Ohuruogu set for London race May 5, 2011 ATHLETICS: Olympic 400 metres champion Christine Ohuruogu will take on her successor as world champion Sanya Richards-Ross at the Diamond League meetings in and London this summer.
Murray beaten by Bellucci May 5, 2011 TENNIS: British NO1 Andy Murray made a sorry exit at the Madrid Open, beaten 6-4, 6-2 in round three by Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci. In the last eight Bellucci will play seventh seed Tomas Berdych.
Rivals likely to share spoils in title decider May 5, 2011 MANCHESTER UNITED vs CHELSEA Sunday – 4.10pm Sky Sports 1 A FEW weeks ago it would have been hard to imagine that this contest could have been a title decider, but Chelsea’s rich vein of form has propelled them back into the race. They have won eight of their last nine league games and beat [...]
Stick with Tweed on the Roodee May 5, 2011 WHEN ST Nicholas Abbey won the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster in 2009, he was hailed as racing’s new Messiah and was fully expected to win last season’s 2,000 Guineas, Derby, Arc, Breeders’ Cup and anything else connections could squeeze in along the way! Sadly, his bubble burst in the Guineas (his only run as [...]
BRING ON BARCELONA May 4, 2011 Ferguson claims there’s no reason to be scared of Spain’s all-conquering champions MANCHESTER UTD (4)) vs SCHALKE (1) Man Utd win 6-1 on aggregate JUBILANT Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson insists there’s no reason to be scared of Champions League final opponents Barcelona after his side reached the European showpiece for the third time [...]
Flower opts for captain Cook May 4, 2011 ENGLAND will today confirm Alastair Cook as the successor to Andrew Strauss as their one-day international skipper and Stuart Broad will be revealed as the new Twenty20 leader. Strauss, who will remain as Test captain, has been considering his future ever since England’s recent World Cup campaign ended in a crushing 10-wicket quarter-final defeat against [...]
Wasps cut ties with Powell by mutual consent May 4, 2011 WASPS last night dispensed with Andy Powell just weeks after the Wales No8 was involved in a high-profile brawl in a west London pub. The Premiership club decided against offering a new contract to Powell, whose short-term deal was due to expire this month. It leaves the 29-year-old’s World Cup hopes in disarray, with the [...]
Mourinho hurt Madrid, says Calderon May 4, 2011 REAL MADRID president Ramon Calderon has cast the future of the club’s manager Jose Mourinho into doubt after branding his conduct during the mini series against Barcelona “harmful”. Mourinho, who last month admitted he craves a return to the Premier League at some point in the near future, was suspended from last night’s 1-1 draw [...]
Are we getting sick of brilliant Barca? May 4, 2011 FOR the last couple of years it’s been impossible to move for people hurling praise in the direction of Barcelona. And not without good reason. They’ve won every trophy going in swashbuckling style and boast the best player in the world, Lionel Messi. But more than that, they’ve been labelled the model club. Their famed [...]
Rugby Union’s ultimate hall of shame May 4, 2011 RUGBY’S image as a sport for hooligans played by gentlemen has taken a bit of a buffeting in recent weeks. Broadly speaking, however, the charges levied against Wasps’ barroom brawler Andy Powell, Northampton’s Ben Foden and curfew ignoring England outcast Danny Cipriani are nothing out of the ordinary when you consider the sport’s age old [...]