Saracens and Allianz in £9m stadium deal July 23, 2012 SARACENS will today announce a groundbreaking £9m sponsorship deal with Allianz that will see the insurance giant take naming rights for the rugby club’s new home in north London. The 10,000-seater multi-use stadium at Barnet Copthall is due to open its gates in February and will be known as Allianz Park following the agreement of [...]
Strauss: We’ll lose the series unless we learn July 23, 2012 ENGLAND captain Andrew Strauss conceded his side will have to rapidly learn from their defeat in the first Test against South Africa if they are to rescue the series. Strauss’s men were dismissed for 240 shortly before the final day’s tea despite battling in an innings-and-12-runs defeat as the visitors accumulated 637 for two and [...]
Being selected as Great Britain’s flagbearer is a shock, says Hoy July 23, 2012 BRITISH great Sir Chris Hoy admits he is still in shock about the realisation that it will be he enjoying “a once in a lifetime opportunity” as Great Britain’s flag bearer during Friday’s opening Olympics ceremony. In a poll by the 542 members of the British team, the four-time Olympic gold medallist received the highest [...]
Olympics medal hopeful Idowu suffers fresh injury setback July 23, 2012 OLYMPIC silver medallist Phillips Idowu was last night revealed to have suffered a fresh injury setback after withdrawing from Team GB’s training camp in Portugal. The triple jumper remained in London to receive treatment on the same hip injury that prevented him from competing at this month’s London Grand Prix though he may yet arrive [...]
England have to recall Finn to recover series July 23, 2012 THE fact is that England got outplayed in almost every department in that first Test. It was all plain sailing on the first day. They won the toss, batted and were in a reasonable position at the end of that day, and then it all went downhill from there. England never got control of the [...]
Donald backs friend Scott to overcome Open heartache July 23, 2012 WORLD No1 Luke Donald insists his friend Adam Scott has the mental strength to emerge stronger from his nightmare ordeal in the closing stages of the Open on Sunday. Scott’s hitherto superb form crumbled with his first Major in sight, the Australian bogeying the final four holes to hand the Claret Jug to Ernie Els. [...]
Barton heads to Fleetwood July 23, 2012 QPR midfielder Joey Barton appears to have taken a step closer to leaving the west London club after agreeing to train for the week with League Two Fleetwood Town. The vast majority of QPR’s senior squad is undertaking pre-season while on a tour of Asia but Barton, because of the 12-match ban he received for [...]
The Price is right for Harrison July 23, 2012 BOXING: British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion David Price will defend his titles against Audley Harrison on 13 October. “I’m surprised Audley hasn’t achieved more and it’s a shame he hasn’t because he has the talent,” Price said. “He more or less wrote the book on what not to do when he turned professional.”
McGeechan heads to Leeds July 23, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Former British and Irish Lions coach Sir Ian McGeechan, 65, has been appointed executive chairman of Championship Leeds Carnegie. “I am delighted to have this opportunity to come back to where it all started for me and give something back to my club,” he said.
Ferguson hopes to sign Lucas July 23, 2012 FOOTBALL: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson admits he wants to sign Brazil midfielder Lucas Moura from Sao Paulo. “We’ve shown an interest but until such time as we get a deal agreed we can’t say he’s our player,” he said.