Klopp grabs draw in first Premier League game

Liverpool's new gaffer Klopp, has recorded his first Premier League point by drawing away at White Hart Lane.

The well experienced tactician seemed quite satisfied with the goalless draw and performance of his boys at White Hart Lane, as can be deduced from his countenance after the game. He seem to have brought some changes to the former Liverpool side that were playing below pal.

Everton loses a hero to death

Kendall played for the Toffees and managed them on three occasions, with his first spell in charge being the most successful in the club's history.

He led the side to two First Division titles, as well as an FA Cup triumph and European Cup Winners' Cup win.

Sunshine Stars stopper wants clear victory as Birythday compensation

Goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa of Sunshine Stars has charged his Nigeria team mates to beat Burkina Faso convincingly on Saturday as a birthday present for him.

The Super Eagles face the Stallions at the Adokiye Amiesiamaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, in the first leg, final round qualifier for the 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN).

Jose Mourinho loses respect for Chelsea dressing room

Jose Mourinho has branded claims that he has lost the respect of the Chelsea dressing room as an "absolute disgrace".

The Premier League champions sit 16th in the Premier League after eight games and their performances have piled the pressure on the former Real Madrid coach.

Arsenal to up game against United

Per Mertesacker has challenged Arsenal to show more aggression as they look to recover from their latest European flop in Sunday’s showdown with Premier League leaders Manchester United.

Arsene Wenger’s side suffered an embarrassing 3-2 home defeat against Olympiakos in midweek that left them in severe danger of missing out on a place in the Champions League knock-out stages for the first time in 16 years.

Adding to the Gunners’ humiliation was the horrendous blunder from goalkeeper David Ospina, who dropped a corner into his own net to gift the Greeks their second goal and in the process triggered a barrage of criticism for Wenger for his decision to rest regular first choice Petr Cech.

Newport County appoint John Sheridan as new manager

Newport have appointed John Sheridan as their new manager following the departure of Terry Butcher.

Sheridan, 51, unveiled as boss a day after Butcher left the club on Thursday, will take charge of this weekend's Sky Bet League 2 game against Exeter.

The former Oldham, Chesterfield and Plymouth boss is yet to confirm his backroom staff and will be assisted by Byron Anthony and Michael Flynn on Saturday.
Sheridan told the club's official website

David Beckham: Sir Alex Ferguson to manage former England captain

Former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will manage a Great Britain and Ireland XI captained by David Beckham in a charity match next month.


The team will take on a World XI captained by France legend Zinedine Zidane at Old Trafford on 14 November.

Former Chelsea, Real Madrid and AC Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti will manage the World XI, while Italian Pierluigi Collina will referee the match.

Money raised from ticket sales will be donated to children's charity Unicef.

Ferguson, 73, retired in 2013, having won 38 trophies during 26 years in charge at Old Trafford.

Former England captain Beckham made 394 appearances over an 11-year period for United under Ferguson before he was sold to Real Madrid in 2003, four months after the Scot accidentally kicked a boot that struck the ex-Old Trafford midfielder above the left eye.

Ferguson was also critical of his Beckham in his autobiography, but Beckham told BBC Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw that he had personally called the Scot to ask him to take part.

"Everyone knows I retired three years ago and I never thought I'd be getting my boots out again and playing," said Beckham. "Football is such a powerful tool and to have Zidane on the field, Sir Alex Ferguson and Carlo Ancelotti in the stands, I think people are going to love it."

The 40-year-old, a Unicef ambassador, added: "This match gives me the perfect opportunity to raise awareness and vital funds to help reach the children who need it most."

Fifa: Jack Warner banned for life from football activities

Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has been banned from football for life. The 72-year-old Trinidadian is the former head of Caribbean and North and Central American football (Concacaf), but quit Fifa in 2011. He is fighting extradition to the US on corruption charges and denies accepting millions of dollars in bribes. Warner committed "many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly" said the football world governing body's ethics committee. Fifa's ruling follows its own investigation into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, which began looking at Warner's activities in January 2015. On Tuesday, Fifa said Warner had been found guilty of violating the organisation's code of ethics several times. A statement read: "In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments, as well as other money-making schemes."

