Goode delivers late sting as Wasps close in on Euro spot May 18, 2014 LONDON Wasps director of rugby Dai Young admitted his frustration at failing to build more than a one-point lead against Stade Francais yesterday as they chase a place in next season’s inaugural European Rugby Champions Cup. Wasps, who finished seventh in the Aviva Premiership table, recovered from shipping a season high 74 points in defeat [...]
Lampard lands World Cup role May 18, 2014 ENGLAND manager Roy Hodgson has described midfielder Frank Lampard as the natural choice to be his World Cup vice-captain. Should Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard become unavailable once the tournament kicks off on 13 June, Lampard will wear the armband, as he has done six times before in 103 England appearances. And Hodgson feels there is no [...]
Sherwood keen on quick return to management with Brighton May 18, 2014 SACKED Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood has revealed he is eyeing a swift return to management and would consider any vacancy. The 45-year-old left White Hart Lane last week after just five months at the helm, but has already been touted as the future boss of this season’s beaten Championship play-off semi-finalists Brighton. Sherwood, who won [...]
Watson roars back into top 100 May 18, 2014 TENNIS: Britain’s Heather Watson returns to the world’s top 100 today after beating Anna Schmiedlova 7-6, 6-0 in the Prague Open final. Serena Williams and world No2 Novak Djokovic won respective Italian Open titles.
Historic win for evergreen Jimenez May 18, 2014 GOLF: Record-breaker Miguel Angel Jimenez, 50, became the eldest winner of a European Tour event, by clinching the Spanish Open after a three-man play-off with Australia’s Richard Green and Thomas Pieters of Belgium.
Downie claims European crown May 18, 2014 GYMNASTICS: Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Rebecca Downie became only the second British woman ever to win an individual European title yesterday. The 22-year-old scored 15.500 points on the uneven bars.
Surrey blast past Somerset May 18, 2014 CRICKET: Surrey opening batsman Jason Roy powered 64 runs off 47 balls to steer his side to a 14-run victory over Somerset in their Twenty20 blast group match. Surrey posted 173-7, with Somerset falling short on 159-6.
Football tackles its loss makers May 18, 2014 Frank Dalleres looks at the landscape for this week’s City A.M. panel discussion ON FRIDAY evening, after what has at times seemed an interminable wait, European football chiefs Uefa took a pin to Manchester City’s Premier League title celebrations and, in so doing, attempted to silence critics who have claimed that financial fair play (FFP) [...]
Platini’s grand plan will end in tears May 18, 2014 FOR CLUBS aspiring to compete in the Champions League, Uefa’s financial fair play (FFP) rules have reached their first monitoring hurdle and the offenders are now facing the imposition of sanctions. The rules embodied in a 90-page document are mired in complexity and open to accounting and legal interpretation. Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain have [...]
Why England’s clubs must stick to rules May 18, 2014 FINANCIAL fair play (FFP) rules are now a huge part of everyday life in the business of running a football club. Each Uefa league, and in our case in England each division, has its own set of FFP rules. In our view, none we’ve seen are perfect and they all present their own particular set [...]