Sports 4G: September 2013

Monday, 30 September 2013

Fernando Torres set to face lengthy ban after Vertonghen clash

Chelsea strike could be punished by new FA disciplinary panel. Fernando Torres is in danger of becoming the first player to be penalised by a new disciplinary system being trialled by the FA after he was sent off in Chelsea's 1-1 draw with Tottenham.

Ex-Manchester United keeper Mark Bosnich believes the Red Devils must improve quickly

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich believes the Red Devils must get firing quickly or could be out of the title if they don't beat Arsenal at Old Trafford in November.

Multiple gold-medallist insists form is all down to hard work

Mo Farah has denied allegations that he is a drugs cheat ahead of his participation in the half-marathon Great North Run this Sunday.

The double Olympic and World gold medallist says he is hurt by the claims that his scintillating form is a result of doping, insisting it is all down to hard work over many years.

Mathieu Flamini slipped under the radar after Mesut Ozil signed - but he has made a huge impact so far this season

Arsene Wenger has had plenty of reasons to smile recently, as his Arsenal side have made the most impressive start to the season out of all the title contenders.

Super Eagles forward Obinna Nsofor has fancied a return to the English Premier League following a spell with West Ham.

Nsofor currently plays for Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow, and is not ruling out a possibility of returning to Upton Park where he spent a season on loan.

Former AC Milan & Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko set to make professional golf debut in Ukraine

Former AC Milan and Chelsea striker Andriy Schevchenko will make his debut as a professional golfer this week at a Challenge Tour Event in his home country Ukraine, reports the Metro.

The World Number One wins the award for the 11th time

World No.1 golfer Tiger Woods has been voted PGA Tour player of the year for the 11th time.

Voted by his fellow players, Woods finished above British Open champion Phil Mickelson, Masters champion Adam Scott, FedEx Cup champion Henrik Stenson and Matt Kuchar.

Barcelona star Lionel Messi will be out of action for up to three weeks after suffering a thigh injury against Almeria

Barcelona ace Lionel Messi faces three weeks on the sidelines after suffering a thigh injury in Saturday's 2-0 win over Almeria.

Will his return to Chelsea prove to be a mistake for both parties?

So Jose 'The Special One' Mourinho has once again returned to Chelsea hoping to inflict his magic on to Chelsea once more trying to make them Champions again.

Moyes will undoubtedly come good in the long run, but could United have made a better appointment?

Reports have surfaced claiming that Jose Mourinho wept when David Moyes was given the nod over him for the United job.

Whilst that's a subject of debate, one thing can't be ignored; Moyes has not made a pretty start to life after Sir Alex Ferguson.

Moyes concedes United don’t have the squad to compete with Europe’s elite. United’s worst ever start to a Premier League season followed a transfer window that saw them fail to land their major transfer targets, but an impressive United display saw them beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 in the Champions League - yet Moyes believes United cannot compete for the most coveted title in European football.

Messi, Ronaldo and Bale all miss out on a spot in FIFA 14's best free-kick takers

EA’s statisticians have once again thrown up surprise ratings as Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Gareth Bale all fail to claim a spot amongst the leading free-kick specialists on FIFA 14.

Jamie Redknapp says Aaron Ramsey is showing traits of Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira.
Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp has praised Welsh midfielder Aaron Ramsey after he turned in another impressive display consisting of one goal and one assist that saw Arsenal take all three points against Swansea, reaching the summit of the Premier League in the process.

Former Manchester United boss could take over Republic or Ireland job

A leading bookmaker has slashed its odds on Sir Alex Ferguson becoming the next manager of the Republic of Ireland.

Wenger's side are on a roll (Getty Images)

Both the Manchester clubs scummed to defeats and London Derby ended even. After the end of first set of games in Game week six, fans were left shocked after Saturday's matches.

Both the clubs from Manchester suffered shock defeats. Manchester United lost 1-2 to West Brom after a spirited display from the Baggies who were ousted from the Capital One cup mid-week by Arsenal.

Why Real Madrid Had to Sell Ozil

The German's €45m sale to Arsenal on deadline day proved unpopular with the fans and some of the players, but the Spanish side had their reasons for dispensing with the playmaker

"Don't sell Ozil," they screamed. The fans had come along to the Santiago Bernabeu to welcome new signing Gareth Bale on Monday, but they also had a message for Florentino Perez. The president put his finger to his lips, however, to silence the chants. And hours later, Mesut was gone.

Van Persie fit to face West Brom - Moyes

Manchester United manager David Moyes says striker Robin van Persie has recovered from injury and is fit enough to face West Brom on Saturday.

The Netherlands international missed Sunday’s 4-1 Premier League defeat to Manchester City and the midweek win over Liverpool with a groin injury.

Lamela and Aguero join Messi in provisional Argentina squad

Erik Lamela and Sergio Aguero are among the Premier League stars named in a strong provisional Argentina squad for the World Cup qualifiers with Peru and Uruguay.

