Aussie pace attack in tatters as Starc set to miss winter Ashes September 9, 2013 AUSTRALIA look set to be without fast-bowler Mitchell Starc for the winter Ashes series after he was ruled out for “a prolonged period” with a stress fracture of his lower back. Starc, 23, was the tourists’ third highest wicket-taker as England won the first of back-to-back Ashes series 3-0 last month and his injury is [...]
Lotus keep offer on table despite talk of Raikkonen Ferrari return September 9, 2013 FORMER world champion Kimi Raikkonen is increasingly expected to seal a return to Ferrari this week, but current team Lotus have not given up hope of keeping the Finn. Raikkonen is the favourite to replace Felipe Massa at Formula One’s most famous team next season, when his two-year Lotus contract expires. The 33-year-old has flourished [...]
Carroll faces fresh injury lay-off September 9, 2013 FOOTBALL: West Ham have confirmed striker Andy Carroll suffered an injury to his right foot in training yesterday and will undergo a scan this week to decifer the extent of the damage. The 24-year-old is yet to play for the Hammers this season.
Notts through to YB40 final September 9, 2013 CRICKET: Four wickets from Jake Ball helped Nottinghamshire reach the Yorkshire Bank 40 final at the expense of Somerset at Trent Bridge last night. The visitors were bowled out for 119 and Notts reached 122-2 in 16.2 overs.
Lampard won’t toast hundred caps if England flop in Ukraine September 8, 2013 VETERAN midfielder Frank Lampard says he will struggle to celebrate winning his 100th England cap tomorrow unless his team beat Ukraine in their vital World Cup qualifier. England will relinquish top spot in Group H should they lose in Kiev and would then face a likely head-to-head with current occupiers of second place Montenegro for [...]
Robshaw tells lucky Quins to up their game September 8, 2013 ENGLAND captain Chris Robshaw admitted Harlequins must improve after a huge slice of luck was required to earn a narrow 16-15 Aviva Premiership victory over London Wasps at Twickenham on Saturday. The season-opening Heathrow Express London Double Header culminated in a tense finish, as Wasps’ Tom Palmer touched down in the dying seconds, only for [...]
Bale’s record Real Madrid switch ups pressure on European probe September 8, 2013 REAL Madrid’s world record signing of Gareth Bale has increased pressure on the European Commission to rule in a long-running investigation into whether the Spanish club benefit from illegal state aid. The EC’s competition office has spent almost four years probing claims that Real, Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna unfairly benefit from being allowed to [...]
Sport Comment: Time for cricket world to get priorities straight and put fans first September 8, 2013 IT’S ANY old Monday but you suspect that somewhere in the world a one-day cricket international is being played. It doesn’t really matter who between. It will fill a hole in a couple of TV schedules, exercise a few people on the sub-continent who fancy a bet and slip into the record books unnoticed and [...]
Burns’ career plunged into doubt following surgery on broken jaw September 8, 2013 PROMOTER Eddie Hearn fears WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns’ may never fight again, after the Scot underwent surgery on a broken jaw yesterday morning following his controversial draw against Raymundo Beltran in Glasgow. Despite Beltran looking to have edged the bout, flooring the Scot in the eighth round, the three judges were split in their [...]
Wimbledon win hit Murray’s US Open – Rusedski September 8, 2013 FORMER British No1 Greg Rusedski believes Andy Murray hid the extent of a back problem during his ill-fated US Open defence, and that winning Wimbledon harmed his chances at Flushing Meadows. Murray looked out of sorts in Thursday’s straight-sets quarter-final defeat to ninth seed Stanislas Wawrinka, yet played down stiffness in his back. Rusedski believes [...]