Bradford slay Villa to reach final January 22, 2013 ASTON VILLA 2 vs BRADFORD CITY 1 Bradford City win 4-3 on aggregate JUBILANT Bradford manager Phil Parkinson admitted he was in “dreamland” last night after completing another Capital One Cup giant-killing to reach the final – and land a trip to Las Vegas. James Hanson’s second-half header earned the Bantams an aggregate victory to [...]
Derby fillip in Wenger sights January 22, 2013 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger admits his team have their “backs to the wall” as they look to bounce back from Sunday’s defeat at Chelsea tonight against West Ham. Victory would lift the Gunners to within four points of the Premier League’s top four, and Wenger said: “I’m confident we will but the team was very [...]
Spurs blame £4.3m loss on Euro failings January 22, 2013 FAILURE to qualify for last season’s Champions League sent Tottenham into the red for the year ending June 2012, the football club announced yesterday. Spurs recorded a loss of £4.3m, down from a £0.7m profit the previous year, as revenues fell 12 per cent from £163m to £144m. The north Londoners said the financial blow [...]
Materazzi jibes are lies, says angry Benitez January 22, 2013 CHELSEA manager Rafael Benitez has launched a stinging attack on his former Inter Milan player Marco Materazzi, as he prepares for tonight’s make-or-break Capital One Cup clash at Swansea. Materazzi called Benitez “weak”, accused the Spaniard of making him remove pictures of ex-boss Jose Mourinho from the dressing room, and said life under him was [...]
Superfit Djokovic up for repeat of five-hour battle in Australia January 22, 2013 TENNIS world No1 Novak Djokovic declared himself ready for another five-hour epic after brushing off fatigue to reach the Australian Open semi-finals. Djokovic endured a gruelling test against Stan Wawrinka in round four but showed no ill effects 48 hours later as he overcame fifth seed Tomas Berdych 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. “I felt good enough [...]
Snow may mean Sunday Trials January 22, 2013 HORSE RACING: Cheltenham’s Festival Trials Day will be postponed 24 hours to Sunday if further snowfall, forecast for last night, makes the ground unsuitable for racing.
England eye crucial one-day win January 22, 2013 CRICKET: England must win today’s fourth one-day international in Mohali if they are to claim victory in the series against India. The tourists lost by seven wickets on Saturday.
Toffees waste chance to leave London trio in sticky situation January 21, 2013 SOUTHAMPTON 0 vs EVERTON 0 LONDON trio Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea were let off the hook last night when Everton, their main rivals in the four-way battle for two Champions League places, failed to beat turmoil-hit Southampton. The Toffees, who remain fifth in the Premier League, missed the chance to close to within a point [...]
Hail McGinley and don’t fret about McIlroy January 21, 2013 BEFORE I tackle the weekend action I must start by saying how pleased I am that Paul McGinley has been named the European Ryder Cup captain for 2014. Paul did all the groundwork: he had two successful stints leading Great Britain and Ireland in the Seve Trophy and was also vice-captain on two winning Ryder [...]
Murray ruthless in Australia but won’t turn his back on US Open January 21, 2013 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray distanced himself from talk of boycotting this year’s US Open yesterday, after breezing into the Australian Open quarter-finals for the fourth successive campaign. Players are said to be ready to abandon the Major in New York because they disagree with the men’s final being moved to Monday and believe the increase in [...]