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, [...]
De Gea completes United medical June 27, 2011 FOOTBALL: Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea is expected to finally rubber-stamp his £17.8m switch to Manchester United after completing a medical yesterday. The 20-year-old’s signature will take Sir Alex Ferguson’s summer spending to £50m following the arrivals of Phil Jones and Ashley Young.
Mexico peg England back June 27, 2011 FOOTBALL: England’s women saw their World Cup campaign get off to an inauspicious start as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Mexico in their opening game of Group B in the Wolfsburg Arena.
Big three are still ahead of Murray June 26, 2011 British hopes will again be thwarted by either Federer, Nadal or Djokovic, fears former Centre Court favourite Henman FORMER British No1 Tim Henman fears Andy Murray’s Wimbledon hopes will again be dashed by one of the three superpowers currently dominating the sport. The 24-year-old Scot heads into the second week of his SW19 campaign again [...]
Coe: Go for quality not quantity June 26, 2011 DURING my career, I was famously known for favouring high quality training rather than high quantity training. This approach made sense to me then and it still holds true today. However, despite the fact that it is 30 years since I went to my first Olympic Games, there still seems to be too much emphasis [...]
Vettel can put the champagne on ice, bemoans dejected Hamilton June 26, 2011 BRITAIN’S Lewis Hamilton admits he and his main rivals have already been reduced to racing for second place in this years drivers’ championship after Sebastian Vettel dominated the European Grand Prix in Valencia from start to finish. The reigning world champion extended his lead at the head of the points table to 77 over his [...]
Concerned Redknapp has to sell before he can buy June 26, 2011 TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp admits his summer rebuilding can only commence once he has completed a significant clear-out. Redknapp commands one of the largest squads in the Premier League and has been told by the club’s board he must cut the playing staff before adding to it. Tottenham have already dismissed Chelsea’s bid of £22m [...]
Venus is a real threat, says Serena June 26, 2011 DEFENDING champion Serena Williams believes her surname will adorn the Wimbledon trophy again this year, but can’t guarantee whether it will be her ord elder sister Venus who will be victorious. The sisters both came into the Championships extremely short of matches after injury and illness, with Serena having been out of action for almost [...]