Sarries hope to show that plastic really is fantastic November 10, 2010 SARACENS chief executive Edward Griffiths believes the club’s plan to play on an artificial surface from next season will produce a far more entertaining brand of rugby. The club yesterday announced its plans to leave Watford’s Vicarage Road and build a new £10m stadium – fit to host rugby and athletics – at Barnet Copthall [...]
Ferguson frustrated as derby fails to live up to billing November 10, 2010 MANCHESTER CITY 0 vs MANCHESTER UTD 0 MANCHESTER UNITED boss Sir Alex Ferguson bemoaned two points dropped after a hotly anticipated derby ended in stalemate. United enjoyed the better of an anticlimactic evening at Eastlands but failed to severely test Joe Hart and paid for it by slipping further behind leaders Chelsea. “It’s a decent [...]
Ibanez piles the pressure on struggling Hammers November 10, 2010 WEST HAM 2 vs WEST BROM 2 WEST HAM remain rooted to the bottom of the table after Pablo Ibanez’s strike 20 minutes from time helped West Brom snatch a point from Upton Park. With Blackpool coming to town on Saturday, manager Avram Grant would have hoped to have boosted his side’s survival chances with maximum points from [...]
Finn sees the funny side as he prepares for Ashes sledging November 10, 2010 ENGLAND pace bowler Steven Finn has a simple message for those Aussies lining up to question his Ashes credentials: Bring it on. The 6ft 8in Middlesex seamer came in for some stick from the notoriously opinionated Australian crowd during England’s warm-up victory in Perth last week. Speaking ahead of England’s second tour match against South [...]
Spain and Qatar back under microscope after note fiasco November 10, 2010 SURREPTITIOUS note passing may sound like harmless classroom mischief but it is threatening to wreak serious damage on Spain, England’s rivals to host the 2018 World Cup. It was confirmed yesterday that the Spanish member of Fifa’s executive committee, Angel Villar Llona, passed a note to his Qatari colleague, Mohamed bin Hammam, (right) during a [...]
Pakistan board suspends Haider November 10, 2010 CRICKET: The future of Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider was thrown into further doubt yesterday after the Pakistan Cricket Board suspended his central contract. Amid fresh suggestions that the 24-year-old had applied for asylum in Britain, the PCB took the step in response to Haider’s decision to leave Pakistan’s current series against South Africa early, claiming it [...]
Murray edges past Nalbandian November 10, 2010 TENNIS: Britain’s Andy Murray is through to the third round of the ATP Masters 1000 event in Paris following a 2-6 6-4 6-3 win over David Nalbandian. Murray was broken twice in the first set, but took the second after breaking in the final game of the set. Murray was troubled by a wrist injury in the [...]
All Blacks appeal Mealamu ban November 10, 2010 RUGBY UNION: New Zealand will appeal the four-week ban handed out to Keven Mealamu after the hooker was adjudged to have headbutted England captain Lewis Moody during last weekend’s 26-16 win at Twickenham. “He is not a dirty player, he never has been. This is a case we’ll go to the death on,” said All Blacks assistant [...]
Modric: Cattermole could have finished my career November 10, 2010 TOTTENHAM midfielder Luka Modric has let rip at Sunderland midfielder Lee Cattermole, accusing the England Under-21 international of endangering his career. Cattermole, who has been warned by his own manager to clean up his act having already been sent off twice this season, was involved in an ugly flashpoint midway through the second-half of Tuesday’s [...]
£1bn That’s how much property experts say Chelsea will have to fork out if they want to leave Stamford Bridge and move to Earls Court November 9, 2010 CHELSEA would have to pay around £1bn to buy up the land around the Earls Court exhibition centre and build a new 60,000 seater stadium, City A.M. has learnt, if they decided to press ahead with a proposal to move from Stamford Bridge. The west London club’s chief executive Ron Gourlay and company secretary Alan [...]