Saracens must claim top-two spot, says McCall March 30, 2014 AFTER Saracens secured their place in the Aviva Premiership play-offs on Saturday, director of rugby Mark McCall was insisting they swiftly wrap up a home semi-final too. Sarries ensured they will remain in the top four for the rest of the regular season with a 32-20 defeat of London rivals Wasps – their 16th victory [...]
Victorious Hamilton: This is my best ever car March 30, 2014 BRITAIN’S Lewis Hamilton hailed this year’s Mercedes as the best Formula One car he has ever driven after leading the team to their first one-two finish since 1995 at the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday. Hamilton started on pole and soon pulled away, in the end crossing the finish line more than 17 seconds ahead of [...]
Sport Comment: Tennis is continuing to ignore its winning lottery ticket March 30, 2014 WHILE the Champions League, Grand National, Boat Race and Heineken Cup promise one of the great weeks of the year in the next seven days, the quarter-finals of one of international sport’s most undervalued jewels will be taking place at the same time, and remarkably Great Britain are involved. The Czech Republic play Japan, Germany [...]
Premier League: Magath will stay at Fulham even if they go down March 30, 2014 AT CRAVEN COTTAGE FULHAM 1 EVERTON 3 FULHAM boss Felix Magath has pledged to stick by the club even if they are relegated, after a home defeat to Everton yesterday left the west Londoners rooted to the bottom of the Premier League. Magath’s side started brightly and had the best of the opening half, yet [...]
West Ham are overachievers March 30, 2014 WEST Ham fans are disgruntled because expectations are too high, according to boss Sam Allardyce. Victory at 19th-placed Sunderland tonight will move the Hammers 11 points clear of the relegation zone. Yet the team were booed off last week after beating Hull and Allardyce said: “We overachieved last year finishing 10th. Over-achievement always brings a [...]
My Gunners have shown they’re up for the fight, insists Wenger March 30, 2014 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger believes that Saturday’s fightback against Premier League title favourites Manchester City has answered critics who questioned his side’s appetite for a battle. Ex-Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes delivered a withering appraisal of Wenger’s men in midweek, after they followed a 6-0 drubbing at Chelsea with a meek draw at home to [...]
Giles says he’s tough enough for the top job March 30, 2014 ENGLAND’S limited-overs coach Ashley Giles believes he would be strong enough to lead the Test side if offered the role by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Defeat to South Africa over the weekend means England’s final Twenty20 World Cup match today against Netherlands is a dead rubber. Yet Giles remains bullish. “I led [...]
England Sevens beaten to title in Hong Kong final March 30, 2014 ENGLAND coach Simon Amor saluted his emerging squad after they were beaten to the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sevens title by HSBC World Series champions New Zealand yesterday. Amor’s men went one better than last week’s third place in Tokyo, finishing runners-up in the Sevens calendar’s most celebrated event after losing the final 26-7. It [...]
Hartley escapes action over biting claims March 30, 2014 NORTHAMPTON hooker Dylan Hartley will face no disciplinary action, the Rugby Football Union confirmed yesterday, after being accused of biting England colleague Tom Youngs’ hand during Saturday’s 22-16 defeat to Leicester. Video footage of the incident was reviewed but deemed inconclusive, while the Tigers made no formal complaint.
Toast of New York to get Derby run March 30, 2014 HORSE RACING: Trainer Jamie Osborne plans to enter Toast of New York in June’s Investec Derby, following the two-year-old’s win in the Group Two United Arab Emirates Derby on Saturday. Meanwhile, Godolphin-trained African Story triumphed in the Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest race.