Soon-to-be Manchester United manager David Moyes faces a fight to keep Wayne Rooney out of Chelsea clutches, after the striker slapped in his second transfer request in three years.Reports claim the England international held a meeting with Sir Alex Ferguson two weeks ago, and informed him of his desire to quit after falling down the pecking order at Old Trafford following the arrival of Robin van
Sir Alex Ferguson accused David Luiz of conning referee Howard Webb to get Rafael sent off at Old Trafford.Rafael was shown a straight red card for kicking out at Luiz, after Chelsea scored a late winner to take a giant step towards securing a Champions League place.Juan Mata's 87th-minute goal means Chelsea will clinch a Champions League spot with victory over top-four rivals Tottenham at Stamfor
A football referee has died after being punched during a match by a teenage player he had given a yellow card to following a foul.Ricardo Portillo, 46, of Salt Lake City, who had fallen into a coma after the assault during a youth soccer game last weekend, died at the hospital where he was being treated last night, US police spokesman Justin Hoyal said.Police have accused a 17-year-old player in a
A man who collapsed at a Scottish Premier League match, leading to it being abandoned has died in hospital, police said.The man, aged in his 50s, collapsed with a suspected heart attack in Rugby Park's East Stand five minutes into the second half of Kilmarnock's home match against Hibernian.He was treated by paramedics and medical staff from both clubs before an ambulance drove pitchside to transf
Theo Walcott's 20th goal of the season gave Arsenal a 1-0 win at QPR that puts them third in the Premier League – for now.With less than half a minute on the clock, Walcott scored his 13th Premier League goal of the season but that was as good as it got for the Gunners who, while dominating possession, toiled for much of a tepid encounter.QPR were little better, although they went closest to sco
Manchester United have put Jurgen Klopp at the top of the shop as Sir Alex Ferguson's successor.United's hierarchy are impressed by the job Klopp has done at Borussia Dortmund and he is the hot favourite to take over from Fergie when he decides to step down.Klopp has shot to fame in the last couple of years by winning the Bundesliga twice and now taking Dortmund to the Champions League final, with
Paris Saint-Germain's most senior figures have been telling members of their circle that Wenger has been persuaded to leave north London after 17 years in charge of Arsenal.Their least optimistic scenario is that he will move to Paris in the summer of 2014 when his current deal at Arsenal expires. But PSG's owners have sounded adamant in recent days that they can tempt him to cross the channel 12
Washington Wizards center Jason Collins, who's been playing in the NBA since 2001, has revealed he's gay, making him the first major active American male pro athlete to come out.Collins revealed the news in an article for Sports Illustrated saying, "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay."He continued, "I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American t
Former Warriors captain Peter Ndlovu on Friday evening wept when he relived memories of the horrific accident that claimed the life of his elder brother, Adam and a female friend, during the launch of Sandra Ndebele's video on Traffic Safety at a Bulawayo hotel.The fatal accident, which involved Peter's BMW X5, occurred at the 417km peg along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road on 16 December with th
More than a year after becoming engaged in December 2011, Michael Jordan, 50, has married fiancee and former model Yvette Prieto, 35, his girlfriend of five years in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, People.com reported.Michael Jordan's wedding reception occurred in a temporary tent larger than his own house, complete with bathrooms big enough to host a separate large wedding and a dance floor wit
Police were called to a top chess tournament in Ireland after one of the players accused his opponent of cheating by using a computer in the toilet.Romanian-born Gabriel Mirza, 47, says he was on his way to winning the Cork Congress Chess Open when he noticed strange goings-on by his 16 year old opponent.But he ended up being expelled from the tournament and interviewed by police after forcefully
Mighty Warriors skipper Onai Chingawo is set to quit the game to commit her life to marriage when she weds her boyfriend, Dynamos forward Russell Madamombe later this year. Madamombe, a former Monomotapa forward, is battling to fit into the DeMbare set-up after moving to the Glamour Boys during the off-season.The Zimbabwe senior women's soccer team goalkeeper follows in the footsteps of former Mig
London - Arsenal will keep with tradition and form a guard of honour for new Premier League champions Manchester United when the sides meet at The Emirates on Sunday."That is part of the tradition of English football and I want that, of course, to be respected," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told a news conference on Friday."I'm French, I work in England and the English tradition should be respect
Sale Sharks fly-half Danny Cipriani has spent the night in hospital after being hit by a double-decker bus in Leeds.The 25-year-old is understood to have been on a night out with his Sharks' team-mates. He suffered concussion and was kept in hospital overnight where X-rays were carried out.No further details are currently available on his condition. Cipriani's manager James Williamson told The Sun
Former South African National soccer team player Bryce Moon has been fined R60,000 or two years in prison for culpable homicide.Moon was convicted of culpable homicide earlier this month for driving at high speed and hitting a Zimbabwean woman, Mavis Ncube, in Sandton in 2009.He was acquitted of attempted murder, negligent and reckless driving and driving under the influence of alcohol.Moon's dri
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