Fit-again Murray set for French test in Paris November 8, 2011 BRITISH No1 Andy Murray will launch his bid for a fourth consecutive ATP Tour title against Jeremy Chardy of France at the Paris Masters today. Murray, currently on a 16-match winning streak, was forced to pull out of last week’s Basel tournament with a leg injury, but was back in action on Monday evening alongside [...]
Warne out of retirement for Australia’s Big Bash November 8, 2011 ENGLAND’S former Ashes nemesis Shane Warne confirmed yesterday he is to come out of retirement and play for the Melbourne Stars in the inaugural Big Bash League. The 42-year-old leg-spinner called time on his illustrious career six months ago following the completion of his stint with Indian Premier League franchise the Rajasthan Royals. Warne, whose [...]
Armitage hit with his fourth ban this year November 8, 2011 ENGLAND international Delon Armitage has incurred his fourth ban on the year after a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel found the London Irish back guilty of two separate offences during the Premiership clash against Bath last month. Armitage has been suspended for what was adjudged a dangerous tackle on wing Tom Biggs, and he must [...]
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, [...]