Gandy secures Olympic berth March 7, 2012 OLYMPICS: World championship silver medallist Ellen Gandy secured her second Team GB Olympic berth with victory in the 200m butterfly final at the British Swimming Championships last night. Joining Gandy and Lowe at London 2012 will be Andrew Willis and Michael Jamieson. The 200m breastrokers edged out British record-holder Kris Gilchrist into third.
Hoddle keen on making a sensational Blues return March 6, 2012 Former Chelsea boss ready to end six-year managerial exile and says club should appoint an Englishman FORMER England and Chelsea manager Glenn Hoddle is desperate to seal a dramatic return to Stamford Bridge as Andre Villas-Boas’s successor and has urged the club to break with tradition and employ an Englishman. Villas-Boas became the sixth managerial [...]
Chelsea off to winning start under Di Matteo March 6, 2012 BIRMINGHAM 0 vs CHELSEA 2 CHELSEA caretaker manager Roberto di Matteo dedicated last night’s FA Cup fifth round replay victory over Birmingham to the man he replaced, Andre Villas-Boas. Two of the now departed Portugueses summer signings, Juan Mata and Raul Meireles, scored the second half goals which guaranteed his former club a home tie in [...]
Gunners run out of ammunition to finish off Milan March 6, 2012 Heroic comeback falls short and Wenger hopes league form won’t be affected by near miss ARSENAL 3 vs AC MILAN 0 PROUD manager Arsene Wenger hailed Arsenal’s indefatigable spirit after they came within a whisker of the biggest comeback in Champions League history — but warned them not to let the near miss affect their [...]
Moody sad as injuries end career March 6, 2012 FORMER England captain and World Cup winner Lewis Moody has admitted his “great sadness” after accepting defeat in his battle with injury and retiring from the game. The 33-year-old, who called time on his 71-cap international career in October, had been striving to recover from a December shoulder operation. British and Irish Lion Moody won [...]
Sarries pair spar over fly-half spot March 6, 2012 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster faces a fly-half dilemma over Saracens team-mates Owen Farrell and Charlie Hodgson after Leicester’s Toby Flood was ruled out of Sunday’s Six Nations match in France. Flood was last night released from the squad for his club’s LV= Cup semi-final against Bath on Saturday. That leaves Lancaster mulling whether to [...]
Long Run fitness doubts quashed by Henderson March 6, 2012 TRAINER Nicky Henderson has dismissed suggestions that defending champion Long Run has joined rival Kauto Star as a major doubt for next week’s Cheltenham Gold Cup. It had been claimed that the seven-year-old was coughing, but Henderson insisted his charge is fine and working away as normal. “The horse is going out to work now. [...]
Jenkins aiming for fourth time lucky against Italy March 6, 2012 WALES prop Gethin Jenkins has been handed another chance to break his captaincy curse after skipper Sam Warburton was ruled out of Saturday’s Six Nations clash with Italy. Jenkins has failed to avoid defeat on the three previous occasions he has worn his country’s armband, but will be confident of ending that run when the [...]
De Luca returns for Scotland March 6, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Edinburgh centre Nick De Luca has been recalled to the Scotland team to face Ireland in the Six Nations in Dublin on Saturday. De Luca replaces Rory Lamont, who suffered a broken leg during the defeat by France a fortnight ago.
Two youngsters leave Rangers March 6, 2012 FOOTBALL: Youngsters Gregg Wylde, 20, and Mervan Celik, 21, have left Rangers but the remaining squad members are in discussions with the club’s administrators over wage cuts. Wylde and Celik, a Sweden Under-21 star, have had their offers for voluntary redundancy with no pay-off accepted. Administrators Duff & Phelps have been meeting the squad in [...]