The athletics doping scandal has no quick fix – IAAF president Seb Coe must face up to a 10 year clean-up project January 19, 2016 Last week, the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) published its report on the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF), in which Wada highlighted the "embedded corruption" within the IAAF. The conclusion was not unexpected: Last year the industrial-scale doping activities of Russia were revealed and it was alleged that former IAAF president Lamine Diack had taken payments [...]
Tennis match-fixing: Andy Murray calls for greater transparency and protection of young players January 19, 2016 Andy Murray has argued for greater transparency across all sports in response to the match-fixing allegations that have overshadowed the early stages of the Australian Open. The world No2 was responding to claims made in a BuzzFeed News and BBC investigation that players in the top 50 have been reported to tennis authorities on suspicion [...]
Swansea City 1, Watford 0: Swans right to dilute my role and bring in experienced boss, admits Curtis January 18, 2016 Interim boss Alan Curtis admitted that the club were right to bring in an experienced manager and dilute his role after guiding Swansea to a priceless victory in his final game in sole command last night. Centre-half Ashley Williams proved the match-winner with a first-half header in front of the watching Francesco Guidolin, who starts [...]
Roger Federer calls for suspected tennis fixers to be named as Novak Djokovic explains how we was offered six-figure sum to throw a match January 18, 2016 Former world No1 Roger Federer has called for suspected cheats to be named and shamed following allegations that a number of leading tennis stars may have fixed matches. Federer, speaking after his first-round win over Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili at the Australian Open on Monday, addressed claims that 16 players to have been ranked in the world’s [...]
Australian Open 2016: Heather Watson and Kyle Edmund lose in first round as injuries hamper Brits at the first hurdle January 18, 2016 British No2 Heather Watson blamed injury after her miserable run at the Australian Open continued with a dramatic first-round elimination in Melbourne on Monday. On a bad opening day for Britons at the grand slam, Watson served for the match against Hungary’s Timea Babos before succumbing to a 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 7-5 defeat against the world [...]
Ryder Cup clues abound for Darren Clarke as Europe’s rookies muster emphatic EurAsia Cup win January 18, 2016 It may only have been step one of two in a big year of captaincy duties for Darren Clarke, but the EurAsia Cup could hardly have gone any better for the man tasked with masterminding Europe’s Ryder Cup defence. Clarke had a very strong group at his disposal and he coaxed a fantastic performance from [...]
Finn set to return for World Twenty20 despite being sideline for rest of South Africa tour January 18, 2016 England seamer Steven Finn is expected to be fit for the World Twenty20 in March despite being ruled out of the remainder of his side’s tour of South Africa with a side strain. Middlesex paceman Finn will miss the fourth Test in Centurion, which starts on Friday, as well as five one-day internationals and three [...]
Wenger condemns Stoke fans for mocking Ramsey over leg break January 17, 2016 Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has condemned Stoke City supporters who directed tasteless chants at midfielder Aaron Ramsey during his side’s goalless draw yesterday. Sections of the home crowd taunted the Welsh midfielder by singing “Aaron Ramsey, he walks with a limp”, referring to the horrific broken leg the 25-year-old suffered under a challenge from Stoke [...]
Wasps denied historic victory at Toulon by last-gasp Mitchell try January 17, 2016 Distraught Wasps boss Dai Young rued his side’s failure to hold on for an historic European Champions Cup victory after a last-gasp Drew Mitchell try sent defending champions Toulon top of Pool Five courtesy of a 15-11 success yesterday. Visiting No8 Guy Thompson had surged over with 10 minutes remaining to give Wasps an 11-8 [...]
Australian Open 2016: Andy Murray vows not to be distracted by impending fatherhood as he bids to finally land Melbourne grand slam January 17, 2016 Britain's Andy Murray insists he will not let impending fatherhood affect his game at the Australian Open this week despite pledging to abandon the tournament if wife Kim goes into labour prematurely. Murray, who begins the year’s first grand slam on Tuesday with a first-round match against German teenager Alexander Zverev, is adamant that he [...]