Champions League: Ba completes Chelsea’s Euro recovery job April 8, 2014 AT STAMFORD BRIDGE CHELSEA 2 PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN 0 (3-3 on aggregate. Chelsea win on away goals) CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho insists he does not care who they face in the Champions League semi-finals after he masterminded a dramatic late victory over Paris Saint-Germain last night. Substitute Andre Schurrle scored the first of two goals needed [...]
English amateur paired with Scott April 8, 2014 MASTERS champion Adam Scott will begin the defence of his title alongside 19-year-old Sheffield amateur Matthew Fitzpatrick in Augusta tomorrow. Fitzpatrick won the 2013 US Amateur title, becoming the first English winner since 1911, and tees off alongside the Australian world No2 and America’s Jason Dufner at 3.41pm GMT. Green jacket favourite Rory McIlroy plays [...]
Murray may ignore big names in search for Lendl replacement April 8, 2014 WIMBLEDON champion Andy Murray has hinted he may buck the trend of hiring a celebrated former player as coach following his recent split from Ivan Lendl. Murray’s rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have both teamed up with fellow grand slam winners, in Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg, since the British No1 recruited Lendl – [...]
Pistorius recounts night he shot girlfriend April 8, 2014 PARALYMPIC champion Oscar Pistorius yesterday told a South African court his recollection of events the night he shot dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013. Pistorius, who denies murder, detailed a peaceful night together where they watched television and discussed Valentine’s Day gifts. The 27-year-old said he later got out of bed to get fans [...]
Rooney to play through pain April 8, 2014 MANCHESTER United manager David Moyes revealed striker Wayne Rooney is so determined to start against Bayern Munich tonight, he will take a pain-killing injection if necessary. Rooney missed Saturday’s 4-0 win over Newcastle with a toe injury, but is set to put his body on the line to help United improve on last week’s 1-1 [...]
Doping ban for Jamaican sprinter April 8, 2014 ATHLETICS: Olympic sprint silver medallist Sherone Simpson has been suspended for 18 months after testing positive for a banned stimulant. Asafa Powell, who also gave a positive test, will learn his fate tomorrow.
Ireland to host England in 2015 April 8, 2014 FOOTBALL: England will visit Republic of Ireland for a friendly in June 2015, returning to Dublin for the first time since riots caused the abandonment of their friendly in 1995.
Premier League: Sherwood: I’m proud of Spurs record April 7, 2014 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 5 SUNDERLAND 1 AT WHITE HART LANE TOTTENHAM manager Tim Sherwood issued a robust defence of his record after a day of intense speculation about his imminent sacking culminated in an emphatic win to boost his team’s European ambitions. Two from Emmanuel Adebayor and further goals from Harry Kane, Christian Eriksen and Gylfi [...]
I can still smell Reeva’s blood, Oscar tells court April 7, 2014 PARALYMPIC star Oscar Pistorius has suffered nightmares and woken up smelling blood since shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year, the South African told a court yesterday. Pistorius, giving evidence for the first time in his murder trial, also apologised to Steenkamp’s family for killing her, adding that he had been “trying to protect” [...]
Westwood says injured Woods wouldn’t have won the Masters April 7, 2014 ENGLAND’S Lee Westwood does not believe Tiger Woods’ absence from the Masters will be a boost to the field, doubting whether the world No1 would have won in Augusta anyway. Woods will miss the chance to end a six-year wait to win a major following back surgery. But Westwood, buoyed by his good form after [...]