Classy Luke is crowned the king of the castle July 10, 2011 WORLD No1 Luke Donald warmed up for this week’s Open by claiming the Scottish Open title but he won’t be joined at Sandwich by Colin Montgomerie who isn’t in contention to win the famous Claret Jug for the first time since 1989. Donald (below) completed his preparations for St George’s by mounting a comeback from [...]
Home comforts inspire Murray to Davis Cup win July 10, 2011 AN EMOTIONAL Andy Murray helped Britain to a comfortable Davis Cup victory over Luxembourg in Glasgow yesterday. Murray broke down in tears after his 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 win over Gilles Muller put Britain into an unassailable lead – James Ward later beat Mike Vermeer to put the seal on a convincing 4-1 victory. The British [...]
Car crash overshadows Sanchez’s stage victory July 10, 2011 TEAM Sky’s Juan Antonio Flecha and Vacansoleil’s Johnny Hoogerland were fortunate not to suffer serious injury when they were wiped out by a television vehicle as an incident-packed Tour de France suffered further casualties on stage nine in the Massif Central. Rabobank’s Luis Leon Sanchez won the 208-kilometre ninth stage from Issoire to Saint-Flour, with [...]
Triathlon training reaches the half-way marker July 10, 2011 WITH the London leg of this year’s Dextro Energy ITU triathlon just weeks away, the Laureus / City AM team already have some significant training under their belts. Following one of their training sessions with double Olympic gold-winning decathlete Daley Thompson, one member of the team offered us her thoughts on the experience and what [...]
Liverpool likely to leave Anfield July 10, 2011 Liverpool’s chief executive Ian Ayre admits it is unlikely the club will be able to redevelop their historic Anfield stadium. The club had been hopeful of increasing Anfield’s capacity to around the 60,000 mark. But Ayre said in a statement: “Land/property acquisition, environmental and statutory issues are creating barriers to our ambition. It looks increasingly [...]
Swann ranked the world’s best July 10, 2011 England off-spinner Graeme Swann has been promoted to the top of the ICC one-day international bowling rankings after his series figures of eight for 164 against Sri Lanka. The 32-year-old has overtaken New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori. England’s 3-2 series win means Sri Lanka drop from third to fourth, behind in South Africa, in the ICC [...]
Thomas steps down from RFU July 10, 2011 Martyn Thomas has stood down from his position as chairman of the RFU. The announcement came as the RFU’s disciplinary officer published a report into the ousting of former chief executive John Steele in June. It is understood Judge Jeff Blackett’s conclusion called for Thomas’s resignation along with nine non-executives on the management board. He [...]
Serbia through to semi-finals July 10, 2011 Davis Cup holders Serbia moved into this year’s semi-finals after Janko Tipsarevic beat Sweden’s Michael Ryderstedt in their last-eight singles rubber in Halmstad. Tipsarevic, standing in for Wimbledon champion and new world No1 Novak Djokovic, won the fourth rubber of the weekend 6-2, 7-5 6-3 to secure Serbia a semi-final meeting with Argentina, themselves 5-0 [...]
Powell continues to impress July 10, 2011 Jamaica’s former world record holder Asafa Powell confirmed his impressive form this season when he won the 100m at the Birmingham Diamond League meeting last night in a time of 9.91sec.
Showman Lewis the last of a dying breed July 7, 2011 Formula One legend Fittipaldi says the sport would be duller without risk taker Hamilton FORMER world champion Emerson Fittipaldi believes criticism of Lewis Hamilton’s supposed reckless driving is over exaggerated and that the sport would be far less popular without its one remaining “showman”. The British star heads into his home race at Silverstone this [...]