HOMECOMING | Palmer seals Wasps return February 13, 2012 ENGLAND lock Tom Palmer will return to Wasps at the end of the season after he agreed a two-year deal yesterday. Palmer, 32, has spent the last three years in France with Stade Francais but will rejoin the Premiership strugglers at the same time as another of England’s 2011 World Cup squad, James Haskell, who [...]
Dorran-Jones gets England call February 13, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Northampton prop Paul Doran-Jones has joined the England Six Nations squad as a temporary replacement for Bath’s David Wilson, who has a jaw injury. England play Wales at Twickenham a week on Saturday in a clash of two unbeaten sides.
Cappello awaits Russian call February 13, 2012 FOOTBALL: Mega-wealthy Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala have accepted the resignation of head coach Yuri Krasnozhan – paving the way for a possible approach for former England manager Fabio Capello. The 65-year-old Italian has also been strongly linked with Inter Milan, but hinted last week that his next managerial role was likely to be based outside [...]
Essex swoop for Petersen February 13, 2012 CRICKET: Essex have sealed the services of South Africa batsman Alviro Petersen for the first half of the new county season. The 31-year-old skippered Glamorgan last summer and will remain at Chelmsford until mid-June.
JOE LEWIS TO HOST HIGH-ROLLERS’ GOLF IN HIS TAKEOVER DOWNTIME February 13, 2012 THERE IS still more than a month to go before Bahamas-based billionaire Joe Lewis can come back with a bid for pub chain Mitchells & Butlers. To occupy himself in the meantime, the financier is hosting two of the world’s most high net worth golf tournaments. The first, the Albany International Challenge co-hosted with Rob [...]
Efficient City regain top spot with Villa win February 12, 2012 ASTON VILLA (0) vs MANCHESTER CITY (1) Lescott’s winner sees Mancini’s men leapfrog rivals Man United and manager reveals their title tilt could be boosted by the return of disgraced striker Tevez MANCHESTER CITY climbed back to the top of the Premier League yesterday following victory at Villa Park and their bid for the title [...]
Liverpool, Suarez and Dalglish sorry for handshake snub February 12, 2012 LIVERPOOL chiefs have attempted to repair the damage caused by the Luis Suarez saga by issuing a series of apologies for his and manager Kenny Dalglish’s conduct before and after Saturday’s defeat to Manchester United. Suarez admitted he had been wrong to refuse a pre-match handshake with United defender Patrice Evra, the player he was [...]
Great, but club hasn’t gone far enough February 12, 2012 FINALLY, Liverpool have stemmed the tide of negative PR engulfing their mishandling of the Luis Suarez saga. Quite rightly they have demanded the Uruguayan apologise for embarrassing the club with his non-handshake and given him a public dressing down. Kenny Dalglish, too, has acknowledged his post-match defence of Suarez was wrong and only invited further [...]
McCarthy vows to fight on after derby humiliation February 12, 2012 WOLVES (1) vs WEST BROM (5) WOLVES manager Mick McCarthy insists he remains the right man for the job despite a derby drubbing sending his side spinning into the relegation zone. A hat-trick from West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie, plus strikes from Jonas Olsson and Keith Andrews, heaped humiliation on their West Midlands rivals. But [...]
Henry open to loan return February 12, 2012 Arsenal hero says he would find it hard to refuse a third spell in north London MOONLIGHTING Arsenal hero Thierry Henry has hinted at another loan spell with the Gunners next season, after scoring the winner on his Premier League farewell. Club record goalscorer Henry, who will return to New York Red Bulls after Wednesday’s [...]