Smith frustrates England as defiant Proteas scent draw July 14, 2008 England will this morning redouble their efforts to seal victory in the first Test after South Africa produced a defiant performance to force the match into the final day at Lord’s. Having dismissed the tourists for 247 on Saturday and forced the follow-on, England were confident of getting the four-Test series off to a winning [...]
Samp want Chelsea flop Shevchenko July 14, 2008 Chelsea flop Andriy Shevchenko has been offered a way out of Stamford Bridge by Italian club Sampdoria. The Blues’ £30m record signing has scored just 22 goals in 76 appearances since joining from AC Milan two years ago. Milan have repeatedly been linked with a move to bring one of their best loved players back [...]
Arsenal ‘offered Eto’o swap’ July 14, 2008 Barcelona look set to make a last ditch attempt to win the race for Arsenal’s Emmanuel Adebayor by offering £8m cash plus Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o. Barcelona have been vying with AC Milan for the 24-year-old, who was the Gunners’ top scorer last season with 30 goals. Arsenal resisted initial interest in the muscular Togo [...]
Pietersen ton rocks Boks in a ‘special day’ July 11, 2008 Kevin Pietersen has hailed his century against South Africa yesterday as one of the most special days of his career. Facing the country of his birth in a Test match for the first time, Pietersen smashed 13 fours and a six in a magical unbeaten 104, which put England in control of the first Test [...]
Cole dig at Mourinho and Grant over negative style July 11, 2008 Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole has aimed a dig at former Blues managers Jose Mourinho and Avram Grant, accusing the pair of not wanting to play “the right way”. Cole says he is delighted at the arrival of former Portugal boss Luiz Felipe Scolari, who welcomed the players back for pre-season training this week. And in [...]
Classy final proves a hit with punters July 11, 2008 Betdaq’s PR Director Russ Wiseman looks back at a busy week on the exchange… Most people would agree that last Sunday we witnessed he greatest tennis match ever played in the Wimbledon final between new champion Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. The amazing spectacle also produced arguably the most tremendous betting event we have yet [...]
Dance the night away on course July 11, 2008 Last weekend saw a thrilling finish to the 2008 Coral-Eclipse with 14,000 people flocking to Sandown Park to attend their biggest Flat race day of the season. Racegoers were rewarded with stunning weather and a fantastic finish to the £500,000 CoralEclipse with the brilliantly ridden Mount Nelson just getting up on the line to deny [...]
Putt your money on Garcia missing out on glory again July 11, 2008 Royal Birkdale hosts the Open for the ninth time next week, without Tiger Woods, but with plenty of others from the 1998 Championship (the last time the tournament was held at the course). All those returning to Birkdale will find it 150 yards longer than a decade ago at 7,173 yards. However, the extra yardage [...]
Vaughan: We won’t back out of Lord’s war July 10, 2008 England captain Michael Vaughan has issued a battle cry to South Africa ahead of the first Test at Lord’s this morning, insisting: We will not be bullied by you. Relations between the sides have been strained in recent years with visiting captain Graeme Smith having been involved in exchanges with both Vaughan and South African-born [...]
Chelsea tell Lampard to forget Inter July 10, 2008 Chelsea last night risked deepening their differences with Frank Lampard by publicly telling the unsettled midfielder to forget about a summer transfer to Inter Milan. In an interview published on Chelsea’s official website, chief executive Peter Kenyon insisted long-serving Lampard would stay at the club next season even if he refused to sign a new [...]