Poor week for Brits continues as illness forces Armitstead out September 19, 2012 LONDON 2012 Olympic silver medal-winning cyclist Lizzie Armitstead has been forced to withdraw from Britain’s team for Saturday’s road race at the World Championships in Holland. Armitstead had been poised to lead the six-person squad, but her illness means Nicole Cooke is expected to be the focal point of a team with one competitor fewer [...]
Robson reaches quarter-finals September 19, 2012 ■ TENNIS: British No1 Laura Robson yesterday reached the last eight of the Guangzhou Open by beating second seed Zheng Jie 6-3, 6-3.
Mitchell targets superstar status September 19, 2012 ■ BOXING: Kevin Mitchell believes he can become a superstar by defeating WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns on Saturday night. “I’ll become a household name overnight,” he said. “I’ll become a superstar.”
Murphy and Benjamin ruled out September 19, 2012 ■ RUGBY UNION: Leicester’s Geordan Murphy and Miles Benjamin are respectively injured for three to four weeks and up to four months.
In defence of the skeuomorph September 19, 2012 Apple’s new phone has already become the single most coveted thing in the history of human existence, storming past the Holy Grail, basic sustenance, love and even existence itself (posing some difficult ontological questions that people are too distracted by the iPhone 5 to properly consider). Ahead of the official launch tomorrow, Apple has begun [...]
Mancini: It was our fault that Real beat us September 19, 2012 REAL MADRID 3 vs MANCHESTER CITY 2 MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini admitted errors from his side cost them a famous victory away to Real Madrid and insists that a lack of Champions League experience is no longer an excuse for the failings. Goals from substitutes Edin Dzeko and Aleksander Kolarov meant the Premier League [...]
Di Matteo needs more than luck against Juve September 19, 2012 CHELSEA manager Roberto Di Matteo insisted he should not be thought of as a lucky manager on the eve of a fixture against a side he believes to be among Europe’s best. The 2012 Champions League winners tonight at home face Serie A champions Juventus in the first of their Group E matches against the [...]
Vaughan urges Pietersen recall after batsman snubbed again September 19, 2012 FORMER England captain Michael Vaughan has called for an end to the national team’s boycott of Kevin Pietersen after the batsman was yesterday omitted from the squad for the winter tour of India. Pietersen remains excluded for sending derogatory messages about then-captain Andrew Strauss to friends in the South Africa squad during last month’s Test [...]
Britain’s Pooley just pipped to bronze in road time trial September 19, 2012 BRITISH cyclist Emma Pooley missed out on a medal by an agonising nine seconds in yesterday’s women’s individual time trial at the Road World Championships in Holland. Pooley, who won the title in 2010 and helped AA Drink-Leontien.nl win bronze in Sunday’s team time trial, finished fourth in Limburg. Fellow Briton Wendy Houvenaghel ended 14th [...]
Arsenal fight back as Bould hails Podolski September 19, 2012 MONTPELLIER 1 vs ARSENAL 2 ARSENAL assistant manager Steve Bould hailed Lukas Podolski as one of the most clinical finishers he has seen after the German helped get the Gunners’ Champions League campaign off to a winning start. French champions Montpellier drew first blood when Younes Belhand chipped home an impudent penalty, but Podolski and [...]