Two charged in match-fixing probe December 5, 2013 FOOTBALL: Non league footballers Michael Boateng and Hakeem Adelakun have been charged with conspiracy to defraud in connection with match-fixing. The pair play for Conference South side Whitehawk.
Dyson find for breaching Tour code December 5, 2013 GOLF: England’s Simon Dyson has been hit with a two-month suspended sentence and £30,00 fine by the European Tour for repairing a spike mark with his ball at the BMW Masters.
Sticky Toffees have the defensive durability to stifle Gunners’ firepower December 5, 2013 ONLY in their wildest dreams could Arsenal fans have anticipated their team’s stunning start to the season – and yet they look to have the stamina to keep going and challenge for the title. With just over a third of the campaign gone the league is beginning to settle down. Come May, they might not [...]
Take Planet Of Sound and Gullible Gordon against the field in Becher December 5, 2013 IT IS a huge shame that the public won’t see Sprinter Sacre tomorrow at Sandown Park in the BetVictor Tingle Creek Chase (3.00pm). Nicky Henderson’s stable star produced a dirty tracheal wash earlier in the week and although things have improved, connections aren’t willing to risk him. The race is much more open now and [...]
Premier League: Mourinho praises special one in seven-goal thriller December 4, 2013 SUNDERLAND 3 vs CHELSEA 4 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho praised a “special” performance from playmaker Eden Hazard that kept his side second in the Premier League table. The Belgian took his tally to eight goals for the season with a sublime finish in either half as the Blues won a third successive league match. Hazard [...]
Moyes booed and beaten in Everton reunion December 4, 2013 MANCHESTER United boss David Moyes suffered a chastening defeat to former club Everton and Liverpool striker Luis Suarez hit Norwich for four on an eventful night in the Premier League. Full-back Bryan Oviedo’s 86th-minute goal condemned United and Moyes to a home defeat in his first meeting with the team he left in the summer [...]
Premier League: Forgotten man Bendtner tipped to shine again December 4, 2013 ARSENAL 2 vs HULL CITY 0 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho praised a “special” performance from playmaker Eden Hazard that kept his side second in the Premier League table. The Belgian took his tally to eight goals for the season with a sublime finish in either half as the Blues won a third successive league match. [...]
Premier League: Spurs bite back as Meulensteen’s Fulham tenure begins in defeat December 4, 2013 FULHAM 1 vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 TOTTENHAM are back on track, according to manager Andre Villas-Boas, after they came from behind at Craven Cottage to earn a first league win in five matches. Ashkan Dejagah fired Fulham ahead in Rene Meulensteen’s first match in charge, but late long-range efforts from Vlad Chiriches and Lewis Holtby [...]
Butler served with five-year ban for doping December 4, 2013 TRAINER Gerard Butler has been handed a five-year ban by the British Horseracing Authority after pleading guilty to seven doping charges. A disciplinary panel accused the Irishman of an “appalling breach of his duty” after nine horses in his care produced positive samples for the banned steroid stanozolol. Butler was found to have given four [...]
New Jersey among three axed December 4, 2013 FORMULA ONE: New Jersey, Mexico and South Korea have been dropped from the 2014 F1 calendar. Abu Dhabi is to host the final grand prix, with Brazil staging the penultimate event.