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, [...]
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 [...]