Top Europeans can lay down some early Ryder Cup markers February 20, 2012 THE RYDER Cup might still be seven months away but both team captains will be casting their eyes over events at the Match Play Championship in Tuscon this week. It might be early in the season but it’s certainly an opportunity, should the draw go to form, for one or two Europeans to gain a [...]
Arsenal urged to consider rights issue to protect £50m war chest February 20, 2012 STRUGGLING Arsenal were last night urged to consider issuing new shares in a bid to bolster their finances and free up cash for new players. The Gunners are poised to confirm more healthy financial results, with last summer’s sales of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri swelling their available cash to £50m. But that could be [...]
Lancaster ready tinker as key trio return from injury February 20, 2012 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster admits he will shuffle his pack to accommodate the returns from injury of Manu Tuilagi, Toby Flood and Courtney Lawes ahead of Saturday’s crunch Six Nations showdown against Wales. Tuilagi (inset), who has not represented his country since leaping from a ferry in New Zealand following England’s World Cup exit [...]
Morgan eyes up Pakistan clean sweep February 20, 2012 ENGLAND batsman Eoin Morgan insists Alastair Cook’s one-day side can take a step towards mirroring the achievements of the Test team in reaching No1 in the world by completing a 4-0 series whitewash against Pakistan today. Back-to-back centuries for Cook, a combined total of 11 wickets for Steven Finn and a timely return to form [...]
Haye ready to talk but still wanted February 20, 2012 BRITISH heavyweight David Haye has promised to co-operate with boxing chiefs over his press conference brawl with Dereck Chisora – but was last night still wanted for questioning by German police. Both fighters face possible criminal charges and the threat of jail, as well as bans from the British Boxing Board of Control, following the [...]
MAKING A SPLASH | Chinese duo strike gold in London February 20, 2012 LONDON’S magnificent new Olympic Aquatics Centre hosted its first day of competitive action yesterday with China’s divers taking gold in a World Cup event chosen to test the venue. World champions Qin Kai and Luo Yutong won the men’s synchronised 3-metres springboard ahead of Russia’s Ilya Zakharov and Evgeny Kuznetsov, while Malaysia’s Brian Nickson Lomas [...]
Kauto star avoids illness February 20, 2012 HORSE RACING: Champion trainer Paul Nicholls has revealed some of his horses are coughing – but not stable stars Kauto Star and Big Buck’s. Nicholls confirmed the duo avoided the illness which has struck at his Ditcheat stables less than a month before the Cheltenham Festival
Bennett to miss England clash February 20, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Wales hooker Huw Bennett looks likely to miss Saturday’s Six Nations clash with England because of a calf injury.
Police want to quiz Haye as Chisora faces charge February 19, 2012 GERMAN police were still searching for David Haye last night after releasing his British heavyweight rival Dereck Chisora without charge, following their wild and ugly brawl at a press conference in Munich late on Saturday. Police want to question Haye about the incident but were unable to find him at his hotel or at the [...]
Big guns kept apart as Spurs held by Stevenage February 19, 2012 A HIGH-PROFILE FA Cup final line-up moved a step closer yesterday when the competition’s biggest hitters were kept apart and handed home ties in the quarter-final draw. Chelsea, who were held at home by Birmingham on Saturday, will host more Championship opposition in Leicester City, who beat Norwich at the weekend, if they win their [...]