Reds sunk by Hazard but Rafa content March 11, 2010 LILLE (1) vs LIVERPOOL (0) LIVERPOOL boss Rafael Benitez insisted he was pleased with his players despite seeing them beaten for the second time in four days. The Reds face an uphill challenge to progress to the quarter-finals after Eden Hazard’s late strike condemned them to a first-leg defeat in northern France. Liverpool found themselves [...]
Button: 2010 will be a belter March 11, 2010 WORLD champion Jenson Button believes a ferocious level of competition will make the 2010 season one of the most thrilling of all time. Button is preparing to begin his maiden title defence this weekend in Abu Dhabi, with the first competitive racing of the year taking place in today’s qualifying session. And the Englishman knows [...]
‘I’m in the form of my life, claims gold medal hopeful Meadows March 11, 2010 BRITISH hope Jenny Meadows insists she is in the form of her life as she goes for gold in?Doha. The 28-year-old followed up her world 800m bronze medal in Berlin last August by beating Kelly Holmes’s British indoor record of 1.57.93 in Birmingham last month. Now she has her sights firmly set on winning another [...]
Woods set for shock return in 11 days’ time March 11, 2010 ABSENT world No1 Tiger Woods is being tipped to make a surprise comeback in less than two weeks’ time. Woods plans to play the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill near his home in Florida, which starts on 25 March, according to US?reports. He could even take to the course three days earlier at the [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF March 11, 2010 HOCKEY: Reigning champions Germany ended England’s World Cup hopes with a 4-1 semi-final victory in New Delhi. Germany now play Australia in the final, while Britain take on the Netherlands in a third-place play-off tomorrrow.
SPORT | IN BRIEF March 11, 2010 RACING: Jockey Sam Thomas will miss the Cheltenham Festival after suffering a neck injury in a fall at Paul Nicholls’ yard. Thomas, who rode Denham to Gold Cup glory in 2008, was due to ride Tricky Trickster in this year’s showpiece.
SPORT | IN BRIEF March 11, 2010 FOOTBALL: Portsmouth’s hopes of survival received a huge boost yesterday after Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs announced it would not be pursuing its High Court dispute over the validity of the club’s administrator, Andrew Andronikou. A club spokesman said: “The Revenue has accepted the administration is valid.”
Unstoppable Rooney rips into Milan March 10, 2010 MANCHESTER UTD (4) vs AC MILAN (0) Man Utd win 7-2 on aggregate WAYNE Rooney ensured David Beckham’s long-awaited return to Old Trafford was far more bitter than sweet as Manchester United’s latest hero condemned their old one to a crushing European defeat. Rooney effectively ended the tie and swept United into the Champions League [...]
I’m haunted by Scots loss, admits Wilko March 10, 2010 JONNY WILKINSON says England’s defeat by Scotland at Murrayfield two years ago was one of the most painful experiences of his career. It was the afternoon when the fly-half broke the world record for international points, but that was about all he had to celebrate as he was hauled off 11 minutes from the end [...]
Arsenal’s Gazidis preaching simple solution to football’s debt problem March 10, 2010 IT seems apt that Ivan Gazidis first fell in love with football at Portsmouth. His boyhood club’s grim descent into administration has laid bare the financial mismanagement prevalent even at the top level, where clubs borrow vast sums just to keep pace with their rivals. Now, as chief executive of Arsenal, he is among the [...]