SPORT | IN BRIEF May 17, 2010 Euro cup is back in Britain RUGBY UNION: The Heineken Cup final will be staged at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium in 2011 and Twickenham the following year. It is the fourth time the final has been staged at the Millennium Stadium – ironically with Munster winning on each occasion. Similarly, it is also the fourth time the [...]
Ballack ruled out of World Cup by injury May 17, 2010 CHELSEA and Germany star Michael Ballack has admitted his despair at being ruled out of the World Cup with an ankle injury. Ballack, 33, was set to captain his country at this summer’s tournament before suffering torn ligaments in Saturday’s FA Cup final victory. The midfielder was forced to limp off after a challenge from [...]
Lord Sugar ready for FA chairman role and has sights set on major reforms May 17, 2010 LORD Sugar has thrown his hat into the ring as a potential successor to Lord Triesman as chairman of the Football Association. Entrepreneur Sugar, who spent 10 years as chairman of Tottenham until 2001, said it would be a “great honour” to head up the FA, which is currently without both a permanent chairman and [...]
Robins edge out Addicks in shootout to reach final May 17, 2010 CHARLTON (2) vs SWINDON (1) Swindon win 5-4 on pens, 3-3 on agg CHARLTON skipper Nicky Bailey suffered penalty shoot-out heartache as the Addicks were beaten to the League One play-off final by Swindon. Bailey left the field in tears after his miss allowed Stephen Darby to convert the winning spot-kick on a night of [...]
England jet to Austria for training May 17, 2010 ENGLAND arrived for their pre-World Cup training camp in Austria on schedule yesterday, despite fears the ash cloud would delay their trip. Fabio Capello and a 24-man party were given the green light to travel to Irdning, near Salzburg, after air travel restrictions were lifted. The only players from the provisional 30-man squad Capello named [...]
2018 bid hit again as Fifa wades into Triesman row May 17, 2010 Investigation by world chiefs set to heap further humiliation on bid team ENGLISH hopes that Lord Triesman’s swift resignation would minimise damage to the country’s ailing bid to host the 2018 World Cup were dashed last night when Fifa vowed to investigate his alleged comments. Lord Coe, who sits on the bid board, had attempted [...]
Champions England still have a long way to go, warns Flower May 17, 2010 COACH Andy Flower last night warned his jubilant England troops not to get carried away with their World Twenty20 success, insisting they still have plenty of room for improvement. Flower’s England claimed a first-ever global tournament victory in Barbados on Sunday after sealing a seven-wicket final triumph over Australia. It has signalled the dawn of [...]
WORLD CHAMPIONS May 16, 2010 JUBILANT captain Paul Collingwood praised his England heroes after they produced a fittingly dominant performance to clinch a historic triumph at the World Twenty20 in Barbados. Imperious England beat old rivals Australia by seven wickets and with three overs remaining to end a 35-year wait for success in an International Cricket Council tournament. Fine fielding [...]
Brilliant England worthy winners May 16, 2010 ENGLAND are worthy winners and you have to tip your hat to the selectors and coach Andy Flower for the way they picked and prepared a team to do a specific job. At first we thought perhaps Jimmy Anderson was unlucky to miss out in favour of Ryan Sidebottom, but he repaid the selectors’ faith [...]
Triesman quits posts amid bribery claims furore May 16, 2010 LORD TRIESMAN, one of the most powerful men in the British game, last night resigned as chairman of the Football Association and England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup in embarrassing circumstances. Triesman stepped down after a Sunday newspaper published a private conversation between him and a former aide in which he allegedly suggests [...]