Murray suffers shock defeat August 8, 2013 WORLD No2 Andy Murray suffered a shock straight sets defeat to Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis in the Rogers Cup third round yesterday. Playing in his first tournament since winning Wimbledon, Murray lost 6-4, 6-3 to the player ranked 38th in the world, ending the Briton’s 13-match winning streak. Gulbis said: “I am excited because I have been [...]
Liverpool meet Magpies in cup August 8, 2013 FOOTBALL: Liverpool, the Capital One Cup’s most successful club, have been drawn at home to Notts County in round two. The eight-time winners will entertain the Magpies at Anfield on the week commencing 26 August. Meanwhile, newly-promoted Crystal Palace travel to Bristol City, Fulham have been draw away to Burton and West Ham take on [...]
Swansea soar in Europa League August 8, 2013 FOOTBALL: Swansea reached the Europa League play-off round, following a 0-0 draw in Malmo last night, progressing 4-0 in aggregate. Wilfried Bony scored twice in the first leg, with Michu and Alejandro Pozuelo also on target.
Athletes face extended drugs ban August 8, 2013 ATHLETICS: Competitors found guilty of first-time doping offences will be banned from competition for four years from 2015.
Expect England to be back on top at Chester-le-Street August 8, 2013 WILLIAM CHRIMES PREVIEWS THE FOURTH ASHES TEST AND BILL ESDAILE GIVES US HIS BEST RACING BETS ENGLAND’S 100 per cent record at Chester-le-Street makes them worthy favourites to land a third Investec Ashes victory to win the series with a Test to spare. Digging a little deeper into England’s four Test results at the Durham [...]
Ihtimal can continue Godolphin’s sweet record in the Solera Stakes August 8, 2013 ASCOT stages its popular Shergar Cup meeting tomorrow and the fields are as competitive as ever. It really does look like a minefield for punters, but one that has caught my eye is RACY in the Barclays Shergar Cup Dash (2.05pm) for the in-form Brian Ellison team. The six-year-old ran a stormer to finish fourth [...]
Suarez punished by Rodgers for lacking respect August 7, 2013 LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers will force Luis Suarez to train alone after the wantaway striker accused the Reds of breaking a promise to sell him if they did not qualify for the Champions League. Suarez yesterday asked the Professional Footballers’ Association to assess the small print on his contract, believing Liverpool’s refusal of a £40m [...]
Cowes Week Diary: A win for Lucas on Ladies Day would be great August 7, 2013 IT’S FUNNY to be a sailor, full of anticipation, butterflies going, then the start gun sounds and you barely move against the tide. The X One Design class began on the squadron start line yesterday, in light breeze with plenty of tide against them making moving forward a slow process. I think that one of [...]
King calls for transfer window to close earlier August 7, 2013 FORMER Tottenham captain Ledley King has urged world governing body FIFA to amend the length of the summer transfer window to ensure deals are completed before the Premier League season begins. Spurs forward Gareth Bale has been the subject of a prolonged pursuit by Real Madrid, who made a world record offer of £86m for [...]
Straight sets victory for returning Murray August 7, 2013 WIMBLEDON champion Andy Murray is ready to put his SW19 victory behind him and start focusing on retaining his US Open title after winning against Spaniard Marcel Granollers in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) yesterday. The world No2, who was playing for the first time since his historic [...]