Bent undergoes ankle surgery March 5, 2012 FOOTBALL: Aston Villa and England striker Darren Bent has undergone ankle surgery and will not be able to resume full training for another 12 weeks.
Spirit of Spurs has Wenger dreaming of Arsenal miracle comeback March 5, 2012 ARSENAL 0 vs AC MILAN 4 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger is often mocked for his apparently selective memory, but the Frenchman is urging his team to adopt the very same trait as they attempt to mount a titanic Champions League comeback tonight. The Gunners welcome AC Milan for the second leg of their last 16 [...]
£33m: Blues count cost as AVB gets the bullet March 4, 2012 Villas-Boas becomes sixth Chelsea manager to be axed in Abramovich era, after eight months CHELSEA finally lost patience with manager Andre Villas-Boas yesterday, bring to an end an eight-month tenure that cost the club around £33m. Villas-Boas was sacked hours after Saturday’s defeat at West Brom delivered another blow to their hopes of returning to [...]
United and Young show Spurs true hallmark of champions March 4, 2012 TOTTENHAM (1) vs MANCHESTER UNITED (3) MANCHESTER UNITED extinguished Tottenham’s flagging Premier League title hopes with a clinical display at White Hart Lane yesterday, but manager Harry Redknapp insists his side remain on course to end the season as London’s top club. Redknapp held a team meeting on Thursday in which he stressed the need [...]
Pogrebnyak treble fuels Fulham romp March 4, 2012 FULHAM (5) vs WOLVES (0) FULHAM manager Martin Jol is ready to hand January signing Pavel Pogrebnyak a new contract after the Russia striker plundered a perfect hat-trick in an emphatic drubbing of sorry Wolves. Pogrebnyak, who joined from Stuttgart until the end of the season, scored with his head and both feet to take [...]
French fightback denies Ireland rare triumph March 4, 2012 FRANCE (17) vs IRELAND (17) IRELAND captain Paul O’Connell rued a second-half slip-up as the visitors allowed France to fight back and deny them a race Six Nations victory in Paris. Two tries from winger Tommy Bowe put the Irish 17-6 up at the interval and within touching distance of their first win on French [...]
McIlroy holds off Tiger to become new world No1 March 4, 2012 NORTHERN IRELAND’S Rory McIlroy kept a revitalised Tiger Woods at bay to win the Honda Classic last night and become world No1 for the first time in his career. McIlroy finished two shots clear of Woods on 12-under-par after the American had put together and astonishing final round of 62 which was just one shy [...]
Ameobi denies Sunderland as tempers flare March 4, 2012 NEWCASTLE manager Alan Pardew blasted Sunderland’s Lee Cattermole after Shola Ameobi’s stoppage-time equaliser snatched the Magpies a 1-1 draw in a feisty Tyne-Wear derby. Ameobi atoned for Demba Ba’s 83rd-minute penalty miss and cancelled out the first-half spot-kick scored by Nicklas Bendtner. Sunderland saw Stephane Sessegnon sent off while Cattermole was shown a red card [...]
Kauto on track for Cheltenham March 4, 2012 Two-time winner Kauto Star’s bid for a third Cheltenham Gold Cup received a boost yesterday when he completed an encouraging canter. Trainer Paul Nicholls last week rated him only 50-50 for the race on 16 March following a fall in schooling. But he said: “All was fine. We will look to step up his work [...]
Hammers keep pace with Saints March 4, 2012 West Ham closed to within a point of Championship leaders Southampton with a 2-0 win at promotion rivals Cardiff. Captain Kevin Nolan and George McCartney scored goals in each half as the Hammers moved four points clear of third-placed Reading.