Hopeless Flintoff is fighting only for money, says Hearn September 6, 2012 FIGHT promoter Eddie Hearn has dismissed Andrew Flintoff’s decision to delve into heavyweight boxing as a money-making exercise and believes him to lack the necessary talent and discipline needed to become a success. The former England cricket captain is to appear in the reality television series The Gloves Are Off and make his professional boxing [...]
Warwickshire ease title pain September 6, 2012 WARWICKSHIRE captain Jim Troughton pinpointed last year’s final day agony as the inspiration after his men sealed the County Championship with a game to spare by beating local rivals Worcestershire yesterday. The home side won the derby by an innings and 202 runs, effectively relegating their neighbours to Division Two, just 12 months after Warwickshire [...]
Premier League clubs’ appetite for recruiting best foreign striking talent has taken its toll September 6, 2012 POSSESSION is the key area in which England must improve, so I was happy to see Roy Hodgson adopt an ability-over-age policy in selecting his squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Moldova, tonight, and Ukraine. Sometimes we discard older players too readily but the likes of Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Michael Carrick have [...]
Gerrard driven to exorcise lasting Euro 2012 demons September 6, 2012 ENGLAND captain Steven Gerrard has admitted that he continues to live with the disappointment of the European Championship quarter-final defeat to Italy but believes that his team can learn from the mistakes they have made. After finally being given the captaincy for which he was overlooked for John Terry in 2006, Gerrard was England’s best [...]
Know your enemy: Moldova September 6, 2012 Are they any good? Ranked 141st, Moldova have never qualified for a major tournament, and fared poorly in their two most recent qualification campaigns, finishing second bottom of their Euro 2012 group and last in their section for the 2010 World Cup. No current squad members have scored more than two international goals, although Moldova [...]
Jenkins set to miss Lions tour September 6, 2012 British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland could be without prop Gethin Jenkins for next summer’s tour of Australia if his club side Toulon reach the Top 14 final, say the French club.
Anderson receives Twenty20 call September 6, 2012 Fast-bowler James Anderson has been called into England’s Twenty20 squad for their three matches against South Africa as cover for the injured Steven Finn. Anderson has not played a Twenty20 game for England since 2009.
Sarah writes latest golden chapter of a stirring Storey September 5, 2012 GREAT Britain’s Sarah Storey yesterday won her third gold medal of the Paralympic Games in the C5 women’s road cycling time trial and further success could yet follow today. In finishing one minute and 34 seconds ahead of her challengers, Storey defended the title won four years ago in Beijing to add to the golds of [...]
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, [...]