Levein in the frame as Burley is sacked November 16, 2009 DUNDEE UNITED boss Craig Levein is the early favourite to become the next Scotland boss after George Burley was sacked yesterday after 22 months in charge. Scottish FA chiefs called an extraordinary meeting after fans turned on Burley following Saturday’s demoralising 3-0 defeat by Wales. Chief executive Gordon Smith gave Burley a vote of confidence [...]
Arthur lashes England over November 16, 2009 SOUTH AFRICA coach Mickey Arthur has opened the floodgates for a war of words with England after hitting out at their “criminal” treatment of spinner Adil Rashid. The Yorkshire leg-spinner bowled just one over in England’s crushing 84-run Pro20 defeat in Pretoria onSunday, going for 25 runs before stand-in captain Alastair Cook turned to part-timers [...]
Fit-again Shaw gives Johnson a boost November 16, 2009 FIT-AGAIN Simon Shaw handed England manager Martin Johnson a timely boost yesterday by rejoining the squad ahead of Saturday’s clash with New Zealand at Twickenham. The 36-year-old Wasps lock linked up with the squad at their Pennyhill Park base after recovering from the foot injury which ruled him out of the start of the season. [...]
Pacquiao is running scared, claims Floyd November 16, 2009 FLOYD MAYWEATHER has accused Manny Pacquaio of running scared of a potential super-fight next year. Pacquiao was linked to a showdown with Mayweather after justifying his claim as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world when stopping Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas on Sunday. But Mayweather has accused the five-weight champion of being “one-dimensional” and [...]
Rory has the world at his feet November 16, 2009 ON THE GREENS WITH SAM TORRANCERORY MCILROY could enjoy his crowing glory in Dubai this Sunday, but whatever happens, 2009 will always go down as the year when a new golfing superstar was born. At 20, young Rory could become the second youngest European No1 behind Seve Ballesteros this week if he holds off rivals [...]
‘Bruised’ Moat still keen to buy Toon from Ashley November 16, 2009 NORTH-EAST businessman Barry Moat, who failed in a bid to buy Newcastle United last month, insists he will never give up hope of owning the club. Moat proved unable to meet Mike Ashley’s £80m cash asking price for the Championship outfit, following a summer of uncertainty over the Magpies’ future. He admits being rocked by [...]
SPORT IN BRIEF November 16, 2009 De la Hoya backs HayeBOXING: Oscar De La Hoya believes Britain’s new heavyweight champion David Haye can take the world by storm. Haye took the WBA belt after beating Russian giant Nikolai Valuev in Germany ten days ago and De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions believe he can set the division alight both sides of [...]
Trapattoni at full-strength for France clash November 16, 2009 THE REPUBLIC of Ireland have reported a clean bill of health ahead of their crunch World Cup play-off second leg with France tomorrow night. Boss Giovanni Trapattoni conducted training with a full-strength squad for the clash at Stade de France, Paris. Assistant boss Marco Tardelli said: “We have no injuries and we have a very [...]
Johnson fires warning over All Black Test November 15, 2009 ENGLAND manager Martin Johnson insists his side must make rapid improvements if they are to beat the All Blacks in their autumn series finale on Saturday. Despite scraping past Argentina on Saturday 16-9, much of the Twickenham crowd vented their frustration at another inept performance when the final whistle went. Following on from another underwhelming [...]
Exiles lead way as London sides thrive November 15, 2009 LONDON IRISH capped a magnificent day for teams from the capital with a 12-11 win away to defending LV= Cup champions Cardiff Blues.Replacement Ryan Lamb kicked a penalty five minutes from time to condemn Cardiff to their first defeat in the competition for eight games and more importantly earn the Exiles’ their first victory in [...]