Cricket mourns the death of legend Sir Alec Bedser April 5, 2010 TRIBUTES flooded in yesterday for Surrey and England bowling legend Sir Alec Bedser, who died after a short illness on Sunday night at the age of 91. Bedser took 236 wickets in 51 Tests over 10 years before spending a record 23 years as an England selector. Having led Surrey to eight County Championships as [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF April 5, 2010 Irish National joy for Cracker RACING: Bluesea Cracker is a 33-1 chance for this Saturday’s Grand National after landing the Irish equivalent at Fairyhouse. The three-mile-five-furlong contest claimed several casualties, including favourite Saddlers Storm, but the 25-1 shot, ridden by Andrew McNamara, came through to beat Oscar Time by four and a half lengths with [...]
Gunners hero Fabregas fears March 31, 2010 ARSENAL V/S BARCELONA HEROIC captain Cesc Fabregas told last night how he fears he may have broken his leg after helping to haul Arsenal back from two goals down to hold hometown club Barcelona in a mesmerising Champions League quarter-final first leg. The Gunners midfielder limped off in agony after being bundled over by Barca [...]
United relief as Rooney gets away with suspected sprain March 31, 2010 MANCHESTER United defender Nemanja Vidic insists the club’s challenge for silverware will not be stymied by Wayne Rooney’s suspected sprained ankle. Rooney is expected to be out for three to four weeks after limping off during United’s Champions League defeat at Bayern Munich on Tuesday. In that time the striker, who has scored 34 goals [...]
Arsenal are right to be encouraged March 31, 2010 THEY may have been mesmerised at times by Barcelona’s movement and technical ability, but, bizarrely, Arsenal will actually come out of this first leg feeling just as encouraged as the current European champions – even despite the loss of Cesc Fabregas. Two-nil down and seemingly out of the tie, Arsene Wenger’s men showed they can [...]
Young gun Kies gets the March 31, 2010 ENGLAND have put their faith in batting sensation Craig Kieswetter playing a leading role in next month’s ICC World Twenty20 in the Caribbean. The Somerset starlet has been handed the gloves as England’s sole wicketkeeper at the expense of Matt Prior, who is left out of the 15-man squad, captained by Paul Collingwood. South African-born [...]
‘I’ll take his head off’ warns fired-up Haye March 31, 2010 ULTRA-confident David Haye says he plans to take John Ruiz’s head off when he makes his first heavyweight title defence against the American on Saturday. The Hayemaker has been unusually quiet in the build-up to the Manchester showdown, but exploded back into life in familiar fashion yesterday, just 72 hours before stepping into the ring. [...]
Saints and Sarries at war over Soane March 31, 2010 PREMIERSHIP rivals Northampton and Saracens are at war over Soane Tonga’uiha after the Tongan international sensationally reneged on a deal to join Sarries for next season. The 28-year-old prop signed an agreement to join the Vicarage Road club back in January, but has now changed his mind and reopened contract negotiations with the Saints. But [...]
Alonso taken aback by his flying start March 31, 2010 COMBINING a two-time world champion with the most famous team in motor racing was always going to be a potent mix, but Fernando Alonso insists he is surprised by just how well he has begun life at Ferrari. The Spaniard leads the drivers’ standings after two races – a win in Bahrain followed by fourth [...]
Durham on top as pink ball takes effect March 31, 2010 IAN BLACKWELL and Scott Borthwick both took three wickets as county champions Durham closed in on victory after day three of their floodlit county season opener with an MCC XI in Abu Dhabi. Durham declared their second innings on 228-6 thanks to an unbeaten stand of 125 between Callum Thorp (79no) and Kyle Coetzer (52no). This gave [...]