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Deulofeu the denier as Everton hold Arsenal at the Emirates

An adventurous Everton side came to the Emirates today and held the table topping Gunners to an entertaining 1-1 draw in the last of the games in matchweek 15 of the Premier League. Both teams left it late to get on the scoresheet with Mesut Ozil putting the Gunners ahead in the 80th minute smashing the ball home from close range before a bullet effort from Everton substitute Gerard Deulofeu, on loan from Barcelona, broke the hearts of the Emirates faithful, drawing leve...

FA Cup Third Round Draw: Arsenal at home to Tottenham!

Arsenal and Tottenham fans will get a third chance this season to cheer their teams against each other with the north London rivals having been drawn against each other in the Third Round of the FA Cup.

The Gunners will be at home and considering their scintillating start to the current season will no doubt be the favourites. Spurs, on the other hand, have been mediocre in their performances, with the graph of the team full of countless crests and troughs. While Arsenal b...

South Africa thrash listless India again as overseas woes continue

Question marks over Team India’s abilities to play in overseas conditions resurfaced as South Africa routed the Men in Blue and won the 2nd ODI in Durban by 134 runs. In a match that was shortened by rain, the Indian batsmen never seemed to be in command while going about their chase. South Africa on the other hand, came back strongly after their mediocre showing against Pakistan in the last series and notched up a series victory that was scripted by a certain Quinton de...

Australia 4 wickets shy of 2-0 Ashes lead

Australia are on the brink of a huge victory thanks to a strong showing on the 4th day of the Adelaide Test. Australia's declaration, first thing in the morning ensured that England had to either chase down a mammoth 500 plus score or bat out the next six sessions. Neither of which seems possible now, with the top six of the English line up, back in the pavilion. Matt Prior and Stuart Broad are holding fort, trying to delay the inevitable by a day.

The possibility of show...

Cabaye strike sends Man United and Moyes into full-blown crisis

David Moyes helplessly sunk deeper into quick-sand on a mournful afternoon at Old Trafford as Newcastle United secured a historical 1-0 victory against their struggling opponents. The Magpies’ first victory at United since 1972 came about thanks to a smash-and-grab goal from Yohan Cabaye in the 2 ^nd half. Newcastle executed their game plan well for the first 60 minutes as they flooded the midfield and restricted Man United to half-chances. Their chance arrived on 61 minute...

Premier League Transfer Rumours: Dec 7, 2013

Scottish ‘Mini Messi’ warned against leaving Dundee

Hidden away in the mystical highlands of Scotland lies a diminutive Peter Pan-esque fleet-footed attacker by the name of Ryan Gauld. A talent so precocious that his fable has traveled down south to the wealthy capitalists in the Premier League but Dundee United refuse to believe that it is a done deal that the 17 year old will be ditching the Scottish mist for English money. The links with Man United, Arsenal and Real Ma...

2014 FIFA World Cup Draw Analysis and Predictions

With all the qualifiers finally done and dusted and the names of 32 teams in their respective pots it was time for the long awaited draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. As always there are a few teams that would be a little disappointed with the draw they got, perhaps none more so than Costa Rica in Group D, who find themselves stuck with a whole host of former winners - Uruguay, England and Italy!

Here's how the groups look...

South Africa rout India in series opener

South Africa scored their first century opening partnership in more than than three-and-a-half years and followed it up with a brutal new ball attack to beat India by a massive 141 runs in the first of three Momentum One-Day Internationals at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium on Thursday evening. These were the two salient factors on a day when the Proteas got just about everything right apart from bowling 20 wides.

Man-of-the-Match Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla put on 152 ...

Premier League Wednesday Wrap: Arsenal cruise, Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool and Spurs win; Everton stun Man United

Midweek action returned to the Premier League after a long hiatus and the big guns continued to enthral as a massive 32 goals were scored in the 9 matches that took place on Wednesday night. Arsenal maintained their 4 point cushion over the chasing pack with a comfortable 2-0 win at home against Hull City, while Everton picked up the result of the night beating Manchester United at Old Traffors for the first time in over two decades. There were also wins for the likes of...

Brilliant Bhullar wins Indonesian Open

Gaganjeet Bhullar dominated the Indonesia Open after shooting a flawless three-under-par 68 to win his first Asian Tour title in 2013 by three shots on Sunday.

The talented Indian opened with 10 straight pars but displayed a gutsy back nine performance highlighted by three birdies to complete a sensational wire-to-wire triumph at the US$750,000 Asian Tour event.

Malaysian rising star Nicholas Fung contended for the title before finishing tied second on 66 with Chapchai Nir...

De Villiers, Philander prevent series whitewash

AB de Villiers played an innings of contrasting style to his fireworks of Port Elizabeth to lead the Castle Lager Proteas to a four-wicket victory over Pakistan with 68 balls to spare in the final Momentum ODI at SuperSport Park on Saturday.

Pakistan nevertheless win the series 2-1 in a tournament that has been a personal triumph for their captain, Misbah-ul-Haq. The Pakistan captain finished his tour with an unbeaten 79 (107 balls, 4 fours and 2 sixes) before he ran out ...