Nadal’s clay dominance is ended by clinical Federer May 17, 2009 WORLD No2 Roger Federer finally ended Rafael Nadal’s clay court dominance to win the Madrid Open yesterday – his first title since last October. The Swiss ace claimed a rare 6-4, 6-4 success over his biggest rival to subject Nadal to a first defeat on the surface in 33 matches. Indeed, Nadal has only lost [...]
Lightning Bolt wows crowds with record run May 17, 2009 TRIPLE Olympic sprint gold-medallist Usain Bolt achieved the fastest 150m of all time to cruise to victory in the Manchester street race last night. The Jamaican, 22, stormed home in 14.35sec to beat the 26-year-old record of 14.8sec, set by Italian Pietro Mennea. It was Bolt’s first run since being involved in a car crash [...]
Centre Court raises the roof May 17, 2009 TENNIS: A capacity crowd packed Wimbledon’s Centre Court to watch a star-studded event to test the new retractable roof at SW19. Andre Agassi and wife Steffi Graf took on Tim Henman and Kim Clijsters in a series of mixed doubles and singles exhibition matches watched by around 15,000 fans. Agassi, the 1992 champion, beat Henman [...]
Crusaders break League duck May 17, 2009 RUGBY LEAGUE: Celtic Crusaders recorded their first Super League victory at the 12th attempt with a shock 30-24 victory at Bradford Bulls. Luke Dyer’s two late tries ensured the Welsh outfit broke their duck in their inaugural Super League season. Meanwhile, Harlequins climbed to fourth in the table after a 24-17 victory over Wakefield, while [...]
Lorenzo goes top of the pile May 17, 2009 MOTOGP: Jorge Lorenzo moved one point clear at the top of the world championship standings after winning a rain-lashed French GP. The Spaniard finished ahead of Marco Melandri and Dani Pedrosa to take the top podium spot, although reigning champion Valentino Rossi finished last and out of the points after crashing shortly after changing bikes. [...]
Amateur Lowry claims Irish Open May 17, 2009 GOLF: Irishman Shane Lowry became only the third amateur in history to win a European Tour event after clinching the Irish Open. The 22-year-old home favourite shot a final round 71 to finish on 17-under-par – level with England’s Robert Rock. Lowry shook off some nerves to win at the fourth extra hole with a [...]
Torquay back in Football League May 17, 2009 FOOTBALL: Torquay United returned to the Football League after a two-year absence thanks to a 2-0 play-off final victory over Cambridge United at Wembley. Captain Chris Hargreaves put the Gulls in front with a sweet 18-yard strike before Cambridge were reduced to 10 men when Phil Bolland was sent off for a second bookable offence. [...]
Cavendish victory will not count May 17, 2009 CYCLING: Britain’s Mark Cavendish claimed victory in yesterday’s ninth stage of the Giro d’Italia – but his time will not count towards the overall classification due to a rider’s protest. Riders were unhappy with the city centre course in Milan after Spain’s Pedro Horrillo Munoz was seriously hurt in a crash on Saturday. Race leader [...]
20/1 Alexandros looks value for the in-form ‘Boys in Blue’ against Paco Boy May 14, 2009 PACO BOY is as short as 11/10 with Boylesports to win tomorrow’s Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes and will take some beating. Richard Hannon’s four-year-old son of Desert Style is looking to land the second Group One contest of his career having won last year’s Prix De La Foret at Longchamp on Arc weekend. However, that race [...]
You’re never Gunner derail United’s title bid May 14, 2009 MANCHESTER UNITED VS ARSENALAFTER a few worries in March, Manchester United are cantering towards an incredible 11th Premier League title and it looks like Sir Alex Ferguson will be lifting the trophy in front of his oldest adversary, Arsene Wenger. The win against Wigan on Wednesday night means that United now only require one point from [...]