Cahill: Earning England recall will be tough September 5, 2012 CHELSEA centre-back Gary Cahill admits he faces a fight to re-establish himself in the England starting line-up having missed Euro 2012 through injury. Cahill featured regularly under Fabio Capello for England, who play in Moldova tomorrow and host Ukraine on Tuesday, but now faces competition for his place from John Terry, Joleon Lescott and Phil [...]
No1 one-day status a timely lift for England and the new captain September 5, 2012 CONFIDENCE in the England camp took a knock when they lost the Test series to South Africa last month followed by the first one-day international, so their recovery in the ODI series will have given morale a vital lift before a really tough winter tour to India, even despite losing again yesterday. The No1 status, [...]
Cook content with summer’s work after South Africa draw September 5, 2012 ENGLAND captain Alastair Cook believes his side can be proud of their progress despite last night losing to end their one-day international series with South Africa in a 2-2 draw. England remain the world’s No1 ranked one-day side despite the South Africans yesterday securing a convincing seven-wicket victory and Cook, even with the loss of [...]
Roddick retires on Del Potro defeat as Sharapova soars into US Open semi finals September 5, 2012 ARGENTINA’S Juan Martin del Potro last night ended the career of Andy Roddick with a hard-fought four set victory in the quarter-finals of the US Open. That Roddick retired at the scene of his finest hour – Arthur Ashe Stadium where he won the 2003 grand slam title – was perhaps rather fitting but despite [...]
Hamilton may leave McLaren for Mercedes September 5, 2012 BRITAIN’S Lewis Hamilton is close to swapping McLaren for Mercedes next season, according to former Jordan GP owner Eddie Jordan. Jordan believes that Hamilton will replace Michael Schumacher at Mercedes with the German expected to retire at the end of the year. Hamilton signed a lucrative five-year contract with McLaren in 2008 and is yet [...]
Hamstring injury sidelines Carroll September 5, 2012 FOOTBALL: West Ham’s Andy Carroll has been ruled out for around six weeks after suffering a hamstring injury against Fulham last weekend.
Bertrand extends Chelsea stay September 5, 2012 FOOTBALL: Ryan Bertrand has signed a new five-year contract to stay at Chelsea.
Lord Oaksey dies aged 83 September 5, 2012 RACING: Former jockey and founder of the Injured Jockeys Fund, Lord Oaksey, yesterday died aged 83.
Australia are masters of dark arts, Gatland warns his Lions September 4, 2012 BRITISH and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland has fanned the flames ahead of next summer’s tour of Australia by accusing his opponents of being masters of off-field chicanery. Gatland, who was yesterday finally confirmed as Sir Ian McGeechan’s successor, warned that a Wallabies team who reached last year’s World Cup semi-finals would not be [...]
Defoe calls for patience for AVB’s reign September 4, 2012 TOTTENHAM striker Jermain Defoe believes under-fire manager Andre Villas-Boas is on the verge of inspiring a significant improvement in the club’s form and hopes that that time will finally mark his rise as an England regular. Villas-Boas is without a win in three games since his succession of Harry Redknapp at White Hart Lane but [...]