Wiggins’ work rewarded with relief on Tour July 12, 2012 BRITAIN’S Bradley Wiggins admitted his great relief after yesterday retaining the Tour de France’s yellow jersey and extending his overall lead in another promising day for Team Sky. At 2 minutes and 5 seconds behind Wiggins, compatriot and team-mate Chris Froome is now in second place after defending champion Cadel Evans dropped to fourth, while [...]
Rodallega in Fulham move July 12, 2012 FULHAM manager Martin Jol has toasted the arrival of striker Hugo Rodallega after signing the Colombian on a free transfer from Premier League rivals Wigan. Jol revealed the 26-year-old, who scored 24 goals in 117 Latics appearances, had turned down suitors at home and abroad in favour of securing a move to Craven Cottage. “I [...]
TORRANCE’S TIPS: OPEN CONTENDERS July 12, 2012 Tiger Woods Age: 36 Nationality: USA Ranking: 4 Majors won: 14 Lee Westwood Age: 39 Nationality: English Ranking: 3 Majors won: 0 Luke Donald Age: 34 Nationality: English Ranking: 1 Majors won: 0 Webb Simpson Age: 26 Nationality: USA Ranking: 5 Majors won: 1 Justin Rose Age: 31 Nationality: English Ranking: 9 Majors won: 0
Greene finetunes for London 2012 July 12, 2012 ATHLETICS: Team GB captain and 400m world champion Dai Greene will be among those stepping up their London 2012 preparations by competing in the Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace tonight and tomorrow.
Premier League deal extended July 12, 2012 FOOTBALL: Barclays has extended its £40m per season title sponsorship of the Premier League for a further three years, until the end of the 2015-16 season.
Molinari takes Scottish Open lead July 12, 2012 GOLF: Italy’s Francesco Molinari shot a course record 62 to finish on 10 under par and seize the lead at the Scottish Open.
Sepoy has the class and soft ground form to run off with the July Cup July 12, 2012 TOMORROW’S instalment of the QIPCO British Champions Series takes us to Newmarket for one of the most prestigious sprints of the summer in the shape of the July Cup (3.20pm). It’s not often the six-furlong contest takes place on soft ground but with the atrocious weather continuing that is what we will have tomorrow. And [...]
Expect Fabre’s Golden Lilac to flower at Newmarket July 12, 2012 ANDRE Fabre is quite rightly recognised as one of the greatest trainers of all time and it is always worth sitting up and taking notice when he sends his horses over to these shores. He runs the four-year-old filly GOLDEN LILAC in this afternoon’s Group One Falmouth Stakes (3.00pm) and she is strongly fancied to [...]
AVB: I’ll win Spurs titles but I’ve no point to prove July 11, 2012 NEW Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas believes the experience gained from his time at Chelsea will be crucial in the pursuit of silverware at White Hart Lane, even though he feels he need not prove a point over his sacking. Chelsea last season dismissed Villas-Boas with the club out of the title race and on the [...]
Old guard run to Terry in court as Mourinho and Cole help defence July 11, 2012 FORMER Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and current team-mate Ashley Cole defended John Terry in court yesterday as the ex-England captain denied racially abusing QPR footballer Anton Ferdinand. Mourinho, now in charge of Real Madrid, did not appear in person on day three of the high-profile trial at Westminster Magistrates Court but submitted a sworn statement [...]