Young stars to get senior call June 1, 2014 ENGLAND Under-21 manager Gareth Southgate believes the performances of his young squad at this week’s Toulon Tournament show the national game is in good health. As the senior team flew to Miami ahead of the summer’s World Cup, Southgate’s side lost 1-0 to Portugal in yesterday’s third/fourth place play-off, with Brazil winning the tournament after [...]
How the Qatari chaos has unfolded June 1, 2014 THE BIDDING PROCESS BEGINS March 2009: Fifa open the bidding process to host the World Cup in 2022. Qatar are among five potential host nations BLATTER BACKS QATAR CAUSE April 2010: Sepp Blatter says: “The Arabic world deserves a World Cup. They have 22 countries and have not had any opportunity to organise the tournament.” [...]
Three lions on a plane June 1, 2014 CAPTAIN Steven Gerrard flew with his England team-mates from Luton to Miami yesterday for a warm-weather training camp, plus friendlies against Honduras and Ecuador. The next stop will be Brazil for their World Cup opening match against Italy in Manaus on 14 June. Manager Roy Hodgson must confirm his 23-man squad today.
Spinner Panesar dropped by Essex June 1, 2014 CRICKET: England’s maverick spinner Monty Panesar was dropped for Essex’s County Championship game against Glamorgan yesterday for “breaching team rules for timekeeping”. He was replaced by Tom Craddock, who took one wicket as Glamorgan ended their first innings on 244 all out. Panesar has played 50 Tests for England, yet left Sussex last year after [...]
England fall at the first hurdle June 1, 2014 HOCKEY: England’s women began their World Cup campaign with a 2-1 defeat to the USA yesterday. England, who are ranked third in the world, went 2-0 down before Kate Richardson-Walsh pulled one back, yet could not find an equaliser. The men’s side, who drew 1-1 against Spain on Saturday, play India at 3pm today.
GB rowers claim two golds at Euros June 1, 2014 ROWING: Great Britain topped the medal table at the European Championships in Belgrade, finishing with two golds on the final day yesterday. Andrew Triggs Hodge, George Nash, Mohamed Sbihi and Alex Gregory set a European best time of five minutes and 46.86 seconds in the men’s four, while Helen Glover and Polly Swann comfortably beat [...]
Pele’s son given 33-year jail term June 1, 2014 FOOTBALL: The son of Brazilian legend Pele has been sentenced to 33 years in jail for laundering money raised from drug trafficking. Edinho, who was a goalkeeper for Santos, has previously served a sentence for drug trafficking.
Matsuyama wins Memorial trophy June 1, 2014 GOLF: Hideki Matsuyama beat American Kevin Na in a playoff late last night to become only the fourth Japanese player to win on a PGA Tour. Finishing par on the first extra hole was enough to claim the tournament, after both players ended 13 under par in Dublin, Ohio. Bubba Watson was third, on 12 [...]
Rooney and Sturridge too good not to gel – Hodgson May 29, 2014 ENGLAND manager Roy Hodgson has quashed fears that strikers Wayne Rooney and Daniel Sturridge may struggle to form a potent partnership at this summer’s World Cup. In Rooney’s 89 England appearances he has only started alongside Sturridge five times. With three friendlies to come before the World Cup opener against Italy on 14 June, beginning [...]
Murray opens door to Mauresmo after marching on in French Open May 29, 2014 WIMBLEDON champion Andy Murray revealed after breezing into the French Open third round yesterday that he has held talks with both men and women about becoming his new coach. Seeded seventh at Roland Garros, Murray took less than two hours to see off Marinko Matosevic 6-3, 6-1, 6-3, but fellow Briton Heather Watson was beaten [...]