Sunderland medical for Wickham June 28, 2011 FOOTBALL: England Under-21 international Connor Wickham is expected to undergo a medical with Sunderland within the next 24 hours. The Black Cats have moved swiftly after submitting a formal offer in excess of £8m to Ipswich for the 18-year-old.
Murray named in Davis Cup team June 28, 2011 TENNIS: Andy Murray will lead the Great Britain team in their Davis Cup clash against Luxembourg at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow from 8-10 July. Murray’s brother Jamie partners fellow Scot Colin Fleming in the doubles.
Hearts escape punishment June 28, 2011 FOOTBALL: Hearts will not be punished for the assault by a supporter on Celtic manager Neil Lennon at the end of last season at Tynecastle. An SPL report concluded that Hearts’ stewarding and police arrangements were consistent with safety requirements.
Woods unsure over return date June 28, 2011 GOLF: Former world No1 Tiger Woods still does not know if he will play at The Open in two weeks’ time. Woods said: “I will come back when I’m 100 per cent. I don’t know when that’s going to be.”
WHAT A SCORCHER June 27, 2011 Murray signals his intent with a top class display but Nadal and Federer are looming large BRITISH No1 Andy Murray produced one of the most complete grass court performances of his career to defeat Richard Gasquet in straight sets and reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals, but admits he now feels like a boxer heading into the [...]
It looks like the end of an era as Venus and Serena exit on a day of big shocks June 27, 2011 THE quarter-finals of the Wimbledon women’s singles event will be a Williams free zone for the first time since 2006 after both sisters suffered defeats yesterday, while No1 seed Caroline Wozniacki also fell by the wayside on a day of shocks. Defending champion Serena was ousted in the fourth round by France’s Marion Bartoli 6-3, [...]
Arsenal prepared to sell Fabregas if the price is right June 27, 2011 ARSENAL captain Cesc Fabregas will join Barcelona this summer if the two clubs can finally agree a fee, according to a senior club source. The north London club have fought off numerous advances from the European champions for the services of their star man in the past but their resolve finally appears to have been [...]
Captain Cook confident he can plot England’s course June 27, 2011 TEST run machine Alastair Cook has vowed to prove his doubters wrong when he resumes his England one-day career as captain against Sri Lanka on today. Cook’s most obvious role model in terms of restructuring his Test game to suit the shorter form is his predecessor as ODI skipper Andrew Strauss. By the time he retired [...]
Haye vows to scramble robotic Klitschko’s wires June 27, 2011 BRITAIN’S David Haye has branded Wladimir Klitschko a “robot” and has vowed to ensure he “malfunctions” in their world heavyweight unification bout. Londoner Haye, 30, will pit his WBA belt against Klitschko’s IBF and WBO titles in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday. “Wladimir is in great shape, is mentally prepared and has viewed all the tapes [...]
Hot spot made mandatory by ICC June 27, 2011 CRICKET: The ICC chief executives’ committee (CEC) has unanimously agreed to make a modified version of the Decision Review System (DRS) mandatory in all Tests and one-day internationals. This means India will, for the first time since 2008, be agreeable to using the DRS in a bilateral series when it tours England in July. However, [...]