Wilkinson scare as Blues make history May 23, 2010 CARDIFF BLUES (28) vs TOULON (21) ENGLAND fly-half Jonny Wilkinson is a major doubt for the summer tour of Australia and New Zealand after suffering a suspected broken rib during Toulon’s Amlin Challenge Cup defeat. Wilkinson left the pitch after hurting himself taking a penalty early in the second half and will undergo a scan [...]
Morgan gets Test call as Colly rests up May 23, 2010 TWENTY20 hero Eoin Morgan has been given the chance to stake his claim for a place in England’s Test side when the series against Bangladesh begins on Thursday. Morgan, impressive during the recent World Cup triumph, benefits from the omission of Paul Collingwood, who captained the Twenty20 team to glory in the Caribbean but needs [...]
Inter chief bidding to keep Mourinho May 23, 2010 JOSE MOURINHO may seem bound for Real Madrid, but Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti insists he has not yet given up hope of persuading his manager to stay. Even before Mourinho guided Inter to Champions League glory against Bayern Munich on Saturday evening in the Spanish capital, talk was rife of the Portuguese returning to [...]
Khan scoops shock win at Wentworth May 23, 2010 UNFANCIED Englishman Simon Khan admitted his disbelief after producing the biggest last-day comeback ever seen at the BMW PGA Championship to land the European Tour’s flagship tournament. Khan, ranked 471st in the world when he received a last-minute invite on Monday, was tied for 13th when he teed off for his final round at a [...]
Play-off victory earns Blackpool a £95m payday May 23, 2010 BLACKPOOL’S entire squad may be paid less collectively than Chelsea captain John Terry, but all that could be about to change after the unfashionable seaside outfit scooped football’s biggest jackpot of all. The Tangerines’ 3-2 victory over Cardiff in Saturday’s Championship play-off final earned them a return to the top-flight after a 39-year absence and, [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF May 23, 2010 Ribery signs new Bayern deal FOOTBALL: France star Franck Ribery has turned his back on a summer move by signing a new five-year contract with Bayern Munich. The former Marseille winger, 27, who has battled injury this season, had been tipped to leave Germany for Spain or England. Croatia beat depleted Wales FOOTBALL: An experimental [...]
WINNERS & LOSERS May 23, 2010 A WEEKEND is a long time in sport, as this lot will attest. But while for some it was a few days to remember, others may wish they had never set foot out of the house. SIMON KHAN Only a brave man would have bet on the Essex man to win the BMW PGA Championship, but in [...]
OVER ANNE OUT May 23, 2010 BRITISH hope Anne Keothavong failed to make it past the first hurdle at the French Open, losing 6-2, 6-2 yesterday in sweltering Paris to Italy’s Flavia Pennetta. Keothavong’s exit leaves Elena Baltacha and Katie O’Brien flying the nation’s flag in the women’s draw, while in the men’s British No1 Andy Murray begins his quest today [...]
Markets face huge annual losses May 20, 2010 STOCK MARKETS worldwide plunged for the third consecutive day yesterday amid growing fears that the European chaos could lead to a financial collapse on the scale of the 2008 banking crisis. The FTSE 100 flirted briefly with the 5,000 point mark, eventually finishing the day down 1.7 per cent at 5073.13, while the French CAC [...]
…AS MERKEL BASHES BANKS May 20, 2010 ANGELA Merkel yesterday made an impassioned plea for a “signal of strength” from world leaders and insisted that the time had come to agree on tougher regulations for banks and financial markets. Speaking in Berlin, ahead of today’s EU talks on measures to shore up the plunging euro, the german chancellor promised to campaign for [...]
