HISTORY BOYS: LANCASHIRE END 77-YEAR WAIT September 16, 2011 LANCASHIRE pipped Warwickshire to the County Championship title with victory over Somerset at Taunton on a dramatic final day. Openers Stephen Moore and Paul Horton made 71 and 55 respectively as the Red Rose county, needing 211 to win in a minimum of just 28 overs to claim their first county title since 1934, reached [...]
Cavendish loses team-mate duel with Renshaw September 16, 2011 BRITAIN’S Mark Cavendish suffered a rare sprint defeat to his HTC-Highroad team-mate Mark Renshaw in yesterday’s fifth stage of the Tour of Britain. It means Cavendish lies 34 seconds behind overall leader Lars Boom of Rabobank, ahead of Sunday’s climax to the race in central London. But with stages today and tomorrow, before two separate [...]
Dane Rasmussen sacked September 16, 2011 Alex Rasmussen, four-time track cycling world champion, has been sacked by HTC-Highroad after missing a doping test. The Dane, 27, has also had his racing licence suspended by the Danish Cycling Union. He will miss the upcoming road world championships in Copenhagen, where he was due to compete in the time trial.
GB&I open first-day lead September 16, 2011 Great Britain and Ireland have taken a commanding 4-1 lead over Continental Europe after the opening day fourballs at the Seve Trophy in France. Scott Jamieson and Ross Fisher led the way with a 6&4 victory, while Robert Rock and Ian Poulter were 5&3 winners. Anders Hansen and Francesco Molinari were Europe’s only victorious pairing.
Murray set to face part-timer September 16, 2011 Andy Murray will go from playing Rafael Nadal to taking on a student without a world ranking in Great Britain’s Davis Cup clash against Hungary today. Six days after losing in the semi-finals of the US Open, Murray will meet Sebo Kiss at Braehead Arena, Glasgow. Kiss, 27, achieved a career-high ranking of 531st in [...]
Fifa reject Bin Hammam appeal September 16, 2011 Mohamed bin Hammam will take his case against a lifetime ban from football to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after Fifa rejected his initial appeal. Fifa banned Bin Hammam, 62, after finding him guilty of bribing Caribbean voters with $40,000 to back his later abandoned campaign to become president.
THE BREAKDOWN | WORLD CUP BRIEFS September 16, 2011 EAGLES TAKE FLIGHT The USA ensured there was no historic World Cup debut for Russia as the Eagles edged a tight Pool C encounter 13-6. The Russians, the 25th team to take part in the World Cup got on the scoreboard thanks to penalties from Yury Kushnarev and Konstantin Rachkov. But Chris Wyles responded with [...]
Home advantage should give champions the edge September 15, 2011 MANCHESTER UNITED vs CHELSEA SUNDAY – 4.00PM SKY SPORTS IT has been an incredible start to the Premier League season for Manchester United with four straight wins, 18 goals scored and only three conceded. They bounced back to earth slightly against Benfica on Wednesday night, but the 1-1 draw wasn’t a bad result and they [...]
Selfish City are stalled on their big night September 14, 2011 MANCHESTER CITY (1) vs NAPOLI (1) MANCHESTER CITY manager Roberto Mancini accused his players of putting personal glory before the team after Napoli held the Premier League pace-setters to a draw on their Champions League debut. City needed a free-kick from Aleksandar Kolarov to rescue a point from their first match against Europe’s elite for [...]
Golden Giggs to the rescue for Ferguson September 14, 2011 BENFICA (1) vs MANCHESTER UTD (1) MANCHESTER UNITED manager Sir Alex Ferguson reacted angrily to suggestions that last night’s inclusion of goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard at the expense of David de Gea indicated he was losing patience with the Spaniard following last night’s Champions League draw in Lisbon. Oscar Cardozo fired Benfica into a deserved early [...]