McClaren returns to Twente January 5, 2012 FOOTBALL: Former England boss Steve McClaren has been confirmed as manager of FC Twente for the second time. McClaren, who resigned from Nottingham Forest after just 122 days in October, won the Dutch title with Twente in 2009-10 before quitting to join Wolfsburg, who sacked him after less than a season.
England face Norway and Belgium January 5, 2012 FOOTBALL: England will play Norway and Belgium in two final warm-up matches before Euro 2012. Fabio Capello’s men travel to Norway on 26 May and host a promising Belgian side at Wembley on 2 June.
Buemi named Red Bull reserve January 5, 2012 FORMULA ONE: Red Bull have named Sebastien Buemi as their reserve driver for next season. Buemi, who was dropped by Red Bull’s feeder team Toro Rosso at the end of last year, will provide cover for his former outfit too.
Shaky United are going to struggle against City January 5, 2012 MANCHESTER CITY vs MANCHESTER UNITED SUNDAY – 1.00PM ITV1 THE city of Manchester dominated the early rounds in this year’s Premier League fight, but it’s been a difficult Christmas period for both clubs. Manchester City only picked up a point from their two away trips to West Brom and Sunderland, while Manchester United have lost [...]
Colour Squadron can be a potent weapon in Hobbs’ novice hurdle team January 5, 2012 SANDOWN Park hosts the 32Red Novices’ Hurdle tomorrow afternoon (2.35pm) and Philip Hobbs’ COLOUR SQUADRON looks the one to be on in the Grade One contest formerly known as the Tolworth Hurdle. Declarations for the two mile contest aren’t made until later this morning, so it’s unclear how many of the nine entries will stand [...]
BLUE SQUARE WINTER CARNIVAL January 5, 2012 THE Blue Square Sprint Series, the highlight of the Blue Square Winter Carnival, returns at Lingfield Park tomorrow. It is a six furlong feature held every Saturday with a Grand Prix style points system rewarding runners, riders and trainers down to sixth place. The Series consists of seven rounds of six furlong sprints with the [...]
BA HUMBUG January 4, 2012 Man United complete their festive programme with another defeat as Newcastle’s in-form striker hands Man City the advantage in Premier League title race NEWCASTLE UTD 3 vs MANCHESTER UTD 0 MANCHESTER UNITED manager Sir Alex Ferguson last night insisted there was no need to panic despite seeing his side slip to a second consecutive defeat [...]
Care’s despair at England axe for drink-drive arrest January 4, 2012 ENGLAND and Harlequins scrum-half Danny Care admits he is “devastated” after being excluded from the Six Nations squad for being arrested on suspicion of drink-driving. The New Year’s Day incident came just three weeks after the 25-year-old, who was tipped to start the tournament as first-choice, had been arrested for being drunk and disorderly. Interim [...]
Stadium rights on ice as Virgin signs up Toon shirt deal January 4, 2012 NEWCASTLE could be forced to shelve plans to sell their stadium naming rights after agreeing a shirt sponsorship deal with Virgin Money. The two-and-a-half-year contract is understood to be worth around the same as their previous £2.5m per season deal with Northern Rock. Virgin Money, which officially completed its buyout of Northern Rock earlier this [...]
Fans asked to return 10,000 non-existent Olympic tickets January 4, 2012 THE PLANS of thousands of London 2012 ticketholders were thrown into disarray yesterday after red-faced Olympic organisers were forced to admit they had sold 10,000 too many tickets for the synchronised swimming event. Around 3,000 successful applicants, many of whom made group or family bookings, have been asked to return their tickets, purchased during the [...]