O’Shea breathes sigh of relief as late Smith score earns Quins win February 9, 2014 HARLEQUINS director of rugby Conor O’Shea revealed his relief after Sam Smith touched down with three minutes remaining to seal an 11-10 win over London Wasps yesterday. A first-half penalty-try had Wasps in control at The Stoop, but Ben Botica slotted a penalty 10 minutes after the break, setting it up for Smith to cross [...]
Sport Comment: Rugby facing threat of a two-tier Six Nations February 9, 2014 I’M finding it hard to remember a more dispiriting post-match experience than being in Edinburgh on Saturday night, following England’s dismembering of an abject Scotland rugby team, who you suspect would still have 0 on the board if the game was going on now. Hapless. Hopeless. There is no pleasure in saying that the Tartan [...]
Premier League: Risky football will take Spurs fourth, says Sherwood February 9, 2014 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1 vs EVERTON 0 TOTTENHAM boss Tim Sherwood revealed he wants to introduce “risky” football to White Hart Lane to boost their aspirations of a top-four finish, after an unconvincing win over one of their nearest rivals. Emmanuel Adebayor’s second-half strike, from the first of just two shots on target Spurs mustered in [...]
Arteta reveals Wenger’s fury February 9, 2014 ARSENAL midfielder Mikel Arteta revealed yesterday that manager Arsene Wenger was as angry as his players have ever seen him after going 4-0 down during the first half at Liverpool on Saturday. “It was like a car crash. The manager was really upset at half-time – that’s normal because it wasn’t good enough for this [...]
England bosses cite lack of trust for decision to release Pietersen February 9, 2014 ENGLAND’S cricket chiefs revealed last night that a lack of trust between Kevin Pietersen and senior figures such as captain Alastair Cook was behind the decision to axe the maverick batsman. With 8,181 Test runs, Pietersen is England’s fourth highest-scoring batsman of all time. Yet tensions flared last week after the 33-year-old was released from [...]
France too strong for Italy February 9, 2014 FRANCE maintained their perfect start to the Six Nations with a 30-10 defeat of Italy yesterday, though the performance was far from flawless. Louis Picamoles (above), Wesley Fofana and Hugo Bonneval ran in second-half tries but France finished the game with just 13 men as both teams had players red carded.
More gold for Johnson-Thompson February 9, 2014 ATHLETICS: Heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson won her second gold medal of the British Indoor Championships in Sheffield yesterday. Having clinched gold in the high jump on Saturday with a new British record clearance of 1.96m, the 21-year-old followed up with a personal best leap of 6.75m to win the long jump. Olympic bronze medal winner Robbie [...]
Woods’ niece clinches first Major February 9, 2014 GOLF: The niece of world No1 Tiger Woods won the first Major of her career yesterday, triumphing at the Australian Ladies Masters. The 23-year-old shot a final round of four under par to win by two shots from 17-year-old amateur Minjee Lee at Royal Pines. Woods said: “It’s nice now to say to people I [...]
Hughes set for Rangers debut February 9, 2014 FOOTBALL: Defender Aaron Hughes could make his QPR debut at Derby tonight, as Harry Redknapp’s team bid to climb back into the Championship’s automatic promotion places. Hughes, 34, moved to Loftus Road on loan from Fulham last month. Matty Phillips and Charlie Austin are out through injury.
Review: Out of the Furnace February 7, 2014 One star Christian Bale may be the king of actorly metamorphoses, but his character in Out of the Furnace is just how I imagine he is in real life: dour, depressing and humourless. All of which are adjectives that apply to the film as a whole. Two hours of muscle-flexing, fighting and staring into the [...]