Manchester United legend Scholes was a big critic of axed boss Jose Mourinho. Asked yesterday if the club’s football had become ponderous in the last six years, Scholes called it, “sh**e”. Interim boss Solskjaer has won seven straight, playing the United way. Scholes said: “It’s great to watch and everybody has got that buzz back again. “Everyone has a smile […]

Mariano Rivera was elected unanimously to the Baseball Hall of Fame, but it’s safe to say his former Yankees teammate Mike Mussina isn’t as universally loved. On Wednesday’s episode of The Michael Kay Show on ESPN-New York radio, the host shared the reasons for his distaste for Mussina, who went 123-72 over eight seasons in The Bronx as part of his […]

As Edmonton Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli does a postmortem on his dismissal, he has no one other than himself to blame.  According to multiple reports, Chiarelli was fired last night after the Oilers lost 3-2 to a Detroit Red Wings team that had blown two third-period leads over the previous four days. The 45-point Red Wings are two points out of last […]

Here are five things we learned from SmackDown: Charlotte is The Queen of stirring things up SmackDown kicked off with a Becky Lynch v Asuka showdown – but it was Charlotte Flair who stole the moment. The Queen interrupted their face-off to assess the top female contenders heading into Royal Rumble. She said she’s beaten Sasha Banks so many times […]

MOBILE, Ala. — He is not a Manning, but in many ways Daniel Jones exists in the shadow of the famous quarterback family. While at Duke, Jones was coached by David Cutcliffe, who years ago filled the same role for Eli Manning at Ole Miss. Jones has heard all the stories and been hit with all the comparisons of Eli […]

Liverpool's Egyptian forward, 26, tweeted "time to get in touch, for real," on Tuesday before removing himself from the platform. And his Instagram account has also been taken down — leaving fans guessing at potential explanations. Some suggested Salah's post referred to his dispute with the Egyptian FA over image rights. The row came after the superstar's image was plastered on […]

According to The Times, the aircraft is 'registered to a Suffolk holding company called Southern Aircraft Consultancy but is understood to be owned by the Scottish agent'. Sala, 28, is not represented by McKay but was understood to be involved in brokering the deal. He did not provide a comment to The Times. The striker signed for the Welsh side […]

Budweiser offers a Super Bowl ad that has just about everything: Clydesdales, April the Dalmatian, the gravel-voiced eloquence of Bob Dylan — and the gentle whirring of wind turbines. It opens with April's ears ruffling in the breeze. The camera moves out to show she’s atop a wagon being pulled by the Clydesdales, gliding gracefully up the road. All the […]

There was a time when Super Bowl dramatics were few and far between. But for most of the past two decades, the game has usually managed to live up to its perpetual hype. As we head toward Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, our updated all-time Super Sunday rankings (season noted in parentheses): 1. LI (2016) New England Patriots 34, Atlanta Falcons 28 […]

Al Ain: Socceroos coach Graham Arnold is toying with a change to his formation for Friday's Asian Cup quarter-final against the United Arab Emirates and striker Apostolos Giannou believes it could bring the best out of himself and the team. Arnold flagged a possible restructure immediately after their penalty shootout win over Uzbekistan in the round of 16 as a way […]