I’m sorry, says calamity keeper June 13, 2010 ROBERT GREEN last night issued a humbling apology to England players and supporters for his howler against the USA on Saturday night. The West Ham keeper fumbled Clint Dempsey’s innocuous 25-yard shot to hand the USA a share of the spoils in Rustenburg on Saturday night. But he says the error will make him doubly [...]
Slick Germans show intent June 13, 2010 GERMANY (4) vs AUSTRALIA (0) WHO was it who warned never to write off the Germans? Despite the absence of the injured Michael Ballack, the three-time champions made light of their mediocre tag to give a real signal of intent in Durban last night. Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose continued their remarkable scoring records with [...]
Hamilton back on top after Canadian win June 13, 2010 LEWIS HAMILTON returned to the top of the drivers’ championship for the first time in 18 months after leading a second successive McLaren one-two in a thrilling Canadian Grand Prix. The 2008 champion put in a superb drive to claim back-to-back wins and go three points clear of team-mate Jenson Button in the overall standings. [...]
Geech hails underfire Johnno June 13, 2010 BRITISH Lions legend Sir Ian McGeechan has backed underfire England coach Martin Johnson, insisting there should be “no question” about his future. Johnson came under critiscism as England slumped to a 27-17 defeat to Australia in the first Test in Perth on Saturday. With just eight wins from 22 Tests, Johnson’s record is inferior to [...]
Capello’s £8.8m heads list of earners June 13, 2010 FABIO CAPELLO is alreay sitting on top of the world – in the high earner stakes. The England manager heads the list of the 32 World Cup bosses with a salary of £8.8m – almost three times more than that of the second-place manager, fellow Italian Marcello Lippi. Germany’s Joachim Low comes in next with [...]
Spot-on Gyan sends Ghana off to a flier June 13, 2010 SERBIA (0) vs GHANA (1) A PENALTY five minutes from time from Asamoah Gyan handed Ghana a winning start to their Group D campaign against ten-man Serbia. The Rennes striker rifled home from the spot after Serbian substitute Zdravko Kuzmanovic handled when attempting to head clear a cross. It came 11 minutes after the Serbians, [...]
Dire affair will give Fabio much-needed light relief June 13, 2010 ALGERIA (0) vs SLOVENIA (1) IF Fabio Capello was feeling a touch disheartened after Saturday’s night’s solitary point in Rustenburg, he will have had every reason to be cheered by this dire affair between the other two sides in England’s group. West Brom’s Robert Koren settled the match on 79 minutes and gave his country [...]
Dutch have grown as a team, insists veteran Gio June 13, 2010 FORMER Arsenal defender Giovanni van Bronckhorst believes Holland have learned their lesson from their Euro 2008 campaign and are ready to mount a strong World Cup charge. The 35-year-old veteran wins his 100th cap for the Dutch against Denmark in Johannesburg today and says the team have grown from the disappointment of two years ago [...]
Cup chiefs ponder vuvuzela ban June 13, 2010 WORLD CUP organising chief Danny Jordaan is considering calls to ban vuvuzelas from the tournament following complaints. The trumpet-like instruments have constantly droned through every match of this World Cup so far, drowning out singing and chanting from the fans. Asked if it was a possibility that fans could be prevented from bringing the instruments [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF June 13, 2010 Sam’s the man at Queen’s TENNIS: American Sam Querrey gave himself a pre-Wimbledon boost after beating close friend and training partner Mardy Fish to win the Aegon Championship at Queen’s Club. The 6ft 6in Querrey, 28, used his big serve to full effect on the grass, coming through 7-6 (7-3), 7-5 against world No90 Fish, [...]