Arsenal duo sign new deals March 4, 2014 FOOTBALL: Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker and midfielder Tomas Rosicky have signed new contracts and Aaron Ramsey is set to follow suit.
Brookes banned for pushing ref March 4, 2014 RUGBY UNION: Newcastle prop Kieran Brookes has been banned for six weeks for pushing referee Greg Garner in Sunday’s defeat to Leicester.
Smith out for three in last innings March 4, 2014 CRICKET: Retiring South Africa captain Graeme Smith was dismissed for three runs on the fourth day of his side’s Test match against Australia.
Poles apart: FX trader will join rugby stars’ trek to North Pole March 3, 2014 WHAT do you get when you mix an Arctic explorer with some ex-England rugby internationals and an FX chief executive? The Capitalist found out last night having hotfooted it to the Shepherd’s Bush HQ of LMAX Exchange – you get a well financed rugby match at the North Pole. The financial exchange company has teamed [...]
Neighbour: I was woken by screams from Oscar’s house March 3, 2014 PARALYMPIC superstar Oscar Pistorius’s neighbour yesterday described hearing “blood-curdling screams” coming from the athlete’s house on the night he is accused of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The testimony of Michelle Burger, a university economist and resident of a nearby gated estate, proved the focal point on the first day of the South African sprinter’s long-awaited [...]
Golf Comment: Bad weeks for McIlroy and Woods March 3, 2014 ABOUT this time of year, with five weeks until the Masters, you expect the world’s best players to be hitting their stride. Instead, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods are showing some worrying signs. McIlroy blew a golden opportunity to claim his first title of the season in a comedy of errors at the Honda Classic [...]
Liverpool toast progress despite filing £50m loss March 3, 2014 LIVERPOOL managing director Ian Ayre believes the club have distanced themselves from the “dark days” off the field, despite revealing losses last night of almost £50m for the year ending May 2013. Since the Fenway Sports Group completed its takeover of Liverpool from George Gillett and Tom Hicks in October 2010, debts have been reduced [...]
Flower handed new England leadership role March 3, 2014 FORMER England team director Andy Flower has been tasked with revolutionising coaching at all levels of the game after being handed a new role by the England and Wales Cricket Board yesterday. Flower, who stepped down from his previous role following the winter Ashes whitewash and one-day international series’ drubbing, was named technical director of [...]
Lancaster to overlook duo March 3, 2014 ENGLAND coach Stuart Lancaster revealed centre Manu Tuilagi and wing Marland Yarde are unlikely to feature in Sunday’s Six Nations clash with Wales, despite adding the duo to his squad yesterday. Tuilagi has not played for England for 12 months due to a pectoral injury, while Yarde has failed to add to his two Red [...]
Henman: Tough for Murray to win slam in 2014 March 3, 2014 FORMER British No1 Tim Henman fears reigning Wimbledon champion Andy Murray will not win a grand slam in 2014, in what he believes will be the most exciting year in tennis for a decade. The “big four” of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Murray had shared 37 of the last 40 grand slam [...]