Mental strength key to ending kamikaze run, says Chambers November 10, 2014 ARSENAL defender Calum Chambers has blamed a lapse in mental strength for the team’s alarming failure to translate a lead into three points in back-to-back fixtures. The Gunners led Swansea on Sunday with 15 minutes remaining before two goals in the space of three minutes turned the Premier League contest on its head. That came [...]
Wembley admits pitch not at its best for England Euro 2016 date November 10, 2014 WEMBLEY chiefs have admitted the pitch will not be in prime condition for England’s match against Slovenia on Saturday, but denied that a trio of recent NFL games at the stadium were to blame. Hodgson last week raised concerns about the staging of gridiron fixtures, such as Sunday’s clash between Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars, [...]
Hammers star acid charge KO November 10, 2014 WEST Ham star Ravel Morrison has been cleared of threatening to throw acid in the face of his ex-girlfriend and have her killed. The Crown Prosecution Service formally withdrew the allegations against the England Under-21 midfielder yesterday. Former Manchester United trainee Morrison is still due to stand trial in January on three charges of assaulting [...]
Djokovic begins O2 title defence in brutal fashion November 10, 2014 RUTHLESS top seed Novak Djokovic cited an ability to counteract his rival’s service game as the principal reason for victory after destroying Marin Cilic at the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena last night. A merciless Djokovic brutally dismantled the reigning US Open champion and tournament debutant 6-1, 6-1 in just 56 minutes, [...]
Golf Comment: Watson has replaced Woods as America’s best November 10, 2014 LAST year Bubba Watson moved into Tiger Woods’s old mansion in Isleworth, Florida. Perhaps he found the former world No1’s swing notes in the cupboard, because he’s gone from strength to strength. Watson, who donned the Masters winner’s green jacket for a second time in April, racked up title No3 of a stellar 2014 on [...]
Murray ready to banish adversity in crunch Raonic O2 showdown November 10, 2014 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray is relishing the test of defying the odds once again by reaching the knockout stages of the ATP World Tour Finals before turning his focus to expanding his grand slam haul in 2015. The 28-year-old faces an uphill battle to reach the semi-finals after opening the O2 spectacle with a straight-sets defeat [...]
Moyes makes dugout return November 10, 2014 FORMER Manchester United boss David Moyes has been appointed manager of Read Sociedad after signing a deal with the La Liga side until the summer of 2016. The Scot returns to football six-and-a-half months after losing his job as United manager, spending just 10 months in the Old Trafford hotseat following the retirement of Sir [...]
Premier League: Wenger dismay as Arsenal blow another victory November 9, 2014 SWANSEA CITY 2 ARSENAL 1 EXASPERATED Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger blasted his team for throwing away a lead for the second time in a week after they allowed Swansea to snatch a win from the jaws of defeat yesterday. The Gunners looked on course to return to the Premier League’s top four when forward Alexis [...]
Murray facing more O2 woe after Nishikori lands early blow to Brit November 9, 2014 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray admits he faces an uphill battle to reach the semi-finals after starting his ATP World Tour Finals campaign with an underwhelming straight-sets defeat to Japan’s Kei Nishikori in London yesterday. After playing 23 matches and winning three titles during a six-week period to secure his place at the O2 Arena, the 28-year-old [...]
Football Comment: All is not well on both sides of north London November 9, 2014 ONLY three points separate Arsenal and Tottenham in this topsy-turvy Premier League table but while the Gunners are sixth, Spurs languish in 12th – and that puts them in a very different bracket psychologically. Arsene Wenger’s men had another off-day in losing at Swansea yesterday and, with Chelsea already 12 points away at the top [...]