Capital One Cup: Jol not fearing for Fulham job despite cup exit October 29, 2013 LEICESTER CITY 4 v FULHAM 3 UNDER-FIRE Fulham manager Martin Jol believes his job is not at any immediate risk, despite suffering a fourth round Capital One Cup exit to Championship high-flyers Leicester last night. The Cottagers looked to have forced extra time after fighting back from 3-1 down to level with three minutes to [...]
Capital One Cup: West Ham make Burnley pay penalty to reach quarter-finals October 29, 2013 BURNLEY 0 v WEST HAM UNITED 2 WEST Ham manager Sam Allardyce conceded his team needed to call on their big guns to see off the challenge of Championship leaders Burnley in the Capital One Cup last night. Successful second-half penalties from Matt Taylor and substitute Jack Collison halted Burnley’s run of eight successive wins. [...]
United brush aside Norwich October 29, 2013 TWO goals from striker Javier Hernandez helped Manchester United see off Norwich City 4-0 in the Capital One Cup fourth round. Defenders Phil Jones and Fabio completed the scoring late on for the four-time winners. Elsewhere, Stoke required a penalty shoot-out to see off 10-man Birmingham following a 4-4 draw. The Potters led 3-1 with [...]
Cricket Comment: My concerns over standard of opposition October 29, 2013 AS ENGLAND prepare to dust off their whites for the first practice match of this Ashes tour, it’s worth reiterating what these games are for. Results and even performances are secondary. In some previous tours England have done terribly but then shone when it matters. These three games are about getting all players time in [...]
Injury concerns hit England for Ashes warm-up October 29, 2013 ENGLAND captain Alastair Cook is a major doubt for the first warm-up match of the Ashes tour to Australia after being struck by a back problem. Cook did not take part in full training yesterday as the tourists prepared for a three-day game against a Western Australia Chairman’s XI, which starts early tomorrow morning in [...]
O’Connor completes Irish switch and hopes to bury colourful past October 29, 2013 NEW London Irish back James O’Connor feels ready to put his controversial past behind him and take the Premiership by storm. The 23-year-old had his contract terminated by the Australian Rugby Union earlier this month following a string of off-field misdemeanors and was also released by Super Rugby side Melbourne Rebels. But O’Connor, who has [...]
Care among 11 released by England October 29, 2013 RUGBY UNION: Scrum-half Danny Care heads a list of 11 players released by England back to their clubs ahead of Saturday’s international with Australia. Freddie Burns, Luther Burrell, Kyle Eastmond, Alex Goode, Tom Johnson, Matt Kvesic, Henry Thomas, Henry Trinder, Rob Webber and Christian Wade are also not required by coach Stuart Lancaster this weekend.
Bale on Ballon d’Or shortlist October 29, 2013 FOOTBALL: Former Spurs winger Gareth Bale has been included on the 23-man shortlist for world governing body Fifa’s Footballer of the Year award. Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery is the bookmakers’ favourite to lift the Ballon d’Or, won by Barcelona’s Lionel Messi for the last four years.
Energy bosses: We’ll cut bills if you cut taxes October 29, 2013 THE GOVERNMENT faced mounting pressure to reform its green policies yesterday after bosses from Britain’s largest energy companies promised that cutting the levies would be passed on to customers via lower bills. Executives from the big six energy firms were grilled by MPs on the Energy and Climate Change Committee as to why electricity and [...]
Blockbusted 2: Rental chain back in administration October 29, 2013 BLOCKBUSTER is to enter into administration for a second time, less than seven months after teetering on the brink of collapse. Gordon Brothers, the private-equity group that bought the DVD rental chain in March, said a turnaround plan had failed and that it had filed an intention to appoint administrators, believed to be Moorfields Corporate [...]
