Strong Suit hands boost to Hannon July 26, 2011 FAVOURITE Strong Suit coasted to victory in the Lennox Stakes at Glorious Goodwood yesterday, handing trainer Richard Hannon and jockey Richard Hughes a timely boost. The colt stayed on the shoulder of Red Jazz before kicking on unchallenged. Hannon and Hughes team up today with Canford Cliffs in the Sussex Stakes. Earlier, Namibian pipped Fiorente [...]
Phelps beaten in final July 26, 2011 SWIMMING: Olympic champion Michael Phelps was beaten by his fellow American Ryan Lochte in the final of the men’s 200m freestyle at the world championships in Shanghai. Lochte clocked one minute, 44.44 seconds for gold, with Phelps taking silver in 1:44.79.
Contador hearing delay July 26, 2011 CYCLING: Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will not appear in front of the Court of Arbitration for Sport until November. The Spaniard faces a two-year ban after testing positive for a banned substance following his victory at the 2010 Tour de France.
JET lands at Ipswich July 26, 2011 FOOTBALL: Arsenal’s former FA Youth Cup winning captain Jay Emmanuel Thomas has joined Championship side Ipswich for a fee of £1.1m. The 20-year-old, who was on loan at Cardiff last season, signed a three-year deal.
Rangers to keep Taarabt July 26, 2011 FOOTBALL: QPR manager Neil Warnock believes Adel Taarabt can be a star of the upcoming Premier League season after the Moroccan’s proposed move to Paris Saint Germain fell through. He said: “You’ve got to have matchwinners in the Premier League and he’s just that.” Rangers are chasing the signing of Southampton winger Jason Puncheon, while former West [...]
Ferguson: I’m finished spending July 25, 2011 MANCHESTER UNITED boss Sir Alex Ferguson has appeared to rule out a move for Inter Milan’s Wesley Sneijder by declaring his summer transfer business all but over. Holland playmaker Sneijder has been touted as the missing piece in Ferguson’s jigsaw, with former Old Trafford star David Beckham among those backing a move for him. United [...]
Barca chief: Fabregas talks going in the right direction July 25, 2011 BARCELONA chiefs insist they are closing in on a deal for Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas despite committing £33m to signing Chile forward Alexis Sanchez. The Spanish club’s sporting vice-president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, said long-running and tense negotiations with the Gunners were now progressing well. “They are going in the right direction,” he said. “We will [...]
FIVE-STAR ANDERSON FIRES ENGLAND July 25, 2011 Paceman blitzes India to earn 196-run victory and take series lead against the No1 ranked Test team in the world ENGLAND captain Andrew Strauss momentarily abandoned his characteristic restraint after seeing his team eclipse India, the world’s finest, at Lord’s yesterday, hailing what he termed an almost perfect bowling display. Paceman James Anderson starred on [...]
Cricketmania as Lord’s inundated July 25, 2011 REPORTS of the death of Test cricket are greatly exaggerated – if the sell-out crowd who flocked to pack out Lord’s yesterday are anything to go by. Discounted tickets for the final day of a nail-biting first match between England and India drew swarms of cricket lovers to north-west London, where queues snaked all the [...]
Dhoni: If it could go wrong, it did July 25, 2011 INDIA captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed injuries and illness for their defeat to England in the first Test. Key bowler Zaheer Khan missed most of the match with a hamstring strain while star batsman Sachin Tendulkar was hindered by a virus. “Most of the things that could have gone wrong in the game went wrong,” [...]