Tuesday, 30 September 2014

IS, Iraq battle over key town

Iraqi ground forces, backed by air strikes, appear to have halted advancing Islamic State (IS) militants in a town west of Baghdad. The BBC’s Lyse Doucet in the Iraqi capital says the air strikes followed clashes with IS militants, who have been making gains towards the...

Mourinho: I'll stay for as long as Chelsea want

Jose Mourinho says he will stay at Chelsea for as long as the club and owner Roman Abramovich want him to. Mourinho's side have enjoyed an unbeaten start to the season but the Portuguese knows his job will come under threat should he not deliver silveraware again this season. "I...

Monday, 29 September 2014

Man United plan high profile midweek friendlies to compensate for no European football [Independent]

Are Manchester United set to play some of the biggest teams in Europe after all this season? The Independent has an interesting report in their Tuesday paper, in which the notion is tabled that Man United may be about the play a series of high profile midweek...

Possible Liverpool Lineup To Travel To Switzerland: Suso Set To Start, Manquillo & Sterling Remain In The Lineup

Liverpool travel to Switzerland to face FC Basel on Matchday 2 of the UEFA Champions League 2014 after having been pegged back by a Phil Jagielka strike in the Merseyside Derby last weekend. Here is a look at how the Reds may line-up against the Swiss giants: Simon...

US Airstrikes Hitting Syrian Civilians Hard

First Publish: 9/29/2014, 12:00 PM US F15-E jets in northern Iraq (file) Reuters After slamming Israel for bombing Hamas, US strikes make Syrian fuel prices skyrocket; group says strike on civilians may be 'war crime.' Israel was browbeaten internationally over...

Obama says US underestimated rise of ISIL

The ISIL has killed thousands of people and beheaded at least three Westerners [Al Jazeera] US intelligence agencies have underestimated the activity of armed groups inside Syria, which has become "ground zero" for them worldwide, US President Barack Obama has said in...