Cook is the perfect man to shrug off batting pressure, insists Root May 27, 2015 ENGLAND vice-captain Joe Root has hailed the tide-turning qualities of skipper Alastair Cook ahead of the second Test against New Zealand at Headingley, which starts tomorrow. Despite no player scoring more Test runs in the last decade than Cook, the 30-year-old’s position at the top of the England batting order had come under scrutiny after [...]
‘It’ll be a Glastonbury but for sport and health’ May 27, 2015 British Athletics chief Niels de Vos has grand plans for Olympic Stadium and they start now BRITISH Athletics chief executive Niels de Vos is in no mood for understatement when discussing the importance of the Olympic Stadium to the future – the survival, even – of UK track and field. His organisation will take up [...]
Cricket Comment: Stokes can be England’s next true all-rounder May 27, 2015 Like many people I thought Jason Gillespie had a real shout of landing the England head coach’s job but I believe that Trevor Bayliss is a really good appointment and he is someone who will move the national side in the right direction. I spent a bit of time with him when I was with [...]
Sevilla in record Europa title haul May 27, 2015 SEVILLA secured a record fourth Europa League trophy after edging a thrilling contest against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3-2 in last night’s final in Warsaw. Colombia striker Carlos Bacca netted the winner, his second of the game, after former Blackburn forward Nikola Kalinic opened the scoring for the Ukrainians, while Ruslan Rotan and Grzegorz Krychowiak were also [...]
Edmund quits Roland Garros May 27, 2015 BRITAIN’S Kyle Edmund has been forced to withdraw from the French Open after having a scan on a stomach injury yesterday. World No121 Edmund had navigated three qualifying rounds at Roland Garros before dispatching France’s Stephane Robert on Monday to record his maiden win in the main draw of a Grand Slam. The 20-year-old was [...]
Fifa corruption arrests: How the FA, Fifa, Uefa, Arsene Wenger and the football world reacted to US and Swiss investigations May 27, 2015 The football world was brought to a standstill today after top Fifa officials were arrested by police on corruption charges in an early morning Zurich raid and others were called for questioning over the World Cup bidding process. A US Department of Justice suit indicted 14 people – including Fifa officials – on charges of corruption [...]
Fifa: No revote on Qatar World Cup 2022 or Russia World Cup 2018 May 27, 2015 Fifa insists the World Cups in Qatar and Russia will go ahead as planned even after 10 officials were questioned by Swiss police on suspicion of criminal activity in the allocation of the tournament. American and Swiss authorities sensationally swarmed upon football's governing body this morning, with the latter's investigation surrounding alleged corruption in the [...]
Police question Fifa officials on Qatar 2022 and Russia 2018 World Cup voting May 27, 2015 Swiss police are questioning 10 Fifa officials over the controversial award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively. Electronic data and documents were seized from Fifa's Zurich headquarters on Wednesday morning, after six Fifa officials were arrested on behalf of a separate investigation from the US Department of Justice. Swiss [...]
Fifa officials arrested in Zurich on corruption charges ahead of presidential vote May 27, 2015 A number of top Fifa officials have been arrested in Zurich on corruption charges brought by the United States Justice Department. More than a dozen plain clothed Swiss policeman swept into the five star Baur au Lac hotel in the early hours of the morning, where several officials were believed to be staying ahead of this [...]
Bayliss raring to plot Aussie Ashes demise May 26, 2015 ENGLAND head coach Trevor Bayliss insists he will relish plotting the downfall of his native Australia during this summer’s Ashes series after his appointment was confirmed yesterday. Bayliss succeeds the sacked Peter Moores, who was axed earlier this month, and becomes the first Australian to lead England, having usurped compatriot and early frontrunner Jason Gillespie [...]