Europa League: Spurs fury at racist banner September 18, 2014 PARTIZAN BELGRADE 0 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0 PARTIZAN Belgrade could face Uefa sanctions after Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino last night condemned a banner with an anti-Semitic message displayed by home fans during the Europa League Group C tie. In a game of few chances, Spurs went closest to nabbing the points inside 60 seconds but Harry [...]
Everton win big on Europa return September 18, 2014 EVERTON boss Roberto Martinez felt his team were rewarded for embracing their participation in the Europa League last night with a 4-1 win over Wolfsburg. A packed Goodison Park enjoyed a first European encounter in five years as an own goal from Ricardo Rodriguez, plus a Seamus Coleman strike, Leighton Baines’ penalty and Kevin Mirallas [...]
Magath axed after winless start September 18, 2014 FULHAM chairman Shahid Khan is looking for his fourth manager during a turbulent 14 months at Craven Cottage, after Felix Magath was sacked last night. Former defender Kit Symons has been appointed caretaker boss ahead of tomorrow’s visit of Blackburn and is favourite to successfully make the upgrade from the Under-21s job to take the [...]
Women given R&A approval September 18, 2014 WOMEN can join the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews for the first time in its 260-year history following a vote conducted among members. Three quarters of the club’s 2,400 members voted, with 85 per cent of those in favour. Minister for sport Helen Grant said: “I hope we will now see other [...]
Murray promises to carry on regardless with British team September 18, 2014 TWO-TIME grand slam champion Andy Murray has vowed to keep playing for Great Britain whatever the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum, expected this morning. The 2013 Wimbledon champion tweeted to more than 2.7million followers yesterday that he was in favour of the “yes” vote, which would mean Scotland are no longer part of Britain. [...]
World Cup seats to be balloted September 18, 2014 SEVEN Rugby World Cup matches are already oversubscribed with 10 days remaining of the ticket sales window. Seats at three of England’s pool matches, as well as the final at Twickenham on 31 October 2015, will now be allocated by a ballot. The other sold-out fixtures are South Africa v Japan and Samoa v USA [...]
Barnet is a more than fair bet to land Ayr Gold September 18, 2014 THE William Hill Ayr Gold Cup (3.50pm) takes centre stage this weekend and I’m going to put my faith in sprint king David Nicholls landing the race for a seventh time with his sole entry BARNET FAIR. The six-year-old was a decent winner at Goodwood last month and promising apprentice Cam Hardie is reunited with [...]
Aggregate markets spread betting September 18, 2014 FOOTBALL accumulators are part and parcel of the betting game and sports spread betting makes this concept even more exciting. Sporting Index create a wide range of markets covering a selection of matches every week. For example, traders have pitched total goals across all six of tomorrow’s Premier League matches at 14.6-15.2. You can also [...]
Scottish independence referendum: Business leaders show hands over Scotland vote September 17, 2014 Business leaders gave their opinions on the Scottish vote yesterday, with HSBC’s Douglas Flint, M&S’ Marc Bolland, Kingfisher’s Ian Cheshire and Michelle Mone of Ultimo calling for a No vote. George Mathewson, of Toscafund, Brian Souter of Stagecoach and ex-William Hill chief Ralph Topping were all in the Yes camp. Aberdeen Asset Management boss Martin [...]
Richemont founder returns as revenues slow September 17, 2014 Richemont’s billionaire founder Johann Rupert yesterday returned to the post of chairman at the luxury goods firm, whose Cartier and Montblanc watches are a favourite with stars like Usher (left). Rupert, South Africa’s richest man, arrived back after a year’s sabbatical, at a time when sales are slowing in the company’s key Asian market. His [...]
