Carlos Tevez scored twice as Manchester City clung on to beat Wolverhampton 4-3 and provisionally topple Manchester United from the Premier League summit on Saturday, while Chelsea returned to winning against Blackburn.
Carlos Tevez scored twice as Manchester City clung on to beat Wolverhampton 4-3 and provisionally topple Manchester United from the Premier League summit on Saturday, while Chelsea returned to winning against Blackburn.
DOHA, Qatar - Qatar was already under pressure from its own supporters as the host nation of the 2011 Asian Cup, and now it finds the rest of the world’s football fans have suddenly taken an interest in its progress.
Three-time champions Iran struggled past North Korea 1-0 at the Asian Cup, becoming the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals in their bid to end a 35-year title drought.
DOHA - Experienced Englishman Bob Houghton said Saturday that coaching India was his toughest assignment in 40 years on the job, a day after his side were hammered 5-2 by Bahrain and knocked out of the Asian Cup.
Qatar coach Bruno Metsu is wary of Gulf Cup champions Kuwait in their must-win clash at the Asian Cup on Sunday, knowing they are desperate to salvage their reputation after two defeats.
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is gearing up for an emotional return to Anfield for the Merseyside derby and is hoping his players would rediscover a confidence to match the buzz in the city.
Manchester United face a stern test at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday with manager Alex Ferguson saying he cannot recall ever going to White Hart Lane to play a Spurs team in contention for the title.
Striker Ismaeel Abdulatif scored four goals as Bahrain swept past India 5-2 at the Al Sadd Stadium on Friday to end the Bhangra Boys’s interest in the Asian Cup.
DOHA — Japan on Friday protested against a red card and ban controversially handed to goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima in their cliff-hanging 2-1 win over Syria at the Asian Cup.
LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom — Kenny Dalglish has urged Liverpool to treat Sunday’s Merseyside derby as just another game as he prepares for what promises to be an emotion-filled Anfield homecoming.