Sport News: 2014

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Online bookies banned from putting restrictions on winning punters in NSW

New South Wales government backs racing industry guidelines with minimum bet laws to stop bookmakers screening out punters on a successful streak

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Phillip Hughes to be honoured with plaque at SCG

Ground will also have 63 bats fixed to upper deck during fourth Test in memory of player who started career with New South Wales

A plaque to honour the memory of Phillip Hughes will be unveiled at the SCG on Monday on the eve of the fourth Test between Australia and India.

In one of a number of planned tributes to Hughes, whose death five weeks ago after being struck by a bouncer at the ground shocked the cricketing world, the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust will place a plaque featuring a small bust of Hughes on the wall of the Members’ Pavilion.

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Kenny Lowe: the man leading Perth Glory to the top of the table

The manager has become the hottest coach in the league – but the next two games against his main rivals could end up defining the club’s season

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Boxing: best British Fights of 2014 – in pictures

With 2014 wound down, we take a look at the best British fights of last year

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Football transfer rumours: Mario Suárez to Arsenal?

New year, same old fluff. Sorry

Fizzle, crackle, crackle, fizzle, crackle, crackle … Whizz! Bang! There’s only one way to celebrate Happy New Transfer Window Day* reader … and that’s by strapping a Jim White effigy to a rocket and sending him hurtling deep into January 2015. Boom! The Rumour Mill’s had a few you see. But, don’t mess with fireworks kids. Or booze. Or Jim White. It won’t end well.

Speaking of things not ending well, Arsenal are in for Suárez again. Only this time it is Atlético Madrid’s Mario Suárez. A defensive midfielder. Yes, really. And the money on the table is not going to be £40m+£1. No, he’ll be much, much cheaper. Because he’s just OK. All right. He’ll do a job. That’s it.

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Nick Kyrgios withdraws from Hopman Cup with back injury

19-year-old who rose to fame after knocking Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon will be replaced by Western Australian Matthew Ebden

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Blackpool end Jacob Murphy’s loan after controversial social media post

• Murphy posted picture with ‘We are going to lose … Again’ caption

• Blackpool have cut loan short and sent him back to Norwich

• Murphy apologies for post mocking club

Blackpool have sent Jacob Murphy back to Norwich after a picture circulated on social media this week showing the on-loan winger mocking the Seasiders’ plight.

The teenager apologised on Monday for a leaked image of himself and his fellow Blackpool loanee Donervon Daniels which was accompanied by the caption “We are going to lose … Again”.

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Wellington Phoenix shock Adelaide with two goals from substitute Tyler Boyd

Adelaide United 1-3 Wellington Phoenix

Phoenix move above the Reds into third place

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Liverpool transfer news: Steven Gerrard free to listen to offers from rival clubs, says manager Brendan Rodgers

Steven Gerrard, the Liverpool captain, has 'earned the right' to discuss his future with any club he wishes, says his manager Brendan Rodgers

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Arsenal injuries: Arsene Wenger regrets releasing Theo Walcott for England duty, as winger nears return

Arsenal manager makes admission as the winger nears Arsenal return after suffering injury setback with England in November

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Newcastle United assistant manager John Carver hoping to emulate St James' Park hero Sir Bobby Robson

John Carver hoping to impress board in the two games in charge at Newcastle United following Alan Pardew's departure

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Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal thanks fans for sticking by him during club's poor start to the season

Louis van Gaal fans says that Manchester United's fans have been more patient than supporters at Ajax, Barcelona or Bayern Munich would have been

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Manchester City’s Frank Lampard can face Sunderland after loan extended

• Lampard eligible to play on New Year’s Day

• Midfielder’s loan extended until end of season

• Transfer window: Premier League club-by-club guide

Manchester City will be able to field Frank Lampard against Sunderland on Thursday if required, after the club were able to extend his loan deal from New York City until the end of the season.

City have been waiting on news of the 36-year-old’s future, with the midfielder having been on a short-term deal which was due to expire on New Year’s Day when he would officially become a player of NYC – the champions’ sister club.

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Roberto Martínez rejects Andy Gray’s claim that Everton are too soft

• Everton manager hits back at critics before game at Hull City

• ‘We have the same aggressive outlook we had last season’

• Transfer window: Premier League club-by-club guide

Roberto Martínez has rejected claims that Everton have become too soft under his tenure as he heads to Hull City seeking to halt a damaging run of form.

Everton have lost as many games this season as in the whole of Martínez’s first term in charge, eight, and conceded 31 goals after 19 league matches compared with 39 in 38 matches last time. Their last two away fixtures, a 3-0 defeat at Southampton and a 3-2 reverse at Newcastle United, was the first time Everton have conceded at least three goals in two successive away games since May 2005.

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Arsène Wenger: Theo Walcott ‘edgy’ over return to full-blooded contact

• Walcott to remain on the bench for Southampton fixture

• Wenger considering sending Yaya Sanogo on loan

• Manager to make midfield a priority in transfer window

• Transfer window: Premier League club-by-club guide

Arsène Wenger believes that Theo Walcott has a psychological barrier to overcome, as he described the winger as feeling “edgy” about a return to full-blooded contact in matches.

