SSE Women’s Invitational 2015: Golf event to target women September 3, 2015 Tour stars Laura Davies and Melissa Reid and acclaimed author Matthew Syed are among the attractions at a new golf and business event uniquely targeted at women. The SSE Women’s Invitational at Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire, this month aims to open up corporate golf days – traditionally seen as male-only territory – to a more diverse [...]
Blow for goal-shy Gunners as Welbeck ruled out for months September 3, 2015 Arsenal are facing a striker shortage just days after failing to add forward reinforcements in the transfer window, with Danny Welbeck ruled out until the end of the year. Read more: Injured Arsenal players have missed 1,931 games since 2008 Welbeck, who has been sidelined since April, will remain out of action “for a [...]
Burgess unfazed by Carling criticism on World Cup selection September 3, 2015 RUGBY league convert Sam Burgess insists he is at ease with criticism from Will Carling after revealing the former England captain and fellow centre had contacted him to explain his scathing judgement. Carling said last week that head coach Stuart Lancaster had made a mistake by including Burgess in his 31-man squad for this month’s [...]
Gabrial’s Star will have Koukash beaming in Old Borough Cup September 3, 2015 For all the trouble that Dr Marwan Koukash is having with his Salford City Reds, GABRIAL’S STAR might be able to put a smile on his face in the Old Borough Cup (2.35pm) at Haydock tomorrow. After a cracking, and slightly unlucky, run in the Betway Chester Cup in May, he failed to worry the [...]
Ireland to dish out another beating to lowly Gibraltar September 3, 2015 GIBRALTAR’S first appearance in an international qualifying campaign has yielded six defeats from six and the poorest goal difference of any side in the competition. They have lost half of their games 7-0 and, this evening, Republic of Ireland will be looking to repeat their win by that scoreline as they cling onto the hope [...]
Maximum excitement with sporting index September 3, 2015 EUROPEAN Championship qualifiers frequently pit big teams against no-hopers and punters can be put off taking prohibitively short odds. But with Sporting Index there are so many different markets to ensure excitement throughout any match. Total goal minutes is a prediction on the total minutes of each goal scored in a match. For example, a [...]
Liverpool’s squad valued one of most expensive in Europe – while Arsenal are €100m behind title rivals September 3, 2015 Liverpool's current squad is one of the most expensive in Europe, having come at more of a cost than those assembled by Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Arsenal and Juventus. Read more: £32.5m Benteke signing makes Brendan Rodgers the highest spending Liverpool manager in history A new study put together from academic research group the CIES Football [...]
US Open 2015: Andy Murray takes prize money past $40m at tennis’ richest tournament September 3, 2015 Andy Murray has taken his career earnings beyond the $40m mark following his early progress at the US Open. Read more: Impending fatherhood will help Andy Murray win grand slams – Tim Henman Murray takes on Adrian Mannarino in Flushing Meadows in the third round today as he bids for what is the richest prize [...]
EU refugee crisis: Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund show of support for asylum seekers September 3, 2015 Cheap ticket prices, electric atmospheres and a World Cup-winning team: German football has stood apart from the rest of Europe in recent years and you can now add humanitarianism to its list of appealing qualities. Read more: UN calls on European nations to accept more Syrian refugees German champions Bayern Munich have pledged to donate €1m [...]
Murray masters mirth to march past erratic Kyrgios at US Open September 3, 2015 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray admitted he had to stop himself from laughing as he reeled off a fourth consecutive win over wild child Nick Kyrgios to reach the second round of the US Open. Murray stayed cool in the face of a Kyrgios performance that veered from scintillating to scratchy to defeat the Australian 20-year-old 7-5, [...]