City’s expansion plans supported February 6, 2014 FOOTBALL: Manchester City should have plans for a 14,000-seat expansion to their Etihad Stadium approved, a report released yesterday has recommended. City plan to extend their overall capacity to 62,170, work which will create 160 temporary jobs during construction and 110 new jobs on matchdays. The Etihad Stadium would become the second largest Premier League [...]
Nicholls makes flying start in Sochi February 6, 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS: Britain’s Jamie Nicholls earned automatic qualification to tomorrow’s snowboarding slopestyle final as the Games began in Sochi yesterday. Team-mate Billy Morgan must still appear in the semi-final after finishing sixth in qualifying, while Jenny Jones and Aimee Fuller are also yet to qualify in the women’s event. The opening ceremony begins at 4.14pm [...]
FA should take information requests February 6, 2014 FOOTBALL: The Football Association should be open to Freedom of Information requests, according to a think tank backed by senior Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron. A report by CentreForum has called for public disclosure of clubs’ ownership arrangements, tax affairs and transfers to safeguard the interests of supporters. The report points to examples including Wimbledon’s [...]
England to get over Paris heartbreak by crushing sorry Scots February 6, 2014 WILLIAM CHRIMES, BEN CLEMINSON AND BILL ESDAILE WITH THE BEST RUGBY, FOOTBALL AND RACING BETS AFTER conceding a try in the first minute, and being 16-3 down at one point against France in their Six Nations opener, it took a massive effort from England to lead 24-19 with just four minutes left last Saturday. But, [...]
Liverpool’s SAS can fire Reds to victory tomorrow February 6, 2014 IT’S a massive month for Arsenal as they look to stay top of the Premier League and face big ties in the FA Cup and Champions League. Starting with tomorrow’s game at Liverpool, the Gunners have a horrible run of fixtures which could bring all silverware aspirations to a sudden halt. Chelsea’s defeat of Manchester [...]
You don’t have to go Far West to find a winner February 6, 2014 Racing fans around the country will be praying that tomorrow’s Betfair Super Saturday meeting at The Racecourse Newbury gets the go ahead. It’s always a fantastic meeting, but tomorrow is going to be even more special as Denman and Sprinter Sacre will both be parading before racing. The main betting race is the Betfair Hurdle [...]
Grand pix – Ecclestone and his Formula 1 pals to auction snaps February 6, 2014 THE STARS of Formula One will be screeching into town this evening for Zoom, a charity auction at the InterContinental Park Lane. Proving their talents lie beyond the pits, they’ll be auctioning off signed photographs taken by themselves in aid of Great Ormond Street. “Zoom gives a taste of what the lives of the F1 drivers [...]
Beckham: I will lure stars to Miami February 5, 2014 England great unveils plans for own MLS team FORMER England captain David Beckham has vowed to make a success of plans to set up his own football team in Miami, despite previous attempts to establish a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise in the Florida city ending in failure. Beckham, who retired from playing last year, said [...]
Former England captains want Pietersen axe explained February 5, 2014 PRESSURE grew on the England and Wales Cricket Board last night to come clean over the exact reasons for the termination of batsman Kevin Pietersen’s international career this week. Former England captains Sir Ian Botham, Michael Vaughan and Nasser Hussain joined calls for a full explanation from new ECB managing director Paul Downton, unsatisfied with [...]
Football Comment: Old hands lend edge in drop fight February 5, 2014 Allardyce and Pulis can make the difference WHILE London’s heavyweights fight it out for the title and European places, West Ham, Fulham and Crystal Palace are locked in a relegation battle that could see the capital’s Premier League six-strong population slashed in half by May. It feels tighter than in previous seasons, with only six [...]