Davis Love named USA captain January 20, 2011 GOLF: Davis Love III has been confirmed as the United States’ new Ryder Cup captain. The 46-year-old will spearhead the challenge to retain the trophy, surrendered at Celtic Mannor last September, next year in Chicago. He said: “I am a players’ captain and I’m going to get them what they need to be successful.”
Westwood to skip fifth major January 20, 2011 GOLF: World No1 Lee Westwood has confirmed he will not play in the Players Championship in May – the tournament known as ‘the fifth major’. The Englishman said that the PGA Tour event, which has a £1m winners’ prize, did not fit in with his schedule for 2011.“I’ve said I will support the European Tour, [...]
Robinson denies Bath rumours January 20, 2011 RUGBY UNION: Scotland head coach Andy Robinson has played down suggestions of him returning to Bath. Robinson, a former Bath player and coach, is under contract with the Scotish Rugby Union until 2012. He said: “If there’s an announcement to be made it will be made. Currently there’s nothing to say. I’m contracted to Scotland and [...]
Wolves have the fight to tame Kenny’s Reds January 20, 2011 WOLVES vs LIVERPOOL Tomorrow – 12.45pm Sky Sports 2 KENNY Dalglish hasn’t made the dream return to management that many Liverpool fans would have hoped for, taking just one point from his opening three games. It could have been even worse had Dirk Kuyt not converted a second half penalty against Everton on Sunday. Liverpool [...]
Mourad worth Big Buck’s in World Hurdle January 20, 2011 WITH just under two months to go until the start of the Cheltenham Festival, the time is right to start building our ante-post portfolio. The purpose of any bet placed such a long way in advance of the event itself is to take a price about a horse that will supposedly be a lot shorter [...]
Wenger: Gunners hungry for success January 19, 2011 LEEDS UNITED 1 vs ARSENAL 3 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger believes his side’s defeat of Leeds in last night’s FA Cup third round replay confirms the end of a six-year trophy drought is just around the corner, Leeds were well deserving of a second shot at Arsenal after their performance at Emirates Stadium 10 days [...]
We have a team full of leaders, says Arsenal manager January 19, 2011 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has denied his side suffers from a lack of leadership. Midfielder Denilson had been quoted yesterday in an interview given to Brazilian TV saying “Fabregas is the captain, but he is not a leader to me”. The 22-year-old subsequently claimed he had been misquoted, while Fabregas himself insisted their is no [...]
Keothavong: I blew chance January 19, 2011 British No2 laments missed opportunity after defeat in second round of Australian Open BRITISH No2 Anne Keothavong admitted blowing a golden opportunity after coming within six points of shocking 30th seed Andrea Petkovic at the Australian Open. Keothavong, who has never been further than round two in Melbourne, won the first set 2-6 and was [...]
Hackers to target Games January 19, 2011 LONDON’S Olympic Games is certain to come under attack from cyber terrorists, the man in charge of IT and telecommunications for next year’s extravaganza has warned. Gerry Pennell, chief information officer for 2012, says malicious individuals or groups are sure to try to sabotage the Games by hacking into its networks. “We will get cyber-attacked, [...]
Ex-BOA boss Clegg favours Spurs bid January 19, 2011 TOTTENHAM’S bid for the Olympic Stadium has been boosted after one of the key figures involved in securing the Games called it “madness” to consider West Ham over Spurs. However, Simon Clegg, the former chief executive of the British Olympic Association, criticised Tottenham for proposing to revamp Crystal Palace rather than deliver an athletics legacy [...]