Scotland targeted for match fixing May 27, 2014 FOOTBALL: The Scottish Football Association have revealed they are liaising with the National Crime Agency over a threat to fix tonight’s friendly with Nigeria at Craven Cottage.
Spurs turn to Pochettino as hunt for boss poised to end May 26, 2014 TOTTENHAM are confident of appointing Mauricio Pochettino as their new manager this week, after chairman Daniel Levy last night offered the Argentine a three-year contract to swap Southampton for White Hart Lane. With one year remaining on his current deal, Saints are expected to make a last-ditch attempt to persuade Pochettino to stay with a [...]
Lancaster backs Cipriani to star in New Zealand May 26, 2014 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster is confident his call to end Danny Cipriani’s international exile will be justified in New Zealand. Cipriani won the last of his seven England caps in November 2008, owing to a series of off-field incidents and loss of form, but was yesterday upgraded by Lancaster from a member of the [...]
Golf Comment: Of course McIlroy found comfort in his clubs, he’s a star May 26, 2014 RORY McIlroy is a former world No1, a mega star, so it should never be a surprise to see him win. The shock element was that he did so from seven shots behind Thomas Bjorn going into the final round at Wentworth. Thomas struggled on the front nines in his second and third rounds of [...]
Sarries sweating on injured pair while Borthwick gets Japan call May 26, 2014 A FREAK ankle injury could cost Saracens the services of fly-half Owen Farrell in this weekend’s Aviva Premiership final against Northampton, director of rugby Mark McCall has confirmed. Farrell completed 64 minutes of Saturday’s Heineken Cup final defeat to French side Toulon, the England No10 kicking two penalties in Sarries 23-6 defeat. But McCall has [...]
Wawrinka rocked at French Open May 26, 2014 AUSTRALIAN Open champion and world No3 Stanislas Wawrinka crashed out at the French Open first round with an error-strewn performance against Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. Wawrinka, situated in the same quarter of the men’s singles draw as Britain’s Andy Murray, made 62 unforced errors on his way to a surprise 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 defeat at [...]
Arsenal are kings of the capital May 26, 2014 CHELSEA may have finished above Arsenal in nine of the last 10 Premier League seasons, but the FA Cup holders retain a more valuable brand, according to a report conducted by Brand Finance. The annual study assesses the cost a third party would have to pay to license the use of a club’s brand, taking [...]
Ince hopeful on Inter move May 26, 2014 ENGLAND Under-21 winger Tom Ince has revealed he hopes to tie up a move to Inter Milan shortly after flying out to Italy for talks with the Serie A giants. The 22-year-old, spent the second half of the season on loan at Crystal Palace and is out of contract at Blackpool this summer. Ince spent [...]
Zarate wants to join West Ham May 26, 2014 MANAGER Sam Allardyce’s attacking revolution at West Ham is set to begin today, with former Lazio and Inter Milan forward Mauro Zarate expected at Upton Park to pen a three-year deal. Allardyce, unpopular with Hammers fans, has been given a stay of execution by the club’s board, but told to play more attractive football and [...]
Froch intends to hurt Groves May 26, 2014 WORLD super-middleweight champion Carl Froch has vowed to knock out George Groves in Saturday’s highly-anticipated rematch at Wembley Stadium. The pair’s original bout in November was contentiously stopped in Froch’s favour in the ninth round, leading the International Boxing Federation to order they fight again. A record post-war crowd of 80,000 have clamoured to buy [...]