Soccer Sep 30, 2013

Suarez hits double on return to league action

Luis Suarez returned to the Premier League in explosive fashion on Sunday, teaming up with strike partner Daniel Sturridge to propel Liverpool to a 3-1 win at Sunderland that inflicted more misery on the division’s managerless bottom team. Liverpool climbed to second place in ...

Soccer Sep 26, 2013

Man United beats Liverpool, Suarez

Manchester United ruined Luis Suarez’s long-awaited return from a 10-match ban for biting by beating Liverpool 1-0 in the third round of the League Cup on Wednesday, relieving some early-season pressure on manager David Moyes. Javier Hernandez showed a poacher’s instinct to volley home ...

Soccer Sep 22, 2013

Chelsea gets back on track

Chelsea finally won and Liverpool finally lost on Saturday. And, after five matches, Everton remains the only side unbeaten in the English Premier League. Chelsea had been reeling from its worst start during the decade of Roman Abramovich’s ownership, but second-half goals from Oscar ...

Review Aug 31, 2013

Masterful ode to Liverpool's Shankly

by Frank Cottrell Boyce

‘Red Or Dead” is a masterpiece. David Peace already has a considerable reputation but this massive, painstaking account of the career of Bill Shankly towers above his previous work. It’s usual when praising a sports novel for critics to claim that “it’s not really ...