Villa’s double puts Spain back on track June 21, 2010 SPAIN(2) vs HONDURAS(0) DAVID VILLA showed why Barcelona dispensed with £35m for his services after his brace put Spain’s World Cup hopes back on the rails at Ellis Park. The former Valencia hitman netted a goal in either half but then missed a penalty as the European champions turned on the style against a shell-shocked [...]
New ball has fan at last as Portugal blitz North Korea June 21, 2010 PORTUGAL(7) vs NORTH KOREA(0) PORTUGAL boss Carlos Queiroz has become the first manager to laud the much-maligned new ball – after seeing it nestled in his opponents’ net seven times. Queiroz’s men racked up the biggest win at World Cup finals since Germany hammered Saudi Arabia 8-0 in 2002 to take a huge step towards [...]
Chile too hot for 10-man Switzerland as they march on towards last-16 June 21, 2010 CHILE(1) vs SWITZERLAND(0) MARK GONZALEZ’S late header broke the resistance of 10-man Switzerland and put Chile on the verge of a place in the last-16. The former Liverpool winger headed home Estaban Paredas’ cross with 15 minutes to go after the Swiss had West Ham’s Valon Behrami sent off. It means Chile got top of [...]
WORLD CUP NEWS | IN BRIEF June 21, 2010 France end revolt over Anelka THE French squad returned to training yesterday to end their boycott over the expulsion of Nicolas Anelka. The squad opted to not take part in training on Sunday after the Chelsea striker was sent home for a row with coach Raymond Domenech and then refused to apologise. President Nicolas Sarkozy [...]
Capello: Terry made a big mistake June 21, 2010 FABIO CAPELLO late night slammed John Terry’s criticism of England’s World Cup campaign, insisting the former captain had made a “big mistake” in speaking out in public. Less than 48 hours before the crunch Group C decider with Slovenia, Capello moved to underline his authority in the camp after Terry claimed on Sunday that several [...]
This has been a worse start than ‘86 or ’90 June 21, 2010 ENGLAND’S mutiny may have been nipped in the bud but John Terry was totally ill-advised to tell the world about any rumblings of discontent in the England squad. Those issues should be dealt with internally. By opening them up to the public Terry risked driving a bigger wedge between the players and Fabio Capello. It [...]
There was no crisis meeting, with Fabio, insists Lampard June 21, 2010 FRANK LAMPARD yesterday dismissed John Terry’s claims there was a crisis meeting with boss Fabio Capello – and threw his weight behind the under-fire Italian coach. The midfielder was paraded to the world’s media to diffuse the impact of his Chelsea team-mate’s outburst on Sunday in which he said the squad were ready to air [...]
‘Disrespecting’ referee to officiate crunch match June 21, 2010 THE referee once accused by John Terry of disrespecting him in a Champions League match, will take charge of England’s crucial World Cup against Slovenia on Wednesday. German Wolfgang Stark came under fire from the Chelsea captain after he sent off Didier Drogba during the Blues’ quarter-final defeat to Inter Milan in March. At the [...]
Kit up in style for lawn tennis season June 21, 2010 IF the one thing that stands in the way of you and a good rally this summer is your tired, patchy kit, read on for some tips on how to revamp your tennis wardrobe. We asked Lee Child, former Wimbledon competitor and tennis coach at Stoke Park, for guidance. Shoes “This is the most important [...]
Players meet Capello for crisis summit June 20, 2010 ENGLAND’S fraught squad held clear-the-air talks with manager Fabio Capello last night in a desperate bid to salvage a campaign that could be dead within 48 hours. The summit was prompted by England’s disastrous start to the tournament, which saw them follow their opening draw with USA with an even poorer stalemate against Algeria. Capello’s [...]