Hand of Stone smites Murray’s French bid June 2, 2009 BRITISH No1 Andy Murray admitted having no answer to the sheer power of 12th seed Fernando Gonzalez after seeing his dream of French Open glory die at the quarter-final stage. Murray slugged his way back into the match after dropping the first set but wilted in his attempt to contend with the brute force of [...]
Show what you’re made of, Edwards urges Lions June 2, 2009 BRITISH and Irish Lions coach Shaun Edwards has urged the tourists to make a statement of intent in tonight’s clash with Super 14 side the Golden Lions. Edwards is demanding an improvement on Saturday’s lukewarm win against a Royal XV when the Lions take the field for their second tour match in South Africa. “We [...]
Prepare for a feast of entertainment June 2, 2009 WHILE all eyes are naturally on England’s bid to reclaim that precious little urn from the Australians this summer, there is a small matter of a worldwide tournament taking place on home soil, which has almost gone unnoticed. Following the success of the inaugural competition in South Africa two years ago, the world’s biggest hitters [...]
Mosley slams Ferrari claim June 2, 2009 FORMULA ONE: FIA president Max Mosley has hit back at Ferrari’s claims that F1 will be the poorer for new teams who want to come on board. Ferrari, and Renault boss Flavio Briatore, claimed any new teams would lower the standard of the sport, with the Italian team suggesting it would be more appropriate to [...]
Pietersen leads England to win June 2, 2009 CRICKET: England laboured to an unconvincing six-wicket win over Scotland in last night’s World Twenty20 warm-up match at Trent Bridge. Test skipper Kevin Pietersen steered England to victory with an unbeaten 53 off 39 balls and slogging the match-winning six over mid-wicket. England’s unfamiliar bowling attack, missing injury concerns James Anderson and Graeme Swann, largely [...]
Nadal exit will not faze me, says lucky Fed June 1, 2009 WORLD No2 Roger Federer dismissed suggestions that Rafael Nadal’s shock French Open exit was on his mind after coming within a whisker of suffering a similar fate in Paris. The Swiss ace looked destined to follow his big rival through the Roland Garros trapdoor after going two sets down in a nerve-jangling fourth round clash [...]
O’Driscoll in chance to heal Lions scars June 1, 2009 IRELAND captain Brian O’Driscoll will have a chance to exorcise demons when he skippers the British and Irish Lions tomorrow against Golden Lions. O’Driscoll will lead the team for the first time since his ill-fated 2005 tour, when he suffered a dislocated shoulder in the first minute of the opening Test against New Zealand. The [...]
London claims more victims June 1, 2009 IT was described as the tournament that no-one wanted to win, but the fact than no one player took a firm grasp of the European Open trophy just goes to show how tough the London GC in Ash, Kent is. I’m fortunate to have won there twice and know just how difficult the back nine [...]
Legend O’Brien dies aged 92 June 1, 2009 RACING: Vincent O’Brien, considered by many to be the greatest racehorse trainer of all time, died yesterday at his home in Co Kildare, Ireland, aged 92. O’Brien, who ended his 51-year career in 1994, claimed 16 English and 27 Irish Classic victories, 25 Royal Ascot wins and 23 Cheltenham Festival successes.
High-profile Bath trio quit club June 1, 2009 RUGBY UNION: Bath joint captains Michael Lipman and Alex Crockett, and winger Andrew Higgins, yesterday resigned from the club – hours before an internal hearing into allegations they refused to take drug tests. The trio deny refusing to take tests, calling the claims “scurrilous and unsubstantiated”. The Rugby Football Union has asked Bath for more [...]