Pedro chooses Chelsea in £21m transfer as United turn attention to Southampton’s Mane August 19, 2015 Chelsea chiefs have reacted swiftly to lift the gloom surrounding the Premier League champions by landing £21m Barcelona winger Pedro Rodriguez despite rival interest from Manchester United. The Blues, who have taken just one point from their first two matches of the season, are expected to complete the transfer on Thursday after the 28-year-old flew [...]
Alastair Cook: Ashes-winning summer has convinced me to stay on as England captain August 19, 2015 England skipper Alastair Cook admits that success against Australia this summer has convinced him to stay on as captain after the Ashes series. Cook has now chalked up two Ashes series victories in his three-year tenure in charge of England, although such high points have been perforated with less fond memories, such as the whitewash [...]
Paula Radcliffe backs Wada stance on blood data August 19, 2015 Britain’s Paula Radcliffe has backed the stance of anti-doping agencies in recommending athletes do not release their blood data into the public domain as it is impossible for competitors to prove they are clean. Double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah and European 10,000m champion Jo Pavey have both chosen to publish their blood test data, [...]
Oscar Pistorius: Paralympic star’s release from prison on house arrest halted August 19, 2015 Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius is set to remain in prison after all following a dramatic U-turn by South African officials less than 48 hours before his planned release. Justice ministers said Pistorius had been considered for a move to house arrest prematurely, before the required 10-month point of his five-year sentence. The 28-year-old, who was [...]
Lord Coe may keep Nike role despite IAAF presidency success stoking conflict of interest row August 19, 2015 Britain's Lord Coe has refused to rule out retaining a long-standing advisory role with Nike despite being elected president of athletics’ world governing body the IAAF on Tuesday. Coe, 58, beat Ukrainian pole vault great Sergei Bubka by 115 votes to 92 in today's vote and is poised to replace incumbent Lamine Diack at the end of [...]
Oval wicket should aid Michael Clarke’s Australia in Ashes finale August 19, 2015 England still have a long way to go to reach No1 in the Test rankings but I believe there is enough talent in this young team to take them there. Ben Stokes needs to keep improving, keep taking wickets and scoring runs. He’s a really talented cricketer and he knows what he has to [...]
Corbyn’s face on bankers’ golf ball gift August 19, 2015 USUALLY if you don’t like someone, the cliched approach is to stick their photo on a dartboard and aim for the face. Not content with such a working-class show of vehemence, golfing experts Your Golf Travel made some gifts for their 20 biggest clients. Execs from Coutts, Lloyds and M&S all received golf balls with [...]
Late Marouane Fellaini goal eases Manchester United fears as Memphis Depay shines August 19, 2015 Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal admitted that his side’s route to the Champions League group stages was looking precarious until substitute Marouane Fellaini’s last-gasp intervention calmed their nerves last night. Club Brugge had taken a surprise lead through Michael Carrick’s own goal before £31m forward Memphis Depay kickstarted his Old Trafford career with a [...]
Jose Mourinho’s John Terry treatment defies logic August 19, 2015 I'd love to hear a convincing explanation why Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho substituted his captain John Terry when 1-0 down at half-time away to Manchester City on Sunday because I just don’t get it. The problem with the visitors’ performance was not so much Terry as what was going on directly in front of [...]
Athletics chiefs defend decision to scale back testing at Worlds August 18, 2015 Athletics chiefs at the IAAF have risked further controversy on the eve of the World Championships by revealing the abandonment of its policy to blood test every competitor. Only a third of the athletes competing in Beijing are set to have their blood samples scrutinised, which is in contrast to the previous two World Championships [...]