Bartoli, 28, announces retirement August 15, 2013 TENNIS: Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli, 28, has announced her retirement from the professional game due to persistent injury problems. The world No7 lost her second round match to 21-year-old Simona Halep at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Wednesday.
Sackey signs for Harlequins August 15, 2013 RUGBY: Former England wing Paul Sackey has joined Aviva Premiership club Harlequins from Stade Francais. The 33-year-old scored 11 tries in 22 Test appearances for England and played in the 2007 World Cup.
Essex bring in opener Gambhir August 15, 2013 CRICKET: Essex have signed India opening batsman Gautam Gambhir until the end of the season.
United set for tough start at Liberty Staduim August 15, 2013 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE PREMIER LEAGUE SWANSEA vs MANCHESTER UNITED Tomorrow 5.30pm DAVID Moyes would love nothing more than to get his Manchester United Premier League managerial career off to a flyer with a win at the Liberty Stadium in tomorrow’s evening kick-off, but it’s certainly not going to be a walk in the park. [...]
Put your trust in City to win back the title August 15, 2013 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE PREMIER LEAGUE THE upcoming Premier League season is set to be one of the most open in recent memory with bookmakers struggling to split Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea at the head of the outright market. What is unusual is that the three leading fancies all have new managers who [...]
Top Tips from: Paddy Power August 15, 2013 THE Premier League kicks off again this weekend with the first match of the season seeing Liverpool take on Stoke. Issues around Suarez aside, Liverpool look in good shape and are clear favourites at 2/5. With two good goalkeepers it’s not set to be a goalfest, under 2.5 goals in the game is at evens. [...]
Lambert fires for England on dream debut August 14, 2013 STRIKER Rickie Lambert revealed he had fulfilled a lifelong dream after coming off the bench to score less than three minutes into his England debut to earn a thrilling 3-2 win over Scotland at Wembley. The 31-year-old replaced Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney on 67 minutes and 165 seconds later headed defender Leighton Baines’s corner [...]
Tottenham allow midfield duo to join Hull August 14, 2013 PREMIER League new boys Hull have completed their double swoop for midfielders Tom Huddlestone and Jake Livermore from Spurs. Huddlestone, capped four times for England, has moved for £5m and signed a three-year deal with the Tigers. And 23-year-old Livermore joins Huddlestone in switching from north London to Humberside on a season-long loan. Chelsea, who [...]
Rutherford: I’m still No1 August 14, 2013 OLYMPIC long jump champion Greg Rutherford has hit back at criticism from British rival Chris Tomlinson after failing to reach the World Championship final yesterday. Rutherford registered a best jump of 7.87m, missing out on a place in the final by two centimetres. Tomlinson fumed his omission in favour of the 26-year-old was down to [...]
Murray through in straight sets August 14, 2013 WORLD No2 Andy Murray reached round three of the Cincinnati Open with a straight sets win over Russian Mikhail Youzhny yesterday. The Scot, surprisingly beaten in the Rogers Cup third round last week in his first outing since winning the Wimbledon title, triumphed 6-2, 6-3 in 70 minutes. Murray will play world No36 Julien Benneteau [...]