Expect Fabre’s Golden Lilac to flower at Newmarket July 12, 2012 ANDRE Fabre is quite rightly recognised as one of the greatest trainers of all time and it is always worth sitting up and taking notice when he sends his horses over to these shores. He runs the four-year-old filly GOLDEN LILAC in this afternoon’s Group One Falmouth Stakes (3.00pm) and she is strongly fancied to [...]
AVB: I’ll win Spurs titles but I’ve no point to prove July 11, 2012 NEW Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas believes the experience gained from his time at Chelsea will be crucial in the pursuit of silverware at White Hart Lane, even though he feels he need not prove a point over his sacking. Chelsea last season dismissed Villas-Boas with the club out of the title race and on the [...]
Old guard run to Terry in court as Mourinho and Cole help defence July 11, 2012 FORMER Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and current team-mate Ashley Cole defended John Terry in court yesterday as the ex-England captain denied racially abusing QPR footballer Anton Ferdinand. Mourinho, now in charge of Real Madrid, did not appear in person on day three of the high-profile trial at Westminster Magistrates Court but submitted a sworn statement [...]
The Ashes look rosy for England July 11, 2012 TUESDAY’S win reinforced the view that England are in front of Australia. It was judgment time to see where the Australian and English sides were, with the Ashes only 12 months away, and England are miles in front. Australia brought over some of their younger players – James Pattinson, Pat Cummings, Matthew Wade – who [...]
Wiggins wails in fresh debate over doping July 11, 2012 TEAM Sky cyclist Bradley Wiggins again distanced himself from the subject of doping after yesterday setting a new British record by retaining the Tour de France’s yellow jersey for a fourth day and maintaining his lead. France’s Thomas Voeckler won the Tour’s 10th stage but Wiggins, by one minute and 53 seconds, remains the overall [...]
Booth content over ref change for Haye fight July 11, 2012 DAVID Haye’s trainer Adam Booth is confident that the change of referee for Saturday’s bitter heavyweight bout with Dereck Chisora is exactly what his fighter needs to prevail. It was yesterday revealed that Puerto Rico’s Luis Pabon will be the third man in the ring after both Haye and Booth had previously rejected the 68-year-old [...]
Gemili secures personal best July 11, 2012 BRITISH sprint sensation Adam Gemili again underlined his exceptional potential by last night recording 10.05seconds when winning the World Junior Championships 100m in Barcelona. The time was a personal best in the young sprinter’s promising career and edged him 0.12secs ahead of the United States’ Aaron Ernest and 0.23secs in front of Jamaica’s Odean Skeen. [...]
Flower lauds blooming England July 11, 2012 CRICKET: Coach Andy Flower believes England’s one-day series thrashing of Australia proves his team are improving across all formats. “I’m happy not only with the result but with the way we played,” he said.
Fifa chiefs in £14m bribe claim July 11, 2012 FOOTBALL: Ex-Fifa president Joao Havelange and executive committee member Ricardo Teixeira received bribes of up to £14.4m in total from the world governing body’s former marketing company ISL, according to court documents released yesterday.
I’ve been stitched up, says Terry July 10, 2012 FORMER England captain John Terry yesterday said he had been “stitched up right and proper” by allegations of racial abuse, as he took to the witness box for the first time in his high-profile criminal trial. Terry denied he had “snapped” and called Anton Ferdinand a “f****** black c***” in response to being taunted by [...]