Six Nations shows rugby is rucking good for Guinness – Brand Index February 24, 2015 The Six Nations rugby championship reaches its half-way point this weekend, it might be worth Guinness considering the commercial opportunity the tournament offers it. A partner of the championship, Guinness already has a strong association with the Six Nations, and YouGov BrandIndex and Profiles data help to confirm why the relationship is a beneficial one. [...]
Champions League: Suarez leaves City on brink of Euro crash February 24, 2015 MANCHESTER CITY 1 BARCELONA 2 MANCHESTER City boss Manuel Pellegrini refused to accept his side’s Champions League ambitions have been extinguished despite a Luis Suarez-inspired Barcelona seizing the initiative in their second round first-leg tie at the Etihad Stadium last night. Talismanic £75m hitman Suarez fired Barcelona into a two-goal lead with a clinical double [...]
Murray brothers set to join forces in Davis Cup bid February 24, 2015 FORMER Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is set to partner his brother Jamie in Davis Cup doubles after the duo were named in Great Britain’s team to face the United States in Glasgow next month. The selection highlights Great Britain’s determination to win the clash and paves the way for a potential showdown between the Murray’s [...]
Destructive force Gayle hits World Cup double ton February 24, 2015 FEROCIOUS opener Chris Gayle smashed the first double century in World Cup history as West Indies recorded a 73-run Duckworth-Lewis victory over Zimbabwe at Canberra yesterday. The 35-year-old survived a first-over LBW shout before crashing 10 fours and 16 sixes in a knock of 215 from 147 deliveries, eclipsing South Africa batsman Gary Kirsten’s previous [...]
Exeter’s Nowell set for England Six Nations start February 24, 2015 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster is set to thrust Jack Nowell into his side’s crunch Six Nations clash against Ireland on Sunday after retaining the Exeter wing in a 26-man training squad for the Dublin showdown. Gloucester’s Jonny May started England’s championship victories over Wales at the Millennium Stadium and Italy at Twickenham but was [...]
Leagues hit back as winter in Qatar moves closer February 24, 2015 LEADING European clubs have united in condemnation after governing body Fifa moved a step closer to moving the Qatar 2022 World Cup from its traditional summer slot to winter. A Fifa task-force set up to examine the contentious issue yesterday recommended the tournament be held from late November to late December. It could mean a [...]
Wenger in no mood for clemency towards club that gave him break February 24, 2015 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has warned his team that the slightest slip against Monaco tonight could cost them a return to the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in five years. The Gunners are fancied to overcome a team fourth in France’s top flight and end their unhappy habit of crashing out in the [...]
Chelsea appalled at FA despite reduction in Matic suspension February 24, 2015 CHELSEA last night slammed the Football Association’s regulatory commission despite its decision to reduce Nemanja Matic’s suspension from three games to two. Blues chiefs had appealed against midfielder Matic’s automatic three-game suspension for pushing Burnley’s Ashley Barnes in Saturday’s Premier League, in the hope of freeing the Serb to play in Sunday’s Capital One Cup [...]
Housing crisis: Greenbelt golf courses cover an area twice the size of Kensington and Chelsea February 24, 2015 There isn't enough room in London to sustain its growing population, with an estimated 50,000 new homes needed each year just to keep up. In 2014, just 20,000 new homes were built in the greater London area – which is far from being on track to meet chancellor George Osborne latest target of [...]
London Welsh desperate to avoid completing rugby’s worst season February 23, 2015 They’ve lost every game of this campaign and their gym is in a tent, but Ross McLean found Exiles on surprisingly chipper form IT MAY be tough at the top but that is nothing compared to the burden weighing heavily on London Welsh as the Exiles run the ominous gauntlet of being dubbed the worst [...]