England set date to confirm World Cup player fate August 25, 2015 ANXIOUS England players waiting to learn their Rugby World Cup fate will be put be out of their misery when head coach Stuart Lancaster names his 31-man squad for the tournament on Thursday. Lancaster, who must cut eight players from those on duty in England’s two warm-up clashes with France, will unveil his squad at [...]
Ohuruogu dominates heat to reach 400m semi-final as Yousif eyes title challenge August 25, 2015 DEFENDING champion Christine Ohuruogu breezed into the women’s 400m semi-finals after a dominant performance in her heats at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing yesterday. Ohuruogu clocked a time of 51.01 seconds to post a conclusive victory as she returned to the stadium in which she became Olympic champion in 2008. Fellow Briton Anyika Onuora [...]
Arsenal v Liverpool: Brendan Rodgers laughs off controversy over offside call August 24, 2015 Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers laughed off controversy over a disallowed Aaron Ramsey goal after his team went toe-to-toe with Arsenal in a pulsating goalless draw in the Premier League last night. Replays appeared to show Ramsey was onside when he ran onto a Santi Cazorla through-ball and slotted past Simon Mignolet at the Reds’ goalkeeper’s [...]
Joe Root rested as England bid to extend one-day revival August 24, 2015 Run-machine Joe Root has been rested for the upcoming limited-overs series with Australia as England bid to continue their one-day revolution against the World Cup winners. Root has been an ever-present in all formats of the game in recent times but will sit out Monday’s T20 international at Cardiff as well as the subsequent five [...]
World Athletics Championships 2015: Britons are class system victims, says Greg Rutherford August 24, 2015 OIympic champion Greg Rutherford aimed a swipe at UK Athletics after qualifying for the long jump final at the World Championships in Beijing yesterday. Rutherford, who is aiming to become the fifth Briton to hold world, Olympic, European and Commonwealth titles simultaneously, claimed the governing body has ensured that British athletes are the victims of [...]
Usain Bolt more eager to beat Justin Gatlin in favoured 200m August 24, 2015 The world’s fastest man Usain Bolt has warned sprint rival Justin Gatlin that he is even more confident of beating him when they resume hostilities at the World Athletic Championships in the 200m. Bolt upset the odds and reaffirmed his status as a great by beating American Gatlin, who has served two drug bans and [...]
Power play: How Duracell intends to capitalise on 2015 Rugby World Cup with ranking system August 23, 2015 A recent documentary on Britain’s double Tour de France winner Chris Froome, was subtitled “the untold story of power is the ability to go harder and longer than anyone else”. In the offices of Duracell batteries, the marketing team nodded sagely at each other. Power and longevity: their two watchwords. After all, that Duracell bunny [...]
Premier League: Mourinho to Terry defence after red card August 23, 2015 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2 CHELSEA 3 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho exonerated John Terry after the captain’s red card left his side clinging on for a first Premier League win of the season yesterday at West Brom. Goals from £21m debutant Pedro, striker Diego Costa and left-back Cesar Azpilicueta proved enough for the champions, despite James [...]
Jessica Ennis-Hill reasserts her class on mixed day for British pair August 23, 2015 Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill admitted she did not expect to win gold after completing a remarkable comeback to the heptathlon with success at the World Athletics Championship yesterday. Ennis-Hill, who gave birth to a son just 13 months ago, only decided to take part in Beijing following an encouraging display at the Anniversary Games in [...]
Bolt digs deep to beat Gatlin in 100m tussle August 23, 2015 WORLD’S fastest man Usain Bolt reflected on the toughest race of his glittering career after pipping drug cheat Justin Gatlin to 100m gold at the World Athletics Championship yesterday. Six-time Olympic champion Bolt put recent injury problems behind him to beat Gatlin by a hundredth of a second in Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium – the [...]