Chelsea deny Carlo resignation claims November 21, 2010 CHELSEA were last night forced to publicly deny that manager Carlo Ancelotti had sensationally quit the club, following a day of intense speculation over the Italian’s future. Suggestions surfaced that Ancelotti had become disenchanted with life at Stamford Bridge after Chelsea’s dramatic recent slump continued with a shock 1-0 defeat at Birmingham on Saturday. As [...]
Banahan: I’ve silenced my Test critics November 21, 2010 ENGLAND (26) vs SAMOA (13) ENGLAND’S Matt Banahan insists his try-scoring performance in Saturday’s victory over Samoa proves he can cut it as a Test level outside-centre. The strapping Bath back, who started out as a winger, was given his first international start at No13 against the Pacific Islanders in place of Mike Tindall. And [...]
Upbeat Swann’s itching to get started November 21, 2010 GRAEME SWANN cannot wait to open the final window of his Ashes advent calendar as the excitement and anticipation builds towards a crescendo ahead of the first Test at the Gabba on Thursday. The world’s premier spin bowler has been patiently ticking off the days ever since the touring party landed in Perth at the [...]
Andy’s flying start follows Downing Street knock-up November 21, 2010 ANDY MURRAY began his Barclays ATP World Tour campaign with a straight sets win over Robin Soderling before revealing he’d prepared for the tournament by having a knock around with Prime Minister David Cameron inside Downing Street. Mr Cameron had hoped to play in the garden but the weather was too bad. So he took [...]
Murray sees off Soderling November 21, 2010 BRITISH No1 Andy Murray is off and running at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London after downing Sweden’s Robin Soderling in straight sets. A bumper crowd of 17,500 were treated to a near faultless display from the 23-year-old, who took just an hour and 20 minutes to vanquish this season’s beaten French Open [...]
Pedersen double leaves Rovers chiefs cock-a-hoop November 21, 2010 BLACKBURN boss Sam Allardyce toasted his team’s first victory in front of their new Indian owners. Officials from Venkateshwara Hatcheries watched on as goals in each half from midfielder Morten Gamst Pedersen helped Rovers beat Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League. “Now they have seen us win for the first time,” said Allardyce. “Hopefully, [...]
Poulter’s on song in Hong Kong as McDowell aims to end the season in Dubai as Europe’s top dog November 21, 2010 ENGLAND’S Ian Poulter claims he’s no longer concentrating on his world ranking after his victory in the UBS Hong Kong Open. The 34-year-old shot a second round 60 and never looked back, carding a solid 67 on the final day to finish one stroke ahead of Simon Dyson and Italian Matteo Manassero. Poulter caused controversy [...]
Walder’s boot prevents Irish from going top November 21, 2010 THE RELIABLE boot of Dave Walder provided 18 points as Wasps came from behind to beat London Irish 33-25 and prevent the Exiles from returning to the top of the Premiership. Irish kept fighting and scored a third try in the 78th minute through Paulica Ion to seemingly snatch a losing bonus point, only for Walder [...]
De Villiers enters record books November 21, 2010 AB de Villiers made a South African Test record score of 278 to put the Proteas firmly in control after two days of the second Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi. De Villiers struck 23 fours and six sixes in his unbeaten total to surpass the previous mark of 277 set by Test captain Graeme [...]
Shearer unimpressed by Capello November 21, 2010 Former England captain Alan Shearer believes the national side have made no progress under the management of Fabio Capello. Shearer hit out at the Italian tactician’s inconsistent team selections and formations and fears that even after nearly three years in the job, he is still nowhere near settled on who would compromise his best team. [...]