Vettori targets Trophy success October 4, 2009 CRICKET: New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori insists his side only have victory in their sights when they take on Australia in the Champions Trophy final in South Africa today. The Kiwis are the surprise package of the tournament after beating England to top Group B then securing a semi-final victory over Pakistan. But Vettori is [...]
Donald is the Links master October 4, 2009 Donald is the Links masterGOLF: Luke Donald fired a superb 64 at Kingsbarns to take a one-shot lead into today’s final round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.The Englishman, seeking a first victory for three-and-a-half years, fired nine birdies on his way to 15-under-par – one shot clear of Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Simon [...]
Rangers claim Old Firm rights October 4, 2009 FOOTBALL: Two goals from striker Kenny Miller helped Rangers take the honours in the first Old Firm derby of the season against Celtic at Ibrox.Miller latched onto a Kris Boyd through ball to give his side an eighth minute lead before then out-sprinting Glenn Loovens to make it 2-0.Celtic then halved the deficit from the [...]
Lorenzo cuts Rossi’s title lead October 4, 2009 MOTO GP: Jorge Lorenzo strolled to victory in the Portugal MotoGP to cut the championship lead to 18 points.Lorenzo beat returning Casey Stoner into second place while overall leader Valentino Rossi was fourth.
Poker’s biggest cash games get bigger still October 1, 2009 A NEW book by writer and poker player Victoria Coren detailing her career in the game, called For Richer For Poorer, contains some fascinating descriptions of London’s pre-poker boom cardrooms and private games. In these shady games played by shadier high rollers, the gamblers and cardsharps would butter up wealthy poker enthusiasts to make sure [...]
Hannon’s charge Paleo looks best bet in an action-packed weekend October 1, 2009 JOHN GOSDEN has won the last two runnings of the Cambridgeshire (Pipedreamer ‘07 and Tazeez ’08) and is represented by our old friend Charm School tomorrow. Regular readers of this column will know that the horse in question has let us down twice already this season and is proving expensive to follow. Therefore, although the [...]
the PARIS INSIDER October 1, 2009 BONJOUR MONSIEUR, avez-vous vu le cheval, je me demande? Celui avec la veste jaune. C’est un champion qui va remporter la grande course. S'il vous plaît, puis-je placer 10.000 euros SUR LA MER LES ÉTOILES?” Turn around doff the cap at the lady wearing Chanel behind you in the queue and walk, don’t run, to [...]
IN-RUNNING TRADING HINTS October 1, 2009 ANYONE watching racing in front of a computer screen over the next few days should logon to Betdaq and use the exchange to trade in-running. They are charging only 1 per cent commission on all winning bets placed during any race and there are some cracking trading opportunities. To start with, Confront seemed to relish [...]
Fans blamed as Adebayor escapes ban October 1, 2009 MANCHESTER CITY striker Emmanuel Adebayor yesterday escaped a ban for his controversial celebration against Arsenal after the Football Association accepted he had suffered “extreme provocation”. Adebayor was initially charged with improper conduct for marking a goal against his former club last month by running the length of the pitch to parade in front of Gunners [...]
Broad injury is a pain in the backside October 1, 2009 ENGLAND are set to make an 11th hour decision on whether to risk fast bowler Stuart Broad for today’s crunch Champions Trophy semi-final with Australia. Broad bowled at full pace in yesterday’s practice session but is still struggling to recover from the small tear in his left buttock which he suffered in Tuesday’s defeat to [...]