Lionel Messi and Gonzalo Higuain are also handed places in Alejandro Sabella's star-studded setup, despite the Albiceleste having secured qualification for next summer's finals following their 5-2 win over Paraguay.

Manchester United's stars gathered yesterday for their team photo... but did it rival this beauty from 1982 with the latest cutting-edge technology?

The front of Manchester United's team photo has changed for the first time in 27 years as David Moyes appeared centre-stage in the first squad picture since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement.

The new picture was released on the club's Twitter feed, with Moyes sandwiched between his skipper Nemanja Vidic and veteran midfielder Ryan Giggs.

Greatness: Frank Lampard lets it sink in after he became Chelsea's greatest ever goal scorer

Sports4G has compiled a list of the top five all-time scorers at the biggest clubs across Europe.
Rather surprisingly, AC Milan legend Andriy Shevchenko is beaten to the top spot of their all-time scorers by Swede Gunnar Nordahl, who netted almost 100 more goals than him.

Kenny Dalglish (172) and Michael Owen (158) have been edged out of Liverpool's top five by Robbie Fowler.
And it seems inconceivable that Wayne Rooney won't go on to beat Sir Bobby Charlton's 249 United goals record sitting fourth only 48 behind.

Cristiano Ronaldo moved to fifth in Real Madrid's all-time top scorers this week – but he's still got a long way to go to reach some of the greats of the game.

It must pain him to see how far ahead his main rival for global superstar Lionel Messi is - the 24-year-old already topping Barcelona's list.

Players’ union chief Gordon Taylor has called for new safety checks to be carried out on football boots to guard against the type of wound Wayne Rooney sustained to his head in training.

England striker Rooney suffered the blow in a collision with Phil Jones during a Manchester United session, a deep gash causing him to be initially sidelined from duty with club and country and, once he was passed fit to return, forced to don protective headwear.

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and his father have arrived in court to answer charges of tax evasion.

The World Player of the Year and his dad Jorge, who both deny wrongdoing, allegedly hid more than €4million (£3.4m) by filing incomplete returns for the years 2006 to 2009. Jorge arrived first to face the charges.

They were once two of football's closest allies but now Mourinho and AVB are Portuguese men at war

Andre Villas-Boas pulled on the black and blue shirt of Inter Milan with a No 1 and his name on the back and it hung over his jeans as he shuffled on to the training pitches to bid farewell to those who had become like family.

Blessed With Talent, Okagbare Tells Her Story of Moscow 2013 World Championships

Not many people at the Moscow 2013 World Championships could say they worked harder than Blessing Okagbare, who competed eight times in seven days. The Nigerian superwoman tells her story to SPIKES.

One of the enduring appeals of athletics is its consistent ability to unearth talent from every corner of the globe. Take, Blessing Okagbare, for example, born and raised in the southern Nigerian city of Sapele.

Dancing is Prefer to Playing Soccer: Adebayor Dances To Davido’s Skelewu [VIDEO]

The competition to win Davido’s $3,000 in his Skelewu dance competition seems to be getting hotter by the day.

Not all entrants are interested in the money, including Tottenham Hotspur’s Nigerian striker, Emmanuel Adebayor, who has also recorded his own Skelewu dance video.

Watch below.

FANS Vs Glazers: Trafford Council Decides Old Trafford is Asset of Community Value As Glazers Lose Out

Old Trafford Stadium

Manchester United fans have scored a long-awaited victory over the Glazer family after the club’s owners conceded defeat in their attempts to fight the listing of Old Trafford as an Asset of Community Value.

In August, the Manchester United Supporters Trust (MUST) won the initial battle over the contentious club owners after their application to have Old Trafford listed as an asset of community value was approved by Trafford Council.

Seeing red: Mario Balotelli, left, is restrained by Milan team-mate Marco Amelia after being sent off

Mario Balotelli has been banned for three matches following a confrontation with the referee after AC Milan’s 2-1 defeat to Napoli on Sunday. Balotelli, who missed a penalty and scored, was shown a second yellow card after the final whistle for his protests.

Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama is in the running for the save of the week award in the French top flight after helping his Ligue 1 side Lille to beat Sochaux 2-0 over the weekend.

Enyeama became Lille’s No1 goalkeeper after his season-long loan stint with Hapoel Tel Aviv of Israel expired at the end of last season and he was in splendid form in Week 6. Sochaux keeper Simon Pouplin and Steve Mandanda of Marseille are also up for the award.

SOCCER STAR WIVES AND GIRLFRIENDS

Anna Stachurska, fiancee of Robert Lewandowsk

Check out your fav soccer stars and their beautiful WAGs (Wives and Girlfriends)... See more after the cut

Wayne Rooney has admitted Manchester United's performance in the derby-day hammering by City was a major disappointment. United were beaten 4-1 by Manuel Pellegrini's men, their worst away loss in the fixture since 2004.

Andres Iniesta has rejected Barcelona's first offer of a new contract throwing his long term future at the Nou Camp into doubt.

The Neymar effect has taken its toll on the Barcelona dressing room with the team that beat Manchester United in the 2011 Champions League being broken up to help pay for the Brazilian's signing.

