Chelsea claw back to defeat Black Cats August 18, 2009 SUNDERLAND (1) vs CHELSEA (3) THE new Premier League season may be only four days old, but Chelsea, many pundits’ tips for the title, are already sitting pretty at the top of the table after rallying to sweep aside Sunderland. Black Cats summer signing Darren Bent gave the visitors a scare by pouncing to notch [...]
Flintoff: 2009 win would beat 2005 August 18, 2009 ENGLAND all-rounder Andrew Flintoff believes a series-clinching victory in this week’s final Ashes Test would eclipse even the achievements of the class of 2005. Flintoff, part of the side that beat Australia to claim the urn four years ago, expects to be fit enough to take the field tomorrow for the decider at the Oval. [...]
Britain’s Idowu leaps best ever for world title August 18, 2009 BRITAIN’S Philips Idowu claimed the World Championship title in Berlin last night with a personal best leap of 17.73 metres. Idowu’s third-round leap earned him revenge over Portugal’s Nelson Evora, who beat the Londoner at last summer’s Olympics but could only jump 17.55m. Idowu, 30, broke down in tears after Evora’s final jump fell short. [...]
SPORT IN BRIEF August 18, 2009 Wolves spoil Martinez homecomingFOOTBALL: A header from Andy Keogh gave newly-promoted Wolves a 1-0 victory at Wigan and their first away win in 30 Premier League matches. The Republic of Ireland forward nodded in off the post in the sixth minute to spoil Roberto Martinez’s first home game in charge since returning to the Latics [...]
Flintoff made to work for England cause August 17, 2009 ANDREW FLINTOFF faces a potentially gruelling workload after being named in England’s one-day and Twenty20 squads. The all-rounder has battled through the Ashes series with a knee injury and will quit Test cricket at the end of the deciding match at The Oval this weekend to concentrate on the limited-overs game. And he’ll have plenty [...]
Now for 9.4 secs, says record monopolising sprint king Bolt August 17, 2009 SPRINT sensation Usain Bolt has set his sights on running the 100m in 9.4 seconds after shattering the world record yet again. The Jamaican obliterated the previous best time, which he set at last year’s Beijing Olympics, by the unprecedented margin of 0.11 seconds at the World Championships in Berlin on Sunday. And now the [...]
Alonso given reprieve as Renault ban is overturned August 17, 2009 RENAULT and former world champion Fernando Alonso will race at this week’s European Grand Prix after being handed a late reprieve yesterday. The team were hit with a one-race ban after a wheel came loose from Alonso’s car during the Hungarian Grand Prix last month. But governing body the FIA yesterday agreed to lift the [...]
Tiger was finally out-Tigered August 17, 2009 I SUPPOSE it had to happen some time didn’t it? Historically, when Tiger Woods is leading a Major after 54 holes there really is only one winner, but Korean YE Yang obviously hadn’t read the script. Tiger actually played as well on the final round of the US PGA on Sunday as any of the [...]
SPORT IN BRIEF August 17, 2009 Ex-Bath duo plan appealsRUGBY UNION: Former Bath players Michael Lipman and Alex Crockett are to appeal their nine-month bans handed out by the RFU.Co-captains Lipman and Crockett, along with team-mate Andrew Higgins, were suspended after they were found guilty of failing to submit to drugs tests as the club investigated allegations of misconduct on a [...]
Richards gets three-year ban for fake blood fiasco August 17, 2009 FORMER Harlequins boss Dean Richards was last night banned from coaching for three years for his part in the club’s faking of a blood injury during last season’s Heineken Cup. Winger Tom Williams, whose mouth wound during April’s quarter-final defeat to Leinster was found to have been fabricated, had his 12-month suspension reduced to four [...]