Fabregas on verge of rejoining Barcelona August 10, 2011 ARSENAL captain Cesc Fabregas is expected to be confirmed as a Barcelona player by the weekend, thereby ending the summer’s longest running transfer saga. The Gunners are set to receive a fee of around £35m for the Spaniard (right), who joined the club as a 16-year-old eight years ago from the current European champions, and [...]
Donald can end another cracking year for Europe with USPGA win August 10, 2011 IT’S BEEN another fantastic year for European golf at the Majors and I can see Luke Donald topping it off with victory in the USPGA at the Atlanta Athletic Club. As ever the lengthening of the course – it measures 270 yards more than when David Toms won here a decade ago – gets mentioned, [...]
Stoke back in for Spurs duo August 10, 2011 STOKE CITY have made a final offer to Spurs in their ambitious attempts to complete the double signing of England striker Peter Crouch and midfielder Wilson Palacios. “We’ve made our last bid. The ball is in their court. We shall not be negotiating from where we are,” said Stoke chairman Peter Coates. “The last conversation [...]
Mixing with stars, racing with a couple and being a lucky charm August 10, 2011 Olympic champion shares Cowes Week diary with City A.M. ELBOWING my way forward through the crowds to get a view of the action, I got out amongst it to watch the starts of the Royal Yacht Squadron yesterday. The four super yachts started their round-the-island race and Rambler, the 100ft Ferrari equivalent, looked amazing with [...]
Boat damage and races hit in high winds August 10, 2011 FIERCE winds caused damage to boats and saw yesterday’s Extreme Sailing Series action called off – but that didn’t prevent an array of thrilling racing at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, with a sprinkling of royalty and Hollywood thrown in. A-list actor Ewan McGregor and Zara Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne and top equestrienne, were [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF August 10, 2011 Torres injury fears played down FOOTBALL: Fernando Torres faces a race to be fit for Chelsea’s Premier League opener against Stoke after limping out of Spain’s friendly against Italy last night. The striker was substituted after 15 minutes with what looked like an ankle injury but Spanish coaching staff later confirmed that he had suffered a [...]
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 [...]