LVG: Di Maria is no miracle cure August 28, 2014 UNDERSTATED Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has dampened expectations ahead of British record signing Angel di Maria’s potential debut at Burnley tomorrow. United splashed out £59.7m to land the 26-year-old Argentina winger from Real Madrid and boost a flagging squad which has one point from two Premier League fixtures and were dumped out of [...]
Ivanovic suffers US Open exit as Serena nets win August 28, 2014 EIGHTH seed Ana Ivanovic crashed out of the US Open after suffering a shock second-round defeat to Czech Karolina Pliskova yesterday. The 26-year-old’s exit was the second upset of the week after fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska slumped to defeat on Wednesday, with Ivanovic bowing out 7-5, 6-4. There were no such problems for world No1 [...]
29 August on this day… August 28, 2014 1986: BRITAIN’S Daley Thompson leaves rival Jurgen Hingsen trailing in the 110m hurdles on his way to winning the decathlon at the European Championships. Thompson won eight decathlon golds in major championships – Hingsen’s four silvers were all behind him – and held the world record four times, setting his last at the LA Olympics [...]
Brixton’s Deng unfazed by replacing star LeBron August 28, 2014 FOLLOWING in the footsteps of former Miami Heat standard bearer and the most famous player on the planet LeBron James might seem a daunting prospect, but not for transatlantic basketball star Luol Deng. The 29-year-old Great Britain forward signed a two-year deal in July worth $20m with Eastern Conference side Miami, who were earlier this [...]
Cricket Comment: Tormented Cook suddenly faces another must-win match August 28, 2014 AFTER the high of a Test series win, it’s been another week to forget for England captain Alastair Cook. Stinging public criticism from a former team-mate was followed by a thumping one-day defeat against India, and suddenly tomorrow’s next match has taken on must-win status. Graeme Swann may well have had a point when he [...]
Ryder setback for Gallacher August 28, 2014 SCOTLAND’S Stephen Gallacher faces an uphill task in his bid to snatch a Ryder Cup place after starting the Italian Open with a level par round of 72 – six shots off the lead. Gallacher, nephew of former European captain Bernard Gallacher, needs to win or finish runner-up in order to overtake Northern Ireland’s Graeme [...]
Spurs won’t be left red-faced by Liverpool this time August 28, 2014 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS TOTTENHAM V LIVERPOOL AND EVERTON V CHELSEA “WE’VE sold Elvis but bought the Beatles,” was how former Tottenham striker Garth Crooks memorably described last summer’s transfer dealings at White Hart Lane. In the end it was less Fab Four and more a case of Faith No More, after a campaign that failed [...]
Chelsea can improve on recent dodgy Goodison record August 28, 2014 CHELSEA have begun the season in ominous style with back-to-back wins getting them off to a perfect start. Those victories might have come against Burnley and Leicester but – to borrow a cliche from page one of the football phrase book – you can only beat what’s in front of you. Indeed, those matches have [...]
Newcastle’s Jack Colback and Arsenal’s Calum Chambers two of four uncapped players named in latest England squad August 28, 2014 Roy Hodgson has named four uncapped players, including Arsenal’s Calum Chambers, in a youthful England squad for the forthcoming fixtures against Norway and Switzerland. Alongside Chambers, Aston Villa’s Fabian Delph, Newcastle United’s Jack Colback and Tottenham’s Danny Rose have been called up to the national side for the first time. England face Norway [...]
Why it’s high time to revisit the maligned Muscadet August 28, 2014 I was lucky enough to spend a few hours of the bank holiday enjoying a stellar meal at Rick Stein’s Seafood restaurant in Padstow, Cornwall – that place has really moved up a gear or two since I was there last. After the pleasantries came the rather pressured task of examining the wine list; all [...]