We need a cash injection to reclaim our top four place, admits Benitez April 7, 2010 LIVERPOOL boss Rafael Benitez has conceded his squad needs major investment this summer if the club are to break back into the top four next season. Benitez’s side have consistently struggled for form this season and currently lie four points behind Manchester City in the race for a Champions League place. Star striker Fernando Torres [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF April 7, 2010 Vesty completes Bath switch RUGBY UNION: Leicester and England international fly-half Sam Vesty has confirmed his switch to Bath in the summer on a three-year-deal. The 28-year-old has spent 13 years at Welford Road but has fallen behind Toby Flood and Jeremy Staunton in the pecking order this season. Vesty will join Tigers team-mate Lewis [...]
Magical Messi conjures four goals as weary Arsenal are slain in Spain April 6, 2010 BARCELONA (4) v/s ARSENAL (1) ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger hailed Lionel Messi as the world’s best after the Barcelona forward condemned the Gunners to a European exit with a jaw-dropping four-goal virtuoso performance. The diminutive Argentine with the huge talent justified his billing as the finest on the planet by commandeering the quarter-final second leg [...]
I’ll tame Tiger and end wait, vows Casey April 6, 2010 BRITISH hope Paul Casey has welcomed the return of Tiger Woods – but insists not even he can get in the way of his Masters dream. Casey was one of the first golfers to catch up with Woods when the world No1 arrived at Augusta to end his five-month exile from the game. “He made [...]
Sir Alex leaves door open for Rooney to make Euro cameo April 6, 2010 MANCHESTER UTD v/s BAYERN MUNICH MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has justified his reputation as master of the mind games by sending Bayern Munich mixed messages about the fitness of Wayne Rooney. Ferguson, speaking at yesterday’s pre-match press conference, initially insisted there was “no chance” of the striker making a miraculous recovery from an [...]
Get set for intriguing county season April 6, 2010 I’M no weather forecaster but if traditions are anything to go by then you can expect rain on Friday for the start of the County Championship. After the coldest of winters the domestic season is back up and running and with Ashes places up for grabs this year, we’re in for an intriguing summer. Here’s [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF April 6, 2010 Vesty set for Bath switch RUGBY UNION: England international Sam Vesty is set to follow in the footsteps of Leicester team-mate Lewis Moody and join Bath at the end of the season. The 27-year-old fly-half has fallen down the pecking order behind Toby Flood and Jeremy Staunton at Welford Road and is out of contract [...]
CITY VIEWS: CAN TIGER WOODS WIN THIS WEEK’S US MASTERS? April 6, 2010 GEORGE CARR | DEUTSCHE BANK “Of course he can, he’s Tiger Woods, he plays to win. Tiger is not the sort of person who would go into anything under-prepared and he will have been practicising. He seems to have a certain aura about him and you can guarantee that no player will want the pressure [...]
My Gunners can shoot down Barca, says Wenger April 5, 2010 BARCELONA v/s ARSENAL ARSENE WENGER insists his injury-hit Arsenal side can defy the odds and dethrone champions Barcelona on their way to securing a place in the Champions League semi finals. The Gunners have been masters of the unlikely second leg comeback in recent years having humbled Real Madrid, AC Milan and Inter Milan under [...]
Woods makes heartfelt apology after ending exile April 5, 2010 TIGER WOODS last night apologised to his fellow professionals in a heart-warming first press conference since his self-imposed exile from the game amid lurid revelations about his private life. The world No1 told how he had been “blown away” by the reception of the crowd after walking out on the Augusta course for a practice [...]