Chris Tremlett on Ashes 2015: A big score from Ian Bell is just round the corner July 22, 2015 Before the Ashes started I wrote that batsman Gary Ballance looked all at sea. I felt the Australian bowlers would work out his technique and find ways to get him out. It was the right decision for the selectors to drop him ahead of next week’s third Test. Equally, Ballance’s Yorkshire team-mate Jonny Bairstow [...]
World Championships 2015: Jessica Ennis-Hill should compete but maybe not Mo Farah, says Jonathan Edwards July 22, 2015 Former Olympic champion Jonathan Edwards has urged heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill to contest next month’s World Championships in Beijing, but is less convinced by the merits of much-scrutinised Mo Farah defending his twin titles. Read more: Mo Farah – prove I’m doping or leave me alone Ennis-Hill is to judge her medal-winning potential and decide [...]
The Tour de France is becoming increasingly popular around the world…and is enjoying a sponsorship windfall as a result July 22, 2015 Although newspaper headlines in France and Britain have once again focused on cycling's supposed dark side, global interest in the Tour de France is rising according to sports marketing research firm Repucom. Read more: Froome doubts Team Sky data release will stop doping claims Significantly more people in markets outside of Europe such as the United [...]
Cricket is like spam: The real reason batsmen are piling up higher scores July 21, 2015 The holiday season is getting into full swing, but a shadow has been cast by the abysmal failure of our boys to get anywhere near the enormous target of 509 which Australia’s cricketers set them to win in the second Test match. It may seem preposterous even to have thought they would. But a revolution [...]
Bairstow into firing line as Ballance axed July 21, 2015 RECALLED batsman Jonny Bairstow has been warned to expect a marked surge in the quality of opposition after replacing the axed Gary Ballance in England’s squad for next week’s third Investec Ashes Test against Australia. Selectors responded to a harrowing 405-run demise to Australia at Lord’s on Sunday, which levelled the series at 1-1, by [...]
England enjoy perfect start to Ashes defence July 21, 2015 ENGLAND skipper Charlotte Edwards revelled in an uncharacteristic fast start to the series after her side began the defence of the women’s Ashes with a four-wicket defeat of Australia at Taunton. Natalie Sciver top scored with a one-day international best of 66, while Lydia Greenway also stuck a half-century, as England chased down their victory [...]
Jordan Spieth eager to compensate for Open setback with more history July 21, 2015 WORLD No2 Jordan Spieth has trained his sights on winning the US PGA Championship next month after narrowly missing out on the third leg of a Major grand slam at the Open. Spieth, 21, finished just one shot adrift of Zach Johnson, who lifted the Claret Jug after a three-man play-off with 2010 winner Louis [...]
Chris Froome doubts Team Sky data release will stop doping claims July 21, 2015 BRITAIN’S Chris Froome does not expect Team Sky’s release of his performance data to silence accusations of doping but insists the furore will not derail his bid for a second Tour de France title. Froome’s dominant victory surge to a summit finish on stage 10 has been the subject of much scrutiny since his power [...]
Balotelli riles Reds as Sterling enjoys flying start for City July 21, 2015 ENGLAND’S most expensive player Raheem Sterling scored less than three minutes into his Manchester City debut yesterday, prompting former Liverpool team-mate Mario Balotelli to spark a Twitter row. Sterling slotted home just 137 seconds into City’s pre-season tour match against Roma in Melbourne, his first appearance since leaving Anfield under a cloud in a £49m [...]
Chelsea hand Patrick Bamford deal and loan move July 21, 2015 CHELSEA striker Patrick Bamford insists it was an easy decision to join Crystal Palace on loan next season. Bamford, who won the Championship Player of the Year award after netting 19 times during a spell at Middlesbrough last term, has also signed a new three-year contract at Stamford Bridge. “It was an easy decision in [...]