Give fantastic Roy new deal says Rooney March 26, 2015 ENGLAND captain Wayne Rooney has urged the Football Association to tie down national team manager Roy Hodgson to a new contract beyond next summer’s European Championships. Hodgson’s current deal expires after the tournament and FA chairman Greg Dyke this week reiterated that he was in no hurry to commit to a coach who oversaw England’s [...]
Wigglesworth backs controversial criticism of Lancaster by RFU boss March 26, 2015 ENGLAND scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth has conceded the criticism from Rugby Football Union chief Executive Ian Ritchie regarding his side’s Six Nations performance was entirely justified. Ritchie described England’s championship showing, at which Stuart Lancaster’s side recorded a fourth successive runners-up finish, as unacceptable and insisted there was no excuse for such a paucity of championships [...]
No sentiment attached to new Terry contract, insists Mourinho March 26, 2015 CHELSEA boss Jose Mourinho insists the decision to hand skipper John Terry a new one-year deal was governed by his enduring on-field value and not sentiment. Terry’s existing contract was set to expire at the end of the season but he is now committed to the Blues until the end of next term, in line [...]
Sport Comment: Popcorn at the ready for return of cricket’s very own Butch Cassidy March 26, 2015 I KNOW, I know: it’s international week and Lithuania are in town but, seriously, I think even the staunchest Tottenham fan has had enough of Harry Kane. Instead, keeping the international theme going, I give you the case of a 34-year-old, perhaps past his prime, who is hoping for a last hurrah with England. Those [...]
Michael Clarke: NZ loss turning point March 26, 2015 AUSTRALIA captain Michael Clarke insists fellow co-hosts New Zealand will only have themselves to blame should they lose Sunday’s World Cup final in Melbourne after inadvertently unlocking his side’s winning mentality. Darren Lehmann’s outfit reached the final courtesy of a 95-run victory over defending champions India in Sydney yesterday. The Black Caps consigned Australia to [...]
I was not KOd, insists Fernando Alonso March 26, 2015 DOUBLE Formula One champion Fernando Alonso insists he was not knocked out by his pre-season crash, despite being ruled out of the season’s first race due to fears of a concussion-related fatality. Alonso, who has been cleared by doctors to return for Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix, maintains he was only rendered unconscious by medication administered [...]
Betway Lincoln horse-by-horse guide March 26, 2015 BILL ESDAILE TAKES A LOOK AT THE RUNNERS FOR TOMORROW’S FLAT SEASON OPENER AT DONCASTER AND THE DUBAI WORLD CUP AT MEYDAN 1 BRONZE ANGEL 20/1 Major improver at the back end of last season, rattling off wins in two ultra-competitive big field handicaps. Trip and ground fine, but plenty more needed as he begins [...]
Haggas can land Betway Lincoln with Mange All March 26, 2015 LIGHTLY-RACED, unexposed four-year-olds have a tremendous recent record in the Betway Lincoln handicap (3.45pm Doncaster). It is no surprise, therefore, that the top three in the market for tomorrow’s feature all hail from that generation. Half of the last 12 winners of the one mile Flat season curtain-raiser have been aged just four. With MANGE [...]
Godolphin pair can serve it up to the Americans March 26, 2015 WHEN the management team at Meydan Racecourse decided to dig up the Tapeta surface and replace it with dirt, they did so with the sole intention of attracting the Americans to run in the Dubai World Cup (5.00pm). With U.S. pair California Chrome and Lea heading the betting for the $10,000,000 event, they appear to [...]
Three Lions ready to maul lowly Lithuania at Wembley March 26, 2015 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS ENGLAND V LITHUANIA HARRY KANE will swap the white of Tottenham for that of England tonight after his displays this season prompted a well-earned international call-up. He responded to Roy Hodgson’s decision in emphatic style, scoring a hat-trick against Leicester, as Spurs maintained their push for European football next term. It was [...]