Swedish coach Eriksson hopes to bring success October 29, 2012 UK Athletics are to appoint Peter Eriksson as Charles van Commenee’s successor as head coach after the former’s success in charge of Great Britain’s Paralympics team. The 59-year-old overlooked the accumulation of 120 medals throughout the London 2012 Paralympic Games in which Britain secured an overall third place with a tally of 17 more medals [...]
England turn to Pietersen for India tour start October 29, 2012 ENGLAND are to today recall the batsman Kevin Pietersen for the warm-up match against India A as his “reintegration” to the side comes to its conclusion. The 32-year-old was in August dropped from the international scene for the sending of “provocative” text messages to South Africa players as England’s Test series against the Proteas was [...]
Wenger hails miracle worker McDermott for Reading revolution October 29, 2012 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has praised the work of Reading counterpart Brian McDermott and hailed last season’s Championship winning campaign as “a miracle”. McDermott followed 2011’s play-off final defeat to Swansea by inspiring his side to the 2012 Championship title despite the loss of influential striker Shane Long to West Bromwich Albion and losing five [...]
Rooney makes 23-man cut for Fifa’s Ballon d’Or shortlist October 29, 2012 ENGLAND and Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney has been included as the solitary British player among Fifa’s 23-strong list for the Ballon d’Or award for 2012’s best player. The Merseysider is among five Premier League based players – alongside United team-mate Robin van Persie and Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero, Mario Balotelli and Yaya Toure – [...]
Kompany insists City are happy October 29, 2012 FOOTBALL: Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has dismissed rumours that the Premier League champions squad have become disillusioned with the management of Roberto Mancini. He said: “It’s part of the game, and I accept that part of the game. I just wonder where the integrity of some journalists stands when they come out with stories [...]
Redpath’s spell in charge over October 29, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Brian Redpath has been removed as Sale’s director of rugby after the club’s worst ever start to a Premiership season in which they have lost their opening seven fixtures, though he remains Sale employee. A club spokesman said: “I’ve spoken to one of the owners and Bryan Redpath has not left the club. [...]
Cleverly unaffected by doubts October 29, 2012 BOXING: WBO light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly insists his preparations for his scheduled 10 November title defence against Ryan Coyne in Los Angeles are not being undermined by doubts about the latter’s involvement. He said: “This should be frustrating but I’ve taken it all in my stride. It’s something I’m used to by now because there [...]
McIlroy seals Woods win October 29, 2012 Golf: Rory McIlroy yesterday defeated Tiger Woods by a single shot during their match at the Jinsha Lake Golf Club in central China to win a reported pot of £1.25m. Woods said: “It was certainly not like most Mondays. To have this many people come out is pretty special – we’re ranked one and two [...]
Two reds, an offside and bad language: Chelsea in ref attack October 28, 2012 CHELSEA 2 vs MANCHESTER UNITED 3 CHELSEA last night launched a complaint against the referee Mark Clattenburg after alleging that he had used “inappropriate language” on an explosive evening in which he had already sent off two of the league leaders’ players and ruled that Javier Hernandez’s offside winning goal for Manchester United should stand. [...]
Late try downs Irish and sends Quins back top October 28, 2012 HARLEQUINS captain Chris Robshaw admitted his side rode their luck before returning to the top of the Aviva Premiership table in a dramatic 31-28 win at London Irish yesterday. Trailing by two points with no time remaining, centre Tom Casson looked to have knocked on over the line but on referral to the television match [...]