Return to seven furlongs can give Ouqba the edge in the Hungerford August 12, 2010 IT may well be over a year since he last won a race, but Barry Hills’ OUQBA looks the one to beat in the Hungerford Stakes at Newbury this weekend. The four-year-old son of Red Ransom is ideally suited by a fast-run seven furlongs on decent ground and he should have all those conditions in [...]
the INSIDER August 12, 2010 York takes centre stage next week and there’s nothing I like more than finding a few winners the weekend before a big meeting. Frankie Dettori is at Newbury tomorrow and I fancy him and KITE WOOD to win the Group 3 Geoffrey Freer (2.30pm) for the second year running. He won well on his reappearance [...]
Hero Gerrard saves England August 11, 2010 ENGLAND (2) vs HUNGARY (1) CAPTAIN marvel Steven Gerrard spared the blushes of both his under-fire coach and Fifa bosses last night as England came from behind to beat Hungary in their first outing since their dismal World Cup showing. The stand-in captain scored two memorable goals in the space of just four minutes as [...]
Capello: Beckham’ is “too old” to continue August 11, 2010 FABIO CAPELLO last night appeared to call time on David Beckham’s international career, admitting the 35-year-old former captain is a “little bit old”. Beckham missed the World Cup through injury but joined Capello as part of his back-up team because of the influence he has on the squad. But the Italian admitted the LA Galaxy [...]
Lerner: O’Neill quit over dispute August 11, 2010 ASTON VILLA chairman Randy Lerner yesterday claimed Martin O’Neill’s departure was down to a difference of opinion as bookies slashed the odds on Sven-Goran Eriksson to take over the reigns at Villa Park. The American tycoon revealed a disagreement over the club’s direction caused O’Neill to step down just days before the new season and [...]
Sir Alex expecting a dogfight – just to finish in the top four August 11, 2010 SIR ALEX Ferguson yesterday warned his Manchester United side to prepare for a “dogfight” this season – just to finish in a Champions League place. The wily United boss expects the likes of Tottenham, city rivals Manchester City, managerless Aston Villa, and Everton to contest a scramble for European spots this term, while he himself [...]
Tiger’s on the rampage!?At 17-1, I’ll take a piece of that August 11, 2010 TAMING a wounded animal is a dangerous proposition in any sport – especially if that animal happens to be a Tiger. Tiger Woods may have looked out-of-sorts and going through the motions during his worst-ever 18-over-par total in the WGC-Bridgestone last weekend, but I’d be very surprised to see a repeat of that at Whistling [...]
CITY RUNNER | GARMIN #4MILER August 11, 2010 CAPITAL MARKETS, MARKETING ROBERT JOHNSON Best time: 29min 00secs Distance: 4.10m Average pace: 07.25 min/mi Best pace: 06.95 min/mi PEDESTRIANS, traffic, cobbled streets – there could be countless reasons for being forced change your route in the Garmin #4miler challenge. But Investec team champion Robert Johnson was presented with the most novel yet as he [...]
Door left open for Borthwick August 11, 2010 RUGBY UNION: Martin Johnson yesterday hinted Steve Borthwick could once again captain England after refusing to confirm Lewis Moody would be his skipper through to next year’s World Cup. Borthwick, who captained England for the first 20 Tests of Johnson’s reign, was replaced by Moody after he was ruled out of the summer tour of [...]
Halsall continues gold rush August 11, 2010 SWIMMING: Francesca Halsall sealed Britain’s third gold medal at the European Championships in Budapest after leading from the front in the women’s 100m freestyle final yesterday. Halsall, 20, held off tough competition from Belarusian Aliaksandra Herasimenia to win with a time of 53.58 seconds before Joe Roebuck secured bronze in the men’s 200m individual medley.