Cipriani set for Rugby World Cup heartache August 26, 2015 SALE fly-half Danny Cipriani is expected to be the highest-profile casualty when England head coach Stuart Lancaster confirms his final squad for next month’s Rugby World Cup today. The versatile 27-year-old is set to miss out on the home tournament, with Lancaster tipped to pick George Ford and Owen Farrell as fly-halves and Mike Brown [...]
England keep alive Ashes hopes August 26, 2015 ENGLAND revived their hopes of retaining the Women’s Ashes by recording a commanding seven-wicket success over Australia in their first T20 tussle at Chelmsford last night. A half-century from Sarah Taylor, who had struggled for form in the series, proved the bedrock of the England reply as they chased down a victory target of 123 [...]
Spurs switch attention to £18m Son August 26, 2015 TOTTENHAM have turned their attention to signing South Korea forward Heung-Min Son from Bayer Leverkusen after failing to persuade West Brom to sell Saido Berahino. Son, who has scored 29 goals in 87 appearances for the German club and can play anywhere across the front three, was left out of their Champions League fixture with [...]
Hughes joins grudge pair in 200m final August 26, 2015 SPRINT kings Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin will be joined in their 200m showdown by British youngster Zharnel Hughes after all three won their semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships yesterday. Six-time Olympic champion Bolt struck the first blow in his duel with Gatlin by winning the 100m on Sunday in Beijing and eased into [...]
Moeen Ali not viable option to open August 26, 2015 With Adam Lyth set to be dropped for England’s series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates this autumn, I can understand talk of Moeen Ali being promoted to opener but I am not in favour of it. At best it is a short-term solution. It would allow England to get two spinners into the [...]
Champions League failure would be disaster but I worry for Manchester United August 26, 2015 They’ll be holding their breath in the Manchester United boardroom tonight when a stuttering side look to finish the job against Club Brugge and seal a return to the Champions League. This tie is nothing short of massive for a club of United’s stature. It is fundamental to retaining their standing among the world’s biggest [...]
Tim Henman: Impending fatherhood will help Andy Murray win grand slams August 26, 2015 Former British No1 Tim Henman believes Andy Murray has mastered his self-destructive tendencies to hit the form of his career, and expects the Scot’s imminent fatherhood to encourage that trend. Murray heads to the US Open next week buoyed by a strong start to the hard-court season, which followed his virtually single-handed defeat of [...]
Young pretender Zharnel Hughes steals limelight ahead of Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin reprising duel August 25, 2015 British youngster Zharnel Hughes temporarily stole the limelight from sprint duo Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin’s duel by storming through his 200m heat at the World Athletics Championships yesterday. Hughes, who trains with six-time Olympic champion Bolt, won his heat in 20.13 seconds, while fellow Briton Danny Talbot also progressed to today’s semi-finals after finishing [...]
Chelsea transfers: John Stones pleads with Everton to let him join Premier League champions August 25, 2015 Chelsea target John Stones has increased the pressure on Everton to accept a bid for him by formally asking to leave Merseyside for west London. The Toffees have already rejected three bids – the latest for more than £30m – from the Premier League champions for the 21-year-old, who cost £3m when he joined from [...]
Long-jump world champion Greg Rutherford wide-eyed after joining list of British athletics greats August 25, 2015 Peerless Greg Rutherford radiated a wide-eyed exuberance after joining the pantheon of British athletes to hold all four major titles simultaneously by securing long jump gold at the World Championships in Beijing yesterday. Rutherford joined an illustrious list – decathlete Daley Thompson, sprinter Linford Christie, hurdler Sally Gunnell and triple jumper Jonathan Edwards – to [...]