Exeter to meet Sarries in final March 15, 2015 SARACENS face defending champions Exeter in the LV= Cup final on Sunday after the Chiefs continued their defence by winning 30-22 at Leicester yesterday. Tries from Elvis Taione, Fetu’u Vainikolo and Greg Bateman earned victory for Exeter, who are aiming to become the first team to retain the trophy.
Sparks fly after Hamilton eases to victory March 15, 2015 MERCEDES team boss Toto Wolff has accused Christian Horner of “moaning” after his Red Bull counterpart launched fresh calls for changes to engine rules following yesterday’s one-sided Australian Grand Prix. Horner urged Formula One chiefs to take steps to equalise the engines of all teams in response to Mercedes’ continued dominance. His comments came after [...]
Lewis: I’m still expecting fight to retain crown March 15, 2015 BRITAIN’S Lewis Hamilton insists he still expects a fierce battle to retain his world championship despite cruising to victory in the opening race of the 2015 Formula One season. Only colleague Nico Rosberg finished within 30 seconds of Hamilton as Mercedes continued the dominance the team enjoyed last season. But Hamilton said: “We definitely cannot [...]
Watson enjoys landmark win March 15, 2015 BRITISH No1 Heather Watson claimed her first win over an opponent in the world’s top 10 last night when she defeated Agnieszka Radwanska at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. World No43 Watson broke Radwanska, ranked 35 places above her, five times on her way to winning 6-4, 6-4 to continue a promising start [...]
Rangers director Chris Graham resigns over Prophet Muhammad tweet March 13, 2015 Rangers director Chris Graham resigned from his position following an investigation into an offensive image posted on his Twitter account. Graham reportedly posted an explicit image of the Prophet Muhammad engaged in a sex act with Star Wars character Jar-Jar Binks to the public forum, prompting calls for action from Muslim leaders in Scotland. Dr Asid [...]
Barcelona to face trial over Neymar signing tax evasion March 13, 2015 Barcelona will stand trial for tax fraud and administrative irregularities following an investigation into their signing of Brazilian forward Neymar. The four-time European champions, who describe themselves as “more than a club”, are alleged to have evaded around €9m (£6.4m) of tax in the 2013 signing of Neymar from Santos. The Catalan’s [...]
Champions League: How Premier League clubs’ finances have been affected by European failures March 13, 2015 After Chelsea’s failure to beat a 10-man Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday left it looking increasingly likely that the Premier League will have a representative in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, English clubs’ deficiencies in Europe have once again been thrown under the spotlight. English clubs have not only been made to appear [...]
Cricket Comment: Demoting Moores and ditching stats could help boost England March 12, 2015 IT would be unfair if England head coach Peter Moores was sacked. He hasn’t had a huge amount of time to prove himself and he was thrown in at the deep end slightly with a World Cup coming so soon after his appointment last April. But looking at the style of cricket England have played [...]
Spitting actions of United’s Evans branded disgusting by FA panel March 12, 2015 THE actions of Manchester United defender Jonny Evans in spitting at Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse were branded disgusting by the Football Association (FA) panel which found him guilty. Evans and Cisse were both charged after allegedly spitting at each other during Manchester United’s 1-0 Premier League victory over Newcastle at St James’ Park earlier this [...]
Scotland ring changes in bid to end Twickenham victory jinx March 12, 2015 SCOTLAND head coach Vern Cotter has shuffled his pack and made five changes to his starting XV ahead of tomorrow’s Six Nations tussle with England at Twickenham. Back-row David Denton, centre Matt Scott, winger Dougie Fife and lock Jim Hamilton have been drafted in, while fly-half Finn Russell returns having missed Scotland’s last match through [...]