RIOTS THREATEN SPORTING CHAOS August 9, 2011 • Fears grow over start of Premier League season • Eight London matches in danger of being axed • FA promise refund after England game called off POLICE will today decide whether London’s Premier League and Football League fixtures are safe to go ahead at the weekend after the rioting ravaging the capital plunged the sporting [...]
Olympic chiefs keep faith despite violence August 9, 2011 THE International Olympic Committee remain confident London will prove safe and secure hosts of next summer’s Games, despite the riots which have wreaked chaos across the capital since Saturday. The timing of the clashes could not have been more embarrassingly timed as the violence coincided with the arrivals of two senior members of the IOC [...]
Wenger alerts suitors of Cesc and Nasri August 9, 2011 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has fired a warning to the suitors of his unsettled midfielders Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri by naming both in his Champions League squad ahead of next’s week qualifier against Udinese. Club captain Fabregas, who failed to play a part in his side’s pre-season programme, is being courted by Barcelona, while [...]
England will give Moody until last minute to prove fitness August 9, 2011 ENGLAND coaches have indicated they will give captain Lewis Moody until the last possible moment to prove his fitness for the World Cup. Scans revealed yesterday that the knee injury suffered by the Bath flanker in Saturday’s 23-19 win over Wales at Twickenham was only a strain. Moody will sit out Saturday’s return match at [...]
Strauss confident Bopara and Bresnan can fill the breach left by injured duo August 9, 2011 ENGLAND captain Andrew Strauss has backed his side’s supporting cast to compensate for the absences of injured duo Chris Tremlett and Jonathan Trott at Edgbaston this week. The shoulder injury which prevented Trott from batting in his customary No3 slot in England’s second innings at Trent Bridge last week is yet to heal, while Tremlett, [...]
Redknapp’s options cut by Pienaar injury blow August 9, 2011 TOTTENHAM have suffered a blow ahead of their testing start to the new season after midfielder Steven Pienaar was ruled out for six weeks. The South Africa star, who is recovering from groin surgery, will miss the visit of his former club Everton on Saturday and the difficult sequence of matches that follows. If, as [...]
Ladies Day proves and education and more than a pat on the back August 9, 2011 Olympic champion shares Cowes Week diary with City A.M. WELL, I have been duly educated and it seems I have to hold my hand up: I was wrong. Ladies Day at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week isn’t a pat on the back for us from the establishment – it’s serious, and is an effort to [...]
McMillan puts on a show for sailing’s stars August 9, 2011 HOME skipper Leigh McMillan’s The Wave seized the overall lead in the Extreme Sailing Series on a star-studded day four of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. One win and two second places from yesterday’s seven races elevated Isle of Wight-born McMillan and his crew into first place, ahead of France’s Groupe Edmond de Rothschild and [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF August 9, 2011 Caddy seeks to end Woods row GOLF: Tiger Woods’ former caddy Steve Williams admits he regrets his outspoken remarks after he was sacked by the former world No1 last month. After helping Adam Scott to victory in last weekend’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational he claimed it represented the greatest triumph of his career. But ahead of the [...]
England to pile on misery for Indians at Edgbaston August 9, 2011 SPORT TRADER OLLIE DREW AND DAVID WILD BRING YOU THE BEST BETS FROM ENGLAND VS INDIA AS WELL AS THE USPGA CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY – 11.00 AM SKY SPORTS 1 With India 2-0 down with just two Tests to play, they may be the ones drinking in the last chance saloon, but there’s one man in [...]