Bolton Soccer News

Peter Crouch is no longer the tallest striker in England. At six foot nine, Yang Changpeng is two inches taller than the England and Liverpool forward. ``I'd very much like to meet him while I'm here,'' Yang said Wednesday. The 17-year-old Chinese player is in England for a tryout with Premier League club Bolton. Although Yang is unlikely to receive the work permit needed to play in England, Bolton manager ...

El Hadji Diouf scored two goals in three minutes Sunday to help Bolton rally to beat Newcastle 2-1 in the English Premier League soccer action. Shola Ameobi's penalty gave the Magpies a 19th-minute lead at St. James Park, but the Senegal striker punished two lapses in the Newcastle defence with goals in the 55th and 57th minutes. Bolton moved into third place with 17 points, within two points of both Manchester United and Chelsea. Ameobi scored his penalty ...

Kevin Nolan scored for Bolton to beat Portsmouth 1-0 and end the south coast club's unbeaten start to the English Premier League on Monday. Nolan scored in the 22nd minute at Fratton Park _ the first goal conceded by Portsmouth in six games this season. Portsmouth would have gone top of the league with a win. Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen made a series of saves in the first half, with ...

Bolton striker Kevin Davies had his appeal for a wrongful dismissal rejected by the Football Association on Thursday. Davies will serve a three-match ban. He was sent off in Bolton's match against Charlton last Saturday after he elbowed Abdoulaye Faye in the face in an aerial challenge. Davies had earlier been caught by the swinging elbow of Charlton defender Hermann Hreidarsson. That left Davies with a depressed fractured cheekbone. That injury is expected to rule Davies out until October.

Bolton manager Sam Allardyce doesn't think he has taken a risk by signing striker Nicolas Anelka. ``I think it is the smallest gamble we have ever taken. Nic's record speaks for itself,'' Allardyce said. ``We want to help him along the way and produce and perform.'' Anelka signed a four-year contract with Bolton last Friday in a transfer from Turkish club Fenerbahce worth eight million pounds ($16.8 million Cdn). He'll ...

Iran midfielder Andranik Teymourian signed a two-year contract with Bolton on Wednesday after securing a work permit. The Premier League club signed the 23-year-old defensive midfielder from Iran's Abu Moslem for an undisclosed fee. Teymourian played 11 times for Iran including three games at this year's World Cup. ``He impressed a lot of people during the World Cup and I'm delighted that we've beaten . . . a lot of ...

BOLTON, England (AP) _ Striker Nicolas Anelka signed a four-year contract with Bolton on Friday in a transfer from Fenerbahce worth eight million pounds ($16.7 million Cdn). ``Patience is a virtue and I am pleased to say that all the waiting and hard work we've done behind the scenes has paid off,'' Bolton manager Sam Allardyce said. ``Nicolas is a player with an amazing track record in the Premiership _ ...