Frankie’s thoughts August 23, 2012 What is there left to say about Frankel? He is an unbelievable horse and we are very lucky to have him. It was nice to finish second to him on Farhh, but we never had a chance of beating him. I ride Spirit Quartz in the Nunthorpe this afternoon and he must have a reasonable [...]
McDermott maddened by offside goal as unlucky Royals suffer at hands of Chelsea August 22, 2012 CHELSEA 4 vs READING 2 CHELSEA manager Roberto Di Matteo brushed off a row over an offside Fernando Torres goal as his side came from behind to edge a wildly entertaining ding-dong with Premier League newcomers Reading. Goals from Pavel Pogrebnyak and Danny Guthrie stunned the European champions, after Frank Lampard’s penalty had put Chelsea [...]
Superb Frankel raises bar again to revive talk of Prix de l’Arc tilt August 22, 2012 FRANKEL’S connections will reconsider sending the celebrated colt to next month’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after he extended his flawless record with an emphatic victory in the Juddmonte Stakes at York yesterday. The Sir Henry Cecil-trained four-year-old, widely regarded as one of the greatest horses in racing history, bulldozed doubts over his ability to [...]
Blues close in on £7m move for Azpilicueta August 22, 2012 SPANISH defender Cesar Azpilicueta is expected to complete a £7m move from Marseille to Chelsea before the weekend after he was left out of the French side’s squad for tonight’s Europa League match against Sheriff Tiraspol. Azpilicueta is a long-standing Blues target and would provide competition at right-back for Branislav Ivanovic and Paulo Ferreira, following [...]
Harrington and Poulter would be my wildcards August 22, 2012 SERGIO Garcia won the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina at the weekend, and I’m delighted for him. I couldn’t be more delighted. I’ve known him since he was 14 years of age. He’s a dear friend and an absolute gentleman, and I’m delighted that that also now means he’s going to make the European Ryder [...]
Bopara bottles practice run as South Africa continue to win August 22, 2012 ENGLAND batsman Ravi Bopara yesterday experienced the embarrassment of securing just three runs en route to getting out when playing for Gloucestershire against South Africa. Bopara’s county side Essex were without a fixture this week so following a request from England national selector Geoff Miller, the batsman (right) represented Gloucestershire in an attempt to gain [...]
Carvalho loan set to be 10th QPR signing August 22, 2012 QPR manager Mark Hughes has stepped up attempts to bolster a defence that shipped five goals on Saturday by agreeing a loan deal with Real Madrid for former Chelsea centre-back Ricardo Carvalho. Hughes has already struck a £9m fee with Tottenham for England’s Michael Dawson, and hopes to agree terms with both him and Portuguese [...]
Mourinho signals for Sahin to sign up for English education August 22, 2012 REAL Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has revealed he wants midfielder Nuri Sahin to move to a Premier League club, even though he has no preference about which one it is. Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham are all highly interested in the talented Turkey midfielder but amid suggestions that Mourinho would prefer him to move to Liverpool [...]
West Ham up Jarvis offer with Wolves ready to sell key duo August 22, 2012 WEST Ham have increased their offer to a potential £10m as they accelerate their efforts to secure the signing of Wolves winger Matt Jarvis. Three earlier bids have already been rejected by the Championship side who have been exceptionally forceful during negotiations in this summer’s transfer window, and the latest includes £7m up front, in [...]
South Koreans bans reduced August 22, 2012 BADMINGTON: The four South Korean women’s doubles players, from South Korea, kicked out of London 2012 for deliberately trying to lose, have had their bans reduced from two years to six months.