Team GB set Sochi medal target January 16, 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS: Great Britain have been set a medal target of “at least three” in Sochi by UK Sport. Team GB’s previous best haul was four medals from Chamonix in 1924.
Mourinho to extend superb home record January 16, 2014 BEN CLEMINSON AND BILL ESDAILE WITH THE BEST FOOTBALL AND RACING BETS DESPITE the gloom around Old Trafford at the moment, it’s interesting to note only local rivals Manchester City and Sunday’s opponents Chelsea are on better runs in the Premier League than the reigning champions. David Moyes’ men might have suffered three straight reverses [...]
Somersby to provide emotional success for Knight and Channon January 16, 2014 TERRY Biddlecombe, the three-time champion jockey, will be laid to rest today and there won’t be a dry eye in the house at Ascot tomorrow if SOMERSBY, formerly trained by his wife Henrietta Knight, gives him the perfect send off in the Sodexo Clarence House Chase (3.35pm). Biddlecombe and Knight hit the headlines when Best [...]
Fulham facing tap-up probe over Morrison January 15, 2014 FULHAM could face a fine after the Premier League confirmed last night it was investigating a complaint from West Ham over what they believe equates to the tapping up of Ravel Morrison by their relegation rivals. Cottagers boss Rene Meulensteen, who worked with the midfielder at Manchester United, said on Tuesday that a bid for Morrison [...]
Not selectable: Finn sent home and told to learn from Johnson January 15, 2014 ENGLAND’S limited-overs cricket coach Ashley Giles has urged Steven Finn to draw inspiration from Australia’s Ashes hero Mitchell Johnson after sending the paceman home and branding him “not selectable”. Finn, who has not played a competitive match on the tour Down Under, yesterday became the third player to leave the England squad prematurely during what [...]
FA Cup: City storm to 99 not out but Pellegrini content to drop one of his star strikers January 15, 2014 MANCHESTER CITY 5 vs BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 MANCHESTER City boss Manuel Pellegrini is unconcerned about axing one of his in-form strikers, after the trio all netted in last night’s FA Cup third round replay. Sergio Aguero came off the bench after eight games out with a calf injury and took less than a minute to [...]
I feared I may die, says Dodig, as Australian chiefs feel heat January 15, 2014 CROATIAN tennis star Ivan Dodig complained that he felt he might die unless he retired from his Australian Open second-round match yesterday, as tournament chiefs faced further criticism. The 32nd seed quit his clash with Bosnian Damir Dumzhur in the fourth set, becoming the 10th player to pull out in Melbourne, where temperatures exceeded 40C [...]
Cancer survivor Hutchins wins on slam return January 15, 2014 BRITISH doubles specialist and cancer survivor Ross Hutchins toasted an emotional winning return to grand slam tennis yesterday at the Australian Open. Hutchins and Colin Fleming won in three sets to reach the second round in Melbourne just 13 months after the 28-year-old was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma. The south Londoner, a close friend of [...]
Frankel dynasty begins as first foal born January 15, 2014 HE may be only days old, but he is already among the most valuable specimens in the horse racing world with an estimated value of around £6m. The first foal sired by Frankel, considered the greatest of all time, was born at the weekend to Chrysanthemum, herself the offspring of champion sire Danehill Dancer, it [...]
Matic hails boss Mourinho as Chelsea seal his £21m return January 15, 2014 NEW Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic branded boss Jose Mourinho the world’s best yesterday, after completing his £21m return to Stamford Bridge. Matic moved to Benfica from Chelsea three years ago as part of the deal which saw defender David Luiz move the opposite way. But the 25-year-old, who worked under Carlo Ancelotti during his first [...]