Swann turned off by England’s top three June 13, 2011 ENGLAND spinner Graeme Swann admits he’s been bored into submission by the conservative nature of his side’s top three batsmen, but wouldn’t swap them for anyone else in the world. Over the course of the last 18 months Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott have provided reliability, stability and a glut of runs from [...]
Beckham eager to play not coach at Olympics June 13, 2011 FORMER England captain David Beckham has ruled out a coaching role with Team GB at the London Olympics, insisting he is still in good enough shape to play. Beckham, who turns 37 next summer, underlined his appetite to participate during a visit to Canary Wharf yesterday. “Once the manager has been picked and once the [...]
Places still left for triathlon with star Daley June 13, 2011 CITY A.M. readers have only days left to grab the sporting chance of a lifetime and become members of the Laureus team in this year’s ITU London Triathlon – and receive special training from double Olympic gold medallist Daley Thompson. Dutch banker Eduard Egelie is one of 17 City A.M. readers who have already signed [...]
United confirm Jones deal June 13, 2011 FOOTBALL: Manchester United have completed the signing of Blackburn’s England Under-21 centre-half Phil Jones for a fee of £17m.
Melville to apply for RFU post June 13, 2011 RUGBY UNION: Former England captain Nigel Melville is to apply to be the Rugby Football Union’s next chief executive following John Steele’s departure last week.
McClaren named Forest boss June 13, 2011 FOOTBALL: Former England boss Steve McClaren has been appointed manager of Championship club Nottingham Forest on a three-year contract.
Goldikova to benefit from softening ground June 13, 2011 ONLY once in the last 17 years has the official going on the opening day of the Royal meeting been softer than good. Yet, Sunday’s heavy rainfall means that the Queen Anne Stakes, this afternoon’s opening race, could well be run on good to soft ground. Now, that is of significance because Canford Cliffs, as [...]
Mezmaar can strike for Hills in Coventry June 13, 2011 THIS afternoon’s Coventry Stakes (4.25pm) has gone to Richard Hannon for the past two years and I expect it to stay in the Lambourn Valley as Barry Hills’ MEZMAAR must have an excellent chance. Regular readers of this column will have backed the son of Teofilo at 6/1 with William Hill on Friday and he [...]
Canford Cliffs looks the best bet of the meeting June 12, 2011 OAKSEY House in Lambourn was the venue for one of only a handful of Royal Ascot preview evenings and the event was staged to raise money for the Injured Jockeys Fund. The six-strong panel was expertly marshalled by Channel Four Racing’s Tanya Stevenson and included current and former jockeys Richard Hughes, John Reid and Luke [...]
Overseas raiders ready to take Ascot by storm June 12, 2011 THIS year’s Royal Ascot will be more cosmopolitan and international than ever before with the arrival of arguably the strongest raiding party ever assembled. Tomorrow’s King’s Stand Stakes, possibly the world’s premier five furlong sprint, is packed full of horses from around the globe. The Barry Hills-trained Equiano broke a five-year sequence of non-British trained [...]