England through to last eight July 5, 2011 FOOTBALL: England’s women booked a place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup thanks to a 2-0 victory over Japan in Group B. Hope Powell’s side went in front when Ellen White superbly lobbed in from 22 yards. They doubled their lead after the break when substitute Rachel Yankey took a touch and clipped in a [...]
Burnell and Barber join Blues July 5, 2011 RUGBY UNION: Dai Young’s former assistants at Cardiff Blues, Gareth Baber and Justin Burnell, have been placed in charge of the team. The move comes in the wake of Young’s decision to take over at English Premiership club Wasps.
Foster banned for two games July 5, 2011 CRICKET: Essex captain James Foster has been banned for two games by an ECB disciplinary panel. Ex-England wicketkeeper Foster, 31, received the punishment after at least five of his players broke various rules over the last year. And in an another unprecedented move, Essex were fined £5,000. Foster was found guilty of showing dissent to umpires [...]
United legend Scholes can’t see the point of Arsenal July 4, 2011 FORMER Manchester United star Paul Scholes believes Arsenal’s quest for honours next season will be doomed before it has even begun should Samir Nasri and captain Cesc Fabregas follow left-back Gael Clichy out of the club. France international Clichy ended his eight-year association with the north London club yesterday by signing for FA Cup holders [...]
England treading familiar sorry path July 4, 2011 THREE games into his reign as England’s one-day captain and Alastair Cook could be forgiven for thinking his Test opening partner Andrew Strauss called it right when he announced his retirement from the 50 over game after the World Cup. The appointment of a new captain – putting aside any individual feelings on Cook’s suitability [...]
Wimbledon hero Djokovic vows to keep on the grass July 4, 2011 WIMBLEDON champion Novak Djokovic has vowed to reprise his eccentric grass-eating celebration if he ever repeats his breakthrough triumph at the All England Club on Sunday. Djokovic capped his ascent to world No1, confirmed after Friday’s semi-final win, by beating defending champion Rafael Nadal to claim his first triumph at SW19. The Serb, who is [...]
Diets, skiing and subtlety July 4, 2011 1 NOVAK’S parents, Srdan and Dijana, wanted their eldest son to become a skier but, despite playing on the slopes near their Belgrade pizza restaurant, he took to tennis from an early age and was spotted, aged eight. 2. Djokovic puts his incredible purple patch – he has won 50 of his last 51 matches, [...]
Cavendish livid with rival for kamikaze approach July 4, 2011 MARK CAVENDISH blasted Tour de France sprint rival Romain Feillu for ‘kamikaze’ tactics and insisted he should not be written off after being beaten to victory on stage three in Brittany by American Tyler Farrar. Farrar claimed the United States’ victory on the 198-kilometres route from Olonne-sur-Mer to Redon ahead of Feillu (Vacansoleil) and Jose [...]
Easter spots England advantage July 4, 2011 RUGBY UNION: England’s Nick Easter believes the staging of the Tri-Nations between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in July will given northern hemisphere teams an advantage at September’s World Cup. “This time the northern hemisphere teams might have a little bit of an advantage over the southern hemisphere teams in terms of the scheduling because we’ve [...]
Singh clings to Open hope July 4, 2011 GOLF: Former world number one Vijay Singh has been offered an Open Championship place but may not be fit enough to take it. The double USPGA winner pulled out of last week’s AT&T National in America with back trouble.