Alonso sits out first Ferrari test January 24, 2013 FORMULA ONE: Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso is to skip the first testing session of his team’s new car in Jerez next month in order to focus on his fitness. Felipe Massa and development driver Pedro de la Rosa will instead put the 2013 model through its paces, before Alonso gets behind the wheel in Barcelona two [...]
Chelsea star Hazard says sorry for kick on ball boy January 23, 2013 SWANSEA 0 vs CHELSEA 0 Swansea win 2-0 on aggregate CHELSEA midfielder Eden Hazard was forced to apologise last night after being sent off for kicking a ball boy as his side crashed out of the Capital One Cup at Swansea. In a bizarre incident late in the semi-final second leg, Hazard’s right boot connected [...]
Murray worries Federer ahead of semi-final January 23, 2013 TENNIS world No2 Roger Federer admits Britain’s Andy Murray has blossomed into a far more dangerous opponent as they prepare to face off in tomorrow’s Australian Open semi-finals. Federer dropped his first sets of the tournament in beating seventh seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga yesterday, after Murray strolled past another Frenchman, Jeremy Chardy, in straight sets. The [...]
Future star Root shines brightly amid England’s one-day gloom January 23, 2013 ENGLAND are crying out for reinforcements in the bowling attack, as India showed yesterday when their five-wicket win in Mohali wrapped up victory in the one-day series with a match to spare. It was a good toss for the hosts to win as the ball nipped around early on, and though Kevin Pietersen (76) and [...]
Lancaster besieged by injuries as Johnson ruled out until April January 23, 2013 ENGLAND rugby head coach Stuart Lancaster is facing mounting injury worries as he prepares for his first Six Nations as favourites, after Exeter flanker Tom Johnson was ruled out of the entire championship. London Irish prop Alex Corbisiero, who looked set to start, and promising Gloucester fly-half Fredie Burns are also set to miss at [...]
History shows financial fair play likely to have teeth, says expert January 23, 2013 ONE of football finance’s leading experts has voiced his surprise at continued scepticism over the willingness of European chiefs Uefa to ban clubs if they break new financial fair play (FFP) rules. Deloitte’s Dan Jones believes Uefa will see through its threat to issue a range of sanctions against teams whose losses exceed allowable FFP [...]
Hammers rout edges Gunners near top four January 23, 2013 ARSENAL 5 vs WEST HAM UNITED 1 WEST HAM boss Sam Allardyce last night denied star midfielder Mohamed Diame is on his way to Arsenal, after watching his team thrashed by the Gunners. Jack Collison gave the Hammers an early lead but Lukas Podolski soon equalised, and four goals in 11 frenetic second-half minutes from [...]
Cheltenham confident over Trials January 23, 2013 HORSE RACING: Cheltenham organisers expect Saturday’s Festival Trials meeting to go ahead despite further snowfall. Course clerk Simon Claisse said: “We have severe frost forecast for Thursday night, but providing the forecast for rain on Friday night stays in place and there is no further snow I’m optimistic about the Saturday card going ahead.”
M’Vila snubs QPR for Russia move January 23, 2013 FOOTBALL: Queens Park Rangers have missed out on transfer target Yann M’Vila after the France midfielder signed for Russian side Rubin Kazan for £8m. Meanwhile manager Harry Redknapp has named defender Clint Hill captain, with former skipper Ryan Nelsen set to leave to manage Toronto FC at the start of next month.
No one is too talented to discard January 22, 2013 MOUSETRAPS nestle behind the sink in the gents’ toilets. Rugby training kit crowds shelves in a tiny clubhouse bar, which is improbably squeezed under railway arches. The spartan, chilly “office” upstairs is strewn with cobwebs. In many ways, humble Millwall RFC is the ideal setting to meet Stuart Lancaster. For the England rugby head coach [...]