Toffees to prove tough nut to crack again for wounded City October 3, 2013 THERE’S no doubt that Champions League holders Bayern Munich are a team right out of the top drawer but, even so, the way they brushed aside Manchester City on Wednesday night at the Etihad was phenomenal. Pep Guardiola’s side absolutely battered the ragged hosts and a 3-1 scoreline understates their superiority. While it’s been David [...]
Champions League: Hart failure as City suffer Euro mauling October 2, 2013 MANCHESTER CITY 1 vs BAYERN MUNICH 3 MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini conceded his team were outclassed by European champions Bayern Munich last night. Goals from Franck Ribery, Thomas Muller and former Chelsea winger Arjen Robben saw City suffer their first home defeat in Europe since 2008 on a night to forget for Joe Hart. [...]
Champions League: United make a point but Moyes demands more October 2, 2013 SHAKHTAR DONETSK 1 vs MANCHESTER UNITED 1 UNDER-FIRE Manchester United boss David Moyes insists it is too early to talk of a revival despite his side doing what no English club has done before and earning a point at Shakhtar Donetsk last night. England striker Danny Welbeck poked the visitors ahead early on and although [...]
Godolphin call in former police chief to investigate operations October 2, 2013 OWNER of troubled Godolphin stable Sheikh Mohammed has asked former Metropolitan Police chief Lord John Stevens to investigate all aspects of his equine empire. Godolphin was rocked by a doping scandal earlier this year when former trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni admitted administering banned steroids to 22 horses based at Moulton Paddocks, Newmarket, and handed an [...]
Torres let-off for scratch is farcical, says Villas-Boas October 2, 2013 PERPLEXED Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has slammed the Football Association for failing to inflict a retrospective punishment on Chelsea striker Fernando Torres for his scratch on Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen. The FA said rules prevented them from penalising Torres, sent off later in Saturday’s 1-1 draw, because the incident had been seen by one of the [...]
Ferguson: Stick with Moyes, I’m not coming back October 2, 2013 FORMER Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has backed successor David Moyes to improve their poor Premier League form and ruled out a shock return to the Old Trafford hot-seat just five months after his retirement. The 71-year-old also revealed he rebuffed an approach from Chelsea after Roman Abramovich took control of the club in [...]
Schoolboy Sibley gets England call October 2, 2013 SURREY batsman Dominic Sibley, 18, last week given time off school to become the youngest ever scorer of a County Championship double-hundred, has been named in the England Under-19 squad for December’s tri-series in the United Arab Emirates. Yorkshire’s 15-year-old bowler Matthew Fisher has also been named in the 18-man squad to take on Pakistan [...]
Barker set for Sturm showdown October 2, 2013 BOXING: Middleweight Darren Barker, 31, is set to make the first defence of his International Boxing Federation title against Germany’s Felix Sturm on 7 December in Stuttgart.
Injured Dettori to miss season October 2, 2013 HORSE RACING: Three-time champion jockey Frankie Dettori is to miss the rest of the season after fracturing his ankle at Nottingham.
Masi ruled out for five months October 2, 2013 RUGBY UNION: Wasps centre Andrea Masi is facing five months on the sidelines following knee surgery.