Disgruntled Robinho completes January 28, 2010 MANCHESTER CITY striker Robinho last night ended his unhappy spell at Eastlands by completing a six-month loan move to former club Santos. The 26-year-old, who cost a British transfer record £32.5m when he arrived from Real Madrid in 2008, has started just eight games in all competitions for City this season and spoke of his [...]
Website taken down as Pompey reach new low January 28, 2010 PORTSMOUTH’S season of crisis took another farcical turn yesterday when their official website was taken offline because of an unpaid bill. Juicy, the company that runs the site, only made the site available again later in the day after Pompey had made them a payment. The club’s latest shambolic episode came as it emerged they [...]
New boy Matt is looking as sharp as ever January 28, 2010 MANY heads have been turned with our four big signings at Saracens this week, but it’s only reaffirmed what we’ve known for a long time: that this club is going places. England internationals Matt Stevens and Richard Wigglesworth, Scotland’s Kelly Brown and Tongan powerhouse Soane Tonga’uiha will all be joining us at Vicarage Road next [...]
Cipriani out of Saxons after bereavement January 28, 2010 DANNY CIPRIANI has pulled out of the England Saxons squad for Sunday’s game with Ireland A after suffering a family bereavement. The Wasps fly-half was looking to kick-start his international career with a run-out in the Bath friendly but has been granted leave by Rugby Football Union chiefs after losing a close relative. Northampton’s Shane [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF January 28, 2010 Dredge and Wilson lead in Qatar GOLF: England’s Oliver Wilson and Bradley Dredge, of Wales, fired opening rounds of 67 to take a share of the lead at the Qatar Open. Both defied windy conditions to post five-under-par rounds, Dredge joining Wilson at the top of the leaderboard after a run of four birdies in the [...]
Rooney’s late winner gives City deja vu January 27, 2010 MANCHESTER UTD [Man Utd win 4-3 on agg] (3) vs MANCHESTER CITY (1) SIR ALEX FERGUSON heaped praise on his Manchester United troops after they silenced ‘noisy neighbours’ City and clinched a place in the Carling Cup final. Wayne Rooney’s injury-time winner earned the defending champions a Wembley date with Aston Villa on 28 February, [...]
Vermaelen blow for Gunners January 27, 2010 ASTON VILLA (0) vs ARSENAL (0) ARSENAL’S title hopes suffered a major blow as the Gunners lost ground on their league rivals and lost Thomas Vermaelen to a suspected broken leg. Belgium defender Vermaelen has been one of Arsenal’s stars of the campaign but is likely to miss the rest of the season if X-rays [...]
Lampard double puts Chelsea back on top January 27, 2010 CHELSEA (3) vs BIRMINGHAM CITY (0) CHELSEA boss Carlo Ancelotti has challenged his side to surge clear of their title rivals after a Frank Lampard brace sent them back to the top of the table. Winger Florent Malouda also netted as the Blues went one point ahead of Manchester United and two of Arsenal, with [...]
Murray brushes off talk of settling scores against Cilic January 27, 2010 ANDY MURRAY insists revenge will not be on his mind this morning when he bids to take another step towards ending Britain’s 74-year wait for a Grand Slam champion. Murray faces big-serving Marin Cilic, a rising star and conqueror of seeds Juan Martin del Potro and Andy Roddick who is preparing for his first major [...]
Target Huntelaar is going nowhere, says Milan chief January 27, 2010 AC MILAN have issued a ‘hands-off’ warning to a number of Premier League clubs chasing striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. The Holland international is frustrated at a lack of first-team football and is considering a loan move away from the San Siro to safeguard his World Cup place. Everton boss David Moyes has already expressed an interest [...]