F1 chief pays £60m to end bribery trial August 5, 2014 FORMULA One boss Bernie Ecclestone eliminated one of the obstacles to his continued running of the global motorsport series yesterday when he agreed to pay £60m to settle his bribery trial in Germany. The deal, which confers neither guilt nor innocence on Ecclestone and is based on a clause in German law, signalled an end [...]
QPR set to seal double swoop August 5, 2014 Premier League new boys QPR are closing in on a double transfer swoop after agreeing a season-long loan deal with Italian side Juventus for Chilean defender Mauricio Isla. The 26-year-old, who has won two Italian Scudettos, is joined in the Loftus Road arrivals lounge by highly-rated midfielder Jordan Mutch after QPR agreed a £6m fee [...]
McIlroy seeks hat-trick win August 5, 2014 WORLD No1 Rory McIlroy believes he is exploiting a gap in the market which was evident at the start of the season as the Northern Irishman seeks a hat-trick of wins at the US PGA, which starts tomorrow. The 25-year-old heads to Valhalla fresh from returning to the top of the world rankings for the [...]
Top-flight concussion rules tightened up August 5, 2014 PLAYERS knocked out or suspected of losing consciousness will have to be substituted under new rules governing the Premier League. In addition, any form of head injury must be assessed with the club doctor, not team management, deciding whether that player is fit to continue. Tottenham Hotspur received criticism last season for allowing their French [...]
Sport Comment: Resilient Cook deserves an award August 5, 2014 IT IS probably a two-horse race for Sports Personality of the Year at the moment, with Rory McIlroy a freckle ahead of Lewis Hamilton in the voting. But here’s a nomination that you probably haven’t considered, but who has another opportunity tomorrow to illustrate his strength of character and leadership skills, plus his not inconsiderable [...]
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 [...]