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Outstanding Fellaini deserves to be recognized for standout season

Mistaken identity for most footballers means being booked when your ­teammate is the guilty party, but not ­Maroune Fellaini. Usually the big bouffanted Belgian behemoth can't be ­confused with anyone ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/11/2 22:48:39

Firing the manager guarantees no success

"Win or go home" is a popular expression once the postseason begins in any major American sport. No one knows this better than John Farrell, Dusty Baker and Joe Girardi ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/11/1 23:28:39

Game management or lack of it dominating the soccer conversation at every level

Much like the oft (and rightly) maligned concept of net spend, game management was not a term that the soccer watching public used to be aware of. Now, though, you ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/10/31 23:18:40

Everton woes continue with loss to Leicester

On October 22 Arsenal played Everton and won a crushing 5-2 victory. Since then, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger oversaw his 800th game for the club on Saturday while Everton fired ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/10/30 23:13:40

Arsenal fans should feel lucky to still walk in Wenger wonderland

In another predictably topsy-turvy week in the English Premier League only one thing was noticeable by its absence: the calls for Arsene Wenger to leave Arsenal. The man once dubbed ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/10/29 23:18:40

Young Lions show great potential but need club support to fulfill it

To say that the English FA has not had the greatest time of it recently is putting it mildly. Following on from sacking men's national team manager Sam Allardyce after ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/10/26 22:58:40

Managerial shortlists show shortcomings of short-term thinking in EPL

Ronald Koeman became the latest English Premier League (EPL) manager to have become familiar with the concept of being let go, with the Everton man joining Crystal Palace boss Ronald ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/10/24 22:53:39

Arsenal overwhelm Everton with a five-goal barrage in Premier League

The best way for Arsenal to answer a bad loss to a team whose striker publicly mocked them for not having the "cojones" is apparently not to fight fire with ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/10/23 23:03:39

Promoted trio's early season starts offer hope for those who follow

What a weekend for the promoted clubs of the English Premier League. The so-called whipping boys all won - no mean feat - but some of those results will live ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/10/22 23:28:40

English clubs feared by Europe's elite in Champions League? Not likely, Neville

When it comes to European competition, English clubs are back. That's the message from player-turned-pundit Phil Neville, in any case. The former Manchester United and Everton man says that "the ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/10/19 23:38:39

Newton's play defies one stereotype, but his words reinforce another

In 2015, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was perhaps the NFL's biggest star, leading his team to a near-perfect 15-1 regular season and an appearance in Super Bowl 50. Two ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/10/18 23:13:39

Mourinho warrants wage demands after returning United to top billing

Manchester United are back. Not because of the point that they earned away to great rivals Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, but because of the fact that no one can ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/10/17 23:08:39

Latics might want Scholes but they could have the right man already

When it comes to hiring a new manager to replace the recently sacked John Sheridan, Oldham Athletic should put their faith in a former Manchester United midfielder born close to ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/10/15 22:58:39

Messi makes it but there's World Cup disappointment for future stars – for now

It's been a week of reckoning for those nations hopeful of making the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and now the dust has settled after the final qualifying games. The ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/10/12 23:18:39

Non-standing argument could use some legs before games

Legendary American humorist Mark Twain once wrote, "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." This axiom certainly applies to the current NFL issue - standing ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/10/11 23:08:40

Strachan exposes his own shortcomings with excuses for latest failure

So Scotland's latest failure to qualify for a major international tournament - the 10th in a row - can be put down to genetics. That was the view of their ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/10/10 22:53:39

Clubs do best to stand out from the crowd during Non-League Day

The mind-numbing tedium of the international break was broken up for English fans on Saturday thanks to the seventh annual Non-League Day. Since beginning in 2010, the initiative has taken ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/10/8 22:38:39

FIFA covers give an insight into soccer's journey during the last 24 years

There are many people who think he might be the very embodiment of smugness already, but Cristiano Ronaldo is likely to be quite pleased with himself this morning. The Real ...
Source: Global Times | 2017/9/28 23:08:39