Anderson aims to end Murray’s reign on grass June 29, 2014 CHAMPION Andy Murray has never had it so easy in the first week at Wimbledon. The Scot dropped just 19 games in the first three rounds, enabling him to extend his winning run at the All England Club to 16 matches, pre-dating the London 2012 Olympics in which he won gold. But standing 6ft 8in [...]
British title win has Chambers rethinking retirement June 29, 2014 SPRINTER Dwain Chambers revealed he was considering hanging up his running spikes before storming to an eighth British title – and fifth in a row – in Birmingham yesterday. The 36-year-old rolled back the years to cross the line in a season’s best 10.12 seconds ahead of Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and third fastest Briton of all [...]
Williams’ conqueror Cornet set to take Centre stage once more June 29, 2014 FRANCE’S Alize Cornet dumped world No1 Serena Williams out of Wimbledon on Saturday and faces an immediate return to the action when she is first on Centre Court today to play Canadian rising star Eugenie Bouchard. With Williams’ exit following second seed Li Na’s early flight home, world No3 Simona Halep is the highest ranked [...]
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 [...]