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LONDON: Tony Pulis said on Wednesday that he was "disappointed" after leaving his post as Stoke City manager, but that he understood chairman Peter Coates' reasons for wanting to take the club in a different direction.Pulis, 55, left Stoke by mutual consent late on Tuesday after two spells in charge totalling 10 years, either side of a one-season stint with Plymouth Argyle in 2005-06.Despite occasional criticism for the physical approach adopted by his side, Pulis turned Stoke into a solid mid-table team following their promotion from the Championship in 2008.However, he accepted Coates' desire to bring in a new manager."I have enjoyed some wonderful times at Stoke City and nobody was prouder than me when, after 23 years of exile from top-flight football we gained Premier League status," Pulis said in a statement released by the League Managers' Association."Over the past five years we have created history by being the ...
VICENZA: Italian Giovanni Visconti soloed to victory in the 17th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday to hand his Movistar team their fourth win of the race.Overall race leader Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) retained the pink jersey with a 1min 26sec lead on Australian rival Cadel Evans (BMC) intact after the 214 km ride from Caravaggio to Vicenza.Nibali won the Tour of Spain in 2010, was a runner-up on the Giro in 2011 and also ...
LEEDS: New Zealand's Neil Wagner said Wednesday he wanted to make England's batsmen "hate him" and "get in their face" as the Black Caps look to square the Test series with victory at Headingley.England won the first Test of this two-match campaign with a commanding 170-run success, achieved with more than a day to spare, at Lord's last week after skittling New Zealand out for a mere 68 in their second innings.But that margin of ...
SINGAPORE: Chinese giants Guangzhou Evergrande marched into the AFC Champions League quarter-finals and underlined their strong title credentials with a convincing 3-0 win over Central Coast Mariners on Wednesday.Goals from Muriqui, Dario Conca and Gao Lin took Marcello Lippi's team through with room to spare, as Japan's Kashiwa Reysol also swept into the last eight with a 5-2 aggregate win over Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.Guangzhou, 2-1 winners in last week's first leg, are now into the ...
LOS ANGELES: Chinese schoolboy Guan Tianlang has added another stop to his US tour, accepting a sponsor's exemption for the US PGA Tour's St. Jude Classic in Memphis."Guan's invitation was a no-brainer," said tournament director Phil Cannon. "He certainly has made a big splash in the sports world. And we are excited our fans will get to witness history."Guan, 14, became the youngest player to compete at the Masters in April, earning the low amateur's ...
ISLAMABAD: The Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) on Wednesday said it will recommend mountaineer Samina Baig's name for the Pride of Performance and Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.Mountaineer Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 meters. Samina completed the climb to the summit with her brother Mirza Ali, who became the third and youngest Pakistani male to scale the mountain.Talking to APP, Abu Zafar Sadiq, Secretary, ...
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan players perceive the recent spot-fixing scandal as a cause to faint the image of the game of cricket and has stone the ongoing Indian Premier League.Talking to private news channel, Former Test captain Zaheer Abbas said that he was shocked by the scandal involving Indian Test player, S. Sreesanth and two others Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan."There have always been fears that the IPL was a soft target for bookmakers but no ...More Articles...
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