Portuguese International Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to sign a new contract for his Real Madrid club. There's been rumors that the 28 year old isn't happy with the Madrid hierarchy and was a subject of transfer all through the summer, but it appears the Spanish capital club have finally convinced their man to stay and will sign a five year contract any moment from now. Why the rush?

On this day in 1992, David Beckham made his senior debut for United against Brighton & Hove Albion!

Look our for our photo gallery of Beck's best moments later...

Why Always Him: Bad Boy Balotelli Misses First Penalty of his Career, Scores and then Sent off after final whistle

Mario Balotelli missed a penalty for the first time in his career as AC Milan slumped to a 2-1 defeat at home to Serie A joint leaders Napoli on Sunday.

According to Spanish media out let Fichajes.net, Arsenal manager has set his sights on Atletico Madrid star Koke for a January move. The high rated youngster has been on Arsenal radar since as far back as 2009 but the French man is now ready to move for the player and he is convinced he he has chance of signing the midfielder come January according to the reports.

Hundreds of fans halted the Istanbul derby between Galatasaray and Besiktas after storming the pitch at Istanbul's Olympic Stadium on Sunday.

Police used teargas in an attempt to restrain fans who rushed on to the field after Galatasaray midfielder Felipe Melo was shown a red card, CNN Turk said.

Super Falcons at the weekend fell 2-0 in the first of the two international friendly matches to be played with world champions Japan.

The Falcons held the world champions until late in the second half when Yuki Ogimi scored the first goal. Isihaya made it 2-0 in the 67th minute.

David Moyes' team embarrassed him during the game, then he made it worse afterwards. However, as bad as United were - and boy, were they bad - City were excellent...

Manchester United put in a disappointing performance in their 4-1 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday, but David Moyes admitted that Wayne Rooney didn’t deserve to be on the losing side after working hard for the club.

Despite missing the humiliating defeat to Manchester City, Robin van Persie's injury is not serious and he is expected to return to first team action soon.

The Dutchman's absence was a key facet of Manchester United's defeat at the Etihad, but Red Devils boss David Moyes confirmed Van Persie could be in line to return for the midweek Capital One Cup clash with Liverpool, or next weekend when his team play West Brom in the league.

Moyes Comic Pic

Nobody knew what to expect from Sunday’s Manchester derby. They just didn’t expect this.

If anything, United got away with it. A three-goal margin does not accurately reflect Manchester City’s superiority. The statistics do not tell the story. They give United the edge on possession, City an edge on goalmouth chances.

Tony Parker finally has an international title to go with his three NBA rings - although it was his France teammates who stole the spotlight in the European championship final.

With Parker having a quiet game for once, Nicolas Batum and Boris Diaw provided the scoring as France won its first major basketball title by beating Lithuania 80-66 on Sunday.

Nigerian International and Chelsea FC Midfielder, John Mikel Obi at the weekend raised the stake to justify his double nomination for the Footballer of the Year and the Sportsman of the Year Awards in the 2013 edition of the Nigerian Sports Award by sealing victory for the Stamford Bridge side in their 2-0 win at home over Fulham.

Paolo Di Canio's tumultuous reign as Sunderland manager came to an end after his players turned on him during a furious training ground bust-up.

The fiery Italian called his stars in for a crisis meeting at the club’s Cleadon training ground on Sunday following their disappointing 3-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

NBA Updates Media Guidelines for Players, Coaches

The NBA is revising its media guidelines, loosening some obligations on players and coaches while making some additions it feels will improve access and be more enforceable.

The new rules, sent to teams Friday, lessen the amount of times players are required to be available on game days but mandates they speak at least once while sidelined with a long-term injury.

Coaches can shorten the length of time they have to open practice to reporters and won't be required to meet with the media after morning shootarounds at home, but will still have to when they're on the road.

Lakers athletic trainer Gary Vitti has been at his job since the 1984-85 season, making him maybe the best L.A. source at judging how an injured player is progressing in his rehabilitation. Vitti has been keeping a careful eye on Kobe Bryant as the All-Star shooting guard rehabs following surgery to repair a torn left Achilles tendon he suffered on April 12 vs. Golden State.

Wayne Rooney feels Liverpool still represents Manchester United’s "biggest game", despite the recent success of neighbours Manchester City. United travel to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday for the first Manchester derby of the season in a game that will see the sides who have finished first and second in the Premier League for the last two campaigns go head-to-head.

The Liverpool manager has always liked the Chelsea loanee so it did not come as a surprise that he went for him as soon as the Nigerian was made available by the Blues Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers and forward Victor Moses seem to have intricate links that started about eight years ago.

The Arsenal boss has nothing but praise for the Colombia and Uruguay internationals and feels they are quite similar Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has taken the time to praise Monaco striker Radamel Falcao and Paris Saint-Germain star Edinson Cavani and feels both attackers are extraordinary players.

It was not the kind of start Nigeria would have wanted at the 2013 Afrobasket Women championship in Maputo,as the national female Basketball team on Friday lost their opening match of the competition.

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