Finn backs Woakes and Meaker to seize chance June 21, 2012 FAST-BOWLER Steven Finn has thrown his weight behind England’s controversial rotation policy, insisting it is a critical tool for developing senior players. Finn is likely to enjoy an even more prominent role in today’s third and final one-day international against West Indies, with England taking advantage of their unassailable 2-0 lead to rest Stuart Broad, [...]
QPR ambition inspired Green to swap Hammers for Rangers June 21, 2012 QUEENS Park Rangers’ incoming England goalkeeper Robert Green insists the Hoop’s ambitions persuaded him to end his six-year association with West Ham and sign a two-year contract with the club. Green will remain with England until the end of their participation in the European Championship but will arrive at QPR on a free transfer when [...]
Pacquiao set for Bradley rematch June 21, 2012 BOXING: Manny Pacquiao is set to be awarded a rematch against WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley after five independent judges ruled that ‘The Pacman’ should have won their original, controversial fight.
Butt suffers early prison release June 21, 2012 CRICKET: Shamed former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt has been given an early release from prison. Butt had been given a 30-month sentence in November before being released on Wednesday evening.
England and Italy look set to go the distance June 21, 2012 ENGLAND ITALY Sunday – 7.45pm BBC One THE 2012 European Championships have been highly entertaining so far but, going into the quarter-finals, there isn’t one team that you could say is a certainty to win it. Germany, the only nation to emerge with a 100 per cent record from the first round, have been most [...]
Moonlight Cloud might be the only one who can live with Black Caviar June 21, 2012 I HAVE never seen a display like the one Frankel put in on Tuesday, and I very much doubt I ever will again. We are extremely lucky to have him and the pressure is now on Black Caviar to deliver in tomorrow’s Diamond Jubilee Stakes (3.45pm). Peter Moody’s wonder mare is unbeaten in 21 starts [...]
Newfangled and Astrology set to brighten up gloomy Ascot June 21, 2012 This afternoon’s Coronation Stakes (3.45pm) looks wide open now that Maybe has been pulled out due to a stone bruise, and 11 fillies are set to go to post. They include the winners of both the English and Irish 1000 Guineas, not to mention French raider Bugie D’Amore, and the potentially exciting Cardigan. However, it [...]
Parker warns England over Italy danger man Balotelli June 20, 2012 ENGLAND midfielder Scott Parker has warned team-mates they will have to stop his old foe Mario Balotelli if they are to overcome Italy on Sunday and reach the semi-finals of the European Championship. Tottenham’s Parker and Balotelli, of Manchester City, clashed last season in the Premier League when the Italian earned a four-game ban for [...]
ENGLAND REPORT June 20, 2012 HOW Chelsea won the Champions League, I’ll never know. The same might be said for England topping their Euro 2012 group by three points. The two achievements were based on similar ingredients, offering hope that Roy Hodgson’s men could progress further, but there are some glaring concerns at the tournament’s halfway stage. POSITIVE England’s biggest [...]
We’ve no fear of inferior Three Lions, says Diamanti June 20, 2012 ITALY forward Alessandro Diamanti believes his team-mates talent to be superior to England’s so they should therefore be confident of victory in Sunday’s European Championship quarter-final. Diamanti has a reasonable knowledge of English football because of a year spent with West Ham from 2009 and is adamant that they have no reason to be concerned [...]