Gunners recruits find feet as Rodgers rues Carroll absence September 2, 2012 LIVERPOOL (0) vs ARSENAL (2) ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger hailed a colossal midfield performance from Abou Diaby after the Gunners plundered their first Premier League win of the season and turned up the heat on new Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers. Summer signings Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla neatly teed each other up for a goal [...]
Scholes made the difference, says Ferguson September 2, 2012 SOUTHAMPTON (2) vs MANCHESTER UNITED (3) MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson praised Paul Scholes for turning his 1000th league match in charge of the club from a disaster into a victory after his side had trailed 2-1 at Southampton. “We didn’t start playing until Paul Scholes came onto the pitch,” Ferguson said. “When they [...]
Point enough for Pardew September 2, 2012 NEWCASTLE (1) vs ASTON VILLA (1) NEWCASTLE manager Alan Pardew accepted his side were perhaps fortunate to have gained a point against Aston Villa and accepted that they were well below their best. “Our set plays were awful,” he said. “There was a lot of things wrong with our game and we caught Villa at [...]
Stosur: Resilient Robson has got a great future in tennis September 2, 2012 DEFENDING US Open champion Sam Stosur last night lauded Laura Robson as one of the sport’s rising talents after eliminating the Briton with a 6-4, 6-4 win in the tournament’s fourth round. The resilient Robson saved eight match points before Stosur secured victory after 98 minutes of a match in which the world No89 fought [...]
England stay top but Cook calls for more September 2, 2012 ENGLAND captain Alastair Cook insists his team will not rest on their laurels despite cementing their status as the top one-day side in the world with a comfortable win against South Africa yesterday. The home side strolled to a six wicket victory with more than three overs to spare at Lord’s, reaching 224-4 after South [...]
Britain beat Beijing gold medal haul September 2, 2012 GREAT Britain’s track and field Paralympic athletes yesterday surpassed their Beijing 2008 gold medal haul by adding two to the total of 17 medals won throughout the day. Golds for Aled Davies and David Weir, respectively in the F42 discus and T54 5000m, supplemented the silvers of F24/44 long jumper Stef Reid and T36 100m [...]
Button rejects title talk after Belgian victory September 2, 2012 BRITAIN’S Jenson Button dismissed his hopes of staging a late charge for the title after claiming his first win since the opening race of the season with a pole-to-flag triumph at a chaotic Belgian Grand Prix. Button avoided a spectacular four-car crash on the first corner, which ended the afternoons of McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton [...]
Quins excitement scares O’Shea with Welsh toppled by Leicester September 2, 2012 HARLEQUINS director of rugby Conor O’Shea admits he has no idea how his side staged such a dramatic comeback to beat London Wasps on Saturday after falling behind by 27 points. “I don’t know how we won that,” said O’Shea after watching his side secure four tries in 10 minutes when five from Wasps had [...]
Hodgson happy with frontline September 2, 2012 England manager Roy Hodgson has decided against calling up a replacement for injured West Ham striker Andy Carroll, leaving him with Danny Welbeck, Jermain Defoe, Theo Walcott and Daniel Sturridge as his four forward options for the fixtures against Moldova and Ukraine.
Ramsay wins European Masters September 2, 2012 Scotland’s Richie Ramsay yesterday secured his second Tour win with victory at the European Masters.