Diakali can chase home The New One April 2, 2014 THERE were a few hard luck stories at Cheltenham last month and connections of The New One were left to ponder what might have been had their superstar hurdler not suffered interference when the ill-fated Our Conor fell. It is impossible to say that he would have definitely won, but he certainly would have been [...]
Champions League: Moyes clings onto belief of Euro glory April 1, 2014 MANCHESTER UNITED 1 BAYERN MUNICH 1 MANCHESTER United manager David Moyes is convinced his team can score in Munich to keep their unlikely dream of winning a fourth Champions League crown alive. The Premier League champions put their domestic woes behind them in last night’s quarter-final first leg to draw with the holders after defender [...]
Woods to miss Masters for first time in 20 years April 1, 2014 WORLD No1 Tiger Woods’s wait for another Major title is set to reach the six-year mark after he was ruled out of next week’s Masters following surgery on a back injury. Woods has been ordered to rest after undergoing an operation on a pinched nerve that had hampered his form and forced him to abandon [...]
Cricket Comment: T20 shouldn’t end Giles job hope April 1, 2014 FIRST things first: for England professionals to lose to the Netherlands’ team of virtual amateurs by a big margin this week at the World Twenty20 was embarrassing and pathetic. It’s a blow for Ashley Giles’s hopes of landing the Test job, but the players have to carry the can. You can train and motivate but [...]
QPR player in quenelle rap April 1, 2014 QUEENS Park Rangers’ Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Hull’s Yannick Sagbo face fines or bans after being charged by the Football Association for Twitter posts about the “quenelle” gesture. The pair were yesterday charged with improper conduct for posts the FA deemed abusive, insulting or improper and classed as being aggravated by a reference to ethnicity, race [...]
Mourinho probes Paris spending spree April 1, 2014 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho says Paris Saint-Germain’s £300m, three-year squad investment raises questions about whether they have broken Financial Fair Play rules. Since the Qatari Investment Authority’s acquisition of the club in 2011 some of Europe’s hottest properties, including striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, have arrived helping to secure a first league title in 19 years last [...]
McCoy ponders Grand National ride April 1, 2014 HORSE RACING: Champion jockey AP McCoy must decide ahead of tomorrow’s declaration whether to ride Colbert Station or Double Seven, both trained by J.P. McManus, in Saturday’s Grand National at Aintree.
Trott struggles in comeback game April 1, 2014 CRICKET: Batsman Jonathan Trott was out for four runs in Warwickshire’s friendly with Gloucestershire yesterday. Trott has not played since England lost the first Ashes Test in November.
United always favourites at Old Trafford, says defiant Giggs March 31, 2014 MANCHESTER United midfielder Ryan Giggs insists his club are too big to ever be labelled underdogs, even when Champions League holders Bayern Munich visit Old Trafford tonight. With seven matches to spare the German giants have already been crowned Bundesliga champions and have lost just once in all competitions since Pep Guardiola succeeded Jupp Heynckes [...]
Golf Comment: Bowditch win a lesson in patience March 31, 2014 PERSEVERANCE is a huge part of golf, and few wins will illustrate that better than Australian Steven Bowditch’s maiden PGA Tour victory, at the Valero Texas Open on Sunday. Bowditch has had more to contend with than most, having battled clinical depression, and endured a few nervous moments in his four-over-par final round of 76. [...]