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.
Power steering March 9, 2014 What happens when Bernie Ecclestone leaves Formula One? HE IS one of Britain’s best-known chief executives, and over 40 years has transformed Formula One from an amateur pastime into a billion-pound business and the world’s most-watched annual sports series. Bernie Ecclestone has become a household name through his appearances on F1’s glitzy grid, and his [...]
Festival fever is hitting the City once again March 9, 2014 Patrick Callaghan reports from City AM’s Unibet-sponsored Cheltenham Festival Preview at The Brewery THE CHANNEL 4 triumvirate of Mick Fitzgerald, Tom Lee, and the glamorous Gina Bryce, as well as our racing editor Bill Esdaile, made up the panel at City AM's Cheltenham Festival Preview sponsored by Unibet on Friday afternoon. The jump racing extravaganza [...]