Villas-Boas: Reading win relieves pressure on anxious Spurs squad September 16, 2012 READING (1) vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (3) Tottenham manager also dismisses the notion that he is already under strain TOTTENHAM manager Andre Villas Boas admitted his side had been purged of their growing anxiety after earning their first Premier League win of the season away to a secondrate Reading. Spurs had begun the season with a [...]
Brit double for Tiernan-Locke and Cavendish September 16, 2012 DEVONIAN Jonathan Tiernan-Locke looks poised to complete a move to Team Sky this week after becoming the first homegrown winner of the Tour of Britain for 20 years yesterday in Surrey. Tiernan-Locke finished in the main pack to preserve his 18-second lead as fellow Briton Mark Cavendish, who is set to leave Team Sky, sprinted [...]
England rugby star Ashton hospitalised by glassing September 16, 2012 ENGLAND and Saracens star Chris Ashton suffered cuts to his face after being glassed by a stranger in a London nightclub, the Premiership rugby club confirmed yesterday. The winger was celebrating an anniversary with his girlfriend, half a dozen team-mates and their partners following Saturday’s high-profile draw with Leicester Tigers at Wembley when he was [...]
London Welsh break Premiership duck in second half fightback September 16, 2012 LONDON Welsh picked up their first ever Aviva Premiership victory against Exeter Chiefs yesterday and head coach Lyn Jones admits they have come a long way since their opening day loss to Leicester Tigers. A last-gasp try from Ed Jackson and Seb Jewell’s subsequent conversion added to the drama at the Kassam Stadium as the [...]
Clubs to ensure Evra and Suarez shake after Anton’s Terry snub September 16, 2012 PLAYERS’ union chief Clarke Carlisle is confident there will be no repeat of the latest handshake stand-off between Chelsea and QPR when Manchester United visit Liverpool next weekend. QPR defender Ferdinand refused to shake hands with Chelsea’s John Terry and Ashley Cole before Saturday’s 0-0 draw at Loftus Road. In July Terry was acquitted of [...]
Pundit Hansen a pompous fool, says West Ham chairman Gold September 16, 2012 WEST HAM chairman David Gold has launched a withering attack on television pundit Alan Hansen, calling the former Liverpool defender “a pompous fool”. Gold, who owns 62 per cent of the club with long-standing business partner David Sullivan, said Hansen still owed him an apology over “insulting” remarks the Scot made on Match of the [...]
Pooley and Laws help land bronze September 16, 2012 BRITAIN’S Emma Pooley and Sharon Laws yesterday inspired AA Drink Leontien.nl to bronze in the team time trial at the road race World Championships in Holland. The team finished behind winners Specialized, who won the 34km race in 46 minutes and 31 seconds, and Orica-Greenedge who were in second but despite their performance are to [...]
Hillsborough victims’ families make moves for new inquests September 16, 2012 THE families of those killed in the Hillsborough disaster have announced that they are to seek new inquests into the episode Those related to the 96 who died have at Anfield formally met legal representatives for the first time since an independent report was published with Trevor Hicks of the Hillsborough Families Support Group saying [...]
Kipsang wins Northern run September 16, 2012 KENYA’S Wilson Kipsang yesterday won the Great North Run with a time of 59 minutes and six seconds following an impressive sprint finish. Kipsang’s countryman Micah Kogo came second with Ethiopia’s Imana Merga following in third as compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba, the Olympic 10,000m champion won the women’s race on her half marathon debut. “Towards the [...]
Murray meets hometown fans September 16, 2012 BRITISH No1 Andy Murray received a hero’s welcome in Dunblane yesterday as he visited his hometown for the first time since winning a first grand slam title at the US Open last week. Murray, who also showed off gold and silver London 2012 Olympic medals, braved rain to parade in an open-top bus before giving [...]