Vettel reignites championship dream in Japan but title hopes recede for Hamilton and Button October 10, 2010 HOPES that an Englishman will be crowned world champion for the third successive year suffered a major blow yesterday as Sebastian Vettel led home a Red Bull one-two at the Japanese Grand Prix. Vettel’s team-mate Mark Webber increased his lead at the top of the drivers’ standings by claiming second at Suzuka, while Ferrari’s Fernando [...]
Wasps stung by Walder’s penalty miss October 10, 2010 TOULOUSE (18) vs WASPS (16) WASPS head coach Tony Hanks refused to be downhearted after coming within a missed Dave Walder penalty of clinching a shock win over Heineken Cup holders Toulouse. The Premiership side matched their French opponents all the way in a nip and tuck contest, only to be undone in the end [...]
Bayonne roar back to overcome Harlequins October 10, 2010 HARLEQUINS squandered a half-time lead as they slipped to a 16-12 defeat at Bayonne in their Amlin Challenge Cup opener. Four penalties from Nick Evans put Quins 12-8 up at the break but the French side roared back with tries from Joe Pietersen and Sam Gerber. In a match played in torrential rain, the visitors [...]
Westwood in line to become world No1 October 10, 2010 RYDER CUP hero Lee Westwood is set to become world No1 for the first time at the end of the month, despite taking the rest of it off to recuperate. Westwood failed to overtake Tiger Woods yesterday because he could only finish 11th in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, rather than the top-two place required. [...]
Baptiste joy at 200m gold October 10, 2010 ENGLAND’S Leon Baptiste claimed the first major prize of his senior career by winning gold in the 200m at the Commonwealth Games. The Londoner, 25, pipped fast-finishing Jamaican Lansford Spence to take first place, with Welshman Christian Malcolm earning bronze. He also thoroughly upstaged his more illustrious team-mate Marlon Devonish, who trailed home in fifth. [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF October 10, 2010 Marseille plan to sue De Jong FOOTBALL: Marseille say they will take legal action against Manchester City’s Nigel de Jong over the broken leg suffered by Hatem Ben Arfa. France star Ben Arfa, on loan at Newcastle from Marseille, has been ruled out for several months after suffering two breaks following a tackle from De [...]
Games chiefs refuse to rule out Spurs bid for stadium October 7, 2010 OLYMPIC chiefs yesterday repeatedly refused to rule out Tottenham’s bid for the 2012 stadium despite the club being unwilling to retain the running track. The north London outfit are the only bidders known to want to scrap the facility if they move into the 80,000-seater arena in Stratford after the Games. Premier League rivals West [...]
Hicks won’t back down in Liverpool sale fight October 7, 2010 EMBATTLED Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have fought back in the bitter internal power struggle over the club’s future ownership. Hicks insisted yesterday that Liverpool’s board had not been entitled to accept a £300m bid from New England Sports Ventures, in defiance of his and Gillett’s wishes, because two of the directors had [...]
English sides ready for Euro renaissance, says Dallaglio October 7, 2010 ENGLAND legend Lawrence Dallaglio has backed Premiership clubs to re-establish themselves as a European force this season. Northampton Saints were the only English side to reach the last eight of the Heineken Cup last year in what was a hugely disappointing campaign for domestic teams. But as the Premiership’s finest prepare to engage with the [...]
Injury dents Westwood’s shot at world No1 spot October 7, 2010 RYDER CUP hero Lee Westwood has vowed to soldier on in the hope of overtaking Tiger Woods as world No1, despite suffering a recurrence of a calf injury. Westwood needed treatment after shooting a two-under-par first round at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews yesterday. The injury, which kept Westwood out for almost [...]