Sports news blog pages

Welcome to our sports news blogs! This site will show news information for your favourite sports. As time passes we will add more types of sport - football (soccer), American football, Rugby, cricket, baseball etc. news pages to ensure we can provide a quick reference for lovers of all sports.


This page will show Chelsea information news. The navigation menus will provide a way for people to drill down to news items for their preferred sport (or even team).



Chelsea held 0-0 by Norwich as Torres misses sitting duck - MSN UK News

Chelsea blew the chance to close the gap on the Premier League pace-setters as they were held to a goalless draw away at Norwich on Saturday. The result means the Blues remain in fourth spot, five points behind third place Tottenham and five points clear …

Budget retail chain may fetch £60m - MSN UK News

The founding family of 99p Stores is hoping to pocket up to £60 million by selling the value retailer which has thrived in the economic downturn, it has been reported. Nadir Lalani opened the first store in Holloway in 2001, but it now has nearly 150 …

Woolworths staff win £67.8m payout - MSN UK News

Former Woolworths employees have been awarded up to £67.8 million in compensation, the shopworkers union Usdaw said. More than 24,000 workers who were made redundant when the chain collapsed in 2008 will be awarded 60 days’ pay, a spokesman said. Usdaw …

Should we be worried about 370,000 migrants on benefits? - MSN UK News

MORE than 370,000 migrants who originally came to the UK for work, study or a holiday claimed work related benefits last year. Of these, 258,000 were from outside the European Economic Area. In the first study of its kind, the government matched benefit …

A380 wing safety checks ordered - MSN UK News

Europe’s air safety authority is calling on airlines to inspect their A380 superjumbo jets after Airbus found new cracks in the metal brackets inside the wings. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued an airworthiness directive that called for “a …

Quango bonfire ’set to cost £830m’ - MSN UK News

Ministers have underestimated the cost of implementing their “bonfire of the quangos”, the Whitehall spending watchdog has warned. The Government said it would save the taxpayer £2.6 billion by 2014/15 by axing 262 public bodies in the biggest Whitehall …

HSBC pledges £15bn mortgage lending - MSN UK News

Mortgage lending competition has increased as HSBC pledged to make at least £15 billion available in mortgages this year, including £3 billion ring-fenced for first-time buyers. The cash will be used by around 150,000 home owners and more than 27,000 …

1,000 boats in seven-mile pageant - MSN UK News

A spectacular flotilla reflecting Britain’s maritime heritage has been assembled to celebrate the Queen’s 60-year reign, organisers of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant announced. The 1,000-boat tribute will feature vessels from down the centuries on the …

School bibles set to cost £377,000 - MSN UK News

The cost of providing a copy of the King James Bible to every school to mark the 400th anniversary of its translation is likely to be around £377,000, Education Secretary Michael Gove has said. Mr Gove said talks were under way with a number of …

£2m plan to bring down peace walls - MSN UK News

A new £2 million fund aimed at bringing down Northern Ireland’s peace walls by building confidence between divided communities has been announced. There are almost 90 barriers separating Protestant and Catholic neighbourhoods across the region, the vast …