Capital One Cup: Mourinho ready for new era of glory March 1, 2015 AT WEMBLEY STADIUM CHELSEA 2 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0 Chelsea revel in first trophy of manager’s second stint as they close in on league CHELSEA boss Jose Mourinho expects his side’s triumph in the Capital One Cup final against Tottenham to usher in a new trophy-laden era for the club. A deflected strike from skipper John [...]
Six Nations: Lancaster left relying on Ireland slip after grand slam dream dies March 1, 2015 IRELAND 19 ENGLAND 9 DEFIANT England head coach Stuart Lancaster believes his side can still win the first Six Nations title of his tenure despite seeing their grand slam ambitions trampled by Ireland in Dublin yesterday. Fly-half Jonny Sexton’s four penalties and a solitary try from centre Robbie Henshaw took the game away from England [...]
Spurs have brilliant future, says Pochettino March 1, 2015 TOTTENHAM manager Mauricio Pochettino believes a bright future lies ahead despite his team failing to end their seven-year trophy drought in yesterday’s Capital One Cup final defeat to Chelsea. The White Hart Lane club were unable to repeat their 2008 League Cup heroics against their London rivals as they succumbed to strikes from Chelsea skipper [...]
Premier League: Pellegrini won’t give up but City title bid rocked March 1, 2015 LIVERPOOL 2 MANCHESTER CITY 1 MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini insists his team can still retain the Premier League title despite suffering a major setback in their pursuit of Chelsea yesterday. A brilliant curling winner from Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho, after Edin Dzeko had cancelled out Jordan Henderson’s equally fine opener for the home side, [...]
Premier League: Giroud scores as Arsenal hit back after Euro flop March 1, 2015 ARSENAL 2 EVERTON 0 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger hailed Olivier Giroud’s mental fortitude after the striker responded to midweek failure by firing his team back up to third in the Premier League. Giroud, whose misses were blamed for a damaging Champions League defeat to Monaco, put the Gunners ahead against Everton yesterday by steering home [...]
Sloppy Wasps maintain perfect league record at their new home March 1, 2015 WASPS director of rugby Dai Young admitted his side were far from fluent despite posting a bonus-point 32-21 victory against Gloucester at the Ricoh Arena yesterday to move into the Premiership play-off places. Tries from flanker Thomas Young, full-back Rob Miller and wing Elliot Daly gave Wasps a 17-13 half-time advantage after the Cherry and [...]
Roberts lauds special record March 1, 2015 WALES centre Jamie Roberts hailed his side’s form over France after their 20-13 win at Stade de France on Saturday made it four successive victories over Les Bleus. Warren Gatland’s side have come storming back into Six Nations contention with consecutive wins over Scotland and now France following defeat against England. “It wasn’t the prettiest [...]
Bowlers blamed as Sri Lanka add to England woe March 1, 2015 ENGLAND skipper Eoin Morgan blamed his side’s impotent bowling attack for the crushing nine-wicket World Cup defeat to Sri Lanka in Wellington yesterday. Opener Lahiru Thirimanne and veteran Kumar Sangakkara both struck sparkling centuries and finished unbeaten on 139 and 117 respectively as Sri Lanka chased down a victory target of 310 with 16 balls [...]
Pietersen told he could return to fold – if he plays county cricket March 1, 2015 INCOMING England cricket chief Colin Graves has offered Kevin Pietersen an England lifeline after refusing to rule out an international return for the maverick batsman. South African-born Pietersen was sacked by England last February and was later released by Surrey, while the 34-year-old has not played a competitive game longer in format that Twenty20 since [...]
Dominant finish ensures Sullivan a winning return to South Africa March 1, 2015 ENGLAND’S Andy Sullivan toasted his second European Tour title in the space of eight weeks – and qualification for an Open Championship debut – at the Joburg Open yesterday. The 27-year-old, whose only previous win on the tour came at the South Africa Open in January, carded a superb six-under-par final round of 66 to [...]