Premier League: Soldado locates scoring touch as Spurs rediscover home comforts November 30, 2014 AT WHITE HART LANE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 EVERTON 1 TOTTENHAM boss Mauricio Pochettino admitted his side’s defeat of Everton contained hidden value after goal-shy Spanish striker Roberto Soldado proved the match-winner at White Hart Lane yesterday. Soldado reacquainted himself with the Premier League scoresheet to end a nine-month barren spell in first-half stoppage time after [...]
Attwood happy for England to be called boring November 30, 2014 ENGLAND lock Dave Attwood has dismissed criticism of Saturday’s defeat of Australia, insisting they are happy to sacrifice entertaining, expansive rugby in favour of results. Two tries by No8 Ben Morgan and 16 points from the boot of fly-half George Ford helped the hosts to a pragmatic if unspectacular 26-17 victory over the Wallabies. They [...]
Premier League: Lampard hauls City in sight of familiar foes November 30, 2014 SOUTHAMPTON 0 MANCHESTER CITY 3 MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini has hailed Frank Lampard as an inspired signing but again poured cold water on talk of extending the veteran midfielder’s loan spell. Lampard came off the bench to score either side of Yaya Toure and Gael Clichy as 10-man City inflicted Southampton’s first home defeat [...]
Hughes death unlikely to mean bouncer ban November 30, 2014 WORLD cricket chiefs have played down the likelihood of a clampdown on the kind of short-pitched bowling that contributed to the death of Australia batsman Phillip Hughes last week. Hughes, 25, died on Thursday, two days after a bouncer from Sean Abbott struck him on the top of the neck during a Sheffield Shield match [...]
London Welsh concede 400th point as Saints regain top spot November 30, 2014 LONDON Welsh assistant coach Ollie Smith insists his side will not surrender to the demands of the Premiership despite conceding their 400th point of the season during a 43-14 loss to Northampton at the Kassam Stadium yesterday. The reigning champions scored seven tries in their bonus point win to return to the table’s summit, while [...]
Football Comment: Kane sets tone as penny drops for Tottenham November 30, 2014 IT HAS taken a few difficult months but yesterday we witnessed signs that Mauricio Pochettino has finally got Tottenham’s players buying into his vision of a high-energy, high-work rate team. You always need individuals to set examples in that respect and nobody is leading the way in getting stuck in like Harry Kane. The home-grown [...]
Spieth savours career highlight with runaway win in Australia November 30, 2014 RISING star Jordan Spieth acknowledged the finest round of his nascent career after carding a course record 63 to romp to victory at the Australian Open yesterday. The 21-year-old American, who was second at this year’s Masters, finished 13 under par in Sydney – six shots clear of his closest challenger, home favourite Rod Pampling. [...]
Hughes death sends shockwaves November 27, 2014 ■ Australia batsman loses fight, aged 25 ■ Officials: “freak accident real tragedy” ■ Debate over cricket safety intensifies ■ India Test match could be cancelled CRICKET was in mourning last night following the death of Australian Test batsman Phillip Hughes – a tragedy that senior figures predict will send shockwaves through the sport. Hughes [...]
Abbott will not play again, says England bowler November 27, 2014 THE bowler whose bouncer inadvertently caused the death of Australian Test batsman Phillip Hughes may never play again, according to former England seamer David Lawrence. West Indies batsman Phil Simmons required life-saving brain surgery after being struck by a Lawrence delivery during a tour match at Bristol in 1988, and the 50-year-old is sceptical about [...]
Lancaster challenges demoted Farrell to bounce back November 27, 2014 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster expects Owen Farrell to secure a future recall despite dropping the Saracens star in favour of Billy Twelvetrees for the final autumn fixture against Australia at Twickenham tomorrow. Farrell has been an ever-present for England since the summer tour of South Africa in 2012 but Twelvetrees has received the nod [...]