Why girls must be encouraged to play sport – so they can succeed as women in business September 15, 2015 The number of girls playing team sports at schools is rocketing – and that's good news for future business prospects. Data released from the Independent School’s Football Association has revealed that the number of schools offering football to girls has soared from 12 to 120 in five years. Similar figures are mimicked in other [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015 tickets most expensive but also best-selling in history September 15, 2015 This year's Rugby World Cup has broken the record for tickets sold, surpassing the 2.25m sold for the tournament in France eight years ago. Nearly all of the 2.45m tickets originally put on sale have been sold, although more expensive tickets are still available for 32 matches including England's 10 October meeting with Uruguay at [...]
Sam Torrance’s Golf Comment: Walker Cup triumph was simply magnificent September 15, 2015 They were simply magnificent. I am of course talking about Great Britain and Ireland who beat a strong United States team on Sunday to regain the Walker Cup at Royal Lytham and St Annes. The Walker Cup is the pinnacle of amateur golf, the equivalent of the Ryder Cup. Great Britain and Ireland were [...]
Slaven Bilic: West Ham maestro Dimitri Payet elevates others September 15, 2015 WEST HAM UNITED 2 NEWCASTLE UNITED 0 West Ham manager Slaven Bilic hailed the colossal impact of summer signing Dimitri Payet after the former Marseille playmaker scored twice as the Hammers routinely dispatched a blunt Newcastle at Upon Park last night. Payet proved the hosts’ match-winner as West Ham recorded their first home win of the [...]
More charges set to be brought in Fifa probe September 15, 2015 FURTHER charges are set to be brought as part of the ongoing investigation into alleged corruption by football’s world governing body Fifa, according to United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch yesterday. Fourteen Fifa officials and sports marketing executives were indicted by the United States justice department in May as part of a widespread investigations into [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: Stuart Lancaster says team must “show pride in being English” September 14, 2015 England head coach Stuart Lancaster has urged his squad to conquer the unique and unfamiliar pressure generated by a Rugby World Cup on home soil after naming an unchanged XV for Friday’s opening clash against Fiji at Twickenham. Read more: Martin Johnson on why history should not dictate the future for this England team [...]
US Open final 2015: Novak Djokovic closes in on Roger Federer’s prize money record September 14, 2015 Novak Djokovic is rapidly closing in on Roger Federer's status as the highest paid tennis player in history after beating the Swiss in the US Open men's singles final. Read more: Novak Djokovic wins richest ever Wimbledon final over Roger Federer The world number one saw off Federer for a second successive major final, winning 6-4, [...]
Manchester United v PSV: Ashley Young ready to play up front as Wayne Rooney gets left at home September 14, 2015 Manchester United will be without skipper Wayne Rooney for tonight’s Champions League clash at PSV Eindhoven after the striker failed to recover from a hamstring injury which sidelined him for Saturday’s victory over Liverpool. Read more: United make De Gea world's highest-paid goalkeeper Manager Louis van Gaal has left Rooney at home, as United bid to [...]
Pellegrini calm over Aguero fitness setback and backs side to complete Italian job in his absence September 14, 2015 Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has backed his squad to cope with the absence of Sergio Aguero after the Argentina striker was ruled out of tonight’s Champions League clash with Juventus at the Etihad Stadium. Aguero has failed to recover from the knee injury which forced him from the field during the first half of [...]
Hartley loses role as Saints skipper September 14, 2015 ENGLAND outcast Dylan Hartley was yesterday replaced as Northampton Saints captain by scrum-half Lee Dickson after six seasons in the role. Hooker Hartley lost his place in Stuart Lancaster’s Rugby World Cup plans after being handed a four-week ban for headbutting Saracens’s Jamie George in May’s Premiership semi-final at Franklin’s Gardens. It was the sixth [...]