Loss won’t kill season – AVB November 18, 2012 TOTTENHAM manager Andre Villas-Boas insists a 5-2 defeat at local rivals Arsenal will not inflict lasting damage on their attempts to beat them to a Champions League place. The Gunners overtook Spurs in the Premier League with Saturday’s emphatic win against 10 men, although Villas-Boas is adamant his team will take heart from their performance. [...]
Allardyce eyes Potters boost November 18, 2012 WEST HAM boss Sam Allardyce has urged his high-flying team to give themselves a boost before a tricky run of fixtures by beating Stoke tonight at Upton Park. The Hammers have made a fine start on their return to the Premier League, with five wins and 18 points from 11 games, but face Tottenham, Manchester [...]
Stadium row has gone on too long, Boris November 18, 2012 THE rage has abated but the anger inside still burns after the announcement last week that it might take until after the Games of Rio in 2016 for the Olympic Stadium to be operational, under whatever guise. This is depressing, outrageous, scandalous, shameful. The “told you so” brigade who were silenced so magnificently in the [...]
Unfit Trott bags track gold No2 November 18, 2012 BRITAIN’S Laura Trott admitted to not being fit, despite winning her second gold of the Track Cycling World Cup in Glasgow yesterday. The Olympic champion pipped Australia’s Ashlee Ankudinoff to the omnium title, 48 hours after winning the team pursuit with Dani King and Elinor Barker. “It’s so hard coming back from the Olympics. I’m [...]
Win lifts Luke above Woods November 18, 2012 ENGLAND’S Luke Donald climbed above Tiger Woods and into second place in the world golf rankings with a comfortable victory at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament in Japan yesterday. Donald’s final-round 68 left him 16 under par and five strokes clear of nearest challenger Hideki Matsuyama. Three birdies and an eagle outweighted two bogeys and earned [...]
Upbeat Froch eyes revenge fights November 18, 2012 Britain’s Carl Froch has set his sights on Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward after defending his IBF super-middleweight title on Saturday night. Kessler and Ward are the only two boxers to have beaten Froch, who wants to give himself a chance to gain revenge on the pair in fights that may be arranged for next [...]
Czechs take Davis Cup from Spain November 18, 2012 Defending champions Spain lost the Davis Cup last night to a Czech side that was cheered on by its home crowd in Prague. A four set win by Radek Stepanek against Nicolas Almagro gave the Czech Republic a 3-2 victory. Stepanek won 6-4 7-6 (7-0) 3-6 6-3 to deliver the Czechs’ first Davis Cup win [...]
European Tour record for Jimenez November 18, 2012 Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez yesterday became the oldest winner of a European Tour event by taking the Hong Kong Open title. Jimenez, who pipped Sweden’s Fredrik Andersson by one stroke to finish 15 under par, was 48 years and 318 days old as he lifted the trophy.
Top English clubs set to agree break even rules November 15, 2012 PREMIER League clubs are close to finalising historic cost-control measures in line with European financial fair play rules following a meeting of chairmen yesterday in London. A number of details, such as whether to include a cap on year-on-year wage bill increases, remain unresolved but it is understood there is broad agreement to proceed with [...]
Majestic Zlatan outshone Hodgson starlets November 15, 2012 PICKING over England’s defeat in Sweden on Wednesday there is only one place to start, with the majestic, swaggering performance of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and that jaw-dropping goal. The ball must have been six feet in the air when he made contact with it, taking out the goalkeeper and defender from 35 yards. I’m sure it [...]