Sports Headlines: Saturday October 21, 2017.

West Ham Coach Slaven Bilic Takes Responsibility For Defeat.

After his side’s 3-0 defeat at home to Brighton, Bilic admitted that the ‘heavy’ defeat was his fault though he insisted he was the right man for the Hammers. The loss sees them with just eight points in their last nine games this season, but the manager says he is not worried about his job.

Emre Can Says Juve Interest Is A Honor.

The 23 year old German international has admitted that the interests shown by Juventus is flattering to him, his contract finishes at the end of this year and he is yet to re-sign a deal for Liverpool.

Hamilton Has Gone One Level Up- Mercedes Boss.

After his impressive displays at yesterday drives when he edged Vettel who is his main rival in first round and Max Verstappen  of Red Bull in the practice sessions, Toto Wolff has praised him and said he has gone up one level above the rest.

England Loses To France In Friendly.

In the women’s football friendly between both teams, France left it late before stealing the game’s only goal despite England dictating much of the play. Asseyi scored for France in the 89th minute.

Antonio Conte Laments About Playing Schedule.

Speaking to the press, the coach agreed that the Blues have underperformed this season and narrowed it down to the loss of big players with histories with the club and also due to injury crisis but then he fingered the fact that they have less time to prepare ahead of games because of tight scheduling of matches. “We play every three days” he said.

Edinburgh And Scotland Player John Hardie Ruled Out For Undisclosed Reasons.

The 29 year old New Zealand back-rower was announced to have been excluded from the squad that the club will feature in coming clashes. The Scottish Rugby have not made any comment on the incident only stating that the nature of the ongoing investigations made it impossible to enlighten the public.