Injuries will help me perform at World Cup, insists Rooney April 26, 2010 HE may have injury concerns just weeks before the World Cup, but Wayne Rooney believes England will reap the benefits of his lay-off in South Africa. The PFA Player of the Year missed Manchester United’s win over Tottenham on Saturday with a groin problem, having only just recovered from an ankle injury. It hardly seems [...]
I’m desperate for Zola to stay with Hammers, claims Gold April 26, 2010 WEST HAM co-chairman David Gold says he is “desperate” for under-fire manager Gianfranco Zola to stay with the club next season. Saturday’s 3-2 victory over Wigan means the Hammers have secured their Premier League safety unless Hull can somehow pull off a six-point swing in the final two games, while overturning a goal difference of [...]
Ex-Spurs man takes reins at Fulham foes Hamburg April 26, 2010 FULHAM’S quest to reach a first European final received a huge boost yesterday when semi-final opponents Hamburg sacked their manager. Bruno Labbadia was axed just three days before the return leg in London, with the score still locked at 0-0 after last week’s first-leg stalemate. Labbadia, who had only been in charge since last summer, [...]
Palace’s relegation fate goes right to the wire April 26, 2010 CRYSTAL PALACE (1) v/s WEST BROM (1) CRYSTAL PALACE will face a final day relegation showdown with Sheffield Wednesday after missing out on the chance of clinching Championship survival with a win over West Brom last night. Paul Hart’s side, who were docked 10 points for going into administration in January, failed to secure the [...]
A job well done from Ernie April 26, 2010 WHEN Ernie Els was brought in to modify the greens at Wentworth it was done in the hope of attracting the top names to the PGA Championship. So when Padraig Harrington and Ian Poulter confirmed their entries for next month’s tournament, it proved a worthwhile exercise. Harrington has not featured in the last three PGA’s [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF April 26, 2010 O’Sullivan sees off Williams SNOOKER: World No1 Ronnie O’Sullivan continued his quest for a fourth world title with an impressive 13-10 victory over rival Mark Williams. Resuming at 8-8, “The Rocket” reeled off three century breaks to stun the two-time champion. He now takes on Mark Selby in the quarter-final after he cruised past veteran [...]
‘I’ll quit the Super Six’, vows beaten champ Froch April 26, 2010 DEFEATED Carl Froch has threatened to pull out of the Super Six tournament if his next fight is switched from Nottingham to Berlin. The 32-year-old claimed he was the victim of an unjust points verdict when losing his WBC super-middleweight title to Mikkel Kessler in his home country, Denmark, on Saturday night. With that, the [...]
Raina ensures Chennai are the Kings of the IPL April 26, 2010 THE Chennai Super Kings were crowned Indian Premier League champions last night after securing a 22-run victory in the final against the Mumbai Indians. Batsman Suresh Raina was the hero, hitting an unbeaten 57, while skipper MS Dhoni struck 27 as the Super Kings rallied to 168-5 from their 20 overs. Sachin Tendulkar led the [...]
Dan’s the man to break GB’s European duck April 26, 2010 WORLD silver medallist Daniel Keatings led team-mate Louis Smith to a superb one-two as Great Britain’s gymnasts enjoyed their finest hour in the European Championships at Birmingham. Keatings, 20, edged out Olympic bronze medallist Smith to take pommel horse gold with a score of 15.600 and become Britain’s first ever male European champion. “Louis had [...]
WINNERS & LOSERS April 25, 2010 A WEEKEND is a long time in sport, as this lot will attest. But while for some it was a few days to remember, others may wish they had never set foot out of the house. ASTON VILLA TWO big victories in the space of four days have pulled Martin O’Neill’s men right back in the [...]