Spurs can slow down United’s title charge January 17, 2013 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR MANCHESTER UNITED Sunday 4.00pm THERE’S no doubting who the Premier League’s form team is at the moment. Having taken 28 points from the last 30 available, Manchester United sit seven clear at the top of the table and the bookies have all but given up on the chasing pack. Sir Alex Ferguson’s outfit [...]
No home comfort for Chelsea January 17, 2013 CHELSEA ARSENAL Sunday 1.30pm THE boos inside Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night would have been music to Arsene Wenger’s ears ahead of Arsenal’s crunch game in West London this weekend. Chelsea suffered more home misery, despite early strikes from Demba Ba and Eden Hazard setting the Blues coasting towards a first home victory since before [...]
Brits are whizz kids of Oz January 17, 2013 BRITAIN’S Laura Robson insists she has still not found top gear at the Australian Open, despite claiming another grand slam winner’s scalp in a sapping late-night epic against 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova. Robson confirmed her burgeoning reputation as one of the tour’s gutsiest competitors by seeing off the Czech eighth seed 2-6, 6-3, 11-9 [...]
Frost is the only thing that can prevent the Black Aeroplane triumphing again January 17, 2013 THE winter has arrived with a bang this week and it must be doubtful that either Haydock or Ascot will get the green light to race tomorrow. My weather forecasting skills aren’t the hottest but Ascot looks to have a slightly better chance, and if the snow stays away, we have a real treat in [...]
Clinical Murray gunning for pal Berankis January 17, 2013 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray will put off-court friendships to the back of his mind tonight when he meets training partner Ricardas Berankis in the Australian Open third round, after ruthlessly dispatching Portuguese Joao Sousa in Melbourne yesterday. The Scot triumphed 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 in just an hour and forty-one minutes to ease past Sousa, a man [...]
Wenger keen on £50m Cavani January 17, 2013 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has admitted his interest in signing Napoli and Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani and insists he is ready to raid the club’s swelling coffers this month for the right player. Cavani, who has been linked with the Gunners, caught the eye against Chelsea and Manchester City in last year’s Champions League and [...]
Rodgers blasts star Suarez for dive admission January 17, 2013 LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers has condemned Luis Suarez and promised to take action against his controversial striker after the Uruguay star confessed to diving. Suarez admitted in an interview with a South American broadcaster earlier this week that he had tried to manufacture a penalty in October’s goalless draw against Stoke. “I’ve seen the comments [...]
Olympic Stadium and the Mall on 2014 Tour de France menu January 17, 2013 LONDON’S Olympic Park will provide the backdrop to a stage of next year’s Tour de France, organisers announced yesterday. Day three of the 2014 Tour will begin in Cambridge and take in Epping Forest and Stratford before finishing on the Mall. The opening stage will commence in Yorkshire on 5 July, with the prestigious Grand [...]
Wasps eke out win as English sides set for crucial Euro games January 17, 2013 WASPS boosted their chances of a home quarter-final in the Amlin Challenge Cup with a narrow 20-19 win over Newport-Gwent Dragons last night at Adams Park. Nicky Robinson scored 15 points – one try, two conversions and two penalties – as the London club hung on in a nervy finish. Saracens head into Sunday’s final Heineken [...]
O’Driscoll disappointed by snub January 17, 2013 RUGBY UNION: Forward Jamie Heaslip has been retained as Ireland captain for the Six Nations despite long-standing skipper Brian O’Driscoll’s return from injury. Heaslip led Ireland during the autumn, while the Leinster star was sidelined with an ankle problem. Ireland’s record try scorer O’Driscoll said: “While I was naturally very disappointed not to be leading the [...]