Cancer patient email row threatens to drag focus away from Man City brilliance and onto chief Cook September 5, 2011 MANCHESTER CITY’S flawless start to the new season is in danger of being soured after their chief executive, Garry Cook, found himself at the centre of a row over an email mocking a cancer-stricken woman. Dr Anthonia Onuoha, the mother and agent of City defender Nedum Onuoha, alleges she received an offensive message poking fun [...]
Tendulkar’s tour ended by toe injury September 5, 2011 INDIA batsman Sachin Tendulkar will remain marooned on 99 international hundreds after it was announced yesteday that his tour of England, likely to be his last, had been ended by a toe injury. The 38-year-old missed the first game of the five-match one-day series, which ended in a rain-affected draw at Durham, and will now [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF September 5, 2011 Uefa uphold Wenger suspension FOOTBALL: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will serve a two-match Champions League suspension after his appeal against the punishment was rejected by Uefa. The Frenchman was initially given the suspension in the wake of the Gunners’ play-off first leg at home to Udinese. Wenger will now be banned for the Champions League group [...]
The golf business pair in full swing September 4, 2011 IMAGINE if your son, that you put through university, came home one day and announced that he had quit his comfortable job in the City and was moving back in to start a business. And if that wasn’t scary enough, imagine that he and his friend racked up £30,000 worth of debt on credit cards [...]
Golden finale: Farah on top of the world at long last September 4, 2011 BRITAIN’S Mo Farah produced a long-distance masterclass to claim gold in the 5,000m at the world championships in Daegu, a performance he claimed was inspired by the heartache he suffered in the 10,000m. The 28-year-old was beaten in the final of the longer event a week earlier but returned to the track yesterday to ensure [...]
Cramp attack gives Nadal a real fright September 4, 2011 DEFENDING champion Rafael Nadal made it safely through to the last 16 of the US Open after a straight sets win over David Nalbandian before sensationally collapsing in front of reporters at his post match press conference. The world No2 was addressing the Spanish media after his impressive 7-6, 6-1, 7-5 win over the former [...]
Lamps still ready to shine for England, says Walcott September 4, 2011 ENGLAND’S Theo Walcott insists it is too soon to write off Frank Lampard’s international career following the Chelsea midfielder’s omission against Bulgaria. Lampard, 33, was surprisingly left on the bench in Sofia as manager Fabio Capello’s experiment with a 4-2-3-1 formation reaped a comfortable 3-0 victory. But Walcott believes the veteran of 87 caps remains [...]
Arsenal blow as Wilshere ruled out until December September 4, 2011 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger’s difficult start to the season has suffered another setback after midfielder Jack Wilshere was ruled out for up to three months. Wilshere, who has struggled with an ankle injury throughout the summer, had been due back by now but has instead been told he needs longer on the sidelines. It means [...]
Late serving of Lamb repeats on Gloucester September 4, 2011 FLY-HALF Ryan Lamb came back to haunt old team Gloucester by scoring a late, match-winning penalty on his Northampton debut as Saints triumphed 26-24 in their Premiership season opener. Gloucester looked to have snatched the points with a second-half comeback from 23-13 down, capped by a Freddie Burns drop-goal with just four minutes remaining. But [...]
WINNERS & LOSERS September 4, 2011 With the 2012 Olympics less than a year away the World Championships Daegu provided a strong indicator as to how our athletes will perform in London. On this evidence God Save The Queen won’t be getting too many airings. WINNERS DAI GREENE The Welshman, already a European and Commonwealth gold medallist, will be looking to [...]