The English Premier League said Friday it had terminated its contract with troubled Irish broadcaster Setanta and would sell off the broadcaster s 46 live matches for the 2009-2010 season.
The pay-TV company failed to make a scheduled payment of 30 million pounds (35 million euros, 49 million dollars) to the Premier League by an evening deadline.
Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar will be out of action for two months after surgery on a broken finger and bone in his left hand.
Van der Sar suffered the injury saving a penalty from Danijel Pranjic in United s shoot-out defeat to Bayern Munich in a pre-season friendly in Germany.
United have been dealt a blow ahead of the 2009-10 season after confirming that Edwin van der Sar has been sidelined for the start of the campaign, a statement on the club s website confirmed.
The 38-year-old is not expected to be back until late September, meaning United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will have to use either Ben Foster or Tomasz Kuszczak for the opening weeks of the season.
Foster is more likely to get the nod from Ferguson after the Scot recently clai…
Marseille defender Doria is flattered by links to Chelsea but does not want to be distracted from improving his game with the Ligue 1 side.
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is reportedly keen to bolster his defence, with frailties at the back undermining some of the progress made during the early months of his Stamford Bridge reign.
Doria has established himself as a first-team fixture at Marseille this term, having been loaned to Sao Paulo and Granada since joining the club in 2014.
Speaking in an interview with Canal Football Club, the 21-year-old Brazilian hailed Chelsea as one of the leading clubs in Europe but insisted he is settled at Marseille.
Yes, I heard about [Chelsea s reported interest] through social media, Doria said.
But I think that I…
Galatasaray have confirmed they are in talks with Everton over a proposed move for Henry Onyekuru.
The Nigerian joined the Toffees ahead of the 2017-18 season, but was immediately loaned out to Anderlecht.
He scored nine goals in 19 appearances for the Belgian side before a knee injury in January cut his campaign short.
Galatasaray said on Twitter on Monday that formal negotiations have started with the Goodison Park outfit to take Onyekuru to Turkey, on what is thought to be an initial loan deal.
Onyekuru arrived on Merseyside after a fine season in Belgium with Eupen his 22 goals making him the Belgian First Division A s joint-top scorer.
Profesyonel futbolcu Henry Chukwuemeka Onyekuru nun Futbol A Takımımıza geçici transferi konusunda, f…
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Hoping to extend on their top-four charge this weekend, Tottenham will travel to Goodison Park on Saturday lunchtime when they meet Everton.
Everton
Starting with the hosts, hit with a hugely controversial 10-point deduction back in November, Everton find themselves at the heart of an extended Premier League crisis. With another potential sanction hanging over them, Sean Dyche has a major job on his hands at Goodison Park. Last seen early in the week eventually having to settle for a 0-0 stalemate away at Fulham, the Blues are firmly sat the heart of a relegation scrap. Opening their return to Merseyside sat in the bottom-three, Everton have recorded just a single win from any of their previous nine straight meetings against Premier …
Former Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric claims the beleaguered Premier League club s financial problems can be blamed on a succession of owners who have no business to be in football .
Pompey who were FA Cup winners in 2008 have lurched from one problem to another during the last seven months as four different owners failed to ease the cash crisis at Fratton Park.
The south coast club has debts of over 60 million pounds and is in dispute with Her Majesty s Revenue and Customs (HMC), who have lodged a winding-up petition with the High Court over unpaid taxes.
Portsmouth, currently bottom of the Premier League, are due back in court on March 1 to fight their winding-up petition and Leicester City chairman Mandaric is hoping the club will not have to go into admi…
Barcelona s reliance on Lionel Messi should not be considered a bad thing, according to former centre-back Patrik Andersson.
The Liga champions have often been accused of so-called Messidependencia in the past by detractors and they have looked short of their best during the Argentina international s recent absence due to a knee injury.
A defeat to Sevilla and stuttering performances against Bayer Leverkusen and BATE in particular have led to more scrutiny of the European champions form without their star forward, but Andersson believes they should simply be glad to have him as part of their set-up.
Barca are not the same without Messi, but I don t think Messidepenencia is a bad thing, because it means you have Messi in your team, the former Sweden international…
Former Bayern Munich defender Willy Sagnol believes Pep Guardiola could leave the Bundesliga champions for Manchester City at the end of this season.
Guardiola s contract with the club is due to expire in June and the former Barcelona coach is yet to commit his future to the Allianz Stadium outfit.
Bayern, according to chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, will open talks with their head coach during German football s winter break.
Sagnol though would not be surprised if Guardiola walks away from the club at the end of what is his third campaign in charge.
Guardiola should leave Bayern if he feels that he has done everything he could, Sagnol told Kicker.
He should start a new project if that s the case. Coaches always think about projects.
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Ralf Rangnick has stated he is no longer in the running to take over as Schalke s next sporting director due to numerous uncertainties within the club .
The former RB Leipzig boss has been out of work since leaving his role as Red Bull s head of sport and development last year.
Rangnick had been in talks with Schalke, where he previously spent two spells as head coach, over returning to Veltins-Arena in a boardroom position.
However, the 62-year-old who recently declared an interest in succeeding Joachim Low as Germany head coach has now ended discussions with his former side.
Schalke is very close to my heart, Rangnick said in a statement on Saturday.
The overwhelmingly positive reactions from members of the Konigsblauen community have influ…
Involved in what was another hugely exciting affair after returning from the international break on Saturday, Manchester City managed to extend on their Premier League purple patch.
Watching Leicester lift the Community Shield at Wembley last month, the defending English champions managed to pick up some welcomed revenge on the road as they left the King Power with a 1-0 win to show for their troubles.
In a game that saw both goalkeepers Kasper Schmeichel and Ederson make crucial saves at both ends of the pitch, the Sky Blues managed to make it three in three as Bernardo Silva popped up in the 62nd minute.
Overcoming a tough test against what was a lively Leicester side on Saturday afternoon, we have taken a look at all the key talking points.
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(GSM) South African midfielder Elrio van Heerden has left Blackburn and joined Turkish outfit Sivasspor.
The 26-year-old joined Rovers as a free agent in June 2009, penning a two-year contract at Ewood Park.
He has, however, made just two substitute appearances for the club, with both of them coming in the Carling Cup.
Unsurprisingly, Van Heerden has recently expressed a desire to move on, keen to find regular first-team football away from Blackburn.
He is desperate to be involved in this summer s World Cup, with football s premier tournament heading to his homeland, and knows he must be playing in order to make the cut.
Van Heerden has therefore snapped up the opportunity to head to Turkey, with Sivasspor coach Muhsin Ertugral revealing that his…