Sport Comment: Djokovic is wrong, Tour Finals have found home at last November 10, 2013 IF YOU are one of the quarter of a million spectators who have been to the O2 over the past eight days for the ATP World Tour finals, which reach their climax this evening, you will probably have read Novak Djokovic’s comments about moving the event from London with a measure of dismay and derision. [...]
Irish pay price for sloppy errors in cup reverse November 10, 2013 LONDON Irish forwards coach Glenn Delaney admitted indiscipline cost his team as they slipped to a 29-21 away defeat to Newcastle Falcons in the LV= Cup. Two weeks after losing to the same opposition in the Aviva Premiership at Kingston Park, Falcons fly-half Rory Clegg proved the difference between the two teams with five successful [...]
Premier League: Krul defeat for Spurs as Newcastle keeper stars November 10, 2013 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0 vs NEWCASTLE UNITED 1 TOTTENHAM manager Andre Villas-Boas felt the record-breaking performance of goalkeeper Tim Krul was decisive as his team dropped points at home for the third time in four Premier League matches yesterday. Krul saved 14 of Spurs’ 31 attempts at goal, the highest number of stops in a single [...]
Premier League: Pellegrini at a loss to explain City’s travel woe November 10, 2013 SUNDERLAND 1 vs MANCHESTER CITY 0 MANCHESTER City boss Manuel Pellegrini admitted yesterday that he is baffled by his team’s awful away record, after they fell to their fourth Premier League defeat on the road at the Stadium of Light. A first-half goal from Phil Bardsley gave the Black Cats a crucial victory in their [...]
Rose blooms in Turkey to turn up heat on Stenson ahead of Dubai November 10, 2013 ENGLAND’S Justin Rose moved a step closer to usurping Race To Dubai leader Henrik Stenson at next week’s season finale with a third-placed finish at the Turkish Open yesterday. Rose scored a final round 65 and had a share of the lead after a birdie at the 16th hole, but eventually finished four shots behind [...]
Cool Hazard is back in favour November 10, 2013 CHELSEA’S Eden Hazard appears to have wiped the slate clean with his manager Jose Mourinho, after the Belgian international atoned for taking an unsanctioned trip to France by grabbing a late equaliser against West Brom on Saturday. “He was cool,” Mourinho said. “It’s difficult when you are losing and you have a penalty in the [...]
Raikkonen ruled out of Grands Prix November 10, 2013 FORMULA ONE: Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen will miss the final two Grands Prix of the season, the team said last night, with the Finn set for surgery on a back problem. Raikkonen, who is leaving at the end of the season for a second stint at Ferrari, has argued that he has not been paid [...]
Marquez is youngest world champion November 10, 2013 MOTO GP: Spain’s Marc Marquez became MotoGP’s youngest world champion yesterday, a third-placed finish at the Valencia Grand Prix sealing the title.
Injury-time penalty saves Potters November 10, 2013 FOOTBALL: Stoke climbed out of the Premier League’s bottom three yesterday thanks to a last-minute equaliser against Swansea. The Potters led 2-0 at half-time, but were 3-2 down before Charlie Adam’s late penalty.
England and Scotland into quarters November 10, 2013 RUGBY LEAGUE: England were joined by Scotland in the quarter-finals of the World Cup yesterday, as Tonga’s 16-0 win over Italy saw Scotland top Group C. They will play New Zealand on Friday, while England, who beat Fiji 34-12 on Saturday, face either France or Samoa this weekend.