Warnock insists pressure on Blues December 17, 2012 ■ FOOTBALL: Leeds manager Neil Warnock is relishing taking on Chelsea in the Capital One Cup quarter-finals tomorrow. The Championship side have won four of their last five games, while Chelsea return from Japan after the 1-0 defeat to Corinthians in the Club World Cup on Sunday. “It promises to be fabulous with no pressure [...]
Mind the gap: AVB urges his team not to blow it again December 16, 2012 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1 vs SWANSEA CITY 0 TOTTENHAM boss Andre Villas-Boas has called on his players to cement their position in the top four of the Premier League, after seeing off a stubborn Swansea side at White Hart Lane yesterday. Tottenham blew a 10 point lead over fierce rivals Arsenal last season, and with a [...]
Saracens edge Munster to lift Euro ambitions December 16, 2012 CAPTAIN Steve Borthwick insists Saracens will not be getting ahead of themselves despite moving into the box seat for Heineken Cup qualification with a 19-13 victory over Munster yesterday. Fourteen points from Owen Farrell did the damage for the Aviva Premiership outfit with David Strettle also crossing for a try as Sarries moved to the [...]
Cahill blasts Corinthians star over red card December 16, 2012 CORINTHIANS 1 vs CHELSEA 0 CHELSEA manager Rafael Benitez insists they will still challenge for four trophies this year despite seeing his side surrender a fourth piece of silverware yesterday in the Club World Cup final. Paolo Guerrero’s 69th-minute header earned Brazil’s Corinthians the title in Yokohama, where a miserable occasion for the Blues was [...]
Allardyce praise for West Ham’s backs to the wall defending December 16, 2012 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 0 vs WEST HAM UNITED 0 WEST HAM manager Sam Allardyce hailed his team’s resolute defending as yesterday’s goalless draw at the Hawthorns earned the Hammers their first clean sheet in six games. Allardyce’s men had gone a goal behind in each of their previous five Premier League games, yet managed to [...]
Fellaini’s headbutt merits three-month ban December 16, 2012 IMAGINE you are in the penalty area and there’s a lot of jostling going on between you and an opposition defender, and you feel the need to take some unilateral action. Do you: a) push him away vigorously; b) elbow him in the ribs; c) punch him; d) give him a head-butt? Marouane Fellaini opted [...]
Tensions boil over as Trott frustrates India December 16, 2012 INDIA accused England batsman Jonathan Trott of gamesmanship after tensions boiled over yesterday as the Test series approached its decisive climax in Nagpur. Trott’s grizzled 66 not out helped guide the tourists from 94-3 to 161-3 – a lead of 165 and closer to a first series win in India since 1985 – on the [...]
Cyclist Wiggins wins BBC’s top sports award December 16, 2012 TOUR de France winner and Olympic gold medalist Bradley Wiggins last night became the second cyclist in two years to secure the coveted BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. Wiggins revealed that he thought his chances of picking up the prize were over when fellow Olympic gold winner Mo Farah was not named in [...]
Khan pledges to avenge Garcia loss after ending losing streak December 16, 2012 BRITAIN’S Amir Khan is targeting a rematch with past conqueror Danny Garcia after reviving his career with a 10th-round stoppage of American Carlos Molina on Saturday night. Former WBA and IBF light-welterweight world champion Khan bounced back from consecutive defeats to Garcia and Lamont Peterson with a convincing defeat of Molina in Los Angeles. Khan [...]
Garcia claims second title of 2012 December 16, 2012 Spain’s Sergio Garcia won the Johor Open by three strokes in Malaysia yesterday, to claim his second title of the year. Some exceptional play from Garcia saw him end on 18 under par to hold off a challenge from America’s Jonathan Moore.