Former world champion Ricky Hatton death shocked the boxing world on Sunday. British media reported that the 46-year-old was found dead at his home in Hyde, Manchester. Police confirmed there were no suspicious circumstances. Hatton was a two-weight world champion, winning titles at light-welterweight and welterweight. His greatest triumph came in 2005 when he beat […]
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City and Liverpool set new standards with ‘fusion football’
Manchester City retained their Premier League crown on Sunday, pipping Liverpool to the title by a single point, but while the remarkable numbers of this campaign tell their own story this season was about much more than just consistent point accumulation. Pep Guardiola’s City and Juergen Klopp’s Liverpool achieved their results playing brands of entertaining, […]
Manchester United top-four hopes over after draw at Huddersfield
HUDDERSFIELD: Manchester United’s hopes of a Premier League top-four finish were ended after they were held to a 1-1 draw by bottom side Huddersfield Town at the John Smith’s Stadium on Sunday. Chelsea’s 3-0 win over Watford on Sunday took them third, five points clear of United, who failed to take the race for Champions […]
Manchester United game is ‘like a final’, says Chelsea’s Pedro
LONDON: Chelsea’s crucial Premier League clash at Manchester United on Sunday is “like a final” for the London club as both sides seek a top-four finish, winger Pedro has said. Chelsea are currently fourth in the standings with 67 points, three points ahead of Manchester United. With Arsenal separating the two clubs in fifth place […]
De Bruyne out of Manchester derby
MANCHESTER: Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne has been ruled out of Wednesday’s Manchester derby at Old Trafford by manager Pep Guardiola. The Belgium midfielder suffered the latest of several injuries this season when he was forced off in the champions’ Premier League win at home to Tottenham on Saturday. “It is a muscular problem,” Guardiola […]
Artificial gravity could help patients prevent muscle loss, scientists say
Patients could one day be spun around in machine which simulates the effects of gravity to prevent muscle wastage during long hospital stays, scientists say. A new study will explore what happens when volunteers, subjected to 60 days of bed rest, spend 30 minutes per day strapped to a human centrifuge. The research will be […]
Dembele named in Barcelona squad to face Manchester United
BARCELONA: Barcelona have named French winger Ousmane Dembele in their squad for the Champions League quarter-final first leg against Manchester United on Wednesday. The forward has been sidelined with a hamstring injury, last appearing in the 5-1 win over Lyon in the last 16 second leg clash on March 13, and has been waiting for […]
Quadruple still on as Jesus heads Manchester City into FA Cup final
LONDON: The “impossible” quadruple dream remains intact for Manchester City after an early headed goal from Gabriel Jesus sealed a scrappy 1-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday to put them into the FA Cup final. Jesus launched himself into the air to connect decisively in the third minute but City never hit […]
Hungry Wolves beat 10-man Manchester United 2-1
Wolverhampton Wanderers repeated their FA Cup defeat of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United as a Chris Smalling own goal gave them another 2-1 win in a pulsating Premier League game on Tuesday. Despite the distraction of next week’s Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona, United, who finished the game with 10 men after Ashley Young was […]
Liverpool draw City, Real and Juve in Champions League rematch
Manchester City will face Liverpool in an all-English Champions League quarter-final while Juventus have a chance to gain revenge on holders Real Madrid in a repeat of last year’s final. Surprise qualifiers Sevilla take on Bayern Munich while Barcelona were paired with AS Roma in the draw made in Nyon on Friday. Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool […]