Bulgaria first up for England March 25, 2010 FOOTBALL: England will open their Euro 2012 qualifiers with a trip to Bulgaria on 3 September 2010 – four days before they host Montenegro at Wembley. In the same group, Fabio Capello’s men travel to Wales in Cardiff on 26 March, with the return game at Wembley on 6 September. The fixtures were decided by [...]
Hoy claims 10th world title March 25, 2010 CYCLING: Sir Chris Hoy won Britain’s first gold of the Track Cycling World Championships with victory in the men’s keirin. Olympic champion Hoy hit the front with a lap to go and held off Malaysia’s Azizulhasni Awang to clinch his 10th world title.
Five-star Blues back on song March 24, 2010 PORTSMOUTH V/S CHELSEA RAMPANT Chelsea answered their critics with an impressive five-goal blitz of luckless Portsmouth to haul themselves right back into the title race. Two goals apiece from Didier Drogba and Florent Malouda, plus a late fifth from Frank Lampard, ensured the Blues made a welcome return to winning ways and climb back to [...]
Harry’s magic takes Spurs to Wembley March 24, 2010 TOTTENHAM V/S FULHAM HARRY REDKNAPP weaved his magic to earn Tottenham a trip to Wembley for a third straight season. The Spurs chief looked dejected after a disappointing opening half saw Fulham take a deserved lead through Bobby Zamora. But he responded by introducing David Bentley, who in turn levelled the scores with a curling [...]
Mancini and Moyes clash at Eastlands March 24, 2010 RIVAL bosses Roberto Mancini and David Moyes were both sent off amid an ugly touchline melee as Everton dented Manchester City’s hopes of a Champions League place with an impressive victory at Eastlands. The managers clashed after Mancini raced to retrieve the ball and clattered into the Toffees chief, prompting tempers to fray and referee [...]
West Ham should keep faith March 24, 2010 THE KNIVES are out for Gianfranco Zola but I think West Ham should stick with him and his assistant Steve Clarke – even if the Hammers do get relegated. Clearly, however, there is something going wrong at Upton Park. One of the problems, I think, is that West Ham don’t really see themselves as relegation [...]
Monye calm over Ashton threat to his England spot March 24, 2010 ENGLAND wing Ugo Monye had hoped to play a starring role in last weekend’s Six Nations showdown with France; instead he was reduced to watching it on television in a south-west London pub. The head injury that contributed to Monye’s absence paved the way for Chris Ashton to make his debut, and the young Northampton [...]
Under-fire Johnson gets RFU backing March 24, 2010 UNDER-FIRE England boss Martin Johnson was last night handed a stay of execution by Rugby Football Union bosses despite the disappointing Six Nations campaign. Defeats to Ireland and France, and a draw with Scotland, left Johnson’s men languishing in third in the table with many blaming the lacklustre displays on a lack of direction under [...]
Centurion Cook comes of age to guide England home March 24, 2010 ALASTAIR COOK admits he can still improve on his leadership qualities despite continuing his 100 per cent record as captain with an impressive nine-wicket victory in the second Test with Bangladesh yesterday. The Essex opener smashed an inspirational unbeaten 109, his 12th Test century, to help steer England to their target of 209 with 11 [...]
Zola’s job is safe, insists owner Gold March 24, 2010 WEST HAM co-owner David Gold has told manager Gianfranco Zola that his job is still “safe”, despite Monday’s humiliating 3-1 home defeat to Wolves pushing the Hammers closer to relegation. Gold yesterday backed Zola to steer the club away from what he called “the abyss”, but stopped short of offering the Italian any long-term assurances [...]