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London, Sep 12 (ANI): Ace Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov was asked not to join Manchester United by his uncle because of their ‘ungodly nickname’.

Berbatov’s uncle is an exorcist who advised the striker not to sign up with the Red Devils, but Manchester United eventually bought him for [...]

London, Aug 20(ANI): Chelsea midfielder frank Lampard has promised his Chelsea fans that he will keep scoring goals after he equalled Jimmy Greaves record in the club’s all time goal charts.

Lampard’s penalty in the 3-1 victory over Sunderland on Tuesday meant he has now scored 132 goals in his eight-year career at the club. Jimmy [...]

London, Aug.9 (ANI): An anguished Chelsea skipper John Terry has revealed that he is quite desperate to land the Premier League title after watching arch-rivals Manchester United win three titles in a row.ith the two sides renewing their rivalry in today’s Community Shield at Wembley, Terry intends to use all that hurt to get revenge. [...]

London, July 12 (ANI): Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson is aiming to snatch Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o from under the noses of Manchester City with a 25 million pound bid, News of The Wordl reports.

The Barcelona striker has told club president Joan Laporta he’d be leaving the Nou Camp just hours before City ended their [...]

Madrid, July 9 (ANI): Real Madrid’s world-record pounds signing Cristiano Ronaldo has said that he is still hungry for more trophies despite his astonishing stint with the Red Devils, and promised fans at Los Galacticos that he will bring in more trophies for the club.

“I’m still hungry for more titles and for me it’s as [...]

Washington, Jul 6 (ANI): Late King of Pop Michael Jackson’s physician/manager has revealed that he would like the star’s personal memorabilia collection to go on display to the public.

Dr. Tohme Tohme, who acted as Jackson’s business manager and spokesman in the months before his death, wants the items to be displayed at Neverland ranch.

Tohme had [...]

Dubai, July 5 (ANI): Pakistan will begin the defence of its ICC World Twenty20 title in the Caribbean next year against Bangladesh in St Lucia on May1.

And the side that defeated Sri Lanka by eight wickets to lift the trophy at Lord’s last month will complete its opening group commitments at the same venue the [...]

London, June 23 (ANI): Ace striker Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted that Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson understood his reasons for joining Real Madrid in a world-record 80 million pound transfer.

Ferguson finally conceded defeat in his desperate bid to keep hold of the Portugal ace, after Ronaldo made it clear he wanted to join [...]

London, May 12 (ANI): Chelsea’s left-back star Ashley Cole has said that the Blues must toughen up against the top four.

Sunday’s 4-1 romp at Arsenal was the club’s first win against their big three rivals this season.

Chelsea have lost at home to the Gunners, twice to Liverpool and picked up just a point against champions-elect [...]

Dubai, May 7 (ANI): Pakistan still regrets losing to India in the final of the ICC Twenty 20 World Cup two years ago, as captain Younis Khan has said that he will make sure that his side wins the trophy this time around.

“We’re looking forward to the event in England and we’d definitely like to [...]

London, May 6 (ANI): Manchester United’s left back Patrice Evra celebrated his team’s semi-final victory against Arsenal by branding the latter a bunch of babies.

Evra claimed the Gunners were totally outclassed throughout the one-sided Champions League semi-final.

The Sun quoted the French international as saying: “It was 11 men against 11 babies. We never [...]

London, May 4 (ANI): Former Arsenal favourite Kanu is of the view that coach Arsene Wenger’s whole managerial reputation rests on whether he can guide his team to Champions League success this season.

The pressure is firmly on Wenger to beat Manchester United in tomorrow night’s semi-final return, and then go on to overcome either [...]

Rome – Rafael Nadal waited out steady rain Tuesday at the Rome Masters along with the rest of the field, his thoughts filled with fears that events on his clay-court surface of choice are in decline. “Every year for last years we have less tournaments on clay,” said the top seed who lifted a fifth [...]

Barcelona – Spaniards Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer will clash for the second straight year in a Barcelona Open final after cruising to solid semi-final victories on Saturday. Nadal, his devastating form improving even further as he heads toward the dream of five trophies in succession at the Real club, dispatched Russian third seed Nikolay [...]

London, Apr.22 (ANI): Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has warned key soccer rivals Chelsea and other teams that they can expect him to play football at his best when he confronts them on the field.

Manchester United are reeling after they were dumped out of the FA Cup by Everton on Sunday, but they still retain [...]

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Rafael NadalMonte Carlo – Rafael Nadal saved energy, earning two wins in a total of three hours to blast into his fifth straight semi-final at the Monte Carlo Masters on Friday as the tournament got caught up after Thursday rain.
The top seed in the chase for five trophies on the [...]

London, Apr.19 (ANI): Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo has vowed to stay on at Manchester United as long as Sir Alex Ferguson remains the club’s manager.

The Portuguese winger has told close friends that he has no intention of joining Real Madrid this summer if Ferguson reassures him he will continue to manage United next season.

A source [...]

London, Apr 11 (ANI): Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has said that Manchester United can still win five trophies this season, but he is determined to stop their quest for glory and has not given up hope of catching Liverpool and Chelsea in the league.

Wenger is backing bitter rival Sir Alex Ferguson to hold off [...]

London, April 7 (ANI): Jade Goody’s family is reportedly worried that robbers may target her grave and steal “trophies”.

Widower Jack Tweed and mum Jackiey Budden had begged fans to stay away from her secret burial place, insisting: “We don’t want to turn it into a shrine.”

About 100 people had flocked to the quiet spot where [...]

Munich – Bayern Munich coach Juergen Klinsmann ran out of patience in the wake of a 5-1 humiliation at VfL Wolfsburg, telling his players on Sunday that their personal future and that of the club is at stake over the next days and weeks.
“It is important to me that everyone understands what is at [...]