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Claudio Ranieri and Danny Drinkwater at Turf Moor after Leicester’s late 1-0 defeat to Burnley. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA
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Dele Alli heads Tottenham into the lead on the stroke of half-time. Photograph: Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images
Tottenham Deliver Statement of Intent against Chelsea but Revenge Tastes Sweet
Mauricio Pochettino has been at Tottenham Hotspur for only two and a half seasons but, already, he has plenty of history with Chelsea – and it goes deeper than the now notorious 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge at the end of last season, when his team lost a lead, their...Caption:
Senegal’s Sadio Mané, Egypt’s Mohamed Elneny, Ivory Coast’s Lamine Koné, Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez and Ivory Coast’s Max Gradel will all be starring for their national sides at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations rather than playing in the Premier League. Composite: AFP; Getty Images; Rex/Shutterstock; Action Images via Reuters,
The Premier League’s likely winners and losers from 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
Now is the time for top clubs to prove that to be forewarned really is to be forearmed. Everyone knew that the Africa Cup of Nations was on the agenda for early 2017 and now, with 23 Premier League players among those heading off to Gabon to compete for their...Caption:
During his time as manager of QPR Harry Redknapp claimed not to enjoy the mayhem of the transfer window. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA
Love it or Hate it, the January Transfer Window Provides Unique Excitement
And so it begins … again. A rolling, meandering soap opera that never really stops started in earnest on Sunday as the new year heralded the opening of the January transfer window. An often tedious month-long orgy of will-they won’t-they drama, whisper and...Caption:
It is funny how it still seems important to go on about Lionel Messi 12 years into his extraordinary sporting life. You’d think by now we might have become glazed by repetition. But not when he keeps doing things like he did against Espanyol. Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock