Football Comment: True great Wenger merits more milestones March 20, 2014 ARSENE Wenger couldn’t have wished for a much tougher or more momentous fixture than tomorrow’s trip to Premier League leaders Chelsea for the occasion of his 1,000th match as Arsenal manager. By around 2.30pm on Saturday Wenger’s title hopes for another year could be over, if his side fail to inflict the Blues’ first league [...]
21 March on this day… March 20, 2014 ARSENAL favourite Charlie George (left, with Liam Brady) made an unsuccessful return to Highbury with Southampton in a 1979 FA Cup sixth round replay that the Gunners would win 2-0. It was George’s spectacular extra-time goal in the 1971 FA Cup final against Liverpool that earned Arsenal their first Double and made the Islington 20-year-old [...]
Red Bull lodge formal appeal over Ricciardo disqualification March 20, 2014 CONSTRUCTORS’ champions Red Bull have lodged an appeal with Formula One governing body the FIA against Daniel Ricciardo’s contentious disqualification in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix. Making his Red Bull debut, Ricciardo crossed the line in second place behind Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg, but was later stripped of his 18 points and podium finish for exceeding the [...]
Bangladesh progress in World T20 March 20, 2014 CRICKET: Hosts Bangladesh advanced to the Super 10 phase at the World Twenty20 yesterday, despite defeat to Hong Kong by two wickets. Earlier in the day Nepal beat Afghanistan by nine runs and Bangladesh’s small margin of defeat was enough to see them through. They go into Group Two alongside Australia, India, Pakistan and West [...]
Boyd banned for three matches March 20, 2014 FOOTBALL: Hull winger George Boyd has been ordered to serve a three-match ban after an independent regulatory commission rejected his appeal against a Football Association misconduct charge yesterday. Boyd was accused of spitting at Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart last Saturday.
Australia ready to finally conquer the ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh March 20, 2014 HARRY MADLEY AND BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEW THE WORLD TWENTY20 AND THE BIG LONDON DERBY THE FIFTH World Twenty20 got underway last Sunday in Bangladesh with the preliminary qualifying fixtures for what is a new-look tournament. It’s the first time that 16 teams have been involved, rather than just 10. The winners of Group A and [...]
Battle at the Bridge to be a war of attrition March 20, 2014 DROPPED points are not an option for Chelsea or Arsenal when the teams meet at Stamford Bridge tomorrow. The four-way title race looks set to go down to the wire and, with almost nothing between the London pair and Liverpool and Manchester City, now is not the time to be losing games. The good news [...]
Spread betting on cricket March 20, 2014 Spread betting on the ICC World Twenty20 couldn’t be easier. Sporting Index will be offering hundreds of markets relating to runs, wickets, win indices and team and player performance, with many updated in-play. Our traders will be making predictions on a number of events and scenarios within each match, and the tournament in general, with [...]
How Chelsea have outsmarted their Premier League rivals by putting defence before attack March 20, 2014 What’s the most important ingredient for a title-winning team? A dead-eyed 20-goal-a-season marksman, a quicksilver midfield playmaker, or a nimble giant of a goalkeeper? The answer is, perhaps surprisingly, none of those. The Premier League table and data from Kickdex show that a robust, sleeves-up back line goes further than flair in other positions. Take [...]
Champions League: United capable of Euro glory, insists Moyes March 19, 2014 MANCHESTER UNITED 3 OLYMPIACOS 0 (Manchester United win 3-2 on aggregate) MANCHESTER United can win the Champions League, according to manager David Moyes after his team gave the suffering Old Trafford crowd a night to savour by storming through to the quarter-finals. Trailing 2-0 from a disastrous first leg in Greece, striker Robin van Persie [...]