Contador retains yellow jersey July 20, 2010 CYCLING: Albert Contador held off rival Andy Schleck to retain the yellow jersey after a thrilling sprint finish in the 16th stage of the Tour de France. Defending champion Contador leads the Luxembourg rider by eight seconds with four stages remaining. Frenchman Pierrick Fedrigo won the stage after pipping an eight-man group, which included Lance [...]
Retiring Murali snares Tendulkar July 20, 2010 CRICKET: Muttiah Muralitharan claimed the prised scalp of Sachin Tendulkar in his final Test match as Sri Lanka gained the upper hand against India in Galle. Needing eight wickets to reach 800 in his career, the spinner bagged 1-31 as India finished day three on 140-3 – 380 runs adrift of Sri Lanka’s 520-8. Virender [...]
Rush: Signing of Cole can light up the Kop July 19, 2010 LIVERPOOL legend Ian Rush reckons Joe Cole will be a huge hit at Anfield after the England midfielder agreed terms on a four-year deal yesterday. The former Chelsea man will undergo a medical in the next 24 hours before he is unveiled by Reds boss Roy Hodgson. And Rush, the club’s all-time record scorer, believes [...]
Arsenal set to join Spurs and place ban on vuvuzelas July 19, 2010 ARSENAL are set to follow the lead of rivals Tottenham and ban vuvuzelas for the coming season, City A.M. can reveal, as English football braces itself for an invasion of the controversial World Cup horns. The South African instruments were inescapable at this summer’s tournament, where their atonal parping often drowned out crowd noise, and [...]
Capello not in a hurry to reveal new English coach July 19, 2010 FABIO CAPELLO is to be given an extra helping hand in his attempts to turn around England’s fortunes. The fall-out from the Three Lions’ poor World Cup campaign has forced Capello into adding a third English coach to work alongside Stuart Pearce and Ray Clemence. The new man will be in place before the start [...]
Casey sweats on Cup place July 19, 2010 PAUL CASEY’S disastrous final round at the Open on Sunday has left him still sweating on his Ryder Cup place. Captain Colin Montgomerie names his European team for Celtic Manor in six weeks time, but, as it stands, Casey is outside the nine players in automatic qualifying positions and is left needing a wild card [...]
Strauss: KP?will come good July 19, 2010 CAPTAIN Andrew Strauss believes Kevin Pietersen can rediscover his best form in the forthcoming Test series with Pakistan. Pietersen has suffered a dismal run of form with the bat in recent months, failing to score a half-century in his last 17 one-day internationals. But Strauss believes the 30-year-old, inset, who has just become a father [...]
Schleck’s left in a wreck as Contador takes charge July 19, 2010 aANDY SCHLECK has declared war on his Tour de France rivals after a mechanical failure saw him lose the yellow jersey to defending champion Albert Contador. The Luxembourg rider attempted to challenge Contador near the summit of the final climb of yesterday’s 15th stage before his chain came off and jammed his rear wheel. Contador [...]
Tigers’ promotion for Cockerill and O’Connor July 19, 2010 RICHARD COCKERILL has been rewarded for leading Leicester to back-to-back Premiership titles by being promoted to the role of director of rugby at Welford Road. Since taking over as head coach from Heyneke Meyer in 2009, the former England international has guided the Tigers to successive domestic titles and the 2009 Heineken Cup final. Now, [...]
Fifa chiefs make sudden U-turn on technology vow July 19, 2010 WORLD governing body Fifa has backtracked on its pledge to reconsider implementing goal-line technology in the wake of Frank Lampard’s disallowed World Cup strike. Fifa president Sepp Blatter vowed to reopen the debate after Lampard’s legitimate effort was missed by all officials as England crashed out to Germany. Blatter pinpointed tomorrow’s meeting of the International [...]