Manuel Pellegrini calm over Vincent Kompany’s Manchester City absence September 29, 2015 Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has downplayed the absence of skipper Vincent Kompany as his side look to ignite their Champions League campaign against Borussia Monchengladbach tonight. City began the season in imperious form and won their first five matches without conceding a goal, but have shipped seven in their last three matches without the [...]
Rugby World Cup: Will Carling refuses to end England verbal jousting September 29, 2015 Former England captain Will Carling has continued his verbal jousting with the England camp ahead of their must-win clash with Australia on Saturday and reiterated that harsh lessons must be learned quickly. Carling delivered a damning verdict in the wake of England’s 28-25 demise at the hands of Wales on Saturday, in particular accusing head [...]
Rugby World Cup: Australia are underdogs for England clash, insists Michael Cheika September 29, 2015 Australia coach Michael Cheika insists his side are the underdogs for Saturday’s pivotal Pool A clash at Twickenham despite England staring down the barrel of World Cup elimination following their calamitous defeat to Wales. Cheika’s preparations were dealt a blow yesterday after experienced No8 Wycliff Palu and giant second row Will Skelton were ruled out [...]
Wales stoked by sight and scale of celebrations September 29, 2015 WALES coach Warren Gatland insists the scale of the celebrations in the principality following their victory against England have spurred his squad on to all but secure qualification to the quarter-final with victory against Fiji tomorrow. Gatland has made three enforced changes for the clash against the Pacific Islanders at the Millennium Stadium amid a [...]
Boris Johnson: £35m cost to host 2017 Tour de France in London better spent elsewhere September 29, 2015 Mayor of London Boris Johnson has taken responsibility for the capital's decision not to host the start of the 2017 Tour de France, arguing that it would be too expensive. Read more: London pulls out of hosting Tour de France Grand Départ in 2017 London had trumped competition from Manchester and cities in Germany to win [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: England v Australia tickets fetching £4,000 September 29, 2015 Tickets for England's pivotal Rugby World Cup match against Australia on Saturday are fetching a record £4,000 apiece on the re-sale market. The price is a record for seats at any match other than a final, not just in rugby union but across all sports, says re-sale platform Viagogo, where the tickets were sold. England [...]
Jordan Spieth’s extraordinary season is as good as Tiger Wood’s landmark 2000 – Sam Torrance’s Golf Comment September 29, 2015 Just last week I pondered whether Jason Day, with a sequence of four wins from six tournaments that propelled him to world No1, had done enough to eclipse Jordan Spieth as golf’s star of 2015. I sided with Masters and US Open winner Spieth, and if there was any lingering doubt the young Texan [...]
Premier League: Lukaku inspires Everton fightback September 29, 2015 WEST BROM 2 EVERTON 3 EVERTON boss Roberto Martinez refused to be drawn on his side’s credentials to qualify for the Champions League despite £30m striker Romelu Lukaku sending the Toffees fifth after inspiring a stunning fightback at West Brom last night. Lukaku returned to haunt former club West Brom with a second-half double, either side [...]
England call on Easter for a World Cup resurrection September 29, 2015 COACH Andy Farrell has backed veteran No8 Nick Easter to make his mark on England’s bid to resurrect their World Cup hopes after being called into the squad to replace the injured Billy Vunipola. Saracens wrecking ball Vunipola was ruled out of the tournament yesterday after a scan revealed he had strained a knee ligament [...]
Farrell hits back at Carling over classroom swipe September 29, 2015 FORMER captain Will Carling aimed a swipe at the England camp and accused the current squad of lacking leadership quality yesterday, accusations which were subsequently rebuffed by coach Andy Farrell. Carling criticised the decision to opt for an attacking line-out as opposed to a kick at goal in the dying embers of England’s 28-25 defeat [...]