Murray handed Stepanek test April 11, 2011 TENNIS: British No1 Andy Murray will face Radek Stepanek in the first match of his clay court season at the Monte Carlo Masters today. Stepanek beat Marcos Baghdatis 3-6 6-1 7-6 (9-7) to set up the second-round encounter after third seed Murray was given a first-round bye. Murray, who is still searching for a maiden [...]
Toole remains in induced coma April 11, 2011 HORSE?RACING: Jockey Peter Toole remains in an induced coma after being hurt in a fall from his mount Classic Fly at Aintree on Saturday. The horse’s trainer Arthur Whiting said: “It’s very sad. The horse seems fine, he came back and ate straight up.”
KROENKE CLOSES IN April 11, 2011 IT’S ALMOST four years to the day that American businessman Stan Kroenke first took a financial interest in Arsenal, but only now are the club’s supporters fully aware of his intentions with confirmation of a takeover bid set to be announced today. Kroenke, 63, first became involved with the north London club back in 2007 [...]
Schwartzel’s Masters class April 11, 2011 SOUTH AFRICA’S Charl Schwartzel became the Masters champion last night following a day of incredible twists and turns at Augusta Schwartzel, 26, made an astonishing start to his round and then surpassed that with a stunning four-birdie finish. Four behind Rory McIlroy overnight, Schwartzel chipped in on one, pitched in for eagle at the third [...]
Hamilton bemoans a disaster of a day as Vettel extends his early lead April 11, 2011 WORLD champion Sebastian Vettel extended his one hundred per cent start to the new season with an emphatic victory in Malaysia, but it was a day to forget for Britain’s Lewis Hamilton who derided his McLaren team’s race strategy as a “disaster”. The 2008 world champion, starting from the front row of the grid, was [...]
Returning Lehmann has Wenger vote April 11, 2011 BLACKPOOL (1) v/s ARSENAL (3) ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger paid tribute to his veteran goalkeeper Jens Lehmann after the 41-year-old helped his side back to winning ways at Bloomfield Road. The former Germany international rejoined the club last month in an emergency loan deal following injuries to Wojciech Szczesny, Lukasz Fabianski and Vito Mannone. Lehmann [...]
Murray could work with Henman April 11, 2011 TENNIS: World No4 Andy Murray has stated he would be interested in working with Tim Henman, who he succeeded as British No1. The Scot is searching for a permanent coach in a bid to help him rediscover his form since parting with Alex Corretja last month. Murray said: “I might speak to him but I [...]
Saints are too strong for Ulster April 11, 2011 RUGBY UNION: Northampton marched into the Heineken Cup semi-finals with a 23-13 victory over Ulster. Soane Tonga’uiha’s try inside the first two minutes put Northampton on their way. Ulster responded courtesy of Andrew Trimble’s try to lead at half time. Northampton scored the only try of the second half through Lee Dickson and held on [...]
Ballabriggs eyes Aintree double April 11, 2011 HORSE RACING: Grand National winning trainer Donald McCain is hopeful that Saturday’s Aintree hero Ballabriggs will return to the Merseyside course next April in an attempt to claim back-to-back victories in the world’s most famous steeplechase. He said: “He’ll go home for the summer and I don’t see any reason why it won’t all be [...]
Collins keeps Villa out of danger April 11, 2011 FOOTBALL: Aston Villa eased their relegation worries with a 1-0 victory over Newcastle which takes them five points clear of the Premier League’s bottom three. Defender James Collins headed the winning goal in the 24th minute and afterwards said: “We knew before the game it was massive for us so to get one goal up [...]