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World Cup: Robben dive row as Dutch grab late win June 29, 2014 HOLLAND 2 MEXICO 1 HOLLAND winger Arjen Robben was dragged into another diving row last night after the Dutch scored two last-ditch goals to defeat Mexico and set up a World Cup quarter-final against Costa Rica. Mexico coach Miguel Herrera accused former Chelsea star Robben of cheating to win the penalty from which Klaas-Jan Huntelaar [...]
James equipped to deny Brazil a Hollywood ending to World Cup June 29, 2014 IF LIVERPOOL striker Luis Suarez has been the World Cup’s villain, then James Rodriguez, the dazzling Colombia No10 named after James Bond and partial to a Thunderball, is surely the hero. His two goals, including a majestic volley, sank a Suarez-less Uruguay on Saturday and cemented the graceful Monaco playmaker as the tournament’s revelation. The [...]
Zanotti sees off Stenson in epic June 29, 2014 WORLD No305 Fabrizio Zanotti became the first Paraguayan to win a European Tour title yesterday when he won a four-man play-off at the BMW International Open in Cologne. He was taken to a fifth extra hole by Henrik Stenson, as the Swede recorded his best finish since the extraordinary 2013 campaign in which he topped [...]
Kennaugh and Trott sprint to road race titles June 29, 2014 TEAM Sky’s Pete Kennaugh won a sprint duel with colleague and friend Ben Swift to claim his first British National Road Race Championships title yesterday in Abergavenny. Kennaugh repeatedly failed to lose Swift during the last two laps but beat him to the line, with Orica GreenEdge’s Simon Yates third. “On the last lap it [...]
Worcestershire batsman and academy chief D’Oliveira dies from cancer, aged 53 June 29, 2014 FORMER Worcestershire batsman Damian D’Oliveira died yesterday, aged 53, following a two-and-a-half year fight with cancer. D’Oliveira, the son of England Test cricketer Basil D’Oliveira, enjoyed later success as the county’s academy director. He scored 9,000 first-class runs with a top score of 237 during more than a decade playing for Worcestershire, before nurturing new [...]
Suarez axed by Adidas as star gets four month ban June 26, 2014 ADIDAS last night dropped Liverpool striker Luis Suarez from its World Cup marketing campaign after he was handed a four-month ban from all football activity for biting Italian Giorgio Chiellini. The sportswear giant also condemned Suarez’s actions and warned it would be holding talks with the Uruguay player regarding his obligations under a boot deal [...]
Lucky Hodgson got off lightly, insists Scholes June 26, 2014 FORMER England midfielder Paul Scholes believes manager Roy Hodgson has been given an easy ride considering the team endured their worst World Cup campaign for more than half a century. Scholes says a foreign coach, such as previous boss Fabio Capello, would have been subjected to far harsher criticism for failing to steer England through [...]
World Cup: Downed by his countrymen, but Klinsmann guides USA through June 26, 2014 USA 0 GERMANY 1 USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann hailed a triumph against the odds after guiding his unfancied team into the knockout stage of the World Cup despite defeat to his native Germany last night. Portugal or Ghana could have overtaken the Americans in the final round of Group G fixtures, but the former’s 2-1 [...]
World Cup: Ronaldo finally gets off mark but Portugal and chaotic Ghana exit June 26, 2014 PORTUGAL 2 GHANA 1 GHANA coach Kwesi Appiah refused to blame in-fighting after his team missed out on a place in the last 16 and ended their World Cup campaign with another defeat. Appiah sent home star men Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari just hours before last night’s clash, from which both sides could have [...]
India batsman in injury scare June 26, 2014 INDIA suffered an injury scare to batsman Shikhar Dhawan ahead of next month’s Test series with England after he was struck by a delivery during the first day’s play of their tour. Opener Dhawan left the crease immediately after being hit on the elbow by a ball from seamer Atif Sheikh, having scored 60 as [...]