Oxlade-Chamberlain rejected a new deal worth £180,000-a-week at Arsenal and took a significant pay cut to join Liverpool in a £35million deal on deadline day. The midfielder was set for a move to Chelsea, but turned down the opportunity as Antonio Conte had plans to play him as a wing-back […]
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Mourinho splashed out £75million in the summer window to bring Lukaku to Old Trafford. The Belgian has already repaid his manager’s faith, making an explosive start in the Premier League, scoring three times for the Red Devils. Lukaku had problems in the past with Mourinho and was sold to Everton. […]
Far from the earlier semi-final final when Sloane Stephens produced sublime tennis to edge out the great Venus Williams in three thrilling sets, Keys didn’t give her opponent a sniff and she was dominant from start to finish. Keys was stronger in every single department as Vandeweghe had no answer […]
Stephens shocked Williams, prevailing in three epic sets – 6-1, 0-6, 7-5. The 24-year-old American will now contest the final tomorrow where she will face the winner of CoCo Vandeweghe and Madison Keys. Williams, 37, was looking to reach her first US Open final in 15 years. And Stephens was […]
Stephens came through a pulsating three-set encounter – 6-1, 0-6, 7-5 to book her place in the final tomorrow. Stephens was aiming to reach her maiden Grand Slam final. She got off to the perfect start too. Pressurising Williams paid off as the 24-year-old forced the former US Open champion […]
First up on Arthur Ashe is Venus Williams taking on Sloane Stephens, before Coco Vandeweghe battles Madison Keys. Not since Tracy Austin, Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert and Barbara Potter reached the last four in 1981 has the host nation managed such dominance. So who is the favourite with the bookies […]
GETTY Ben Stokes took 6-22 as West Indies toiled at Lord’s But after Ben Stokes produced a blistering spell of 6-22 which left Jimmy Anderson agonisingly one wicket short of his 500th Test victim, England’s own batsmen also failed to get out of the shadows. There will be other days […]
GETTY Arsene Wenger has refused to take the blame for Arsenal’s crisis In his usual spot behind a small table at Arsenal’s London Colney training ground, there the Frenchman was, four weeks into the season, in his usual position of fighting off a crisis. When they asked Wenger to sign […]