England fringe players handed midweek chance in South Africa April 17, 2012 ENGLAND rugby chiefs have confirmed two further matches on the summer tour of South Africa, with Stuart Lancaster’s men playing midweek fixtures in between their three Tests. On 13 June, four days after the first Test, an England team will face an SA Barbarians South outfit in Kimberley. Then, three days after the second Test, [...]
Murray thrives on Monaco clay April 17, 2012 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray toasted the perfect start to his clay-court season after thrashing world No30 Viktor Troicki at the Monte Carlo Masters yesterday. Murray took just 67 minutes to dismiss the Serb 6-0, 6-3 on his least favoured surface and reach the third round. The world No4 then returned to court with brother Jamie to [...]
GOMEZ MAKES IT ADVANTAGE BAYERN April 17, 2012 STRIKER Mario Gomez’s last-minute goal gave Bayern Munich a 2-1 win over Real Madrid in last night’s Champions League semi-final and a slender advantage to take to Spain for next week’s return match. Frank Ribery had put Bayern ahead but Mesut Ozil equalised.
Reading back in Premier League April 17, 2012 FOOTBALL: Reading clinched their return to the Premier League after four years with a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest last night. Southampton tightened their grip on second place by beating Peterborough, almost certainly consigning West Ham to the play-offs.
Mutai beats typhoid for Marathon April 17, 2012 ATHLETICS: Defending champion Emmanuel Mutai will run in Sunday’s London Marathon despite a recent bout of typhoid. The Kenyan, who set a course record last year, is seeking a place at this summer’s Olympics.
Redpath Sale switch denied April 17, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Gloucester chiefs have denied departed head coach Bryan Redpath is set to become director of rugby at Sale.
Wilshere ruled out of Euros as Arsenal falter against Wigan April 16, 2012 PREMIER LEAGUE ARSENAL 1 vs WIGAN 2 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger last night ruled midfielder Jack Wilshere out of England’s Euro 2012 campaign after seeing his side’s grip on a Champions League place weakened by a shock defeat to relegation-battling Wigan. Wilshere, who suffered an ankle injury in pre-season, had hoped to return for the [...]
I’m forever in debt, discharged Muamba tells life-saving docs April 16, 2012 BOLTON midfielder Fabrice Muamba pledged his eternal gratitude to the London doctors who saved his life after his release from hospital yesterday, 30 days after the on-field cardiac arrest which almost killed him. Muamba, who collapsed during a match at Tottenham on 17 March, did not respond to mouth-to-mouth resuscitation or 15 electric shocks and [...]
We must keep National but reduce the field to make it safer April 16, 2012 THERE is no getting away from the fact that Saturday’s Grand National left a bad taste in the mouth. I left Aintree racecourse for a second year running with a hollow feeling inside after another two horses lost their lives in the most famous race of them all. Synchronised, one of the stricken pair, had [...]
Armitage quits Irish for Toulon while Sarries land Hargreaves April 16, 2012 LONDON Irish full-back Delon Armitage has confirmed his summer transfer to Toulon, where he will join brothers Steffon and Guy. The long-mooted move sees Armitage, 28, become the latest in a procession of English players to be tempted by a lucrative deal with a French club. It is almost certain to spell the end of [...]