Serena Williams’ $3.9m US Open prize money makes her the second highest-earning tennis player this year September 8, 2014 Serena Williams pocketed $3.9m (£1.86m) for her sixth US Open triumph last night, making her the highest-paid tennis female player this year with earnings of $6.7m. After adding an 18th grand slam title to her record this weekend, Williams reinforced her position as women's tennis’ biggest ever earner in terms of prize money. Williams has [...]
NFL season begins: Why American Football could be bigger than rugby in the UK September 8, 2014 While the Premier League takes a break this weekend, another "football" league has got underway. Across the pond, the National Football League (NFL), the flagship American Football league whose teams beat even the Premier League in terms of revenue, has kicked off a new season. With its return will follow a growing legion of devoted UK fans [...]
Injury scare to midfield ace rocks England and Hodgson September 7, 2014 LUCKLESS England suffered further injury woe on the eve of their tricky Euro 2016 qualifier in Switzerland tonight after Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson limped out of training at St Jakob Park having sustained a knock to his right ankle. Henderson is likely to be monitored before undergoing a fitness test ahead of the Group E [...]
Waldrom and Exeter inflict baptism of fire on returning London Welsh September 7, 2014 CRESTFALLEN London Welsh boss Justin Burnell hopes yesterday’s 52-0 thrashing by Exeter Chiefs could prove a blessing in disguise for the Premiership newcomers. Exeter No8 Thomas Waldrom crossed twice on his Chiefs debut, while David Ewers, Sam Hill, Jack Arnott and Chrysnader Botha ran in the rest of the visitors’ seven tries. It was a [...]
Sport Comment: Lack of boxing on free-to-air TV leaves stars marginalised September 7, 2014 BRITAIN currently has four world boxing champions. Between now and a few paragraphs’ time, the challenge is to see whether you can name them. That number rose from three to four at the weekend when, in front of the biggest crowd in history for a bout in Northern Ireland, the latest Belfast Boy Carl Frampton [...]
Serena routs Wozniacki to win 18th slam September 7, 2014 MAJESTIC world No1 Serena Williams brutally dispatched a defenceless Caroline Wozniacki to claim a record-equalling sixth US Open title yesterday. The 32-year-old cruised past Denmark’s Wozniacki 6-3, 6-3 in 75 minutes to secure her third successive Flushing Meadows crown and move level with Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert on 18 grand slam titles – four [...]
Morgan smashes India as the hosts taste T20 success September 7, 2014 STAND-IN skipper Eoin Morgan insisted the England bowling unit profited from the mistakes of their Indian counterparts after the hosts salvaged pride from the wreckage of the limited-overs summer with a nerve-shredding three-run T20 international win at Edgbaston yesterday. Morgan smashed a record-equalling seven sixes in an exhilarating 71 as the captain injected momentum into [...]
Hamilton profits as pressure gets to Rosberg September 7, 2014 WORLD championship hopeful Lewis Hamilton has vowed to keep piling the pressure on title rival Nico Rosberg after cutting his team-mate’s lead with a dazzling victory at yesterday’s Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton suffered a nightmare start but relentlessly pursued Rosberg until the German made a mistake, then overtook him to move to within 22 points [...]
Cavendish crashes but finishes third in Tour of Britain opener September 7, 2014 SPRINT star Mark Cavendish suffered a repeat of his Tour de France woes on the first stage of the Tour of Britain yesterday, suffering a leg injury in a crash as he missed out on victory in Liverpool. Germany’s Marcel Kittel won the stage, for which Cavendish had been among the favourites, with the Briton [...]
So near and yet so Farah September 7, 2014 BRITAIN’S Mo Farah set a new national half-marathon record as he became the first home winner of the Great North Run since 1985 yesterday. Olympic, world and European champion Farah completed the 13.1-mile course in exactly one hour to narrowly beat Kenya’s Mike Kigen into second place. Britain’s Gemma Steele was second in the women’s [...]