Premier League clubs set to vote on contact training proposals
Premier League clubs will vote on proposals for a return to contact training on Wednesday. Players and managers are to be consulted on the proposals ahead of the 20 clubs meeting as Project Restart plans continue to gather pace amid the coronavirus pandemic. Results of the latest round of Covid-19 testing, which is taking place…
Man Utd legend Giggs names ‘hardest player’ he played against
Man Utd legend Ryan Giggs says former Inter Milan defender Javier Zanetti is the toughest opponent he has ever faced. The former Wales international has come up against hundreds of opponents during his 24-year playing career at Man Utd, where he played 963 matches in all competitions for the Red Devils. And Giggs selected Zanetti…
Fabregas explains how Mourinho convinced him to sign for Chelsea
Cesc Fabregas says that Jose Mourinho promised to sign Diego Costa in an attempt to get him to leave Barcelona for Chelsea. The Spaniard spent three seasons at Barcelona, winning a Copa del Rey and a La Liga title in his time there, before joining Chelsea in 2014. It was a somewhat controversial transfer having…
NYC Firefighter's Infant Daughter Dies Of Coronavirus: Officials
NEW YORK CITY — An FDNY firefighter and Education Department worker’s infant daughter died from novel coronavirus complications this week, according to officials and family. She was days shy of her 5-month birthday. Jay-Natalie La Santa, the daughter of firefighter Jerel La Santa and Lindsey Velasquez, died Monday morning, the FDNY Hispanic Society announced Thursday.…
Coulthard: Vettel could be ‘brilliant asset’ for Aston Martin
David Coulthard has come up with a surprising suggestion for where Sebastian Vettel should go next, following confirmation that the German driver will end his stint at Ferrari at the end of 2020. Vettel’s place at Maranello will be taken by Carlos Sainz, with Daniel Ricciardo moving from Renault to take over from Sainz at…
Havertz addresses transfer rumours amid Man Utd, Liverpool links
Kai Havertz says he is “very grateful” to Bayer Leverkusen but he will “see what happens” at the end of the season amid transfer links to Man Utd and Liverpool. Havertz has been on the radar of a number of top clubs in Europe for some time but with the Bundesliga the only major league on…
Former PL player claims Giggs was ‘unbelievably overrated’ at Man Utd
Former Birmingham City and Sheffield United midfielder Curtis Woodhouse reckons Ryan Giggs was an “unbelievably overrated” player for Man Utd. The former Wales international won 13 Premier League titles, four FA Cups, three League Cup and two Champions Leagues in his time at Old Trafford. However, Woodhouse, who played three times in the Premier League…
Fabregas blames Invincibles demise on two Man Utd players
Cesc Fabregas has blamed Gary Neville and Wayne Rooney for bringing the Arsenal Invincibles’ unbeaten run to an end. Arsenal’s sequence of 49 games without defeat remains a record in English top-flight history, and the numbers really are quite startling. They did not lose a single league game from May 2003 to October 2004, when…
Insert transfer rumour here: Dortmund confirm Gotze exit
Mario Gotze will leave Borussia Dortmund at the end of his contract this summer, the club’s sporting director Michael Zorc has said. The 27-year-old midfielder, a Germany international, has managed only six starts for the club this season. Gotze, who netted the winner for Germany in the 2014 World Cup final, is in his second…
'50-Style Quarantine Video Spoof Adds Levity To Trying Times
TAMPA, FL —With the stay-at-home orders hampering her usual busy spring season of listing and showing homes for sale, Tampa Realtor Brenda Christian decided to use her down time to bring some comic relief to her clients. With the help of some friends, Christian produced a 1950s-style video that takes a comical view of the…