McGowan reigns in Spain October 11, 2009 GOLF: England’s Ross McGowan landed his first European Tour title yesterday at the Madrid Masters. The 27-year-old recovered from a terrible start to his final round to card a 71, finishing on 25 under par, three shots ahead of Finland’s Mikko Ilonen. “It’s lovely to come away with the trophy,” he said. “It means a [...]
Djokovic to overtake Murray October 11, 2009 TENNIS: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic will become the new world No3 after winning the China Open.Djokovic, 22, will overtake Britain’s Andy Murray when the new rankings are announced on Monday after beating Croatian talent Marin Cilic 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) in Beijing yesterday. Following a 90-minute rain delay, Djokovic broke twice to take the first set and [...]
Injured Glock out of Brazil GP October 11, 2009 FORMULA ONE: Toyota’s Timo Glock is out of the Brazilian Grand Prix after suffering a cracked vertebra. Tests have revealed that the 27-year-old German suffered the back injury in the second qualifying session at last week’s Japanese Grand Prix. It was originally thought his injuries were confined to a leg wound but he will now [...]
Robertson wins Grand Prix October 11, 2009 SNOOKER: Australia’s Neil Robertson clinched the Grand Prix title last night with a 9-4 victory over China’s Ding Junhui. Robertson held a slender 4-3 lead after the first session but blitzed his opponent in the evening to take the final at Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall.
London’s poker season ends in dramatic style October 8, 2009 AFTER three weeks that saw the world’s best players come here to play in the World Series of Poker Europe and the European Poker Tour, London’s season of poker has finished. To cash in either flagship tournament is an achievement, and to cash in both – meaning you’ve picked your way through two of the [...]
TAKE ON CITY AM AT POKER Online tournament October 8, 2009 This Wednesday, City A.M. and William Hill Poker are getting together to offer readers the chance to play poker – and to take on some sporting greats in the process. Golf legend and 2002 Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance, and former stalwart of the England football midfield Trevor Steven, will be in the thick of [...]
Ultra consistent Tamagin set to burn off rivals in Ascot feature October 8, 2009 A FIELD of twenty will go to post for tomorrow’s Willmott Dixon Bengough Memorial Stakes run over Ascot’s straight six furlongs and the draw, once again, looks sure to play a part. At the last Ascot meeting, all those drawn high seemed to hold the advantage and it is more than likely that those in [...]
the INSIDER October 8, 2009 TOMORROW’S Ascot meeting starts with a couple of impossible Group Three’s. Based on results from the last meeting, we should ignore anything drawn lower than 12. The highest rated horse between stalls 12-18 is Red Avalanche (16), but I think this beast needs more cut than Ascot will offer. Don’t Tell Mary (12) is returning [...]
England won’t hold back in quest for perfect 10 October 8, 2009 UKRAINE vs ENGLAND TOMORROW 5.15PM FABIO CAPELLO has succeeded where his predecessor failed and navigated England to a major Championship at his first attempt, with few dramas and a couple of games to spare. Although the Three Lions would be entitled to take it easy in the first of these ‘dead rubbers’, it’s a must-win [...]
SUPER LEAGUE GRAND FINAL October 8, 2009 LEEDS RHINOS vs ST HELENS TOMORROW 6PM, SKY SPORTS OLD TRAFFORD opens its doors to footballers of a different variety tomorrow, as two of the most successful sides in the short history of rugby league’s Super League go head-to-head in the culmination of the 2009 season. Of eleven Grand Finals since 1998, seven have featured [...]