Chelsea mulling stadium move June 15, 2015 CHELSEA are considering leaving Stamford Bridge for up to three years in order to install another tier below street level and increase the stadium’s capacity to 60,000. The Premier League champions, who have previously been frustrated in attempts to relocate to Earl’s Court and Battersea, plan to showcase proposals this month as part of a [...]
Worries subside over Surrey duo badly injured in on-field collision June 15, 2015 SURREY all-rounder Moises Henriques was last night facing dental surgery and a further 24 hours in hospital following the horrific on-field collision with team-mate Rory Burns on Sunday. The duo were knocked unconscious during their side’s T20 Blast clash against Sussex at Arundel while attempting a high catch. Both received emergency medical attention before the [...]
Golf Comment: This might just be Mickelson’s year at US Open June 15, 2015 IT IS very difficult to know what to expect from a golf course yet to host its first Major, which makes predicting a winner for this week’s US Open at the extraordinary Chambers Bay even trickier than usual. None of the players seem to want to comment on the setting, near Seattle in Washington state, [...]
Villa summon Grealish for meeting over Tenerife holiday photographs June 15, 2015 PREMIER League side Aston Villa plan to hold talks with midfielder Jack Grealish after he was apparently photographed passed out on a street while on holiday in Tenerife. Several pictures of the 19-year-old, who has represented Republic of Ireland at under-21 level but is also eligible to play international football for England, were posted on [...]
Player bonus strike forces Italy to suspend World Cup training June 15, 2015 ITALY’S Rugby World Cup preparations have been thrown into disarray after the Azzurri were forced to suspend their pre-tournament training camp due to a player strike over bonuses. The players are demanding a match-by-match bonus scheme whereas Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) bosses are refusing to budge on their proposals for a one-off bonus payment linked [...]
Austria silver after bus crash June 15, 2015 TWO Austrian synchronised swimmers have dedicated the silver medal they won at the European Games yesterday to their team-mates who were hit by a bus last week. Twins Anna-Maria and Eirini-Marina Alexandri, 17, finished second to Russia at the inaugural competition in Baku, Azerbaijan, just four days after one 15-year-old colleague was left in a [...]
Gilbert set to adopt 2015 Rugby World Cup centre stage and continue game’s evolution June 14, 2015 You all know the story. William Webb Ellis, with a fine disregard for the rules of the game and all that, picked up the ball and ran with it at Rugby School in 1823, thereby inventing the game of rugby football. We don’t have time to go into what happened to him after that, [...]
Euro 2016 Qualifier: Hodgson hails matchwinning hero Rooney June 14, 2015 SLOVENIA 2 ENGLAND 3 ENGLAND boss Roy Hodgson lauded the personal and professional qualities of skipper Wayne Rooney after the Manchester United striker conjured a decisive strike to maintain his side’s unblemished Euro 2016 qualifying record in Slovenia yesterday. Rooney endured a series of missed opportunities but a late winner moved him to within a [...]
Emphasis on new attacking brand overrides defeat, admits Morgan June 14, 2015 ENGLAND skipper Eoin Morgan insisted that his side’s continued commitment to a more expansive batting style counterbalanced the disappointment of losing the third one-day international (ODI) against New Zealand at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton yesterday. Morgan top scored with 71 as Ben Stokes and Joe Root also struck half-centuries before England lost their last five [...]
Froome: Success stokes fire ahead of Tour de France June 14, 2015 BRITAIN’S Chris Froome immediately switched his focus to the Tour de France after yesterday storming to Criterium du Dauphine glory following a blistering final stage victory. Froome was in second place after success in Saturday’s seventh stage on Mont Blanc but overcame an 18-second deficit to take the yellow jersey from BMC Racing’s Tejay van [...]