she lost her opening two m…

Roberto Mancini is focusing all his attention on beating Villarreal on Tuesday, and insists the Champions League clash is bigger than next Sunday’s Manchester derby.

Manchester City are 8/1 with bookmaker to win Group A after picking up just one point f…

Neil Jenkins has urged Wales to grab their opportunity with both hands when they face France in a World Cup semi-final on Saturday.

The Wales skills coach has described the upcoming semi-final, which Wales are 5/6 with bookmaker to win, as the biggest g…

South African Louis Oosthuizen hopes he can end 2011 on a high to give him some momentum going into next year.

Oosthuizen, who is 30/1 with bookmaker to win the Frys.com open this week, shot to public attention after romping to victory by seven shots at…

With the Polish venues on track in their preparations for co-hosting Euro 2012, the lingering concern for the country’s football fans is whether they will have a national team capable of putting up a respectable performance. Coach Franciszek Smuda has seen his side fall as far as 73rd in FIFA’s admittedly farcical ranking system, with the dearth of playing talent a regular topic for the country’s footballing media. Many wonder what happened to the squad that won the European Under-18 Championship in Finland in 2001. That team included Tomasz Kuszczak, […]