A leading heart specialist has cast doubts on whether Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba will ever play professional football again. Peter Weissberg, the Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation, believes Muamba’s sudden collapse means he can never truly be cleared to compete in the future – even if he makes a full recovery. Former England [...]
Chelsea host Tottenham Hotspur tomorrow in a match which could prove decisive in the battle for Champions League qualification. Spurs have spent much of the English Premier League season flying high in third place, and at one stage appeared potential title challengers, alongside Manchester United and Manchester City. But a sequence of four league matches [...]
Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra says his side got what they deserved after being eliminated from the Europa League by Athletic Bilbao yesterday. United needed to overturn a 3-2 deficit from the first leg, but they never looked like troubling Marcelo Bielsa’s slick side and went out after a one-sided 2-1 loss at San Mames [...]
Manchester City and Manchester United were knocked out of the Europa League on Thursday. While City lost to Sporting Lisbon on away goal’s rule, Man United lost both legs of the match against Spanish side, Athletic Bilbao. City came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 on the night, with the last-16 tie ending 3-3 [...]
Three La Liga sides are in contention for a spot in the final eight of the Europa League when the last-16 ties conclude later tonight. Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao and Valencia are all leading their respective ties ahead of the second legs, and with Barcelona favourites to take out the Champions League, a unique double [...]
Schalke 04 have reason to feel confident as they seek to overturn a 1-0 deficit in their UEFA Europa League round of 16 decider against FC Twente in Gelsenkirchen. The German side will look to maintain their flawless home record against Dutch opponents when FC Twente come to Gelsenkirchen for their UEFA Europa League round [...]
Despite a nine-game unbeaten home run in Europe, Sporting Clube de Portugal go into today’s UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie against Manchester City FC as underdogs. Yet midfielder Marat Izmailov warned that they were “detemined not just to make up the numbers” against City in an interview with UEFA.com in which he also [...]
