Coe welcomes BOA interest September 10, 2012 LONDON 2012 chairman Lord Coe has confirmed his interest in replacing Lord Moynihan as head of the British Olympic Association. Coe, 55, admitted he had been approached by the BOA, which is in the process of drawing up a list of possible successors to Moynihan, saying: “I am happy for my name to go forward.” [...]
Rory Mc’s the true No1 and more will follow September 10, 2012 RORY McIlroy’s win over the weekend, at the BMW Championship in Indiana, was magnificent. The field featured an array of players from both the European and the US Ryder Cup teams in Lee Westwood, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson, Luke Donald, Justin Rose, Graeme McDowell and Ian Poulter, but McIlroy was the stand-out performer. [...]
McIlroy: No decision has been made for the 2016 Olympics September 10, 2012 WORLD No1 Rory McIlroy last night denied he had already decided to represent Great Britain rather than Ireland when golf is introduced at the next Olympic Games in Rio in 2016, but admitted facing “a hugely sensitive and difficult position”. The Northern Irishman, who continued his superb year by winning the BMW Championship in America [...]
Cech pulled out of friendly over fears for Chelsea keeper’s injury September 10, 2012 CZECH Republic doctors have played down fears over Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech after it emerged an elbow injury has left him unable to play without pain. The problem has been deemed sufficiently serious for Blues staff to ask their Czech counterparts to no longer select the 30-year-old for non-competitive friendlies. Cech has also been booked [...]
Diaby a doubt for Arsenal September 10, 2012 ARSENAL midfielder Abou Diaby’s fitness is again a concern for the club after France manager Didier Deschamps revealed that he has suffered a new muscular injury. Diaby’s career has been regularly undermined by a succession of injuries and the latest will keep him from today’s World Cup qualifier at home to Belarus and potentially from [...]
Rain ends England’s hopes of T20 victory September 10, 2012 ENGLAND can only hope for a draw from the Twenty20 series with South Africa after rain caused last night’s second match at Old Trafford to be abandoned. Hashim Amla’s 47 off 30 balls helped the tourists reach 77-5, with downpours limiting both sides to nine overs, and England were on 29-2 when the weather intervened [...]
Swansea sign left-back Tiendalli September 10, 2012 ■ FOOTBALL: Swansea City have signed former Holland U21 left-back Dwight Tiendalli as a replacement for the injured Neil Taylor, who has been ruled out for the entire season with a broken ankle. The Dutchman arrives on a free transfer after being released by FC Twente.
Coleman expects Wales goals September 10, 2012 ■ FOOTBALL: Chris Coleman has predicted his Wales side will tonight end their goal drought when they play Serbia in a World Cup qualifier in Novi Sad. “We will score goals and I thought we were going to get a goal against Belgium,” he said.
Ireland squad warn McClean September 10, 2012 ■ FOOTBALL: Sunderland winger James McClean received a dressing down from his Ireland team-mates after using Twitter to criticise the decision to leave him on the bench against Kazakhstan as a “joke” while using foul language. Striker Kevin Doyle said: “We said to him straight away – it’s not acceptable. We found out pretty much [...]
Dawson backs Gatland move September 10, 2012 ■ RUGBY UNION: Former British and Irish Lions scrum-half Matt Dawson believes the appointment of Warren Gatland as coach is the right one. “I think it’s the right appointment,” he said. “The Lions committee have absolutely nailed it. Maybe for once in goodness knows how long there’s very little controversy.”