England cricket bosses confirm 2016 schedule August 25, 2015 Ashes celebrations had barely had a chance to subside when cricket bosses yesterday announced details of next summer’s international programme where England will face a twin sub-continental challenge from Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The summer begins with England’s bid to avenge last year’s 1-0 series defeat to Sri Lanka, with the first of three Investec [...]
Ashes 2015: England must complete biggest form reversal for two decades to beat Australia August 25, 2015 If England are to upset the odds and win back the Ashes this year, they will have to achieve the biggest reversal in form mustered by either side in almost two decades. Read more: Ashes Betting preview Since the nightmare whitewash in Australia 18 months ago, a 3-1 defeat of India last summer is England’s [...]
British IndyCar driver Justin Wilson dies after Pennsylvania crash August 25, 2015 British IndyCar driver Justin Wilson has died at the age of 37 after a freak accident resulted in the ex-Formula One competitor sustaining serious head injuries during a race in Pennsylvania. Andretti Autosport’s Wilson, who represented Minardi and Jaguar during the 2003 Formula One season, sustained the injuries after being struck by debris at Pocono [...]
Wyndham Championship: Tiger’s still waiting for that title but looks to be out of the Woods August 25, 2015 He has a long wait now until his next tournament so it would be premature to say a long-awaited win was round the corner, but there are definite signs that Tiger Woods has arrested his decline and is on the up. The former world No1 fell short of a first title since 2013 at [...]
Tottenham frustrated in Berahino pursuit as West Brom reject striker’s transfer request August 25, 2015 TOTTENHAM’S hopes of signing Saido Berahino appear to have suffered a blow after West Brom reiterated their opposition to selling the England Under-21 striker. Baggies chiefs confirmed they had rejected a formal transfer request from Berahino, who saw a Spurs bid of around £18m turned down last week. The club said their position remained unchanged [...]
Arsene Wenger: Arsenal will find cure to scoring ills August 25, 2015 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists he does not need to spend before next week’s transfer deadline to get his team scoring again after they drew a blank for the fifth time in six Premier League home games last night. Wenger conceded that Real Madrid had thwarted his attempts to prise France striker Karim Benzema from [...]
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 [...]