Nicklas Bentdner leads exodus as Arsenal dispense with 11 players June 26, 2014 Striker Nicklas Bendtner heads a list of 11 departures from Arsenal, the club announced yesterday. Bendtner and Park Ju-Young’s contracts will not be renewed, while Bacary Sagna, Lukasz Fabianski and Zak Ansah have already signed deals elsewhere. Kim Kallstrom and Emiliano Viviano’s loans have come to an end. Four academy players, Chuks Aneke, Daniel Boateng, [...]
Ashe set for surprise Scotland debut June 26, 2014 RUGBY UNION: Flanker Adam Ashe has been named in the Scotland team to face South Africa tomorrow in Port Elizabeth, despite having never played for club side Glasgow Warriors. The highly-rated 20-year-old had been training at Canterbury University in New Zealand after being awarded a scholarship to help promising young players maximise their potential.
Derby rivals go head-to-head again June 26, 2014 HORSE RACING: Investec Derby one-two Australia and Kingston Hill are set to renew their rivalry again tomorrow having been declared as runners in the Irish Derby. Australia is one of four horses from trainer Aidan O’Brien’s stable, with Geoffrey Chaucer, Kingfisher and Orchestra all due for outings at Curragh. Australia has been installed as the [...]
Colombia good value to knock out toothless Uruguay June 26, 2014 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE WORLD CUP SECOND ROUND AND BILL ESDAILE SHARES HIS BEST RACING TIPS THE WORLD Cup reaches the business end tomorrow with the first of the second round games. Unsurprisingly for many of us, England won’t be there. That 2-1 defeat to Uruguay ended their hopes, but that late Luis Suarez winner [...]
Mark Johnston’s Oriental to outfox them in Northumberland Plate June 26, 2014 ONE OF the great staying races of the calendar, the Northumberland Plate at Newcastle (3.50pm), is the feature tomorrow. I’m keen on the chances of ORIENTAL FOX to go one better than his short-head second last year and scoop the £86,226 prize for Mark Johnston and Joe Fanning. He has to carry top-weight but, in [...]
Banned for an entire season: Luis Suarez suspensions add up to 38 club games in four years June 26, 2014 Luis Suarez will have been suspended a total of 38 club matches in the four years from November 2010, the equivalent of an entire Premier League season, without having been sent off once. Fifa's disciplinary committee announced that the Uruguayan striker was banned for nine international matches and suspended from all football related activity for [...]
Suarez victim of English and Italian plot, say Uruguay June 25, 2014 URUGUAYAN football chiefs claim that Luis Suarez did not bite Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini and that allegations against the Liverpool striker are the result of an English, Italian and Brazilian conspiracy. World governing body Fifa was last night considering whether to ban Suarez for the rest of the World Cup and possibly beyond after Chiellini accused [...]
World Cup: Shaqiri’s show sees Swiss into knockout stage June 25, 2014 HONDURAS 0 SWITZERLAND 3 ECUADOR 0 FRANCE 0 BAYERN Munich winger Xherdan Shaqiri shot Switzerland into the World Cup last 16 with a sensational hat-trick as group winners France were held by 10-man Ecuador. Needing to match or better Ecuador’s result to go through, Liverpool target Shaqiri stole the show for the Swiss to set [...]
World Cup: Messi stars as planets align to aid Nigeria June 25, 2014 NIGERIA 2 ARGENTINA 3 BOSNIA 3 IRAN 1 NIGERIA coach Stephen Keshi hailed Lionel Messi as being “from Jupiter” after the world’s most gifted player scored two goals in a victory that confirmed Argentina as Group F winners last night. Messi lashed a fourth-minute opener and curled in a delicate free-kick just before half-time, though [...]
Cricket Comment: Anderson ideal man to step in while Cook given a break June 25, 2014 HE MIGHT insist that he wants to carry on and fight for his place, but repeated failures with the bat and his inability as a captain to avoid a home Test series defeat to Sri Lanka mean that scrutiny of Alastair Cook’s place in the England team just won’t go away. If he won’t step [...]