Shakes-Drayton and Grabarz are my Brit track and field tips August 2, 2012 TODAY marks the start of the athletics and I can’t wait. This week has highlighted that Team GB are under real pressure to perform and achieve. Before these Olympics there was a lot of hype about winning medals here and there, but maybe the bar was set a bit too high. It’s going to take [...]
TODAY AT THE GAMES August 2, 2012 Athletics ■ Jessica Ennis begins her pursuit of gold in the women’s heptathlon with 100m hurdles at 10:29, high jump at 11:15, shot put at 19:00, and 200m at 20:45. Rowing ■ Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger are in the women’s double sculls final at 12:10. Other British finalists include the men’s quadruple sculls at [...]
Cazorla set for Arsenal switch August 2, 2012 FOOTBALL: Arsenal are set to sign Spain international Santi Cazorla from Malaga before the week is up. The midfielder is due to complete a medical in north London today.
Liverpool win in Europa League August 2, 2012 FOOTBALL: Stewart Downing scored the only goal of the game as Liverpool last night beat Belarusian side FC Gomel 1-0 in their Europa League third qualifying first leg tie.
Cut delays Groves v Anderson August 2, 2012 BOXING: British super middleweight champion George Groves has withdrawn from his 14th September title defence against Kenny Anderson because of a cut eye.
Izzi set to rise to the Top again in Goodwood’s Nassau Stakes August 2, 2012 THE QIPCO British Champions Series continues tomorrow afternoon with the focus on the females in the 10 furlong Nassau Stakes. Sir Henry Cecil is already enjoying a fantastic Goodwood and it’s a shame his star mare, Midday, has been retired as she won’t get the chance to add a fourth Nassau to the record third [...]
Gatewood can get us off to a flyer at Goodwood this afternoon August 2, 2012 THIS afternoon’s card is typically tough, but GATEWOOD looks to hold a great chance of winning his first Group race in the opening Coutts Glorious Stakes (2.00pm). The George Strawbridge-owned four-year-old has been a revelation this season, winning all three starts, and the step up to a mile and a half is exactly what he [...]
Wiggins: Sir? Forget that, Brad will do August 1, 2012 NATIONAL hero Bradley Wiggins insists he has no interest in a knighthood, virtually the only honour to still elude him after he triggered wild celebrations by sweeping to a fourth Olympic gold medal in the men’s cycling time trial yesterday. Wiggins beat world champion Tony Martin of Germany by a comprehensive 42 seconds over the [...]
If England don’t win this Test, they’re not the world’s best August 1, 2012 THIS second Test is the most important England have played for quite some time. South Africa are not going to be easy to beat and they comfortably won the first. The reality is we have to win this because the third Test is at Lords where the pitch is pretty flat; if South Africa want [...]
Rowers Glover and Stanning gain Britain’s first gold August 1, 2012 HEROIC rowing pair Helen Glover and Heather Stanning predicted a Team GB medal landslide at Dorney Lake after bringing Great Britain’s five-day wait for gold to a glorious end yesterday. The duo, who both only took up the sport four years ago, left Australia and New Zealand, who took silver and bronze respectively, trailing in [...]