Star Sports: Lay of the day March 12, 2014 Star Sports owner Ben Keith picks out one horse he’s happy to lay each day THIS column hasn’t exactly gone great so far. Vautour romped home on Tuesday for one of the most impressive Supreme Novices’ wins I’ve ever seen and Sire De Grugy was brilliant in the Champion Chase yesterday. Today’s main event is [...]
Champions League: Wenger blasts Robben as Arsenal suffer Euro exit March 11, 2014 BAYERN MUNICH 1 ARSENAL 1 (Bayern win 3-1 on aggregate) ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger hit out at Bayern winger Arjen Robben last night after his team failed to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for a fourth season in a row. Wenger accused Robben of diving in order to win a penalty in their 2-0 first-leg [...]
Seven games: Pardew’s ban March 11, 2014 NEWCASTLE boss Alan Pardew has been banned from the touchline until the final three games of the season after the Football Association deemed his headbutt on Hull’s David Meyler worthy of a seven-match suspension. Pardew is prohibited from even attending the stadium for Saturday’s trip to Fulham and the following home games against Crystal Palace [...]
Riga replaces sacked Powell March 11, 2014 CHARLTON have replaced Chris Powell with an unheralded Belgian coach after the popular manager was sacked for refusing to back owner Roland Duchatelet’s plans. Jose Riga, the former boss of another of Duchatelet’s clubs, Standard Liege, was last night confirmed as Powell’s successor at the Championship’s bottom club. Ex-Addicks defender Powell, 44, had been in [...]
Jezki leaves fancied rivals trailing in McManus Champion Hurdle 1-2 March 11, 2014 OWNER JP McManus hailed “a very special day” after claiming a one-two in the Champion Hurdle, 9-1 shot Jezki pipping the fancied My Tent Or Yours to win the feature race on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival. Favourite Hurricane Fly got nowhere near a third victory in the race, as Barry Geraghty and [...]
England slump to series defeat March 11, 2014 ENGLAND’S stand-in Twenty20 captain Eoin Morgan has called on his team to beat West Indies tomorrow and go into the forthcoming World T20 on a high. Morgan last night saw his team suffer a second defeat in three days to lose the T20 series with a match to spare, but wants to leave Bridgetown for [...]
Kompany: We’ll fight until the end March 11, 2014 FOOTBALL: Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany believes his side can use their dramatic 2012 Premier League title triumph as inspiration to overcome Barcelona tonight. City trail 2-0 from the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, but Kompany has reminded his team-mates to fight until the end having scored twice in the final minutes [...]
Etherington close to third medal March 11, 2014 PARALYMPICS: British skier Jade Etherington edged toward her third medal at the Paralympic Winter Games yesterday, finishing second in the first stage of the visually impaired super combined. In heavy fog, Etherington and guide Caroline Powell were one of only three pairs to post a time in the slalom element, with compatriot Kelly Gallagher among [...]
Pistorius loved guns, court hears March 11, 2014 ATHLETICS: Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius “had a big love” for guns, a friend told his murder trial in Pretoria yesterday. Darren Fresco testified that he saw Pistorius fire a gun in a restaurant and through the sunroof of Fresco’s car. He said: “We had been to the shooting range before and I knew he had [...]
Morning Assembly looks the perfect RSA type in brutal test for novices March 11, 2014 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE RSA CHASE AND THE NEPTUNE NOVICES’ HURDLE FINDING the winner of the RSA Chase (2.05pm) is no easy feat. More often than not, the winner is not the most talented in the contest. It is the one best equipped to cope with the stiffest test imaginable for a staying novice chaser. [...]