Lampard move suits everyone, says Pellegrini August 6, 2014 MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes England midfielder Frank Lampard’s controversial temporary move to the Premier League champions is an ideal arrangement for all parties. Lampard, 36, has joined City on loan until January from their sister club New York City FC, having signed for the Major League Soccer newcomers on a free transfer just [...]
Sport Comment: England have been galvanised by tourists’ failed pursuit of charges August 6, 2014 I ADMIRE an awful lot of things about how India try to play cricket but I haven’t been impressed with their pursuit of James Anderson over an altercation with Ravi Jadeja during the first Test and, ultimately, I think it has seen them shoot themselves in the foot. To me, the incident seems to have [...]
English sides are Euro champions at selling shirts August 6, 2014 ENGLAND’S football team may have lagged behind their Continental rivals at the World Cup, but in the lucrative replica shirt market they are Europe’s undisputed superpower. Premier League clubs sold 5.1m shirts last season – more than those from the top divisions in Germany (2.3m), Italy (1.2m) and France (1.2m) combined, according to a report [...]
Cowes Week Diary: Ladies Day to help charity and recognise sailing’s top woman August 6, 2014 THE SHARP end of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week is upon us and what a week it has been so far. Highs, lows, tears and plenty of laughter; I’m sure it’s been a week packed full of memories for those sailors competing in this magnificent event. Being a keen sailor who has raced at Cowes [...]
Garcia adamant he’s in no rush for a Major August 6, 2014 Luckless Sergio Garcia believes time remains on his side as the Spaniard bids to end his long wait for a first Major at the US PGA Championship, which gets underway at Valhalla today. The 34-year-old has recorded 10 top-five Major finishes during his career, most recently at the Open Championship where he pushed Ryder Cup [...]
Murray returns with a bang as Watson shines August 6, 2014 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray believes he has rediscovered a winning formula after making an emphatic return in his first competitive match since losing his Wimbledon crown in June. Murray brushed aside Australian Nick Kyrgios, who stunned world No2 Rafael Nadal at the All England Club just weeks ago, 6-2, 6-2 at the Rogers Cup in Toronto [...]
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 [...]