Holt ridicules England omission October 4, 2012 FOOTBALL: Norwich striker Grant Holt has admitted he gave up on an England call up at the end of last season, calling his exclusion “ridiculous”. He said: “I think I’ll never be in it. Roy’s come in and is picking his players. When two friendlies came up and I wasn’t included, it was ridiculous to [...]
Bailey’s season likely to be over October 4, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Wasps wing James Bailey appears set to miss the rest of the season after breaking his leg against Northampton last Friday.
Red Devils set for more frustration on Tyneside October 4, 2012 NEWCASTLE vs MANCHESTER UNTIED SUNDAY 4pm NEWCASTLE beat Manchester United 3-0 last season to end a 10-year winning drought against Sir Alex Ferguson’s side. The Red Devils relinquished an even longer-standing record last Saturday when Tottenham tore them apart in the opening 45 minutes in a deserved 3-2 victory that put paid to a 23-year [...]
An upset could be on the cards at Upton Park October 4, 2012 WEST HAM vs ARSENAL TOMORROW 5.30pm ARSENAL’S strong road record will be firmly put to the test when the Gunners head to Upton Park this weekend. On their travels they are unbeaten in the top flight this term and have lost just once – at Loftus Road – since mid-January. But Arsene Wenger has repeatedly [...]
Shareta to bring up win number five in the Arc for leading owner Aga Khan October 4, 2012 THE defection of three of this year’s leading contenders in Snow Fairy, Nathaniel and 2011 winner Danedream has taken away some of the lustre from the prestigious Prix De L’Arc De Triomphe on Sunday (3.25pm). The trio, ruled out through injury or, in Danedream’s case, after a virus outbreak in her native Germany, should have [...]
Classy colt Ghurair can move John Gosden one step nearer to the title October 4, 2012 IT HAS been a season to remember for John Gosden and, although he will be devastated that Nathaniel is unable to travel to Paris for the Arc, compensation potentially awaits back at Newmarket in the £500,000 Tattersalls Millions (2.50pm). GHURAIR won what turned out to be a very hot maiden at the July meeting and, [...]
Bould calls for Arsenal to keep improving after win October 3, 2012 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ARSENAL 3 vs OLYMPIAKOS 1 ARSENAL assistant manager Steve Bould last night demanded his side remain focused on qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League after they laboured to a victory over Olympiakos that took them to the top of Group B. After Kostas Mitroglou’s powerful header had cancelled out Gervinho’s [...]
Balotelli saves City at the death October 3, 2012 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MANCHESTER CITY 1 vs BORUSSIA DORTMUND 1 MANCHESTER City striker Mario Balotelli last night scored an audaciously-confident late penalty to rescue his side from a second loss from two Champions League fixtures. The charismatic Italian casually stroked his 90th-minute effort into the back of the net after Neven Subotic’s handball had given them [...]
Botham: Pietersen issue should not have rumbled on like this October 3, 2012 FORMER England captain Sir Ian Botham has insisted that the proposed return of Kevin Pietersen to the national side is likely to be a difficult process. The controversial batsman yesterday signed a new four-month contract with England having agreed to undergo a “reintegration” period after being dropped from selection for critical text messages about then-captain [...]
Lloris likely to start for Spurs in Europa League trip to Athens October 3, 2012 FRANCE goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is likely to tonight start for Tottenham away to Panathinaikos after Brad Friedel was left out of the squad that travelled to Athens. The £14m summer recruit has, to his obvious distress, remained back up to Friedel since his arrival but Spurs are likely to again select a strong side for [...]