Worcestershire batsman and academy chief D’Oliveira dies from cancer, aged 53 June 29, 2014 FORMER Worcestershire batsman Damian D’Oliveira died yesterday, aged 53, following a two-and-a-half year fight with cancer. D’Oliveira, the son of England Test cricketer Basil D’Oliveira, enjoyed later success as the county’s academy director. He scored 9,000 first-class runs with a top score of 237 during more than a decade playing for Worcestershire, before nurturing new [...]
Cotter looks to bright future June 29, 2014 SCOTLAND rugby union coach Vern Cotter is adamant his team’s summer tour has been valuable despite being thumped 55-6 by South Africa at the weekend. Following victories in USA, Canada and Argentina already this month, Scotland shipped eight tries in Port Elizabeth to end a marathon overseas tour on a sour note. But, having had [...]
Brighton stunned as Lee joins Southampton June 29, 2014 FOOTBALL: Former Liverpool midfielder Sammy Lee has taken up a coaching role with Southampton, just two days after signing a contract to become Brighton’s assistant manager. The Seagulls announced on Friday that Lee would begin working alongside boss Sami Hyypia from today. And chief executive Paul Barber said: “We could have insisted Sammy serve a [...]
Robertson kick starts season with Wuxi win June 29, 2014 SNOOKER: World No3 Neil Robertson won the first ranking event of the new season with a 10-9 victory over Joe Perry in the Wuxi Classic final in China. The 32-year-old recovered from 9-8 down to scoop the £85,000 prize.
Suarez feels the pinch as 888poker becomes latest company to withdraw sponsorship June 27, 2014 It's not just playing time that Luis Suarez will be missing out on following his bite on Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini. The incident and his subsequent four-month suspension from all footballing activity is also eating into his lucrative commercial deals. Following sportswear giant Adidas announcing that it was dropping the Liverpool striker from its marketing [...]
Suarez axed by Adidas as star gets four month ban June 26, 2014 ADIDAS last night dropped Liverpool striker Luis Suarez from its World Cup marketing campaign after he was handed a four-month ban from all football activity for biting Italian Giorgio Chiellini. The sportswear giant also condemned Suarez’s actions and warned it would be holding talks with the Uruguay player regarding his obligations under a boot deal [...]
Lucky Hodgson got off lightly, insists Scholes June 26, 2014 FORMER England midfielder Paul Scholes believes manager Roy Hodgson has been given an easy ride considering the team endured their worst World Cup campaign for more than half a century. Scholes says a foreign coach, such as previous boss Fabio Capello, would have been subjected to far harsher criticism for failing to steer England through [...]
World Cup: Russia bow out of World Cup as Algeria return to haunt Capello June 26, 2014 RUSSIA 1 ALGERIA 1 ALGERIA reached the last 16 for the first time in their history last night, proving the scourge of a Fabio Capello team for the second World Cup in a row. Russia looked set to join Belgium in the knockout phase having taken a sixth-minute lead through Aleksandr Kokorin. But Islam Slimani’s [...]
World Cup: Vertonghen on target to keep Belgium winning record intact June 26, 2014 BELGIUM 1 SOUTH KOREA 0 TOTTENHAM defender Jan Vertonghen earned 10-man Belgium their third win in Brazil to end South Korea’s slim hopes of qualification. On the stroke of half-time Belgium’s Steven Defour was shown a straight red card for jumping into a tackle with Shin-Wook Kim. Needing a win to have any chance of [...]
World Cup: Downed by his countrymen, but Klinsmann guides USA through June 26, 2014 USA 0 GERMANY 1 USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann hailed a triumph against the odds after guiding his unfancied team into the knockout stage of the World Cup despite defeat to his native Germany last night. Portugal or Ghana could have overtaken the Americans in the final round of Group G fixtures, but the former’s 2-1 [...]