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Thursday December 4, 2008

Football

Keane quits Sunderland

Roy Keane has believed to quit as manager as Sunderland after holding crisis talks with club chairman Niall Quinn. Sunderland are currently 18th in the Premier League, having lost five of their last six games, and will travel to Keane's old club Manchester United on Saturday. Keane was booed after... [continued]

Tevez fires Man Utd through

Manchester United 5 Blackburn 3. Four goals from Carlos Tevez at Old Trafford saw Man Utd through to the semi-finals of the Carling Cup last night after a spirited Blackburn fightback. "There was plenty for United supporters to relish last night as Tevez helped them into the semi-finals and Paul... [continued]

"It was a carnival atmosphere and once we got a bit of rhythm we played nice football. We almost caught a cold but Carlos wrapped it up for us with a fantastic goal" Christmas comes early for Sir Alex Ferguson

Bent cameo seals Spurs win

Watford 1 Tottenham 2. Carling Cup holders Spurs ensured their progress into this year's semi-finals with a measured win against Championship side Watford. "Tottenham Hotspur did just enough to win at Vicarage Road last night, but considering that they have spent a large portion of the season doing far too... [continued]

Man City suffer bore draw & injury

Manchester City 0 Paris St-Germain 0. A dull Uefa Cup draw for Manchester City at home brought worse news for manager Mark Hughes after Elano joined the Eastlands club's growing injury list. "The Brazilian playmaker, making a rare start in the absence of the injured Robinho and Shaun Wright-Phillips, limped... [continued]

Torres out for rest of 2008

Liverpool could struggle to hold onto their lead at the top of the Premier League, as the club revealed yesterday that their Spanish striker Fernando Torres won't play again in 2008, robbing Rafa Benitez of the club's main goal threat. "Torres saw a specialist in Spain on Tuesday and learned... [continued]

Rugby Union

Wasps owner to tie down Cipriani

Wasps, the reigning Guinness Premiership champions, were bought yesterday by Steve Hayes, who made his initial target perfectly clear. "His immediate ambitions are to tie down players who are out of contract at the end of the season, including Danny Cipriani and James Haskell, and establish a site for a... [continued]

Danny Cipriani

"We have some outstanding talent. We must nurture that and ensure it grows with us as we progress forward. We want to take this club to new levels" Steve Hayes sets out his stall at Wasps

Cricket

England team to return to India

England look set to resume their tour of India which was called off after last week's terrorist attacks in Mumbai after the players agreed to return. "There were thought to be a couple of refuseniks but until the team receives a completed security report, expected by the weekend, every member... [continued]

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Thought for the Day

 

Clearly, the events at Anfield on Monday breached the FA's rules. After all, if Liverpool can demonstrate in support of Michael Shields, what is to stop Newcastle campaigning for the release of Joey Barton (were he still in prison) or Brighton's players parading around in T-shirts calling for the introduction of a 'Sarah's Law'? What is an injustice for one person might be justice for another - which means there can be no degrees of tolerance when it comes to 'political' demonstrations in football, only blanket prohibition. Lawrtence Donegan in the Guardian on Liverpool's support of a jailed fan

Premiership table

 

PREMIER LEAGUE
December 4, 2008
  Team P W D L F A Pts  
Liverpool 15 10 4 1 21 8 34
Chelsea 15 10 3 2 33 6 33
Man Utd 14 8 4 2 26 10 28
Arsenal 15 8 2 5 27 19 26
Aston Villa 15 7 4 4 22 16 25
Hull City 15 6 5 4 22 24 23
Everton 15 6 4 5 20 22 22
Portsmouth 15 6 4 5 18 22 22
Bolton 15 6 2 7 18 17 20
Fulham 14 5 4 5 12 11 19
Wigan 15 5 4 6 18 19 19
Middlesbrough 15 5 4 6 15 21 19
West Ham 15 5 3 7 17 22 18
Stoke City 15 5 3 7 15 25 18
Man City 15 5 2 8 29 23 17
Tottenham 15 4 3 8 17 21 15
Newcastle 15 3 6 6 17 22 15
Sunderland 15 4 3 8 13 24 15
Blackburn 15 3 4 8 16 28 13
West Bromwich Albion 15 3 2 10 11 27 11

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