Cheltenham Festival infographic March 10, 2014 Ahead of the greatest show on turf, Sporting Index has put together this handy Cheltenham Festival infographic to help punters get an angle on all the big trends and stats. The Anglo-Irish rivalry at the Festival has become one of the most competitive in sport. Last year Irish-trained horses won more races than their Great Britain-trained counterparts [...]
Six Nations: Lancaster eyes title as England end their Triple Crown wait March 9, 2014 ENGLAND 29 WALES 18 PROUD England coach Stuart Lancaster urged his players to refocus on this week’s Six Nations finale in Italy after they swept aside Wales yesterday at Twickenham to claim their first Triple Crown for 11 years. First-half tries from scrum-half Danny Care and centre Luther Burrell, allied to the unerring boot of [...]
FA Cup: Cup holders Wigan wreck City’s bid for clean sweep of silverware March 9, 2014 MANCHESTER CITY 1 WIGAN ATHLETIC 2 MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini defended his team selection after defeat to FA Cup holders Wigan in the quarter-final ended their dream of ending the season with four trophies. The omission of captain Vincent Kompany was one of six changes to the side which beat Sunderland in the Capital [...]
Sport Comment: Not just good, but also good to watch March 9, 2014 IF FORTUNE favours the brave then it’s up to England to be bold in Rome next week. It is not beyond the realms of possibility for Stuart Lancaster’s team to rack up 50 points against an Italian side who will be hugely dispirited by the way they capitulated in the second half against Ireland on [...]
FA Cup: Charlton boss: Use knock-out form to drag our club to safety March 9, 2014 SHEFFIELD UNITED 2 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 0 CHARLTON manager Chris Powell has urged his players to bounce back from yesterday’s FA Cup quarter-final defeat by dragging themselves out of the Championship relegation zone. Two goals in three second-half minutes from Sheffield United’s Ryan Flynn and John Brayford ended the Addicks’ Wembley dream. The south London side [...]
Broad set to miss rest of West Indies tour after T20 battering March 9, 2014 ENGLAND captain Stuart Broad said last night that injury will force him out of the remaining couple of Twenty20 games in West Indies, after watching his team comprehensively beaten in Bridgetown. West Indies won the first of the three-match series by 27 runs after scoring 170-3, boding well for Darren Sammy’s men ahead of the [...]
Bruce delighted with Hull’s draw March 9, 2014 HULL CITY boss Steve Bruce failed to contain his glee after yesterday’s FA Cup semi-final draw paired his team with Sheffield United of League One. Goals from Curtis Davies, David Meyler and Matty Fryatt, after Sone Aluko had missed a penalty, saw off Sunderland 3-0 to book a last-four spot for the first time since [...]
Team GB finish with a flourish March 9, 2014 GREAT Britain completed the World Indoor Championships with six medals, following yesterday’s final-day haul of four. Following gold and bronze for sprinters Richard Kilty and Tiffany Porter on Saturday, Katarina Johnson-Thompson added long jump silver. There were silver and bronze medals for the men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams and Andrew Osagie won 800m bronze.
Reed wins Cadillac Championship March 9, 2014 GOLF: America’s Patrick Reed held his nerve to claim the WGC-Cadillac Championship late last night, holding onto an overnight lead and keeping Welshman Jamie Donaldson tied in second place with Bubba Watson. A final-round 72 saw Reed end on four under par, one stroke ahead of Donaldson and Watson. A back injury caused Tiger Woods [...]
Britain’s curlers triumph twice March 9, 2014 PARALYMPICS: Great Britain’s curlers recorded back-to-back wins at the Paralympic Winter Games yesterday. A 6-4 win against Sweden was followed by an 8-4 triumph over South Korea. Skier Mick Brennan, injured in 2004 while serving with the Royal Signals in Iraq, was 10th in the seated Super-G.