Athletes face extended drugs ban August 8, 2013 ATHLETICS: Competitors found guilty of first-time doping offences will be banned from competition for four years from 2015.
Expect England to be back on top at Chester-le-Street August 8, 2013 WILLIAM CHRIMES PREVIEWS THE FOURTH ASHES TEST AND BILL ESDAILE GIVES US HIS BEST RACING BETS ENGLAND’S 100 per cent record at Chester-le-Street makes them worthy favourites to land a third Investec Ashes victory to win the series with a Test to spare. Digging a little deeper into England’s four Test results at the Durham [...]
Ihtimal can continue Godolphin’s sweet record in the Solera Stakes August 8, 2013 ASCOT stages its popular Shergar Cup meeting tomorrow and the fields are as competitive as ever. It really does look like a minefield for punters, but one that has caught my eye is RACY in the Barclays Shergar Cup Dash (2.05pm) for the in-form Brian Ellison team. The six-year-old ran a stormer to finish fourth [...]
Suarez punished by Rodgers for lacking respect August 7, 2013 LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers will force Luis Suarez to train alone after the wantaway striker accused the Reds of breaking a promise to sell him if they did not qualify for the Champions League. Suarez yesterday asked the Professional Footballers’ Association to assess the small print on his contract, believing Liverpool’s refusal of a £40m [...]
Cowes Week Diary: A win for Lucas on Ladies Day would be great August 7, 2013 IT’S FUNNY to be a sailor, full of anticipation, butterflies going, then the start gun sounds and you barely move against the tide. The X One Design class began on the squadron start line yesterday, in light breeze with plenty of tide against them making moving forward a slow process. I think that one of [...]
King calls for transfer window to close earlier August 7, 2013 FORMER Tottenham captain Ledley King has urged world governing body FIFA to amend the length of the summer transfer window to ensure deals are completed before the Premier League season begins. Spurs forward Gareth Bale has been the subject of a prolonged pursuit by Real Madrid, who made a world record offer of £86m for [...]
Straight sets victory for returning Murray August 7, 2013 WIMBLEDON champion Andy Murray is ready to put his SW19 victory behind him and start focusing on retaining his US Open title after winning against Spaniard Marcel Granollers in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) yesterday. The world No2, who was playing for the first time since his historic [...]
McIlroy hopes to find inspiration from old videos August 7, 2013 DEFENDING US PGA champion Rory McIlroy has taken to watching re-runs of his 2012 triumph to ready himself for what he hopes will be a timely return to form at Oak Hill today. The world No3 is without a win this year and even missed the cut at last month’s Open at Muirfield. However, McIlroy [...]
Pietersen denies trying to cheat contentious DRS August 7, 2013 ENGLAND batsman Kevin Pietersen has angrily denied using silicon tape on his bat to prevent Hot Spot detecting contact with the ball in order to gain an advantage from the Decision Review System. Reports in the Australian media alleged both England and the tourists are under investigation by the International Cricket Council following several controversial [...]
Celtic advance in Champions League August 7, 2013 FOOTBALL: Celtic booked their place in the Champions League play-off round by holding Elfsborg to a goalless draw, progressing 1-0 on aggregate thanks to Kris Commons’ first-leg goal. Neil Lennon’s side will learn the identity of their next opponents in Friday’s draw.