eSports introduces random drug testing to combat doping in professional video gaming July 24, 2015 Professional video gaming is serious, competitive sport. And to prove it, leading organisation The Electronic Sports League (ESL) will begin randomly drug testing players at its competitive tournaments. Read more: Can professional video gaming take off in the UK? The European organisation will team up with the World Anti-Doping Agency to draw up an anti-performance enhancing [...]
Roger Federer, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson named the three most marketable athletes in the world July 24, 2015 No one sells like a golden oldie when it comes to sports, according to a new power ranking of the world's most marketable athletes. Read more: Ronaldo named Europe's "most marketable" footballer Roger Federer, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are all nearing the twilight of their careers, but have been named as the three most marketable [...]
Arsenal director Lord Harris: Wenger has £200m to buy any player he wants – except Messi and Ronaldo July 24, 2015 Arsene Wenger has been told he has licence to break the club's transfer record by Arsenal director Lord Harris. Read more: Wenger pours scorn on United recruitment policy Arsenal have over £200m available to spend on new transfers, said the owner of retailer Carpetright, after overcoming the financial burden of building and moving to the Emirates. [...]
Ignore furore over doping, Bolt tells Mo July 23, 2015 WORLD’S fastest man Usain Bolt has given his backing to Britain’s Mo Farah and urged the double Olympic champion to ignore the furore which has emanated from doping allegations against his coach. Somali-born Farah has faced escalating scrutiny since his American trainer Alberto Salazar was accused of violating anti-doping rules and providing banned substances to [...]
Marsh lifts Ashes selection hopes with timely ton July 23, 2015 CENTURION Shaun Marsh sailed through his audition to replace Chris Rogers at the top of Australia’s batting line-up amid lingering fears that the veteran opener could miss next week’s third Investec Ashes Test. Rogers is a doubt for the Edgbaston clash after struggling to recover from dizziness suffered while batting in Australia’s second innings at [...]
Europa League: West Ham scrape past minnows to maintain European ambitions July 23, 2015 BIRKIRKARA FC 1 WEST HAM UNITED 0 (West Ham win 5-3 on penalties, AET, 1-1 on AGG) WEST Ham boss Slaven Bilic admitted his side showed their European naivety before edging past Maltese minnows Birkirkara on penalties to reach the Europa League third qualifying round last night. The Hammers held their nerve from the spot [...]
Swastika sees Croatia docked July 23, 2015 CROATIA have been handed a one-point deduction as punishment for the swastika which became visible on the pitch during their Euro 2016 Group H qualifier with Italy last month. European governing body Uefa have also fined the Croatian Football Federation €100,000 (£70,000) and ordered them to play their next two matches behind closed doors. Croatian [...]
In-form Froome primed to clinch Tour de France title, says Thomas July 23, 2015 TEAM Sky’s Geraint Thomas believes Chris Froome is in perfect form as his colleague prepares for a decisive 48 hours in his bid to cement a second Tour de France title. Briton Froome repelled numerous attacks in the Alps for a second consecutive day to preserve his lead of three minutes and 10 seconds over [...]
Eagles swoop for QPR keeper as Real tell United to forget Ramos July 23, 2015 CRYSTAL Palace have expanded their goalkeeping options by signing former England Under-21 stopper Alex McCarthy from Queens Park Rangers. McCarthy, 25, only moved to Loftus Road from Reading last summer but failed to unseat regular No1 Rob Green and has now become the 10th departure since QPR were relegated in May. The former Wimbledon trainee [...]
Eagle to come out on top in the battle for second place July 23, 2015 GOLDEN Horn bids to become only the fourth horse to win tomorrow’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (3.50pm) at Ascot, having already won the Investec Derby and Coral Eclipse in the same season. John Gosden’s unbeaten son of Cape Cross is a best-priced 1/2 with Betway to join the likes of Nashwan (1989), [...]