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* Total wins will now split teams that are level on points * Rule changed before season but many became aware this week Australian football has been revealed as an outlier from the most popular competitions around the globe after a rule change that could decide which clubs win the A-Leagues premierships. The A-Leagues will from this season turn to total wins to rank the placings on the men’s and women’s tables when teams are level on points. Continue reading...

The club risk repeating mistakes if they prolong uncertainty surrounding their best manager in the Premier League era West Ham would need a very good reason not to reward David Moyes’s fine work with a new contract. If they waver they only need to think back to how the Scot’s first spell at the London Stadium ended. Instead of embracing the stability offered by Moyes, West Ham went for the glamorous option. They appointed Manuel Pellegrini, gave the Chilean a huge budget and ended up sacking him after 18 months of inconsistency left the side in relegation trouble. The grass isn’t always greener. Moyes returned in Pellegrini’s place, preserved West Ham’s Premier League status and built a team with a hard-running identity. He finished sixth and seventh, bringing European football to east London for the first time since 2006. Continue reading...

* Liverpool manager praises forward after goals against Newcastle * Cameraman to the rescue after Klopp drops ring in celebrations Jürgen Klopp praised Mohamed Salah’s gamechanging influence and focus after the Liverpool forward marked his final game before the Africa Cup of Nations with an instrumental role in the 4-2 defeat of Newcastle. Salah had a first-half penalty saved by the Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka but kept his composure to score his 150th and 151st league goals for Liverpool, moving his side three points clear at the top. The Egypt captain and midfielder Wataru Endo, who is representing Japan at the Asian Cup, will depart for international duty before the FA Cup tie at Arsenal. Continue reading...

With Newcastle having won once in eight, their manager is under pressure before three potentially pivotal fixtures The rain fell incessantly over Anfield as Liverpool and Newcastle staged a madcap contest that ended with Eddie Howe staring at January being the cruellest month for his job prospects. This was a 4-2 shellacking from Jürgen Klopp’s side that might have been 8-2. It was dire for Howe as it stretches Newcastle’s run to only one win in eight games. Put another way: the football project of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has lost seven of the past eight and their next three scheduled outings before February arrives appear as treacherous as this trip to Anfield. Continue reading...

He was never leaving quietly. Mohamed Salah signed off for the Africa Cup of Nations with two goals and an assist as Liverpool eased three points clear at the Premier League summit against a deflated Newcastle. Jürgen Klopp is already counting the days until he returns. Salah’s final Liverpool appearance before representing Egypt in Ivory Coast was a test of the leaders’ composure and resources at the end of a demanding festive schedule. They passed convincingly on both counts. Victory was ultimately comfortable against a Newcastle team that unravelled defensively as the game wore on, and would have been far more comprehensive but for a Salah penalty miss and fine goalkeeping from Martin Dubravka. But it was also a fierce examination of Liverpool at times. Continue reading...

* Miami will feature in the Riyadh Season Cup in February * It will be the 36th career meeting between the all-time greats Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will meet in Saudi Arabia after all. Inter Miami confirmed Monday that it will take part in the Riyadh Season Cup — something that was announced by Saudi officials on 21 November. Inter Miami said the reports at that time were inaccurate. Continue reading...

A Turkish Super Lig game erupted in chaos when the match referee was punched by the president of one of the teams before being kicked as he lay on the ground. Ankaragucu’s president, Faruk Koca, struck the referee, Halil Umut Meler, at the end of their home match after Rizespor scored a 97th-minute equaliser. Koca walked on to the pitch and hit the referee when the final whistle blew in the 1-1 draw at Eryaman Stadium. The president of Turkey's football association, Mehmet Buyukeksi, condemned the event as an "inhumane attack" and announced an indefinite suspension to matches in all Turkish leagues. Koca and two others have been arrested for "injuring a public official". * Turkish football league suspended after Ankaragucu president punches referee * Ankaragucu president arrested following incident Continue reading...