Elite riders set to take on the Tour September 10, 2009 MANY of the world’s top teams and riders begin their assault on the great British countryside tomorrow for the start of the 2009 Tour of Britain.A plethora of world, Olympic and Tour de France champions go head-to-head to compete in the biggest professional cycle race held in the UK.The Tour once again takes the 96 [...]
Button must rid himself of complacency, says Mansell September 10, 2009 NIGEL MANSELL has warned the misfiring Jenson Button to keep his composure if he wants to become Britain’s second successive Formula 1 world champion. The Brawn driver remains on course to follow in the footsteps of fellow countryman, and last season’s winner Lewis Hamilton, holding a 16-point advantage with five races remaining. But after going [...]
SPORT IN BRIEF September 10, 2009 Durham set imposing totalCRICKET: Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Dale Benkenstein both added centuries as Durham continued their charge to the County Championship division one title yesterday. The pair put on 203 for the fourth wicket at Durham declared on 648-5 against closest title rivals Nottinghamshire at the Riverside. Opener Michael Di Venuto could only add five [...]
Gloucester set to announce slight losses September 10, 2009 GLOUCESTER Rugby, the only Guinness Premiership club to make a profit in 2007-08, is set to announce a loss for last season. The erection of the club’s new main stand increased capacity at Kingsholm by a third two years ago – a move which helped the club make a profit of around £650,000. But managing [...]
Capello lays down law to England WAGs September 10, 2009 NO-NONSENSE England coach Fabio Capello has laid down the law for ‘WAGs’ at next summer’s World Cup to ensure no repeat of the “circus” under Sven-Goran Eriksson. The presence of wives and girlfriends were seen by some of part of the reason for England’s underachievement at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, and then the [...]
Fergie and Wenger join forces in poach row September 10, 2009 MANCHESTER UNITED boss Sir Alex Ferguson has joined forces with old foe Arsene Wenger in speaking out against the “poaching” scandal, which has plagued the reputation of English football. International governing bodies, Uefa and FIFA, want to outlaw the overseas transfers of players under the age of 18, following claims from abroad that Premier League [...]
Privileged to make history at Wembley September 10, 2009 THERE’S not many sides that can boast trips to Twickenham and then Wembley for their first two Premiership games of the season, but we are certainly revelling being in that privileged position right now. Saturday’s 18-14 victory over many people’s favourites, London Irish, in front of a near full-house at Twickenham was the perfect start [...]
Robson and Watson lead British cheer September 10, 2009 BRITISH tennis had reason to cheer at Flushing Meadows last night when Laura Robson and Heather Watson both advanced to the quarter-finals of the US Open junior girls’ singles title. Fifteen-year-old Robson, the 2008 Wimbledon girls’ champion, defeated 12th seed Tamaryn Hendler of Belgium 6-2, 6-1 to book a last eight clash with American wild [...]
Bopara vows to fire England out of their one-day doldrums September 10, 2009 UNDER-FIRE Ravi Bopara insists he can recover from his recent slump in form to fire an England comeback in the one-day series with Australia. The Essex batsman is yet to score a half-century for England in his 11 one-day internationals, but is determined to put things right ahead of tomorrow’s fourth one-dayer at Lord’s with [...]
ENGLAND’S EURO HEARTACHE September 10, 2009 ENGLAND’S women suffered heartbreak last night as Germany were crowned European champions for the fifth time running in Helsinki. Hope Powell’s side put up a valiant fight against the World Cup holders scoring twice through Karen Carney and Kelly Smith (looking dejected above, No10), but their German counterparts proved too strong as they ran out [...]