SPORT | IN BRIEF November 8, 2011 No freestyle final for Thorpe OLYMPICS: Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe suffered a blow on his first freestyle race since 2004 by failing to qualify for the 100m freestyle final in Beijing. The Australian finished sixth in his heat and 15th overall at the World Cup meet. The 29-year-old also competed in the 100m individual [...]
‘I’ve been physically and mentally abused many times at games in UK’ November 7, 2011 TOPICS of conversation are not hard to come by with Tony Fernandes, the gregarious Malaysian entrepreneur who recently added Premier League football club Queens Park Rangers to an empire that includes AirAsia and Formula One racing team Lotus. In a whirlwind half-hour he explains his recipe for business success, discusses QPR becoming bigger than Liverpool [...]
Death threat Anton not to blame, says Fernandes November 7, 2011 QPR owner Tony Fernandes says neither Anton Ferdinand nor the club are to blame for prompting the ongoing police and Football Association investigations into allegations Chelsea and England captain John Terry used racially abusive language towards the Rangers player. Ferdinand has received death threats since the controversy erupted last month, following QPR’s 1-0 defeat of [...]
Let down by Williams, pleased for Kaymer November 7, 2011 IT’S FAR from ideal to have to comment on matters that have taken place away from the golf course, but it would be remiss of me not to voice my disappointment at the comments made by Steve Williams towards his former employer Tiger Woods. I don’t wish to inflame an already delicate situation, but while [...]
Richards still hopes to join Silva on the international stage November 7, 2011 WORLD and European champions Spain have named seven members of the Barcelona side that lifted the Champions League trophy at Wembley back in May in their squad to face England on Saturday. Vincente del Bosque’s squad also includes former Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas, who returned to Camp Nou in the summer, while injured club colleague [...]
O’Driscoll out of Ireland’s Six Nations campaign November 7, 2011 IRELAND captain Brian O’Driscoll has been ruled out for six months with a shoulder injury and will miss next year’s Six Nations. The 32-year-old has not played since the World Cup quarter-final defeat against Wales last month and is set to undergo surgery for a trapped nerve in his shoulder next week. The centre, who [...]
Government splashes out £750,000 on 2012 tickets November 7, 2011 SECRETARY of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt has defended the Government’s decision to spend nearly £750,000 on tickets for next summer’s London Games. Hunt’s department applied for and have been allocated 8,846 tickets to the Games, including 213 tickets to the Opening Ceremony at a total price of £194,525. The allocation, [...]
BASE CAMP | England 2012 HQ revealed November 7, 2011 This is the Polish training base England will use to launch their Euro 2012 campaign. Fabio Capello’s side will plot their tactics at the Hutnik Municipality Stadium in Krakow next summer. And from the look of this scuffed goalmouth, Joe Hart may have to bring a pair of tracksuit bottoms with him.
SPORT | IN BRIEF November 7, 2011 Gourlay outlines stadium need FOOTBALL: Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay has warned the club could struggle to compete in Europe unless they move to a new stadium. He said: “We have corporate hospitality that is second to none and 30,000 season ticket holders. But we have a stadium slightly larger than 40,000 which drops to 38,000 [...]
Gutsy Spurs provide Harry with perfect get well gift November 6, 2011 FULHAM (1) vs TOTTENHAM (3) TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp revealed his recovery from minor heart surgery could keep him out of action for up to five weeks but his side prospered in his absence yesterday, producing a spirited rearguard action to emerge from Craven Cottage with three points. A seventh win in eight games looked [...]