Cowes Week Diary: Rugby stars and royalty set to collide in Artemis Challenge August 5, 2014 IT HAS been almost 20 years since my retirement from international rugby, and although I miss playing the game I’ve been fortunate enough to attend some of the greatest sporting events on earth since, so it’s certainly far from being bad. One of those has to be Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, and for four [...]
India will not let saga drop August 5, 2014 INDIA have risked further ill-feeling ahead of tomorrow’s fourth Test by complaining to the International Cricket Council after England’s James Anderson was cleared of breaching the code of conduct. Anderson was found not guilty of abusing and pushing India’s Ravindra Jadeja during the first Test at Trent Bridge. The Board of Control for Cricket in [...]
Manchester City to foot Frank Lampard bill after Chelsea move amid claims of FFP dodge August 5, 2014 Manchester City-bound Frank Lampard will have his wages paid in full by his new employers amid suggestions the transfer is a ploy to flout European football’s Financial Fair Play regulations. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger raised concerns after news broke that Lampard, who spent 13 years with Chelsea and scored a club record 211 goals, is [...]
Robshaw load eased by Quins August 4, 2014 DIRECTOR of Rugby Conor O’Shea believes the decision to hand prop Joe Marler the Harlequins armband will allow England captain Chris Robshaw the freedom to scale lofty heights over the next 12 months. Back row forward Robshaw has skippered Harlequins for the past four seasons and held the reins as the Twickenham Stoop club secured [...]
Woods unlikely to play in PGA August 4, 2014 FORMER world No1 Tiger Woods looks destined to miss the US PGA Championship at Valhalla this week as his long-term back injury shows little sign of relenting. Playing in only his third event since undergoing surgery in March, Woods re-injured his lower back and was forced to withdraw from the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Woods, who has [...]
West Ham star is granted bail August 4, 2014 WEST Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison was released on bail yesterday after three days in custody on charges of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her mother. The England Under-21 star faces two charges of common assault after an alleged incident involving Reah Mansoor, 19, and Parveen Mansoor, 39, on 27 July. He was initially remanded in custody [...]
Golf Comment: McIlroy isn’t just back to his best – Rory is now better than ever August 4, 2014 RESURGENT Rory McIlroy’s return to world No1 ranking following back-to-back wins at the Open and WGC-Bridgestone Invitational have got people wondering: is the Northern Irishman back to his best? For me, he’s even better than ever. McIlroy’s turn of form has been extraordinary, and he was magnificent in chasing down Sergio Garcia at Akron on [...]
Cowes Week Diary: Financial firms out to prove they’re big fish in Solent race August 4, 2014 ABERDEEN Asset Management’s association with sailing stretches around the world. From our title sponsorship of Cowes Week taking place this week to the Farr 40 Australian Series Down Under and the Extreme Sailing Series in Singapore, sailing has become a sport in which our company values of teamwork, diligence and dedication are displayed by crews [...]
Selfless Pooley tees up Armitstead for road gold August 3, 2014 CYCLIST Lizzie Armitstead paid tribute to the heroic selflessness of England team-mate Emma Pooley after winning road race gold on the final day of the Commonwealth Games yesterday. Armitstead improved on her silver medals from Delhi four years ago and the London 2012 Olympics as England finished top of the medal table in Glasgow for [...]
Courtois ships two in first 45 minutes for Chelsea August 3, 2014 Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois conceded two goals in 45 minutes as he made his long-awaited Chelsea debut. The Blues keeper played for the first half of a pre-season friendly which ended in a 3-0 defeat at Werder Bremen yesterday. Two contentious penalties, converted by Eljero Elia and Felix Kross, plus a glancing header from Ludovic Obraniak [...]