SPORT | IN BRIEF May 23, 2010 Ribery signs new Bayern deal FOOTBALL: France star Franck Ribery has turned his back on a summer move by signing a new five-year contract with Bayern Munich. The former Marseille winger, 27, who has battled injury this season, had been tipped to leave Germany for Spain or England. Croatia beat depleted Wales FOOTBALL: An experimental [...]
WINNERS & LOSERS May 23, 2010 A WEEKEND is a long time in sport, as this lot will attest. But while for some it was a few days to remember, others may wish they had never set foot out of the house. SIMON KHAN Only a brave man would have bet on the Essex man to win the BMW PGA Championship, but in [...]
OVER ANNE OUT May 23, 2010 BRITISH hope Anne Keothavong failed to make it past the first hurdle at the French Open, losing 6-2, 6-2 yesterday in sweltering Paris to Italy’s Flavia Pennetta. Keothavong’s exit leaves Elena Baltacha and Katie O’Brien flying the nation’s flag in the women’s draw, while in the men’s British No1 Andy Murray begins his quest today [...]
Penalties on the agenda for history-making final May 20, 2010 BAYERN MUNICH vs INTER MILAN TOMORROW – 7.45PM ITV1 THE ITV big-wigs must be tearing their hair out in frustration that the first time the Champions League final has been moved to the prime Saturday night slot no English team has managed to get there. England have been represented in all of the last five [...]
Canford Cliffs can hand Hannon his third Irish Guineas May 20, 2010 PACO BOY landed the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury last Saturday for Richard Hannon and CANFORD CLIFFS can bag another Group One for his in-form stable at the Curragh tomorrow. The son of Tagula proved that one mile holds no fears when running a blinder to finish third in the 2000 Guineas and can gain compensation [...]
the INSIDER May 20, 2010 It’s only three weeks until the 2010 Football World Cup and if you are quick and use oddschecker.com you might just be able to get a few pounds on England to win at 7/1. Or is that the right thing to do even if you fancy them to win? I’m quite confident that the Three [...]
Target Milner happy to put future on hold May 20, 2010 JAMES MILNER has vowed to put his club future on hold until after the World Cup – but admits he doesn’t know whether he’ll be an Aston Villa player next season. The 24-year-old is in high demand after an outstanding season at Villa Park and was the subject of a failed £20m bid from Manchester [...]
Grant set for West Ham job after leaving Pompey May 20, 2010 AVRAM GRANT is expected to be named the new manager of West Ham in the next 24 hours after leaving Portsmouth last night. The Israeli guided the cash-strapped, relegated club to the FA Cup final against his former club Chelsea last Saturday and admitted leaving Pompey was the “most difficult decision” he has had to [...]
My support makes me feel part of a big family May 20, 2010 IT’S been a difficult week for everyone here at Saracens, and with the Premiership final with Leicester just eight days away, you could say the timing might have been better. But, on the positive side, it’s brought everyone closer together, like one big family, and that makes me extremely proud as head coach. On Tuesday, [...]
Fast and furious – all in a day’s work May 20, 2010 IT’S not all breakneck speeds, multi-million dollar contracts and being sprayed with champagne. Okay, there is rather a lot of all that, but peer into the paddock of an F1 team and you will also find dozens of dedicated individuals beavering away at their jobs. I went behind the scenes at a grand prix to [...]