Football Archives: 02/2009

It’s easy to forget that Claudio Ranieri was the manager originally responsible for leading Chelsea to Champions League qualification.

David Beckham has backed his former club to beat Inter Milan and make it through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

One of the only positive aspects of Arsenal’s goalless draw with Sunderland on Saturday was Andrey Arshavin’s impressive hour-long debut, but he won’t feature against Roma tomorrow night.

Inter Milan overcame a spirited performance from Bologna to grind out a 2-1 victory at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara, keeping their nine point Serie A lead intact.

Irish Olympic rower, Cormac Folan, talks exclusively to The Sport Review about life as a rower and the pressure of representing his country at the Olympics.

Ten quick-fire questions with Irish Olympic rower, Cormac Folan.

Last week, Southampton legend, Matthew Le Tissier suggested that the Hampshire club would find it difficult to survive relegation for a second consecutive year.

The message to new football managers nowadays is simple: deliver results immediately or expect to face the chop.

Since Liverpool’s victory in the Champions League Final in 2005, the competition has been dominated by the superiority of English clubs.

After 12 years at the London club, Arsene Wenger has led Arsenal to three Premier League titles and four FA cup successes.

BSkyB has secured five of the six available television rights packages to show live Premier League football from 2010-13 for a hefty total of £1.6 billion.

There is a tangible sense of relief amongst Arsenal fans at the moment, mainly because of the doubts that were cast over the transfer deal last night and this morning.

Arsenal have put an end to one of the longest transfer sagas in history by wrapping up a move for Andrei Arshavin, who claims he will wear number 23 for the Gunners.

After a hectic day of transfer activity, the biggest story of the day is Robbie Keane’s return to his old club, Tottenham Hotspur, for a fee rumoured to be in the region of £15m.