Mayweather in Pacquiao’s sights after Cotto stopped November 15, 2009 NEWLY crowned five-time world champion Manny Pacquiao is gunning for unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr after his breathtaking win over Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto on Saturday night. The Filipino superstar, 30, stopped Cotto in the 12th round of their WBO welterweight clash in Las Vegas to claim his fifth world title at a fifth different weight. [...]
Race to Dubai top spot is consolation for McIlroy November 15, 2009 NORTHERN IRISH youngster Rory McIlroy will go into next weekend’s season climax as the European Tour’s leading player after finishing second in the Hong Kong Open. The 20-year-old’s superb six-under-par round of 64 was not enough to prevent Frenchman Gregory Bourdy from taking the title at Fanling by two shots, on 19 under. But it [...]
Ballyfitz has perfect Power profile at 8/1 November 12, 2009 PICKING the likeliest winner of tomorrow’s Paddy Power Gold Cup is even more difficult this year with a deluge of rain forecasted to hit Gloucestershire between now and 2.35pm tomorrow. However, whilst many are talking of showers of biblical proportions, others have suggested that we will get no more than a solitary downpour. Either way, [...]
MATCH OF THE DAY November 12, 2009 Cheltenham’s Open meeting, which gets under way tomorrow, is appropriately named as virtually all of the 18 races run over the next three days have a distinctly wide open looking feel. It’s for that very reason that a spread betting match bet comes into its own, as your selection only needs to beat one other [...]
Ireland can hold France in crucial Croke contest November 12, 2009 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND vs. FRANCETomorrow 8pm, Sky Sports 1IRELAND haven’t tasted defeat in Dublin since the 2006 World Cup qualifiers when they lost 1-0 to France in September 2005. Since then they have won five and drawn seven of 12 competitive home games. It is never easy to analyse international football form, as teams play [...]
Rooney warns: We still have to improve November 12, 2009 WAYNE ROONEY last night warned there is still a lot of hard work in front of his England side if they are to fulfil a dream of lifting the World Cup. The Three Lions won nine of their 10 qualification matches under Fabio Capello but face, arguably, their toughest test to date tomorrow when they [...]
Jonny vows to put body to the sword November 12, 2009 BRAVEHEART Jonny Wilkinson has vowed to continue putting his injury-ravaged body on the line when England lock horns with the powerful Pumas at Twickenham tomorrow. The 30-year-old fly-half has spent much of the last six years on the treatment table but returned to international action last Saturday to make a remarkable 20 tackles in the [...]
Cudicini badly hurt in motorbike smash November 12, 2009 TOTTENHAM goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini is fighting to save his career after suffering “potentially life-changing injuries” in a serious motorbike crash yesterday. The 36-year-old shot-stopper was taken to hospital after his BMW superbike was involved in a smash with a Ford Fiesta in Walthamstow, at around 10.30am. Cudicini fractured both of his wrists and injured his [...]
Fergie hit with FAban and fine after ref rap November 12, 2009 MANCHESTER UNITED boss Sir Alex Ferguson has been fined £20,000 and handed a four-match touchline ban by the Football Association for his criticism of referee Alan Wiley last month. Ferguson admitted a charge of improper conduct after questioning the fitness of Riley following his side’s 2-2 home draw with Sunderland at Old Trafford. He will [...]
‘No means no’, Scudamore dismisses Old Firm pair November 12, 2009 PREMIER League chief executive Richard Scudamore last night told Celtic and Rangers they will never be allowed to join the English top-flight. A proposal from Bolton chairman Phil Gartside to include the Old Firm pair in a new two-tier structure was overwhelmingly rejected by club chiefs yesterday. And Scudamore moved to finally bring the on-running [...]