Road Cycling World Champion Lizzie Armitstead aims to follow road world title with Olympic success September 27, 2015 Newly crowned Road Cycling World Champion Lizzie Armitstead admits she is struggling to come to terms with fulfilling a lifetime ambition in the women’s race on Saturday. The 26-year-old from Yorkshire mustered a gutsy finish to triumph in the 130km event to claim the coveted white jersey with rainbow stripes in Virginia, United States. Armitstead [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: More huge crowd numbers as over 11m watch Wales beat England and record attendance fills Wembley for Ireland v Romania September 27, 2015 This year's Rugby World Cup continues to show off its size after attracting record crowds and bumper TV audiences for the second weekend in a row. Read more: England's disappointing loss to Wales summed up in six sorry stats Just under 12m people were glued to the screens for the final few minutes of England's [...]
2015 Japanese Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton outmanoeuvres Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to tighten grip on world championship September 27, 2015 Britain's Lewis Hamilton rejected suggestions of dangerous driving after he tightened his grip on a third world championship with victory at the Japanese Grand Prix. Read more: Lewis Hamilton tops sporting rich list Hamilton pipped team-mate Nico Rosberg in an eighth Mercedes one-two of the season to record the 41st success of his Formula One [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: Australia warm up for England showdown by scoring 11 tries in Uruguay mauling September 27, 2015 Australia head coach Michael Cheika has warned his players they will have to improve for Saturday’s World Cup showdown with England, despite seeing them run in 11 tries against Uruguay. Read more: Australia shrug off failure to keep pace with Pool A rivals Flanker Sean McMahon scored two tries in a man-of-the-match display at Villa Park, [...]
Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew: Wilfried Zaha wanted to prove me wrong in Watford win September 27, 2015 Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew praised Wilfried Zaha’s resolve after the winger responded to criticism with a match-winning intervention off the bench at Watford today. Read more: Pardew criticises Zaha Zaha’s trickery tempted Hornets full-back Allan Nyom into a tackle that gleaned a penalty and captain Yohan Cabaye stepped up to become the first away player [...]
Lance Armstrong settles $10m dispute with SCA Promotions over payments received during Tour de France streak September 27, 2015 Lance Armstrong has settled a decade-long legal dispute with an insurance company who paid him $10m (£6.6m) in bonuses during his career. Read more: Lance Armstrong faces $10m fine for doping fraud SCA Promotions first demanded repayment of the money in 2013 when Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after he confessed to [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: England’s disappointing loss to Wales summed up in six sorry stats September 27, 2015 England's World Cup future hangs on a knife-edge after Stuart Lancaster's men let a 10 point lead against Wales shrivel into a three-point deficit and devastating loss at Twickenham last night. The tournament's host nation must now beat Group A opponents Australia next Saturday to have a realistic chance of progressing to the quarter-finals. Wales' [...]
The British love affair with Bordeaux is here to stay September 26, 2015 The UK has traditionally been a nation of claret-lovers, dating as far back as the 12th century when Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry Plantagenet. Eager to please his French subjects, King Henry II decreed that any ship sailing from Bordeaux would be exempt from export tax. By the 14th century, England, Scotland and Ireland were [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015 and faster delivery times helps House of Fraser as half-year sales jump September 26, 2015 Department store chain House of Fraser has hailed a jump in sales over the first half, boosted by further improvements to its online offer including faster delivery times. The company, which was taken over by Chinese consortium Nanjing Xinjiekou last year, said like-for-like sales were up 6.5 per cent, with gross total value (GTV) rising to £574.2m in the six [...]
Fifa president Sepp Blatter to face criminal charges as part of Swiss corruption probe September 25, 2015 Sepp Blatter will face criminal charges from Swiss authorities, who have opened an investigation into the Fifa president. Read more: More charges set to be brought in Fifa probe The Swiss attorney general has brought charges of criminal "mismanagement" and "misappropriation" against Blatter, who had previously avoided any allegations specifically against his person in the corruption [...]