Murray promises to carry on regardless with British team September 18, 2014 TWO-TIME grand slam champion Andy Murray has vowed to keep playing for Great Britain whatever the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum, expected this morning. The 2013 Wimbledon champion tweeted to more than 2.7million followers yesterday that he was in favour of the “yes” vote, which would mean Scotland are no longer part of Britain. [...]
World Cup seats to be balloted September 18, 2014 SEVEN Rugby World Cup matches are already oversubscribed with 10 days remaining of the ticket sales window. Seats at three of England’s pool matches, as well as the final at Twickenham on 31 October 2015, will now be allocated by a ballot. The other sold-out fixtures are South Africa v Japan and Samoa v USA [...]
Chelsea can continue sparkling start at Etihad September 18, 2014 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS MAN CITY V CHELSEA AND BILL ESDAILE WITH HIS BEST RACING TIPS REIGNING Premier League champions Manchester City have endured a frustrating start to the new season, emphasised by a late winner for Bayern Munich from their former defender Jerome Boateng on Wednesday night that inflicted more European misery on the club. [...]
Barnet is a more than fair bet to land Ayr Gold September 18, 2014 THE William Hill Ayr Gold Cup (3.50pm) takes centre stage this weekend and I’m going to put my faith in sprint king David Nicholls landing the race for a seventh time with his sole entry BARNET FAIR. The six-year-old was a decent winner at Goodwood last month and promising apprentice Cam Hardie is reunited with [...]
Aggregate markets spread betting September 18, 2014 FOOTBALL accumulators are part and parcel of the betting game and sports spread betting makes this concept even more exciting. Sporting Index create a wide range of markets covering a selection of matches every week. For example, traders have pitched total goals across all six of tomorrow’s Premier League matches at 14.6-15.2. You can also [...]
Theatre Review: Billie Piper stars in Great Britain at the National September 18, 2014 ★★★★★ With inquiries, investigations, MP select committees and dodgy dealings between opaque institutions, phone-hacking was a very broadsheet kind of scandal. Sex was there, but it was in the background: at root, this was a story about people being in each other’s pockets, not beds. Great Britain gives phone-hacking the tabloid treatment. It ratchets up [...]
Champions League: Chelsea boss defends call to cull Costa September 17, 2014 CHELSEA 1 SCHALKE 04 1 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho last night revealed star striker Diego Costa will struggle to be part of their assault on both the Premier League and Champions League titles this term. The Spain striker has hit seven goals in four Premier League games so far, including a hat-trick against Swansea on [...]
Spurs spare Rose return to Serbia September 17, 2014 TOTTENHAM manager Mauricio Pochettino insists he omitted defender Danny Rose from tonight’s trip to Serbia purely with playing time in mind. The left-back was subjected to racist abuse while on duty for the England Under-21 side in the eastern European state two years ago and was sent off for his subsequent angry reaction. Spurs kick-off [...]
Wages increase hoped to lure England stars home September 17, 2014 PREMIERSHIP rugby chiefs hope a rise in team’s salary caps by £500,000 per season can end the exodus of English players to foreign climes. Potential England stars such as Steffon Armitage and Toby Flood are currently plying their trade in France and are consequently not eligible to play for the national team under its own [...]
Seven charged on race fixing allegations face 10-year bans September 17, 2014 THE BRITISH Horseracing Authority last night charged seven people, including Scottish Grand National winner Richie McGrath, with breaching betting regulations. The allegations relate to the use of inside information in order to predict the performance of horses that ran between October 2009 and April 2012. Ex-trainer Kate Walton, as well as Mark Aspey, Carl Flint, [...]