SOUTHAMPTON vs TOTTENHAM October 25, 2012 ROBERTO Di Matteo delivered his old boss a reality check at White Hart Lane last time out, but Tottenham will be confident of bouncing back against Southampton in one of the other games on Sunday’s undercard. It was a decent side that Andre Villas-Boas took to Slovenia to face NK Maribor last night, but Spurs [...]
Van Der Neer can deliver Hannon’s first Racing Post Trophy October 25, 2012 THE two-year-old Racing Post Trophy (3.05pm) is a race that often throws up clues for the following year’s big events with previous winners, including Motivator, Authorized and last year’s victor Camelot, all going on to win Classics. It’s a race that Aidan O’Brien targets with his best juveniles and the maestro has trained six winners [...]
Monye making his mark after returning to international frame October 25, 2012 RETURNING England wing Ugo Monye believes he is returning to his best form following an impressive start to the season. Monye was one of four additions to England coach Stuart Lancaster’s 32-man squad yesterday. The 29-year-old flyer has already racked up four tries to sit joint top of the league scorers for Harlequins, who are [...]
Nadal’s season over with knee injury October 25, 2012 WORLD No4 Rafael Nadal has been forced to withdraw from the impending Paris Masters and London’s ATP World Tour Finals because of a long-term injury to his left knee. The Spaniard has yet to compete since his second-round defeat to Lukas Rosol at Wimbledon in June and has since missed both the Olympics and US [...]
Pietersen free to join England October 25, 2012 ■ CRICKET: Kevin Pietersen is to join England’s training camp in Dubai after his Delhi Daredevils side last night exited the T20 Champions League.
Cleverly title defence in doubt October 25, 2012 ■ BOXING: Nathan Cleverly’s WBO light-heavyweight title defence against Ryan Coyne could be off over Coyne’s legal dispute with promoter Don King.
Bould: Jaded Gunners hit by international break October 24, 2012 ARSENAL 0 vs SCHALKE 2 ARSENAL assistant manager Steve Bould blamed jadedness for his side’s alarming slump after Schalke condemned the Gunners to their first home group stage defeat in the Champions League since 2003. Dutch pair Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Ibrahim Afellay scored in the last 15 minutes to heap further misery on a side [...]
Lancaster looks to Vunipola and Youngs October 24, 2012 ENGLAND coach Stuart Lancaster is to turn to emerging forwards Mako Vunipola and Tom Youngs today when he names his 32-man squad for the autumn internationals as he seeks to cope with the losses of several significant players. In addition to the retirements of the peripheral Charlie Hodgson, Matt Stevens and Lee Mears, Lancaster is [...]
Pietersen welcomed back with open arms October 24, 2012 ENGLAND captain Alastair Cook insists batsman Kevin Pietersen has been welcomed back by the whole team and indicated he would return to the side for the first Test of their tour of India. Pietersen has been named in the 17-man squad set to depart for the subcontinent today, having apologised to England chiefs and coach [...]
Mancini takes blame with City on the brink October 24, 2012 AJAX 3 vs MANCHESTER CITY 1 MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini last night insisted that the blame lies with him after another Champions League defeat took them to the brink of elimination from Europe’s elite competition. With one point from three games, City are at risk of an underwhelming group stage exit for the second [...]