In-form Konta notches 21st win from 22 to stun Halep and set up Venus quarter-final October 1, 2015 British rising star Johanna Konta faces seven-time grand slam winner Venus Williams today in China after achieving the biggest win of her career yesterday against world No2 Simona Halep. Konta continued her blistering form by beating Halep 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open. It was the Australia-born player’s fifth victory [...]
Louis Van Gaal: Manchester United strike duo could have made life easier September 30, 2015 Manchester Untied manager Louis van Gaal insisted that misfiring strikers Wayne Rooney and Memphis Depay could have made his side’s narrow Champions League victory over Wolfsburg a much more sedate affair. The German outfit secured an early lead through midfielder Daniel Caligiuri, although a Juan Mata penalty — his first Champions League goal since December [...]
Mike Tindall: England need to play Owen Farrell not George Ford at fly-half against Australia September 30, 2015 World Cup-winning centre Mike Tindall insists fly-half Owen Farrell should retain his place at No10 ahead of George Ford for England’s pivotal clash with Australia at Twickenham on Saturday. Farrell kicked 20 points during England’s disastrous 28-25 defeat to Wales and is poised to keep his spot when head coach Stuart Lancaster names his side [...]
Sky steps in as BBC pulls plug on live coverage of the Open September 30, 2015 Live coverage of golf’s oldest Major, the Open Championship, has been axed from free-to-air television a year early after the BBC made it a victim of cost-cutting measures across the corporation. Sky had been due to take up the rights on a five-year deal in 2017 but will now assume exclusive live broadcaster status a [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: We can cause upset, insists coach John McKee September 30, 2015 Fiji head coach John McKee insists his side are a more potent unit now than when they last faced Wales 10 months ago, a game which saw Warren Gatland’s outfit suffer an almighty scare. The Pacific Islanders lost 17-13 at the Millennium Stadium in November and have previous for dousing the principality’s World Cup hopes, [...]
Football Association reaffirm backing for Michel Platini’s Fifa president bid despite corruption probe September 30, 2015 Football Association chiefs have reiterated their support for European boss Michel Platini’s bid to become Fifa president despite him becoming embroiled in a corruption probe. Uefa president Platini faces questions over a £1.3m payment to him in 2011 from Sepp Blatter, the man he hopes to succeed as head of the world governing body next [...]
Tottenham’s Heung-min Son injury: Spurs star out for weeks September 30, 2015 Tottenham forward Heung-min Son will miss tonight’s Europa League trip to Monaco after the £22m newcomer was ruled out for several weeks with a foot injury. Son, who has scored three goals in five games since his late summer switch from Bayer Leverkusen, picked up the knock in Saturday’s 4-1 Premier League win over Manchester [...]
Red Rose turn deaf ear to white noise of critics, says coach Catt September 30, 2015 COACH Mike Catt insists England’s World Cup squad are blocking out a deluge of criticism as they attempt to regroup for Saturday’s must-win match against Australia. Sir Clive Woodward, who led the team to glory in 2003, former captain Will Carling and World Cup-winning ex-New Zealand coach Graham Henry have all taken aim at the [...]
Arsenal lead English clubs’ Champions League collapse September 30, 2015 Manager Arsene Wenger defended his omission of goalkeeper Petr Cech after a howler from understudy David Ospina left Arsenal’s Champions League hopes hanging by a thread last night. Never before had the Gunners lost their first two group games and they now face a desperate scramble to maintain their 15-year sequence of reaching the competition’s [...]
Why away teams are winning more in the Premier League this season: Only most clinical teams survive in counter-attack savvy top flight September 30, 2015 West Ham have beaten Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City away from home this season, which is typical of a wider trend You might not have noticed, but something strange is happening in the Premier League this season. All across the country, away teams are winning more frequently than home teams, and it’s stopping any single [...]