Tormented Torres baffles with his inconsistency but needs run in side September 19, 2011 FERNANDO Torres looked like the devastating player of old as he burst through Manchester United’s defence and waltzed around David de Gea on Sunday. Unfortunately for Chelsea, it was the baffling Torres of now who took aim at the empty net from all of seven yards and diverted the ball into a gleeful crowd. It [...]
Turning pro is the right move for Lewis September 19, 2011 TURNING pro is always an enormous step in a young golfer’s career but in Tom Lewis’ case the timing of his decision to do so makes perfect sense. The 20-year-old (right) impressed everyone with the way he conducted himself at The Open, not least his playing partner Tom Watson, and he’s got all the attributes [...]
Racing in mourning at passing of Mr Aintree September 19, 2011 RACING lost one of its best-loved characters yesterday when Ginger McCain, former trainer of Red Rum and a four-time Grand National winner, died aged 80. McCain, whose success at Aintree made him synonymous with the race, passed away just two days short of his 81st birthday following a battle with cancer. A taxi driver from [...]
Fears for Moody as Waldrom is called up September 19, 2011 Uncapped Leicester No8 drafted in as Johnson attempts to cover all of his bases ENGLAND have called Leicester No8 Tom Waldrom into their World Cup squad as concerns over the fitness of embattled skipper Lewis Moody intensify. Officially, the uncapped Kiwi-born Waldrom, who only discovered last season that he was eligible to represent England through his [...]
Media should lay off England night out September 19, 2011 SATURDAY’S match at home to Cornish Pirates was a mixed affair. Losing 23-25 to team of their calibre is no disgrace, but we didn’t start the game with our usual intensity, so we were down at half-time. However, I was immensely proud of the way we dragged the match back into our control during the [...]
Murray refuses to rule out prospect of strike action September 19, 2011 BRITISH No1 Andy Murray claims he would give serious consideration to taking strike action should calls for a change in the scheduling of the sport fall on deaf ears. Leading players have voiced their concerns over a punishing schedule which, for example, last week saw world No2 Rafael Nadal asked to play three matches at [...]
London 2012 set for tickets scramble September 19, 2011 LONDON 2012 organisers are set to provoke a late scramble for tickets by holding back more than a million extra seats until next year. The first batch of tickets for next summer’s Olympic Games sold out in the summer – with the exception of the football competition. But thousands more spaces are expected to be [...]
Gomes set for Spurs return September 19, 2011 FOOTBALL: Out of favour Tottenham goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes will return to the starting line-up tonight for the first time since being relegated to third choice against Stoke in the Carling Cup. The Brazilian has fallen down the pecking order since the summer arrival of Brad Friedel. “I don’t think he is happy here, we don’t [...]
Trio set for Arsenal debuts September 19, 2011 FOOTBALL: South Korean striker Park Ju Young, Japanese forward Ryo Miyaichi and fellow 18-year-old Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are all expected to make their full debuts for Arsenal in the Carling Cup against Shrewsbury tonight. Meanwhile, skipper Robin van Persie believes Arsenal still have time to turn their season around despite the club’s worst league start for [...]
Real announce record turnover September 19, 2011 FOOTBALL: Spanish giants Real Madrid have claimed a new football world record for annual revenue with the release of its financial figures for the year ending June 30, 2011. The side managed by Jose Mourinho reported that turnover, before the transfer of players, increased from £385.5m 2009-10 to £418.4m in 2010-11.