Paul Parker: Manchester United being top is crackers, and shows how far Premier League has fallen

Paul Parker takes a look at how Manchester United have somehow bumbled their way to the top of the Premier League table. Manchester United are not exciting. They've not controlled games. They're yet to really turn in a performance all season. And yet they're top of the league. It's crackers. Will they win the title? No, City are just too much better. But right now, City are doing their best to blow it. They were taken down fair and square by a brilliant West Ham display the other week, but on Saturday they simply didn't show up against Tottenham. Without David Silva they just don't look the same - they've got other good players, but he's the man who joins the dots for them. Yet once he's back they should be fine again. You just can't say the same for United. There will be plenty of fans who are delighted that Louis van Gaal's team has found a way to consistently churn out results. And they've a fair point, because we're far enough into the season now that the league table isn't lying.

But the connoisseurs among the fans won't be happy. Under Alex Ferguson they got used to years of enjoying great performances as well as great results, and that is something that this team has not done. If I'd been in a team that played like United have this season, we'd have feared for our lives when we went back in to face Fergie in the dressing room - even if we'd come out of it with three points. So while the scoreline looked good at the weekend, if Chris Smalling hadn't been on top form and if David de Gea hadn't made those three excellent saves, things would look very different right now. Yes, United have done enough, but they've never looked capable of killing off games, or dominating other sides, and I worry about the lack of creativity. The worst of it is that they've got a kid there in Andreas Pereira who has the flamboyance and imagination to be a game-winner for them, but he is not going to be given a proper chance. I first saw Pereira at the U20 World Cup in New Zealand this summer, and he was insanely good. He got a chance for United in the League Cup and was brilliant. Yet will he get a proper chance to shine in the league? The fact that he was left on the bench at the weekend suggests not. Until United have that sort of player pulling the strings in the side and making things happen - as Silva does for City - then United fans will turn up to each game without the faintest idea of what they're about to see. It's the same across the league, though. City, Chelsea and Arsenal are utterly inconsistent in their ability to perform at the moment. What this season shows above all is just how far the Premier League has fallen. In part - but only in part - it's down to teams lower down the league improving hugely, thanks to the new money and good managers they've brought in. Leicester have been a revelation, Swansea look very dangerous despite not even firing on all cylinders yet, and West Ham's wins away from home at Arsenal, City and Liverpool have been incredible. Though with the Hammers, it's a huge worry that they've been unable to produce the same form back at Upton Park. The inability to turn it on against smaller clubs suggests a very worrying mentality among the players - something that Newcastle appear to share, after the way they took Chelsea to pieces for 70 minutes at the weekend before reverting to their normal form for the season so far. As for Chelsea themselves? They're a total mess, and Jose Mourinho really isn't helping. His threat the other day about bringing in the young players if his big names keep on failing? Well, what a load of absolute rubbish. He can't bring them in, because they've either been farmed out to clubs in Belgium and so on, or they've been totally neglected. Mourinho hasn't nurtured anyone. When Kurt Zouma is a mainstay of the side you know they're in trouble - because I guarantee you Mourinho is biting his lip every time he picks Zouma for the team. He's got all the agility of an ironing board - he actually reminds me of a notorious QPR defender from back in the day called Bob Hazell, or Big Bad Bob as he was known. To have dropped John Terry for Zouma is a joke. Chelsea have a lot to prove in the Champions League matches this week - just as United, Arsenal and City do as well. The teams they face this week - against Porto, Wolfsburg, Olympiacos and Borussia Mönchengladbach respectively - are exactly the kind of sides you could always trust big English clubs to beat. Nowadays you wouldn't trust any of them to beat Brentford. Kurt Zouma celebrates his goal against Arsenal.