Farah denied in thrilling finale to Great North Run September 15, 2013 BRITAIN’S Mo Farah suffered a rare defeat in yesterday’s Great North Run, finishing a close second to Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele. Double world and Olympic champion Farah produced his trademark late surge but could not overtake Bekele in a gripping finale. Distance-running great Haile Gebrselassie was third in a world record time for over-40s. “When Kenenisa [...]
Bale scores on Real debut while Ronaldo signs bumper new deal September 15, 2013 THE WORLD’S most expensive player Gareth Bale marked his Real Madrid debut with a goal, but his new club were held to a 2-2 draw by Villarreal on Saturday. The Wales winger, who moved from Tottenham for £85.3m last month, opened his account for Real with a close range finish on the stroke of half-time. [...]
Giroud in race to face Marseille as Arsenal’s injury list grows September 15, 2013 ARSENAL are hoping that Olivier Giroud will recover from a knee problem in time for Wednesday night’s Champions League trip to Marseille, after the French centre forward was injured in Saturday’s 3-1 win at Sunderland. The victory put Arsene Wenger’s side top of the Premier League – at least until Liverpool play Swansea tonight – [...]
Quality of new boy Eriksen stuns Soldado September 15, 2013 TOTTENHAM striker Roberto Soldado has revealed his surprise at the quality team-mate Christian Eriksen produced in his Premier League debut on Saturday. Spurs’s £11.5m summer signing from Ajax laid on the first of midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson’s two goals in the 2-0 home win over Norwich to cap a virtuoso display. And Soldado, who also moved [...]
Liverpool look to reclaim top spot September 15, 2013 FOOTBALL: Liverpool will return to the top of the Premier League if they can avoid defeat at Swansea tonight, with new signings Mamadou Sakho and Victor Moses in the running to make debuts.
Horner is oldest Grand Tour winner September 15, 2013 CYCLING: American Chris Horner became the oldest ever Grand Tour winner yesterday when the 41-year-old claimed the Vuelta a Espana by a margin of 37 seconds over Vincenzo Nibali. The final stage of the race was won by Australian Michael Matthews, yet Horner – who races for the RadioShack team and turns 42 next month [...]
Record £28m purse for Mayweather September 15, 2013 BOXING: Floyd Mayweather claimed yesterday that he fought on with a dislocated elbow during Saturday night’s lucrative defeat of Saul Alvarez in Las Vegas. In securing the WBC and WBA light-middleweight titles, the American earned around $45m (£28.3m) – a world record purse.
Olympic champ slams brother September 15, 2013 ATHLETICS: Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee hit out at his brother Jonathan yesterday, after the younger sibling lost the World Triathlon Grand Final to Javier Gomez in a sprint finish. The older of the Brownlees said his brother ended the race like a “complete tactical numpty”.
Dyke scores key victory as top clubs join FA’s crusade September 12, 2013 FOOTBALL Association chairman Greg Dyke achieved the first victory on his mission to address England’s failings when the Premier League yesterday agreed to join his task force. Dyke expects the commission to meet for the first time before the end of the month, as set out in his speech last week, with a view to [...]
EPPP: The saviour of english football? September 12, 2013 What is it? ■ The Elite Player Performance Plan is a Premier League initiative designed to ensure the country’s best young talent is developed by the best clubs and the best coaches ■ Academies are audited with factors including investment and coaching assessed and are subsequently categorised between one and four ■ Players can move [...]