Walcott has endured a nightmarish 12 months, which began when he ruptured his cruciate knee ligament in Arsenal’s FA Cup third-round home win over Tottenham Hotspur on 4 January. He returned, briefly, in early November, when he made ten and eleven minute substitute appearances against Burnley and Swansea City.

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Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino keen to beat his nemesis José Mourinho

• Tottenham manager has poor record against Chelsea manager

• Spurs face Chelsea in New Year’s Day evening kick-off

• Mauricio Pochettino defends his use of squad rotation

The spectre of José Mourinho has loomed large for Mauricio Pochettino at various stages of his career. The Tottenham Hotspur manager remembers when he was at Espanyol for his first playing spell and Mourinho was the assistant manager across town at Barcelona, working first with Sir Bobby Robson and then with Louis van Gaal.

Pochettino did not have much luck against that Barcelona team over four years – Espanyol beat them only once, in February 1997 – but he fared rather better than he did when he became the manager of Espanyol and had to face Mourinho’s Real Madrid. In two seasons from 2010 Pochettino played him four times in La Liga, losing all four, failing to score in any of them and conceding 13. “Unlucky,” Pochettino says, with a smile.

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John Carver: Sir Bobby Robson will be by my side in Newcastle dugout

• Carver to take caretaker charge of Newcastle against Burnley

• Pardew’s former assistant draws on previous manager’s inspiration

• Who is John Carver? The caretaker left holding the baby

Management can be a lonely business but John Carver will feel anything but isolated when he steps into the limelight as Newcastle United’s caretaker coach on New Year’s Day. “I’m a Catholic and I believe Sir Bobby Robson will be looking down on me, I really do,” said Alan Pardew’s former assistant. “He’ll be there with us. He will be in the technical area with us.”

Although it was Ruud Gullit who originally plucked Carver from an obscure junior coaching role, Robson became his principal mentor when he appointed him as his No2 at St James’ Park. Given that history, it was no surprise that Carver turned to his old boss for inspiration as he prepared for Newcastle’s home game against Burnley on Thursday afternoon.

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Louis van Gaal: Manchester United must prove themselves against Stoke – video

Manchester United's manager, Louis van Gaal, says his team needs to improve its performance when they meet Stoke on New Year's Day at Old Trafford. Van Gaal says his squad is still improving their game but adds that he is happier now that they have 36 points to their name Continue reading...

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Liverpool transfers: Reds target 'new Aguero' Luciano Vietto as west Brom deny Saido Berahino switch

Transfers: Latest news, rumours and gossip for Liverpool FC in 2014, as Reds look to sign Luciano Vietto but suffer Saido Berahino setback

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Brighton appoint Chris Hughton as manager on a three-and-half-year deal

• First match is FA Cup third-round tie at Brentford

• Chairman says he ‘can improve immediate situation’

• Sami Hyypia resigns as Brighton manager

Brighton have appointed Chris Hughton as first-team manager on a three-and-a-half-year contract.

The former Newcastle, Birmingham and Norwich manager replaces Sami Hyypia who resigned before Christmas after just six months in charge.

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Steve Bruce rules himself out of Newcastle United manager’s job

• ‘It’s very flattering to be linked with them’ says Bruce

• Hull manager unlikely to have been on Ashley’s radar anyway

• Newcastle in no rush for managerial appointment

• Louise Taylor: anatomy of perfect Newcastle manager

Steve Bruce has re-affirmed his loyalty to Hull City by ruling himself out of contention to replace Alan Pardew at Newcastle United.

In reality it is unlikely that Bruce would have loomed large on Mike Ashley’s shortlist as he is very much a traditional manager rather than the continental style head coach Newcastle’s owner is seeking.

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Chelsea set to sign Croatia forward Andrej Kramaric for £7m

• Blues to immediately loan the forward to Vitesse Arnhem

• Leicester City had trumped Chelsea with offer of £7.8m

• Owen Gibson: charting Chelsea’s on-loan players

• Chelsea in discussions over buying AFC Wimbledon ground

Chelsea are poised to secure the signing of the Croatia forward Andrej Kramaric for around £7m, subject to a medical, with the player to be loaned immediately to Vitesse Arnhem.

The striker, who has scored twice in four appearances for the national squad, has been prolific for HNK Rijeka with 28 goals in all competitions this term and will join a trio of Chelsea players – Wallace, Bertrand Traoré and Josh McEachran – already on loan at Vitesse, with whom the Premier League leaders enjoy a close relationship.

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Football quiz: name the New Year's Eve

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Football transfer rumours: Chelsea or Man City to sign £30m Wilfried Bony?

Today’s rumours are back, baby

Big plans tonight, readers? Same. The Mill plans to spend the entire evening in front of Sky Sports News, waiting for the clock to strike midnight, at which point the fireworks will start cracking and Jim White will cartwheel into the studio, having been released from his four-month hibernation. “It’s on!” he’ll shout. “It’s on!”

And it will be on. The transfer window will be open and Jim White will feel alive again. Exciting! There’s so much on the agenda. For instance, Crystal Palace’s incoming manager Alan Pardew was so impressed with Jonjo Shelvey’s special performance against Liverpool on Monday night that he wants to make the Swansea City midfielder his. When you’re the king, you can do what you want.

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Steve Bruce rules himself out of race to become Newcastle manager

Hull City manager insists he is staying at the KC Stadium despite being "flattered" by suggestions he is under consideration for St James' Park role

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