For a top Royal Ascot tip, just Ask June 16, 2010 ASK is a horse that won at the highest level over a mile and a half and when connections stepped him up to two miles last time in France, he was simply devastating. With Yeats no longer in the picture, today’s Ascot Gold Cup looks there for the taking and he can provide Sir Michael [...]
the INSIDER June 16, 2010 ANIFEST (10%) is something we have all heard plenty about over the last five months but in a political sense rather than the horse. Really it wasn’t until the demolition of a quality field in the Yorkshire Cup that this horse really stole the show. Henry Cecil’s charge powered clear of Purple Moon at York [...]
Barry is back but Capello may axe pair June 16, 2010 FABIO CAPELLO has confirmed Gareth Barry will return to the England side for tomorrow’s clash with Algeria but admits he may drop Emile Heskey and Robert Green. Midfielder Barry is fit to make his first start of the tournament after shaking off the ankle injury that kept him on the bench for Saturday’s draw with [...]
Spanish lose favourites tag as Swiss stun Del Bosque’s men in opener June 16, 2010 SPAIN (0) vs SWITZERLAND(1) SPAIN coach Vicente del Bosque blamed bad luck after the much-fancied European champions crashed to defeat in their opening game, causing the biggest shock of the tournament so far. Former Manchester City midfielder Gelson Fernandes bundled home the only goal early in the second half and Switzerland stood firm in the [...]
I’d still rather be a Spain supporter June 16, 2010 SPAIN may have had a shocker yesterday, but I’d still be feeling far happier if I was a fan of the European champions than I am as an England follower. We have had a chance to see every team in action now, and I think it is fair to say Vicente del Bosque’s men suffered [...]
Write off Tiger at your peril, he remains the man to beat June 16, 2010 WITH every day that passes and with every shot he plays, Tiger Woods appears to be looking more like his old brilliant self. The world No1 might still be a little game shy ahead of the US Open, which starts today, but he remains very much the man to beat. Who can forget 10 years [...]
Westwood: I will learn from my old mistakes June 16, 2010 LEE WESTWOOD has vowed to learn from previous experiences in a bid to land a first Major at Pebble Beach this weekend. The world No3 has finished in the top three in each of the last three Major tournaments, but missed good opportunities to break his duck, notably at The Open last year and the [...]
Hosts hammered by fired-up Forlan June 16, 2010 SOUTH AFRICA (0) vs URUGUAY (3) FORMER Manchester United forward Diego Forlan struck twice as Uruguay pushed hosts South Africa to the brink of elimination at the first hurdle. Man-of-the-match Forlan netted in each half and Alvaro Pereira headed a late third as the slick South Americans overpowered a toothless, 10-man Bafana Bafana to go [...]
Dream debut for Guyon as Byword is toast of Ascot June 16, 2010 ROOKIE jockey Maxime Guyon capped a dream British debut by leading Byword to victory in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot. The 5-2 favourite, trained in France by Andre Fabre, proved just too good for Henry Cecil’s Twice Over as owner Khalid Abdullah celebrated a one-two in the Group One contest. Byword came [...]
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 [...]