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 [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF June 15, 2010 Teen Watson stuns Wozniak TENNIS: British teenager Heather Watson claimed the biggest scalp of her fledgling career after beating world No48 Aleksandra Wozniak at the Aegon Championships in Eastbourne. Watson, 18, a wildcard entry at Wimbledon, came through 6-3, 6-2 to secure a first WTP Tour win of her career. It capped a good day [...]
Cecil eyes success Twice Over June 15, 2010 WHEN Desert Orchid’s trainer David Elsworth says a horse is Class with a capital C, I sit up and take notice. This is what he said after Swiss Dream won her maiden at Newmarket and she runs in today’s Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot. She was arguably unlucky not to win on her debut [...]
FOOTBALL TRADER June 15, 2010 SPAIN are seen by many as the likeliest winners of the World Cup and they will be confident of registering an opening victory against Switzerland. The Swiss made it to the second round in 2006, losing 3-0 in a penalty shootout against Ukraine after a goalless 120 minutes. In fact, that year they became the [...]
Byword to maintain France’s strong record in the Prince of Wales’ Stakes June 15, 2010 FRENCH trained horses have won two of the last three renewals of the Prince of Wales’ Stakes (3.50pm), the feature race on the second day of Royal Ascot, and BYWORD can maintain their hot streak. Andre Fabre landed this race back in 2007 with Manduro and has a brilliant record with the handful of horses [...]
the INSIDER June 15, 2010 The forecast for today looks fine, but I’m hoping that RAINFALL (3%) pours it on in the Jersey Stakes this afternoon. Mark Johnston has champion jockey Ryan Moore booked to ride this son of Oasis Dream and he can show a clean pair of heels to Red Jazz and Shakespearean. I will hopefully be quaffing [...]
IN-RUNNING TRADING HINTS June 15, 2010 Market leaders Antara and Strawberrydaiquiri were both given extremely positive rides last time out and I’d be surprised if Frankie Dettori and Ryan Moore weren’t equally as positive in the Windsor Forest Stakes (3.05pm) this afternoon. They both look sure to trade far shorter in-running on Betdaq when sent to the front in the home [...]
Carragher on standby after King setback June 14, 2010 JAMIE CARRAGHER is set to re-establish himself in the heart of the England defence after Ledley King was ruled out for three weeks with a groin muscle injury. England boss Fabio Capello looks sure to turn to the veteran Liverpool defender for Friday’s second group stage match with Algeria after injury-plagued King limped out of [...]
HE’S MOORE THAN JUST A CHAMPION June 14, 2010 ON 15th May 2000, at the tender age of 16, Ryan Moore steered Mersey Beat to victory in a hurdle race at Towcester. “I learnt to ride at Grandad’s”, he tells me on his way to ride at Salisbury in relentless pursuit of his fourth flat jockey’s title in five years. “I originally thought I [...]