Daily sports news for 04 February 2016

SIX NATIONS

England skipper Hartley vows to silence critics

Dylan Hartley is determined to silence the critics who are waiting for him to fail when he leads England into their Six Nations opener against Scotland this weekend.

BETIS

Mister Ajax: “We should have bought Van der Vaart"

SEVILLA 4-0 CELTA

Sevilla brush Celta aside to book Copa final with Barça

SERIE A

Lazio punished for racist chants

LEVANTE - BARCELONA

Italian stallion chomping at the bit to play Barcelona

PREMIER LEAGUE

Liverpool fans planning walkout over ticket price hike

COPA

Krohn Dehli gets the fourth: Sevilla 4-0 Celta

REAL MADRID

Pérez not sure about Pogba and Lewandowski price tags

ATLÉTICO

Appeals board reduce Filipe’s suspension from 3 games to 1

RUGBY | 6 NATIONS

New-look Italy hoping to stun the Stade de France

BARCELONA

"Tired, sleepy" Neymar has a lot on his mind at the moment

ATLÉTICO | DIEGO COSTA

Atlético keen on Costa return

REAL MADRID | TRAINING

Great combination play between CR7 and Benzema

ON THIS DAY IN FOOTBALL HISTORY

Jesús Gil makes a disastrous decision (1991)

INTERNATIONAL | INTER

Inter Milan ready to go all out for Diego Simeone

COPA DEL REY | BARÇA 7 - 0 VALENCIA

"Sacked in the morning, you're getting sacked in the morning"

VALENCIA | BENÍTEZ

Benítez sounded out by Valencia

BARCELONA | NEYMAR CASE

DIS feel "betrayed" after being shut out of Neymar transfer

CYCLING | DUBAI

Team Sky's Viviani takes stage two in Dubai

REAL MADRID

Zidane hands former Girondins team mate Madrid post

REAL MADRID | MARCELO

Marcelo leaves Modric dizzy with twin salvo of backheels

PREMIER | MANCHESTER UTD

Man Utd close to deal with Mou - Sky Sport Italia reporter

RUGBY | 6 NATIONS

England winger loses ban appeal

REAL MADRID

'Air' Ramos emulates Pirri with dunk shot 45 years on

LIGUE 1 | TROYES

Ligue 1 basement club Troyes sack Claude Robin

CRICKET

Quick-fire Buttler ton sets up victory for England

BARCELONA | SUÁREZ

Devastating Suárez averaging 1.06 goals a game this term

REAL MADRID | ZIDANE

"Zidane has a job to do at Madrid. We'll see in 2018..."

EDITORIAL

Guardiola and Zidane; similarities and differences

OPINION

Ramos is starting from zero now

EDITORIAL

Remembering Manuel Velázquez

The Madrid loanees reflect Espanyol’s poor season

OPINION | ÁLVARO BENITO VILLAR

Benzema shone in the Villamarín

Neville’s credit is running out

EDITORIAL

Barça, Real Madrid, Atleti, FIFA and the lottery of young lives

JAMES RODRÍGUEZ

Forget the car chase and focus on football

ARGENTINA

AFA come down hard on Álvaro Pereira: 8-match ban

BARCELONA | MESSI

Messi: 501 goals and 203 assists so far in his career

INTERVIEW | FABIO CAPELLO

"Defensive? At Real I played with one midfielder: Redondo!"

RUGBY | 6 NATIONS

The best of the northern hemisphere get set for battle

EDITORIAL

Four for Luis Suárez, three for Leo Messi...

COPA DEL REY | BARÇA 7 - 0 VALENCIA

Neville scotches resignation talk despite "painful" defeat

COPA DEL REY | BARÇA 7 - 0 VALENCIA

"I'm hurt by the image of VFC we gave, not by songs"

SERIE A | RACISM

Racist chanting halts Lazio match for several minutes

FCB 7-0 VCF

Thursday, 04/02/2016