Bairstow blitz steers England to routine win October 11, 2011 ENGLAND youngster Jonny Bairstow showcased his boundary hitting prowess with a 53-ball hundred against the Hyderabad CA XI yesterday as Alastair Cook’s side finished their preparations for Friday’s one-day international against India with a crushing 253-run win. Yorkshireman Bairstow, whose unbeaten 41 from 21 balls on debut against India last month in Cardiff cemented his [...]
Klitschko talks delay Haye retirement October 11, 2011 FORMER heavyweight champion David Haye could postpone his anticipated retirement for one last fight against WBC title holder Vitali Klitschko, according to the Ukrainian’s promoter. Londoner Haye, who lost to Klitschko’s brother Wladimir in July, looked set to hang up his gloves after telling governing body the BBBC he did not want to renew his [...]
St Andrews to host 2015 Open October 11, 2011 GOLF: St Andrews has been named as the host venue for the 2015 Open Championship. The 144th Open will take place from July 16 – 19 at the Old Course, which last staged the tournament in 2010 when South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen won by seven shots.
NBA cancels first two weeks October 11, 2011 BASKETBALL: A row between players and team owners over revenue share and salary caps has resulted in the cancellation of the first two weeks of the NBA regular season. Representatives from the players’ union and the teams’ owners met yesterday for extensive talks, but afterwards, NBA commissioner David Stern described the two sides as “very [...]
GB women gymnasts thrive October 11, 2011 OLYMPICS: Great Britain’s women achieved their best-ever result as they finished fifth at the World Gymnastics team final in Tokyo. “We’ve been training so hard and the qualification [where Britain scraped into the final in eighth place] was really tense for us,” said Beth Tweddle, who performed strongly on the bars in the team final.
Tuilagi set for Leicester talks October 11, 2011 RUGBY UNION: Disgraced England centre Manu Tuilagi is set for crunch talks with his club Leicester Tigers with regards to his future conduct, following his now infamous ferry leap in Auckland. “We will sit down with him and take in the need to protect the image of the game,” said Tigers’ chief operating officer Simon Cohen.
Tuilagi ferry leap was just a bit of banter, claims Youngs October 10, 2011 ENGLAND scrum-half Ben Youngs has defended under-fire team-mate Manu Tuilagi by laughing off his infamous leap from an Auckland ferry boat as nothing more than “a bit of banter”. Samoan-born centre Tuilagi was fined £3,000 and warned about his future conduct by embattled England manager Martin Johnson for the incident which saw the 20-year-old repirmanded [...]
Fowler’s emergence good for the game October 10, 2011 IT WAS a weekend of maiden victories with two players, whose career trajectories could not be more contrasting, enjoying landmark successes. I was delighted for Englishman Lee Slattery, who clung on to secure the Madrid Masters. It’s sometimes easy to forget there are guys out there battling for their livelihoods and clinging to their tour [...]
Man United’s latest signing: Club spend £8m on snapping up land October 10, 2011 IT IS not quite the glamour signing that supporters crave, but Manchester United have dipped into their coffers and splashed the cash – on acquiring land around Old Trafford. The club have paid £8.2m for a one-acre site directly opposite the stadium, an estate of seven industrial units and a 177,000 sq ft warehouse. All [...]
BLUE TUBE | City’s web video deal October 10, 2011 MANCHESTER CITY have stepped up their quest for global domination by becoming YouTube’s first Premier League content partner. The move allows City to manage advertising around their online video clips, which do not include match action, and is part of their plan to increase their digital presence.