Watson powers past Pennetta June 18, 2014 TENNIS: British No1 Heather Watson took the biggest scalp of her career yesterday, beating world No12 Flavia Pennetta 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Aegon International quarter-finals in Eastbourne.
Injured Wiggins out of Swiss Tour June 18, 2014 CYCLING: Four-time Olympic champion Sir Bradley Wiggins yesterday withdrew from the Tour of Switzerland, having injured his thigh during a crash on stage four. Germany’s Tony Martin leads by six seconds after five stages.
Leading Light to spoil royal party in Gold Cup June 18, 2014 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS DAY THREE OF ROYAL ASCOT FOR MOST the highlight of last year’s Royal Ascot was seeing the Queen’s Estimate win the Ascot Gold Cup – a race still regarded by traditionalists as the centrepiece of the whole five days. Ryan Moore rode the Sir Michael Stoute-trained mare into the record books, becoming [...]
Cannock Chase looks a typical Stoute prospect in Tercentenary June 18, 2014 SIR MICHAEL Stoute has a powerful army of progressive horses this year and I think he has an excellent chance of landing this afternoon’s Group Three Tercentenary Stakes (3.05pm) with CANNOCK CHASE. Now, those of you who just like to follow ratings won’t agree with me, as Cannock Chase has a handicap mark of 97 [...]
Mukhmal the value to upset O’Brien hotpot The Great War June 18, 2014 PUNTERS have had the best of the early battle with the bookmakers and those attending Ladies Day today will be hoping to get off to a flyer in the Norfolk Stakes (2.30pm). The banker for many will be Aidan O’Brien’s The Great War, who was the ante-post favourite for the Coventry Stakes before surprisingly being [...]
England can kick-start World Cup campaign against Uruguay June 18, 2014 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS URUGUAY V ENGLAND ENGLAND and Uruguay arrive in Sao Paulo knowing a loss will leave their World Cup dreams hanging by a thread. Being beaten in the first game of the tournament is bad enough – according to football data specialists 21st Club, only four teams since 1998 have reached the knockout [...]
Uruguay V England spread betting June 18, 2014 Football is all about opinions and Sporting Index offers you a fantastic opportunity to challenge their views on individual player abilities with their player performance market. They predict the points that each individual player will accrue based on a scoring system that awards 25 points for a goal, 10 points for an assist and an [...]
Premier League fixtures 2014-2015: How does your team do in the first game? June 18, 2014 Champions Manchester City will kick off the defence of their Premier League crown with a trip to Newcastle, while newly promoted Burnley host Chelsea in their first game back in the big time. Louis Van Gaal's opening match in charge of Manchester United sees him come up against Swansea at home, while Arsenal welcome Crystal [...]
Frank Lampard: Row over Wayne Rooney’s place will only harm England June 17, 2014 England vice-captain Frank Lampard believes that frenzied debate over Wayne Rooney’s place in the team could damage their hopes of beating Uruguay tomorrow and reaching the World Cup’s last 16. Rooney’s increasingly shaky status as a certain starter has become a sideshow to England’s tournament, fuelled in part by youngster Raheem Sterling dazzling in Saturday’s [...]
Cricket Comment: Cook faces axe if skipper can’t make big score June 17, 2014 IT MIGHT have been an agonising margin that separated England from victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test this week, but now the dust has settled it’s time to look at what went wrong. The biggest disappointment for the hosts was the performance of the opening batsmen, on what was a batter’s pitch at [...]