G-owen down October 10, 2012 1998 World Cup, France Owen, then just 18, tumbles over Argentina defender Roberto Ayala to earn a penalty that Alan Shearer emphatically converts to equalise in the last 16 fixture. Owen would go on to score the defining goal of his career in a match that ended 2-2, before 10-man England crashed out in the [...]
Vieira: England players don’t love the team October 10, 2012 WORLD Cup-winning former France captain Patrick Vieira has voiced his concerns at the widespread player apathy towards representing England, blaming a lack of love for the national team and weakness of the Football Association. Vieira also expressed his astonishment that it had taken the FA so long to establish their own national centre dedicated to [...]
A code of conduct doesn’t convince, so leave it to clubs October 10, 2012 AN interesting development this week was the announcement from FA chairman David Bernstein that there is to be a code of conduct for England players. I, for one, am not sold on the idea. All clubs have their own rules and regulations for how their players should behave. Putting social media aside, on a daily [...]
Ring retirement tempted DeGale October 10, 2012 EUROPEAN super-middleweight champion James DeGale has revealed that he came close to quitting as a boxer after a difficult 12 months spent largely out of the ring. The 2008 Olympic gold medallist has punctuated Saturday’s fight against Hadillah Mohoumadi at Glow in Bluewater, Kent with a solitary defence of his 168lbs title since winning it [...]
Broad ready for KP return October 10, 2012 ENGLAND Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad has welcomed the potential international return of the controversial Kevin Pietersen. The batsman is hoping to make an England return on the four-Test tour of India that begins later this month and Broad insists that there would be no opposition to this from he or his team-mates. “The team have [...]
McIlroy needs Woods victory October 10, 2012 GOLF: World No1 Rory McIlroy must today defeat America’s Tiger Woods if he is to stand a chance of qualifying for the semi-finals of the World Golf Final in Turkey. Woods said: “I’ll try and keep him out of those semi-finals. I’m sure that’s not what the tournament wants but it’s what I’m going to [...]
Murray to meet Dolgopolov October 10, 2012 TENNIS: British No1 and US Open champion Andy Murray today faces Ukraine’s Alexander Dolgopolov in the third round of the Shanghai Masters after yesterday’s second-round opponent, Florian Mayer, withdrew with a wrist injury. He said: “Whoever I play will have played two matches in these conditions. It may take a while for me to adjust.”
Triesman baffled by Terry ban October 10, 2012 FOOTBALL: Lord Triesman, the former chairman of the FA, has admitted he sees no reason why John Terry’s ban for racially abusing an opponent is shorter than Luis Suarez’s.
BAE and EADS tie-up called off October 10, 2012 BAE and EADS called off their £30bn mega-merger this afternoon, placing the blame squarely with the governments involved. Sources close to the deal say that Merkel refused to back the deal because of issues over state stakes. Yesterday EADS said there had been a breakthrough between the French and the English regarding a cap on [...]
FTSE 100 down on global growth concerns October 10, 2012 The leading blue chip index opened down this morning, consolidating losses overnight from the US and Asia on further warnings from the International Monetary Fund. Airline Flybe sank 4.85 per cent in early trading, while home shopping group N Brown fell 3.69 per cent. Shipping firm Anglo Pacific fell 3.2 per cent in early trading. [...]
