City blow away makeshift Villa to set up Reading quarter final date March 2, 2011 MANCHESTER CITY 3 vs ASTON VILLA 0 MANCHSTER CITY striker Mario Balotelli scored his 10th goal in 18 games as his side advanced to the quarter-finals of the FA?Cup. City profited from Gerard Houllier’s decision to make eight changes for the visitors and were in front after only four minutes through Yaya Toure. Balotelli then [...]
Lampard: Blues still in title battle March 2, 2011 CHELSEA matchwinner Frank Lampard insists they could yet salvage their Premier League title defence following Tuesday’s watershed victory over Manchester United. Lampard struck the decisive late penalty as the Blues came from a goal down to inflict only the league leaders’ second defeat of the campaign. Carlo Ancelotti’s west Londoners remain 12 points adrift of [...]
Team GB in need of extra funding March 2, 2011 BRITISH Olympic chiefs say they do not have enough money to give the team full support at the London 2012 Games next year. Board members of the British Olympic Association were told at an emergency meeting last week that they currently have less than half of the £5m funding they need. “We’ve still got a [...]
Williams’ share price falls March 2, 2011 FORMULA?ONE: Shares in the Formula One team Williams, the first such stock ever to go on offer to private investors, fell by 3.8 per cent in their first day’s trading on the Frankfurt stock exchange.
Flintoff to play for local club March 2, 2011 CRICKET: Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is to come out of retirement to play for humble club side Penwortham. The 33-year-old retired due to injury last September, but is keen to play alongside his brother Chris for the team based near Preston who compete in the Moore and Smalley Palace Shield Competition.
Three sent off in Old Firm clash March 2, 2011 FOOTBALL: Rangers had three players sent off as they lost an ill-tempered Scottish Cup fifth-round replay 1-0 against Celtic. Steven Whittaker was the first to go for a second booking, Madjid Bougherra got his second caution for a foul on Kris Commons and El Hadji Diouf’s dissent meant a second caution for the forward after [...]
GAME ON March 1, 2011 GAME ON 2 vs MANCHESTER UTD 1 MANCHESTER UNITED manager Sir Alex Ferguson risked a Football Association charge with a scathing attack on referee Martin Atkinson after his side’s march towards the Premier League title was hit by a magnificent Chelsea comeback. Frank Lampard’s penalty decided a pulsating encounter after David Luiz had cancelled out [...]
So have Chelsea blown the title race wide open? March 1, 2011 FRANK LAMPARD’S penalty looks to have breathed new life into the title race. United are still in the driving seat but with Liverpool up next, a march towards a record 19th league title is now not such an inevitability. United’s run-in 6 Mar Liverpool (A) 19 Mar Bolton (H) 2 Apr West Ham (A) 9 [...]
Crocked Sheridan out of Six Nations March 1, 2011 ENGLAND prop Andrew Sheridan will miss the remainder of the RBS 6 Nations campaign after tearing his calf in last Saturday’s 17-9 win over France at Twickenham. The news is particularly galling for the 31-year-old considering Martin Johnson’s side are just two wins away from landing their first Grand Slam since 2003. Sheridan was replaced [...]
Do gifted athletes have an obligation to realise talent? March 1, 2011 YES Dedication is least the paying public deserve, argues James Goldman WE’VE ALL got our sporting hero. Be it the guy who runs the 100m in the time it takes to type Usain Bolt’s name into YouTube, or the former sheet metal worker who became a 14-time world champion by dint of being able to [...]