Kalou and Nasri seek final date March 3, 2011 LONDON Premier League rivals Salomon Kalou of Chelsea and Arsenal’s Samir Nasri hope their sides will meet at Wembley in this season’s Champions League final. The famous venue will host the climax of Europe’s premier club competition for the first time since 1992 and, with all three capital clubs including Tottenham, who have progressed to [...]
Afridi rescues Pakistan again March 3, 2011 CRIKCET: Shahid Afridi took his wicket tally in the World Cup to 14 as Pakistan saw off Canada by 46 runs. Pakistan were skittled out for 184. Jimmy Hansra made a valiant 43 in response but leg-spinner and skipper Afridi struck twice in two balls and snared 5-23 as Canada were 138 all out.
Ecclestone reveals Bahrain plan March 3, 2011 FORMULA?ONE:?Bernie Ecclestone is planning to reschedule the Bahrain Grand Prix towards the end of the 2011 season. Ecclestone has ruled out staging the event in August. The race was due to be the season’s opener on 13 March but had to be cancelled because of ongoing civil unrest. “I’m hoping beyond hope things settle peacefully [...]
Cohen may retire at season’s end March 3, 2011 RUGBY?UNION:?Sale’s World Cup-winning winger Ben Cohen may retire at the end of the season after being told he is surplus to requirements at Edgeley Park. “I’ve got another couple of years left in me so I’ll try to get a club in the Premiership. If not, I’ll retire. So we’ll just have to see what [...]
Join Together to give Nicholls his first Albert Bartlett winner March 3, 2011 EVEN though this year’s Cheltenham Festival is within touching distance, there still seems to be some ante-post value out there. Now, the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (run two weeks today) may not exactly be the highlight of the week, but Paul Nicholls’ JOIN TOGETHER looks to have an excellent chance and is a cracking each-way [...]
COUNTDOWN TO CHELTENHAM March 3, 2011 The Supreme Novices’ sets the meeting off with a bang and CUE CARD is understandably a warm favourite. I’m sure he will trade shorter in-running than his current 3.6 price on Betdaq, as he is such a strong traveller. However, Champion Bumper winners have a terrible record in this race and it could be worth [...]
Liverpool the value to upset United’s title bid March 3, 2011 LIVERPOOL vs MANCHESTER UNITED SUNDAY – 1.30PM SKY SPORTS 1 ALL of a sudden everything isn’t quite as rosy as it was in the Old Trafford garden. Manchester United were as short as 4/9 to win the Premier League last weekend, but their second defeat in their last four league games at Stamford Bridge on [...]
BEHIND THE LINES March 3, 2011 Manchester United’s visit to Anfield is vitally important in the context of the club’s chase for its 19th league title. Sir Alex’s side are currently 8/11 for the trophy but should they slip up on Sunday, Arsenal will be in a great position going into the home straight. Despite Liverpool’s shambolic display against West Ham, [...]
HUMILIATED March 2, 2011 England’s World Cup hopes on a knife edge after O’Brien’s innings catapults Ireland to stunning win ENGLAND captain Andrew Strauss admits his side are feeling a sense of bitter disappointment after becoming victims of perhaps the biggest act of World Cup giant-killing of all-time. After their uplifting recovery and subsequent draw against India on Sunday, [...]
Brainless bowlers face the axe after horror show March 2, 2011 SADLY the thrilling run chase against India proved to be a false dawn and defeat against Ireland must act as one almighty wake-up call for England. The first thing to say is that these sorts of upsets just shouldn’t happen. Instances of minnows turning over the heavyweights usually occur when the pitch is a minefield, [...]