FOOTBALL TRADER June 16, 2010 AFTER a rather bumpy build-up, Raymond Domenech’s France must feel like the world and his dog is against them. They did themselves no favours in their first night bore-fest against Uruguay however and, with things level in Group A after the first round of games, few would be shocked to see Les Bleus return home [...]
Tour over for Banahan after Barbarians citing June 16, 2010 MATT BANAHAN’S England summer is over after he was found guilty of a dangerous tackle in Tuesday’s win over the Australian Barbarians. The Bath wing was cited for a “lifting tackle” on Australian centre Berrick Barnes during the 15-9 victory and was handed a two-week suspension, ruling him out for the rest of the tour. [...]
Murray seeded fourth for SW19 June 16, 2010 HOME favourite Andy Murray hasbeen seeded fourth for this year’s Wimbledon championship. Six-time champion Roger Federer retains top seed despite being overtaken by Rafael Nadal as world No1. The women’s seedings stuck to the world rankings, with the possibility of a fifth all-Williams Wimbledon final alive with the Americans seeded one and two. The draw [...]
Debut would be a ‘dream’ says Dawson June 15, 2010 MICHAEL DAWSON last night admitted it would be a “dream” to make his England bow against Algeria on Friday night. The uncapped Spurs defender could be thrown into the deep end by coach Fabio Capello and fill in for club mate Ledley King, who suffered a groin muscle injury in the 1-1 draw with United [...]
Hughes leads dad Hannon to Ascot double June 15, 2010 JOCKEY Richard Hughes was the toast of Royal Ascot after leading Canford Cliffs to victory in the big race of the day, the St James’s Palace Stakes, on his way to an opening day double. The Richard Hannon-trained three-year-old had been beaten by stablemate Dick Turpin in their two previous encounters, but gained sweet revenge [...]
Stunned Brazil break Korean resolve June 15, 2010 BRAZIL (2) vs NORTH KOREA (1) THEY may be in the so-called ‘Group of Death’, but North Korea are far from dead yet as they gave five-time winners Brazil the fright of their lives in Johannesburg last night. The Koreans defended resiliently to keep their goal in check at the break, only for the top [...]
Sven defends Ivorian bore draw June 15, 2010 IVORY COAST (0) vs PORTUGAL (0) IVORY COAST coach Sven-Goran Eriksson believes both sides would have been happy with yesterday’s bore draw in Port Elizabeth – as neither team wanted to lose. With Brazil red-hot favourites to top Group G, both were desperate to avoid defeat, culminating in a dour stalemate. Cristiano Ronaldo came closest [...]
Flustered Fabio has much to ponder June 15, 2010 IN an ideal world, Robert Green will have held onto Landon Donovan’s tame effort, Emile Heskey would have scored from his one-on-one, England would have beaten the USA 2-0, and we’d all be merrily dancing our way to Cape Town for the Algeria game, dreaming of World Cup glory. But those fine lines in football [...]
Barkley kicks England to first tour win June 15, 2010 AUST. BARBARIANS (9) vs ENGLAND (15) OLLY BARKLEY kicked over two late penalties to help England’s second string secure a first win of their tour Down Under. The Bath fly-half sealed an unconvincing win for the tourists after three Berrick Barnes kicks had overturned Charlie Hodgson’s pair of penalties early on. But despite the result, [...]
Shahzad handed one-day call June 15, 2010 PACE bowler Ajmal Shahzad has been handed an England lifeline after being drafted into the one-day squad for the forthcoming series with Australia. The Yorkshire seamer was a surprise omission from the original 13-man squad selected last week, but gets his chance after Ryan Sidebottom suffered a minor hamstring strain. Shahzad, 24, was hoping to [...]