Football: New favourites Liverpool face two stiff tests of title credentialsThe challenge is different for Liverpool. A weight of expectation invariably surrounds a club of their size and history, but now the equation has changed.Every team with a six-point lead at the halfway stage of a Premier League season have become...

Football: Wolves' unhappy new year sees 2-0 defeat by Crystal PalaceWOLVERHAMPTON, England (REUTERS)- Wolverhampton Wanderers saw their impressive Premier League campaign run into the buffers as two goals in the dying minutes enabled Crystal Palace to take all three points with a 2-0 win at Molineux on Wednesday (Jan 2).Looking...

S'pore coaches work wondersFrom relegation candidates to I-League champions in a year, Chennai City proved there are more to football miracles than just Leicester City's stunning English Premier League triumph in 2016.In achieving the improbable, head coach Akbar Nawas and his assistant K. Balagumaran also showed that...

Football: Smalling signs new deal with Manchester UnitedLONDON (REUTERS) - England international Chris Smalling has agreed a new contract with Manchester United until 2022 with an option for the club to extend for a further year, the Premier League outfit announced on Saturday (Dec 15).The 29-year-old centre half, who...

Football: Man City's slump down to more than Fernandinho absenceMANCHESTER, England (REUTERS) - Manchester City's surprise run of three defeats in four games, the latest in Wednesday's (Dec 26) 2-1 defeat at Leicester City, has been widely attributed to one simple cause - the absence of defensive midfielder Fernandinho.Yet,...