(PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Mallorca’s hopes of avoiding relegation from the Spanish league were kept alive by a 1-0 win against Real Betis on Monday. With two rounds left, 19th-place Mallorca is three points behind 17th-place Deportivo La Coruna but with an inferior goal difference. Mallorca striker Tomer Hemed scored in the 21st minute [...]
Soccer Recap: Mallorca’s hopes of avoiding relegation kept alive – La Liga, EPL and Serie A
May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Soccer Recap: Arsenal grabs final Champions League berth – EPL, La Liga, Serie A and Sunday’s Scores
May 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — Arsenal qualified for the Champions League for the 16th straight season after edging Tottenham to fourth place in the Premier League, as Alex Ferguson bowed out as Manchester United manager with a 5-5 draw against West Bromwich Albion. Laurent Koscielny’s 52nd-minute volley sealed an unconvincing 1-0 for Arsenal at Newcastle, rendering [...]
Soccer Recap: Sir Alex bids adieu on a high note as Man U beats Swansea
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — As red-and-white ticker tape flew into the rainy sky at Old Trafford, a beaming Alex Ferguson hoisted up the Premier League trophy for a 13th and final time. Behind Britain’s most successful football manager stood his jubilant squad of players, dancing to a soundtrack of “Champions, Champions” being belted out [...]
Soccer: Man United Alex Ferguson retiring at end of season after more than 26 years in job
May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — MANCHESTER, England – Alex Ferguson is retiring at the end of the season, bringing a close to a trophy-filled career of more than 26 years at Manchester United that established him as the most successful coach in British football history. “The decision to retire is one that I have thought a [...]
Soccer: End of an era as Ferguson decides to retire
May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Reuters) – Alex Ferguson, Britain’s longest-serving and most decorated soccer manager, will retire at the end of the season after more than 26 years and nearly 1,500 matches at the helm of Manchester United, he announced on Wednesday. The 71-year-old Scot ended intense speculation that he was about to call time on his career by [...]
Soccer Recap: Man United swats away another threat to its hegemony as Man City goes way of Arsenal, Chelsea
April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — MANCHESTER, England – Fuelled by money from the Middle East, Manchester City was supposed to have ushered in a new period of dominance in English football last season after capturing its first league title in nearly half a century. Manchester United had other ideas. Just like Arsenal and Chelsea previously, City [...]
Soccer Recap: United beats Sunderland 1-0, maintains title surge / Results
March 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
SUNDERLAND, England (AP) Manchester United relied on a first-half own goal by Titus Bramble to beat Sunderland 1-0 on Saturday, securing a seventh straight Premier League win to inch the runaway leaders closer to a 20th English title. Robin van Persie’s shot in the 27th minute was heading wide but Bramble stuck out a leg [...]
Soccer Recap: Man U rallies past Queens Park Rangers / La Liga and Serie A
November 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Manchester United’s Darren Fletcher, right, celebrates after scoring against Queens Park Rangers at Old Trafford on Saturday in Manchester. (Jon Super/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Manchester United provisionally reclaimed top spot in the Premier League by coming from behind to beat Queens Park Rangers 3-1 on Saturday as the bottom-place team failed to [...]
Soccer: England soccer ‘damaged’ by John Terry racism case
October 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
John Terry of Chelsea shakes hands with Sebastien Bassong of Norwich City prior to the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Norwich City at Stamford Bridge on October 6, 2012 in London, England. (October 5, 2012 – Source: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Europe) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) —- Damaged by a year-long racism case involving [...]
US Open 2012: Murray claims maiden grand slam title
September 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
(Reuters) – Andy Murray became the first British man in 76 years to win a grand slam singles title on Monday, fighting off defending champion Novak Djokovic to win an epic U.S. Open final. The Scotsman, beaten in his four previous grand slam finals, made it fifth time lucky with a nerve-jangling 7-6 7-5 2-6 [...]
