Tony Barrett
Brendan Rodgers will have to prove he is the right man to take Liverpool
forward in an end-of-season review with Fenway Sports Group (FSG).
The club’s American owner will look to re-establish common ground with the
manager after a season that has fallen short of expectations, and that has
ended with Raheem Sterling — heckled by some fans when he accepted
Liverpool’s young player of the year award last night — seeking to leave
Although FSG has no intention of dispensing with Rodgers’s services, the
outcome of the meeting will be pivotal in determining how the club go about
addressing the failings that have resulted in such a disappointing campaign.
The main aim of the summit, at which Mike Gordon, FSG’s most influential
figure at Anfield, will hold face-to-face talks with Rodgers, will be to
learn from the mistakes that caused Liverpool to fail
A place in the top four was viewed as the minimum acceptable requirement for Liverpool this season
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Sterling was heckled by some fans when he accepted Liverpool’s young player of the year award last night
While there is an acceptance that some of last summer’s acquisitions, including Balotelli, left Rodgers short of options
With its strong traditions and unique eight-foot slope, Lord’s can be as
tricky and intimidating as it might be inspiring for a newcomer. England
appear ready to gamble, with signs that Mark Wood may be handed his Test
debut tomorrow even though he has not played at the ground.
Chris Jordan would be a more likely casualty than Ben Stokes should England
opt for Wood, although Jordan remained in the slip cordon during practice
punctuated by rain yesterday. On his previous two visits, with Durham, Wood
has been restricted to twelfth-man duties.
The first Test against New Zealand has assumed great importance. Winning is
the only way to shift the agenda from the fiasco around Kevin Pietersen’s
effective blackballing as an international player and the botched
circumstances around the sacking of Peter Moores as head coach.
Should England lose the two-match serie
The chairman of UK Athletics said that Russia should be banned from the sport
if systemic doping is proved. In a forthright interview, Ed Warner also
accused the IAAF of putting a list of potential cheats in the bin and said
that Justin Gatlin, the world’s fastest man this year, will be excluded from
competing in Britain’s top meetings.
Warner said he does not believe that “there is a desire” to clean up athletics
and is incredulous that nothing has been done since a German television
documentary last December claimed that 99 per cent of Russian athletes
doped. The investigative journalist behind the programme said that he also
had a list of 150 athletes who had suspicious blood samples.
Warner said that Russia should be excluded from the World Championships if the
claims are proved. “In a situation like this, when the allegation is
systemic cheating w
The Dutchman has seen enough to understand that a proud club are barely scratching the surface of their potential
Selections send message to those who have not yet played for England and those who did not think they were close to it
2008 Olympic champion can scarcely believe that drugs cheat will ride Tour de France route again as part of a charity team
Manager will not bow to supporters’ demands to spend heavily again this summer and says a player’s worth should not be judged by his price tag
Manager’s selection concerns grow before England’s matches against Ireland and Slovenia as Manchester United midfielder rules himself out
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Massimo Cellino, the controversial owner, is negotiating to appoint the German as the club’s fourth new head coach in less than 12 months
West London club will begin life in the Championship next season with their former caretaker head coach being confirmed in the job permanently
Former England coach moves a significant step towards making a return after arriving in Paris to meet officials of the French Rugby Federation
Scotland will have no homegrown coaches after the World Cup following confirmation that Duncan Hodge is being reallocated to Edinburgh
Bowler believes getting used to the English weather will be the toughest challenge for those New Zealand players joining the squad late from the IPL
Former England striker is on the cusp of taking his first managerial post after being allowed by West Ham to speak to the League Two side
First heptathlon since London 2012 will come after she recovered well from her efforts in Loughborough on Sunday
A puncture in the final kilometres, and the help of a competitor to fix it, cost the Team Sky rider 47 precious seconds in the overall standings
Businessman accepts that he will be the most scrutinised figure to enter Scottish football after being allowed to become a director of Rangers
Hampshire v Middlesex: Batsman’s 23rd first-class century, after three half-centuries this season, came off 209 balls with 16 fours
Warwickshire v Durham: All-rounder, with a century under his belt, causes more havoc with the ball to take his match haul to seven wickets
Rory Smith analyses the defences suffering from “on the beach” syndrome at the end of the season
Simon Hughes analyses the best line of attack on the notorious slope at the home of cricket
Tony Evans says that the captain embodied the spirit of Liverpool and will be sorely missed
Take a look at our montage of the best strikes from the weekend’s action
Watch all of the tries and big tackles from across the grounds in the English top flight of rugby
Watch our video of the Chelsea star and see why he was voted as the PFA’s player of the year
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