Winger Mile Sterjovski feels Perth Glory s vastly improved form means they should be aiming for a top-three finish at the end of the A-League season.
The Glory are unbeaten in their past six matches, seeing them climb to fifth spot five points clear of the seventh-placed Melbourne Victory and with nine games left in the season they are just four points outside the top two.
Sterjovski said there was no reason to believe their climb up the ladder could not continue, starting with a win against Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium on Sunday.
We re sitting fifth on the table now and we re only a few points from third so if we can keep going like this and keep winning games, we can finish in the top three easily I think, he said.
We re on a pretty good roll…
It’s no secret that Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 6 is the most anticipated game of next year, even with heavy hitters like Ghost of Yotei, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and Monster Hunter Wilds. The open-world title is targeting a Fall 2025 launch, and while the second half of the year is relatively unknown, it’s probably not a coincidence.
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier recently reported that other game publishers are waiting “as long as possible” before committing to Fall release dates for their titles. This is according to “people familiar with their deliberations.” Such is the anticSports Bettingipation that publishers are allegedly waiting…
Burnley boss Vincent Kompany has been handed a two-match touchline suspension after his red card against Chelsea at the back end of last month.
Kompany was sent off from the dugout during the Clarets’ 2-2 draw at Chelsea on March 30 for his protests against a penalty decision which also led to defender Lorenz Assignon seeing red.
The Football Association confirmed in a statement Kompany must serve a one-game ban straight away with the other suspended until the end of the year, while the Belgian was also handed a £10,000 fine.
“Burnley FC’s Vincent Kompany has been fined £10,000 and suspended from the touchline for two matches following misconduct at their Premier League game against Chelsea FC on Saturday 30 March,” the FA statement said.
“One…
Scottish Premiership strugglers Motherwell have confirmed the resignation of manager Stuart McCall after almost four years in charge.
McCall was the second-longest-serving manager in Scottish league football, behind Forfar Athletic s Dick Campbell, having taken charge at Fir Park in December 2010.
The former Everton and Rangers midfielder guided Motherwell to top-three finishes in each of his full seasons in charge the club finishing as runners-up to Celtic for the last two campaigns.
However, Motherwell have made a dismal start to the 2014-15 campaign and sit second-bottom of the top flight with seven points from 12 matches.
A 2-1 defeat at St Johnstone on Friday represented a fifth straight league defeat and ninth loss of the season for McCall s men.
Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone has played down his team s chances of winning the Europa League ahead of their clash with Besiktas.
The La Liga side and 2009/2010 Europa League champions have been in strong form since the Argentine took over in December last year.
But Simeone refused to be drawn into suggestions his side were capable of winning the Europa League ahead of their round-of-16 first leg against Turkish outfit Besiktas on Thursday.
I not paying much attention to what people are talking about at the moment because, while they are saying these things, we haven t won in five matches in La Liga, Simeone said on Wednesday.
It s a little complicated to think of ourselves as strong candidates in the Europa League.
We are taking it a m…
Yaya Toure believes Manchester City are practising the best football in Europe as they look to finish the Champions League group stage with a 100 per cent record.
City visit Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday having taken five wins from five in Group F. Paris Saint Germain, who take on Bayern Munich on Tuesday, are the only other team in the competition yet to drop a point.
But Toure feels the football City manager Pep Guardiola is employing is unparalleled across the continent. City are also unbeaten in the Premier League, having dropped just two points all season.
And, speaking at a pre-match media conference in Ukraine, Toure who also worked with Guardiola at Barcelona said: Our team is practising the best football in Europe but we want to play against the best…
Jose Mourinho says Alex Ferguson and Manchester United have been unfairly criticised for allowing Paul Pogba to leave the club for Juventus in 2012.
The France international departed Old Trafford seeking more first-team opportunities when his contract expired four years ago, before sealing a return this month in a world-record £89million deal.
Pogba is set to make his second United debut on Friday, with Mourinho s men hosting Southampton in the Premier League.
The Portuguese is delighted to have the 23-year-old to call upon, but thinks Ferguson did everything he could to prevent him from leaving in the first place.
Mourinho said: I didn t know him at that time. What I know is that the club tried everything to keep him, so sometimes people are a bit unfa…
Tottenham s visit to Burnley in the Premier League on Sunday has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions.
The two sides were set to clash at Turf Moor, but the snowy conditions have forced the match officials to postpone the game with the pitch completely covered by the continued downfall.
Antonio Conte s side had arrived in Lancashire for the away game before referee Peter Bankes deemed the conditions unplayable despite the best efforts of Burnley s ground staff to remove the snow.
Spurs statement read: We can confirm that today s match against Burnley has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions.
We can confirm that today’s match against Burnley has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions.
— Tottenham Hotspur (@S…
One-time youth phenomenon Freddy Adu signed with second-tier American club Tampa Bay Rowdies on Tuesday.
Adu once considered one of the best young footballers in the world has struggled to follow through on his potential, with the Ghana-born former United States international having spent the past two years being linked with clubs all over the globe but playing very little football.
The 26-year-old hopes to reinvigorate his career under his former USA Under-20 coach Thomas Rongen, who is in charge of the Rowdies in the North American Soccer League (NASL) a competition below MLS.
Hey guys follow @TampaBayRowdies my new home, Adu wrote on Twitter.
Great to be back together with @ThomasRongen.
Rongen and Adu combined to lead USA s U20 side to the …
Chris Smalling has revealed that he is happy at Manchester United amid reports linking him with a move to Premier League rivals Arsenal.
The centre-back will move into the last twelve months of his current United deal in the summer, and negotiations over a new contract are yet to begin.
Smalling moved to Old Trafford in the summer of 2010, and has since racked up one hundred and forty-one appearances in all competitions, scoring eight goals and was part of the squads the won the Premier League in 2011 and 2013.
The former Fulham man has also been capped fifteen times by England, with one of those appearances coming in the 0-0 draw with Costa Rica at last summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil.
Louis van Gaal’s side, who currently sit in fourth pla…