Odemwingie farce mars QPR triple signing January 31, 2013 QUEENS Park Rangers broke their transfer record for the second time in a month yesterday by signing former Blackburn defender Christopher Samba from Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala for £12.5m. Samba joined Rangers on a four-and-a-half-year contract hours before last night’s deadline, replacing former Ewood Park team-mate Ryan Nelsen, who has left to manage Toronto FC, [...]
Hazard avoids ban extension January 31, 2013 CHELSEA star Eden Hazard has escaped an extension to his original three-match ban for an altercation with a ball boy last week at Swansea. The Football Association was overruled by its independent regulatory commission, which decided that Hazard’s automatic ban for violent conduct was sufficient. Belgium midfielder Hazard has already sat out two games, so [...]
Cole set to win 100th England cap January 31, 2013 FOOTBALL: Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole could become the seventh man to reach 100 caps for England after being named in manager Roy Hodgson’s squad to take on Brazil on Wednesday at Wembley.
Rasmussen admits 12 year doping January 31, 2013 CYCLING: Denmark’s Michael Rasmussen has admitted using performance-enhancing drugs from 1998 to 2010 and announced his retirement with immediate effect.
France hitting their peak at perfect time to land Six Nations January 31, 2013 WILLIAM CHRIMES AND BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEW THE SIX NATIONS AND PREMIER LEAGUE THIS YEAR’S Six Nations promises to be another thrilling northern hemisphere battle with England and France jostling for favouritism. Wales are the defending Grand Slam champions, yet have had a disastrous run of it with an almost record-breaking losing run of seven games. [...]
The Road to Cheltenham January 31, 2013 WWW.STARSPORTSBET.CO.UK 08000 521 321 THE Ryanair Chase is always one of the most competitive races of the entire Cheltenham Festival and this year’s renewal looks no different. The main problem is trying to work out who runs. Flemenstar would go off favourite if lining up, but a win in next weekend’s Irish Hennessy will surely [...]
Ravens’ resurgence can deliver Super Bowl January 31, 2013 NEW ORLEANS hosts the 47th edition of America’s greatest sporting showpiece when the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers meet in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. For the first time in NFL Super Bowl history the opposing head coaches are brothers as the Ravens’ John and the 49ers’ Jim Harbaugh go into battle. The only other occasion [...]
Captain Conan too short in Sandown feature January 31, 2013 THE SNOW might have gone but now racing has to deal with the aftermath and, with more rain forecast over the next couple of days, there is likely to be fresh disruption to the cards at Sandown and Ffos Las, where the highlights are the Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase and the Welsh Champion Hurdle respectively. [...]
Blue Square Bet Winter Carnival January 31, 2013 We had some more thrilling finishes in last week’s Blue Square Bet Sprint Series races at Lingfield and it’s great to see full fields and split divisions once more. The first division (2.20pm) sees last week’s first and second return. Violet Jordan’s charge Frognal won by two lengths last Saturday in round four’s second division, [...]
Baffled Benitez blasts his Blues after late collapse January 30, 2013 READING 2 vs CHELSEA 2 CHELSEA manager Rafael Benitez criticised his team’s late collapse after the Blues threw away the chance to close on the Premier League’s top two by allowing Reading’s Adam Le Fondre to score twice in the last five minutes. Benitez did not hide his frustration at succumbing to a fourth draw [...]