Cole enjoying settled life under Fabio August 31, 2009 ENGLAND defender Ashley Cole believes a settled side and playing style are at the root of the turnaround in fortunes under manager Fabio Capello. The Italian has turned England from a side who failed to reach Euro 2008 to one who will clinch their place at the 2010 World Cup with a draw against Croatia [...]
SUMMER SALES FOOTBALL UPDATE August 31, 2009 Hammers land Da Costa in swapWEST HAM have snapped up defender Manuel Da Costa from Serie A side Fiorentina with forward Savio Nsereko moving in the other direction. Centre back Da Costa, 23, was born in France but qualifies to play for Portugal. Formerly at Nancy in France and PSV in Holland, he joined the [...]
Moat and Shearer look on as Toon take the top spot August 31, 2009 NEWCASTLE UTD (1) vs LEICESTER CITY (0) PROSPECTIVE buyer Barry Moat and would-be manager Alan Shearer watched from the stands as Newcastle climbed to the top of the Championship with this victory. Moat and Shearer looked on alongside owner Mike Ashley as Danny Guthrie’s 52nd minute strike handed the Magpies a fourth successive win. Local [...]
Terry nails colours to Chelsea mast with new five-year deal August 31, 2009 CAPTAIN John Terry has demonstrated his long-term commitment to Chelsea by putting pen-to-paper on a new lucrative five-year deal. The deal, reported to be worth £150,000 per week, will keep Terry at Stamford Bridge until 2014 and Blues chiefs are hopeful the 28-year-old will now finish his career in west London. Crowd favourite Terry has [...]
Dunlop’s Swingkeel today’s banker bet August 20, 2009 THIS afternoon’s York card features the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes, the Group 3 Strensall Stakes and the Listed City of York Stakes, however, the best bet of the final day comes in the final race of the meeting. John Dunlop’s horses are flying at the moment and he can send punters home happy by saddling [...]
Back Chelsea to win it the hard way again at 25/1 August 20, 2009 FULHAM vs CHELSEASUNDAY 4PM, SKY SPORTS 2 CARLO ANCELOTTI has made a pleasing start to life in the Premier League and his side were awesome in the second half against Sunderland on Tuesday night. They don’t have far to travel on Sunday when they make the short trip over to Craven Cottage to face local [...]
Sluggish England failed to capitalise on a turning track August 20, 2009 WINNING the toss at The Oval yesterday morning was just the boost England needed for this decisive Ashes Test, but captain Andrew Strauss will be well aware that his side have wasted a fantastic opportunity here. As we’ve already seen, the pitch at The Oval is starting to turn, which has completely foxed everybody with [...]
England make a stuttering start to Ashes deciding Test August 20, 2009 BATTING hero Ian Bell insists the decisive fifth Ashes Test with Australia is still delicately poised despite England failing to capitalise on favourable conditions at The Oval. Captain Andrew Strauss won the toss on a batting wicket but saw his side struggle to 307-8 at the close despite a battling 72 from Bell, who was [...]
Gender-test Semenya is a girl, insist her parents August 20, 2009 THE MOTHER of Caster Semanya, the women’s 800m world champion who has been asked to take a gender test, insists her teenage daughter definitely is female. Semanya, 18, stormed to victory in the final in Berlin on Wednesday just hours after athletics chiefs announced they had asked her to undergo a test. The South African [...]
Ferguson not panicked by Burnley slip August 20, 2009 MANCHESTER UNITED manager Sir Alex Ferguson insists he is not worried by his side suffering an early setback to their Premier League title defence at top-flight newcomers Burnley. The Clarets, who only came up via the play-offs, stunned Ferguson by downing United 1-0 at Turf Moor on Wednesday night – Burnley’s first win in the [...]