Jose Mourinho was standing on the edge of his technical area near the halfway line when Manchester United midfielder Daniel James came sliding off the field and clattered head-first into the right knee of the Portuguese coach. Mourinho just about stayed on his feet but ...
A bold substitution and a quick-thinking ball boy helped Jose Mourinho turn around his Champions League debut with Tottenham. It couldn't have started worse, conceding twice inside 19 minutes to Olympiakos. A decisive intervention was required by Mourinho in his second match in charge, replacing defensive ...
Jose Mourinho guides Tottenham to victory in first match in charge
Tottenham's decision to switch managers reaped instant rewards as Jose Mourinho got off to a winning start in his highly anticipated fourth coaching stint in the English Premier League. How long before a slew of other teams — including Tottenham's north London neighbor, Arsenal — ...
Jose Mourinho brings passion to task of reviving Tottenham
Ousted from previous jobs for fomenting friction, Jose Mourinho is returning to coaching trying to show he is rejuvenated with the smile back. Will Tottenham be getting a mellowed manager, rather than the one who stoked internal feuds at Chelsea and Manchester United? Mourinho's exile from ...
Jose Mourinho replaces Mauricio Pochettino at slumping Tottenham
Jose Mourinho sealed a return to coaching after almost a year out when he was hired as Tottenham manager on Wednesday, a day after the Premier League club fired Mauricio Pochettino. "In Jose we have one of the most successful managers in football," Tottenham chairman ...
Ex-Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has avoided jail for tax fraud as part of a deal with Spanish prosecutors revealed Tuesday but will pay a fine of close to €2 million. The 56-year-old is accused of committing tax fraud in 2011 and 2012 when he ...
Jose Mourinho blasts pundits with barrage of Marcus Rashford statistics
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho blasted his critics with a barrage of statistics on Friday to defend the amount of playing time given to England striker Marcus Rashford over the past two years. Some pundits have expressed concern that the 20-year-old, who has scored twice ...
Southgate will keep World Cup foes guessing
With two friendly matches before the real thing gets underway in Russia you would think coaches should select the team with which they hope to open their 2018 World Cup campaign. England plays Nigeria at Wembley on Saturday, a sort of warm-up for Tunisia, the ...
Antonio Conte looks to give Chelsea a trophy on way out
If the Chelsea players want to give Antonio Conte a farewell present of winning the F.A. Cup final against Manchester United on Saturday, they will have to raise their game considerably from the shambolic, error-ridden performance in the 3-0 defeat by Newcastle United last ...
Man United faithful restless with Mourinho
Manchester United could probably have had Pep Guardiola, but in January 2013 the Catalan had agreed to take over at Bayern Munich. Instead, four months later, United appointed David Moyes as Sir Alex Ferguson's successor. United could also have signed Jurgen Klopp in the summer ...
Mighty Man City given reality check by Liverpool
Manchester City has collected compliments and plaudits almost on a weekly basis this season and rightly so, though the premature if inevitable claims about Pep Guardiola's team being the best English side of all-time took a severe dent when Liverpool thrashed — not too ...
Everton turns to Sam Allardyce in bid to stay up
"Sam Allardyce has resigned as manager of Crystal Palace and says he has 'no ambition to take another job' in football." —Newspaper report, May 2017 "While I've got the energy, I want to travel and also spend more time with my family and grandchildren without the ...
