Newcastle financial results: Magpies enjoy £32m profit but chiefs admit fans won’t care April 6, 2016 Newcastle chiefs have conceded that an increase in profits to £32.4m is likely to be of little comfort to supporters contemplating possible relegation from the Premier League. The Magpies – second bottom of the table and six points from safety with seven games remaining – enjoyed a 73 per cent rise in profit for the [...]
Who will win the Masters 2016? Rickie Fowler primed to break his Major duck and claim the Green Jacket April 6, 2016 Creating history on a golf course so steeped in tradition takes something extraordinary – the perfect way to describe Jordan Spieth at Augusta last year. The then 21-year-old became the second youngest Green Jacket winner, behind only Tiger Woods, with his wire-to-wire victory also tying Woods for the lowest final score of all time. Spieth’s [...]
Who will win Masters 2016? Dustin Johnson a good bet to claim first-round lead April 6, 2016 Dustin Johnson is undoubtedly one of the most talented golfers in the world, yet up to now he’s been found wanting at the business end on the biggest of stages. A player with his talent really should have won a Major by this point in his career and his capitulation on the 72nd hole at [...]
Masters 2016: Is Rory McIlroy’s form a concern heading into golf’s first Major of the year? April 6, 2016 Rory McIlroy may not have been at his imperious best ahead of this year’s Masters, but recent history suggests it’s possible to triumph in Augusta without being in peak form. The Northern Irish ace has endured a sluggish start to 2016, failing to win a title and even missing the cut in February’s Honda Classic. By [...]
England prop Marler handed two-game ban and £20,000 fine for “Gypsy boy” slur, while Saracens lock George Kruis escapes punishment April 5, 2016 The long-running saga of England prop Joe Marler’s “Gypsy boy” slur reached a conclusion last night after the Harlequins forward was banned for two matches and fined £20,000 by global governing body World Rugby. Marler’s punishment was handed out after a near seven-hour disciplinary hearing in London at which the 25-year-old admitted a misconduct charge. [...]
Pellegrini vows to attack in Champions League battle of continent’s big spenders April 5, 2016 Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini shrugged off suggestions that Paris Saint-Germain have underestimated his side, while insisting the Citizens will go for the jugular in Wednesday's battle of the continent’s big spenders. PSG counterpart Laurent Blanc had earlier admitted his relief that the French champions had avoided “ogres of European football” Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Real [...]
Masters 2016: Rory McIlroy anxious to complete grand slam and get monkey off his back April 5, 2016 World No3 Rory McIlroy insists he faces even more pressure this year to win the Masters – and complete a coveted career grand slam – than he did 12 months ago. The Northern Irishman, who will be the last of all 89 players to tee off in Thursday’s opening round, remains desperate to join a [...]
Chelsea will be Antonio Conte’s toughest job yet but winning is in Italian’s blood April 5, 2016 Antonio Conte, the new broom set to sweep through Chelsea this summer, is no stranger to big jobs, but at Stamford Bridge the current Italy coach and former Juventus manager is surely facing his toughest assignment yet. Something in the Blues’ squad seems to have become infected during this traumatic season. Conte’s task is nothing [...]
Masters prize money 2016: How much can Jordan Spieth, Jason Day and Rory McIlroy win in Augusta? April 5, 2016 Not only does winning the Masters seal your name in history, earn you the first Major of the golf season, and reward you with the prestigious Green Jacket – winning it also comes with a seven-figure prize money cheque. A total prize money pool of $10m (£7m) is on offer at the tournament, which could mean [...]
My third six off “legend” Stokes was a fluke, admits West indies World Twenty20 hero Brathwaite April 4, 2016 West Indies hero Carlos Brathwaite admits that he fluked the third of his four brutal sixes which propelled his side to World Twenty20 glory against England at Eden Gardens on Sunday. Brathwaite launched a ferocious last-over assault on England all-rounder Ben Stokes and clubbed the 24-year-old for successive maximums as West Indies chased down the [...]