Race row ref Clattenburg opts out of another week’s fixtures November 5, 2012 REFEREE Mark Clattenburg will sit out another week of Premier League fixtures following Chelsea’s complaint that he racially abused John Obi Mikel in last month’s match against Manchester United. Clattenburg is due to meet the Metropolitan Police and the Football Association this week, and Mike Riley, general manager of referee’s body Professional Game Match Officials, [...]
Djokovic downs Tsonga with straight set win November 5, 2012 WORLD No1 Novak Djokovic began his campaign to win the ATP World Tour Finals in London with a straight-sets victory over France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The win was the Serb’s fifth over Tsonga this season and took him to the top of Group A with each player having played a game, but he had to overcome [...]
Joseph set to miss Fiji match as England call Wasp Launchbury November 5, 2012 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster is facing a deepening injury crisis before Saturday’s clash with Fiji, after London Irish centre Jonathan Joseph became the sixth player to be ruled out. Joseph missed training yesterday due to an ankle problem and is rated unlikely to practice today, leaving him no chance to prove his fitness with [...]
Farah snubbed for top award November 5, 2012 BRITISH distance-running hero Mo Farah has been overlooked for world governing body the IAAF’s male athlete of the year award. Farah won 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the London 2012 Olympics, joining a select list of athletes to achieve the double in a single Games. But he did not make it onto a three-man shortlist [...]
Boss Levein sacked by Scotland November 5, 2012 FOOTBALL: Scotland last night sacked manager Craig Levein following a disappointing start to their World Cup 2014 qualifying campaign. The Scots have taken just two points from their four games, leaving it unlikely they will reach a first major finals since Euro ‘96. Former Middlesbrough manager Gordon Strachan was installed as the early bookmakers’ favourite [...]
Flanker Qera may face Red Rose November 5, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Gloucester’s Akapusi Qera could face England on Saturday after the flanker was called into Fiji’s squad for the international at Twickenham.
Hughes shrugs off sack talk as QPR stay winless November 4, 2012 QPR 1 vs READING 1 QUEENS Park Rangers boss Mark Hughes insists he is still the man to turn around the Hoops’ fortunes, despite leading the club to their equal worst ever start to a top flight season. Kaspars Gorkss put Reading 1-0 up after a quarter of an hour of yesterday’s clash, and although [...]
Trusty Hodgson kicks Sarries to win over Wasps November 4, 2012 SARACENS boss Mark McCall knows full well the impact Charlie Hodgson has had on Saracens this season but he insisted he delivered more than he expected in yesterday’s 29-24 Aviva Premiership win over Wasps. The 31-year-old kicked seven penalties in another assured performance with the boot at Vicarage Road, taking his total points tally in [...]
Qualifying in Formula One? I say draw lots November 4, 2012 A VERY well argued email in response to last week’s column in which I advocated summer rugby union accused me of being “a serial offender in the art of peddling idiotic and preposterous ideas” – a phrase worthy of Danny Baker, and as such I thought it deserved a wider audience. So a decadent Sunday [...]
Berdych targets revenge mission with Murray playing at home November 4, 2012 WORLD No6 Tomas Berdych has revealed a desire to avenge his defeat at the US Open to eventual champion Andy Murray when the two meet in London in the opening singles match of the ATP World Tour finals today. In exceptionally windy, difficult conditions at Flushing Meadows in September, Murray secured a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, [...]