Tag: English Premier League

Berlin: German football champions Bayern Munich earned their first 2017 International Champions Cup win on Tuesday, as they defeated English Premier League (EPL) champions Chelsea 3-2. After they were beaten in their first two matches against Arsenal and AC Milan, Bayern won thanks to goals from Rafinha and a brace from Thomas Muller, while Marcos […]

London: Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano has said that Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi will not join the English Premier League side. “No. I don’t think so,” the former Barcelona vice president told Xinhua. “I know Messi very well. He and his family are my good friends. I think he has settled in Barcelona. He […]

Manchester: Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will hold talks to extend his stay at the English Premier League football club despite receiving offers from other outfits, his agent Mino Raiola has said. “He wants to stay in England, he wants to stay at the top and if he sees that he can be a valuable asset […]

London: Portugal’s Marco Silva has resigned as Hull City manager after the club’s relegation from the English Premier League, the club announced. Silver led Hull to six wins from his 18 Premier League games, with relegation confirmed after a 4-0 defeat by Crystal Palace on May 14, reports Xinhua news agency. The 39-year-old, who formerly […]

London: Alisher Usmanov, who owns 30.04 per cent of English Premier League (EPL) giants Arsenal, has made a one billion pound ($1.30 billion) bid to take control of the north London football club from majority shareholder Stan Kroenke. English media reported that Kroenke has yet to formally respond to the offer, which was made last month […]

Manchester: Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho has blamed the English Premier League (EPL) schedule for hindering the club’s preparations for next Wednesdays Europa League final against Ajax Amsterdam. Mourinho-coached United is set to play the last match of this season’s EPL campaign at home with Crystal Palace on Sunday. The coach said that the match […]

Manchester: Manchester City beat West Bromwich Albion 3-1 here to move a step closer to clinching the third place in the English Premier League and a guaranteed berth in the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League football tournament. In London, meanwhile, fifth-place Arsenal had to work harder than expected in a 2-0 win over relegated Sunderland on […]

London: Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte has insisted that it will be important to keep key footballers of his English Premier League (EPL)-winning squad as he seeks further improvement next season, especially with an eye to the Champions League. With the capital club proving successful in England, several stars are on the wishlist of top […]

London: Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante edged out his teammate Eden Hazard to be voted the Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association. The former Leicester City player is on the cusp of becoming the first outfield player since Eric Cantona to clinch back-to-back top-flight league titles in England with different clubs, having played […]

London: Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has warned his team that winning the English Premier League (EPL) will be tough following their loss to Crystal Palace. Chelsea suffered a 1-2 defeat to Crystal Palace in their EPL tie on Saturday evening. It was only their fourth EPL defeat this season which left them on 69 points […]

Manchester: Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville feels out-of-favour striker Wayne Rooney might reconsider his potential decision of leaving the city-based football club going by the ongoing English Premier League (EPL) season. Rooney is United’s all-time record goalscorer but the 31-year-old’s future is far from certain amid his reduced role under United head coach Jose Mourinho […]

Liverpool: Liverpool put up a superlative first half display to outshine Arsenal 3-1 and dent the capital football club’s hopes of challenging for the English Premier League (EPL) title at the Anfield stadium here. Roberto Firmino (ninth minute) and Sadio Mane (40th) on Saturday gave the hosts a 2-0 lead before Danny Welbeck (57th) reduced […]

New Delhi: There is “every possibility” of top English Premier League clubs touring India for pre-season games in the near future, says EPL’s managing director Richard Masters, adding to the frenzy around the revival of football in the country. “The popularity of the Premier League and its clubs continues to grow globally and clubs are […]

London: The English Premier League season will resume on June 17 with Aston Villa taking on Sheffield United and Manchester City locking horns with Arsenal in the big game, as per a BBC report. All four teams have a game in hand and these two fixtures were still to be played when the league stopped. […]