Tour de France 2015: Geraint Thomas brushes off horror crash to remain sixth July 20, 2015 Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas shrugged off a horror crash to remain sixth overall as fellow Briton Chris Froome retained the yellow jersey after stage 16 of the Tour de France yesterday. Read more: Unsung hero Thomas rides to the rescue to preserve Froome’s lead Thomas collided with France’s Warren Barguil on the final descent [...]
Premier League pre-season friendlies: Liverpool biggest travellers as clubs cover 177,000 miles on trips abroad July 20, 2015 [custom id="57"] Liverpool are travelling further than any other Premier League club this summer, with Brendan Rodgers' side covering over 24,000 miles in their pre-season expedition. Read more: Premier League pre-season fixture schedule Playing pre-season friendlies abroad has become something of a permanent fixture in the calendar of many Premier League clubs, with just three teams [...]
Sepp Blatter told to “leave now” by Prince Ali as Fifa unveils reform plans for organisation in crisis July 20, 2015 Fifa president Sepp Blatter has shrugged off calls to step down with immediate effect, confirming he will stay in the role until February 2016 when fresh elections will take place. Read more: Blatter hints he could stay on as Fifa president Fifa's executive committee met today for the first time since seven of its members [...]
British Open 2015 prize money: Amateur leader Paul Dunne ineligible for record £1.15m paycheque July 20, 2015 Paul Dunne, the Irish 22-year-old amateur golfer, has already made history at this year's Open yet will walk away from the tournament empty-handed even if he can stay in the lead this afternoon. Read more: How much prize money is on offer at St Andrews? Dunne is the first amateur to lead the Open after [...]
Capitalising on rugby fever to the max: MaxiNutrition’s Mark Morgan on a huge year for the sports supplement maker July 19, 2015 The carnival is around the corner. In a few short weeks, the spotlight will fall on England as it stages an event widely recognised as the third biggest sporting festival on the planet. The Olympics and football’s World Cup may dwarf all others, but for those associated with it, this autumn’s egg-shaped jamboree promises a [...]
Cook hints at changes after Australia demolish England July 19, 2015 AT LORD’S SKIPPER Alastair Cook admitted the axe may fall on England’s misfiring batsmen after his side wilted to a 405-run drubbing on day four of the second Investec Ashes Test at Lord’s yesterday. Australia declared their second innings on 254-2 shortly before lunch, leaving England with a notional victory target of 509 or 155 [...]
Murray inspires Britain to historic Davis Cup glory July 19, 2015 TEARFUL Davis Cup hero Andy Murray admits Great Britain are “punching above their weight” after he led them into the competition’s semi-finals for the first time since 1981 yesterday. Murray came from a set down to record a hugely gutsy win over Gilles Simon that earned Britain a 3-1 victory over France and a last-four [...]
Amateur Dunne storms into Open contention July 19, 2015 IRELAND’S Paul Dunne surged into contention to become the Open’s first amateur winner for 85 years yesterday at St Andrews, but a host of big names, including Jordan Spieth, remain within striking distance heading into the tournament’s rain-delayed climax. Dunne, 22, shot a 66 to finish his third round on 12 under par and share [...]
Former Fifa vice president Jeffrey Webb extradited from Switzerland to US July 17, 2015 Former Fifa vice president Jeffrey Webb has been extradited to the United States from Switzerland on charges of bribery and racketeering, filed by American prosecutors. “He was handed over to a three man US policy escort in Zurich who accompanied him on the flight to New York,” the Swiss Federal Office of Justice said in [...]
Open 2015: Properties overlooking golf courses like St Andrew’s command prices 140 per cent above local average July 17, 2015 Properties next to golf courses are not only a winner for fans of the sport, but are good for their wallet too, with a premium price tag more than double that of nearby properties lacking fairway views. Anyone looking to sell up their course-side home aside any of the nine spots to host The [...]