Title blow for Chelsea as Carvalho out for a month March 25, 2010 CHELSEA’S title charge suffered a major blow last night after defender Ricardo Carvalho was ruled out for at least four weeks with an ankle injury. The 31-year-old suffered ligament damage in the 5-0 victory at Portsmouth on Wednesday night and may now require surgery. Carvalho will definitely miss the key fixtures against Aston Villa and [...]
Strettle can fulfill big talent March 25, 2010 HE’S the final piece in our jigsaw. The signing of David Strettle from our London rivals Harlequins is a major boost to the Saracens squad for next season. He is a top-class wing who is leading the Premiership in line-breaks this season and on the verge of a deserved return to the England set-up. David [...]
Care: England must find killer instinct March 25, 2010 ENGLAND scrum-half Danny Care insists the team must become more ruthless if they are to turn encouraging performances into titles. Martin Johnson’s side ended the Six Nations a disappointing third after a gallant 12-10 defeat to Grand Slam-winners France in Paris on Saturday. Their other defeat, to Ireland, was also by a fine margin and [...]
Mowbray’s Celtic reign ended by humiliating defeat to St Mirren March 25, 2010 TONY MOWBRAY last night paid the price for a disastrous first season in charge of Celtic when he parted company with the club after just nine months. Mowbray met with chief executive Peter Lawwell at the Hoops’ Lennoxtown training ground yesterday to discuss Wednesday night’s 4-0 thrashing by St Mirren – the 13th defeat since [...]
Refuelling ban won’t make Formula 1 dull, says track legend Schumacher March 25, 2010 SEVEN-TIME world champion Michael Schumacher has hit back at claims that the ban on refuelling has made Formula 1 boring. The season-opening race in Bahrain a fortnight ago was criticised for a lack of overtaking, with the new rule changes shouldering much of the blame. But Mercedes driver Schumacher, who has returned to the track [...]
Murray hits back at Lloyd March 25, 2010 TENNIS: British No1 Andy Murray has hit back at former Davis Cup captain John Lloyd following criticism of his self-imposed absence from the team. Lloyd resigned as captain following the embarrassing defeat by Lithuania, without Murray, and then turned on the world No3, insisting he should not pick and choose when he plays for his [...]
Lawrie’s back with a bang March 25, 2010 GOLF: Former Open champion Paul Lawrie returned from a six-week playing break to fire a five-under-par 65 to lead the Open de Andalucia in Malaga. The Scot is tied with Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen, one shot clear of a cluster of players on four under par.
Bulgaria first up for England March 25, 2010 FOOTBALL: England will open their Euro 2012 qualifiers with a trip to Bulgaria on 3 September 2010 – four days before they host Montenegro at Wembley. In the same group, Fabio Capello’s men travel to Wales in Cardiff on 26 March, with the return game at Wembley on 6 September. The fixtures were decided by [...]
Hoy claims 10th world title March 25, 2010 CYCLING: Sir Chris Hoy won Britain’s first gold of the Track Cycling World Championships with victory in the men’s keirin. Olympic champion Hoy hit the front with a lap to go and held off Malaysia’s Azizulhasni Awang to clinch his 10th world title.
Five-star Blues back on song March 24, 2010 PORTSMOUTH V/S CHELSEA RAMPANT Chelsea answered their critics with an impressive five-goal blitz of luckless Portsmouth to haul themselves right back into the title race. Two goals apiece from Didier Drogba and Florent Malouda, plus a late fifth from Frank Lampard, ensured the Blues made a welcome return to winning ways and climb back to [...]