SPORT | IN BRIEF January 28, 2010 Dredge and Wilson lead in Qatar GOLF: England’s Oliver Wilson and Bradley Dredge, of Wales, fired opening rounds of 67 to take a share of the lead at the Qatar Open. Both defied windy conditions to post five-under-par rounds, Dredge joining Wilson at the top of the leaderboard after a run of four birdies in the [...]
Rooney’s late winner gives City deja vu January 27, 2010 MANCHESTER UTD [Man Utd win 4-3 on agg] (3) vs MANCHESTER CITY (1) SIR ALEX FERGUSON heaped praise on his Manchester United troops after they silenced ‘noisy neighbours’ City and clinched a place in the Carling Cup final. Wayne Rooney’s injury-time winner earned the defending champions a Wembley date with Aston Villa on 28 February, [...]
Vermaelen blow for Gunners January 27, 2010 ASTON VILLA (0) vs ARSENAL (0) ARSENAL’S title hopes suffered a major blow as the Gunners lost ground on their league rivals and lost Thomas Vermaelen to a suspected broken leg. Belgium defender Vermaelen has been one of Arsenal’s stars of the campaign but is likely to miss the rest of the season if X-rays [...]
Lampard double puts Chelsea back on top January 27, 2010 CHELSEA (3) vs BIRMINGHAM CITY (0) CHELSEA boss Carlo Ancelotti has challenged his side to surge clear of their title rivals after a Frank Lampard brace sent them back to the top of the table. Winger Florent Malouda also netted as the Blues went one point ahead of Manchester United and two of Arsenal, with [...]
Murray brushes off talk of settling scores against Cilic January 27, 2010 ANDY MURRAY insists revenge will not be on his mind this morning when he bids to take another step towards ending Britain’s 74-year wait for a Grand Slam champion. Murray faces big-serving Marin Cilic, a rising star and conqueror of seeds Juan Martin del Potro and Andy Roddick who is preparing for his first major [...]
Target Huntelaar is going nowhere, says Milan chief January 27, 2010 AC MILAN have issued a ‘hands-off’ warning to a number of Premier League clubs chasing striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. The Holland international is frustrated at a lack of first-team football and is considering a loan move away from the San Siro to safeguard his World Cup place. Everton boss David Moyes has already expressed an interest [...]
Johnson: Current squad my best yet January 27, 2010 ENGLAND manager Martin Johnson has dismissed fears that the woeful performance of English clubs in the Heineken Cup could have a knock-on effect for his squad at the Six Nations Championship. Northampton are the sole Premiership side to have reached the knockout stages of Europe’s top competition, with six others falling by the wayside. But [...]
Get set for a transfer scramble January 27, 2010 WE’VE not seen much in the way of transfer activity in this January window, but expect all that to change over the next few days as managers hit the mid-season panic button. Today and tomorrow are potentially massive days in determining the campaign and you can be assured at least one of the genuine title [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF January 27, 2010 Ospreys face ‘extra man’ hearing RUGBY UNION: Leicester will discover tomorrow if their bid to be reinstated into the Heineken Cup is successful. The Tigers lodged a complaint to European Rugby Cup officials after Ospreys full-back Lee Byrne come on as a 16th man in their 17-12 victory last Saturday. The Ospreys have been called to [...]
Federer marches on but Djokovic crashes January 27, 2010 WORLD No1 Roger Federer overcame a shaky start to see off nemesis Nikolay Davydenko and reach a 23rd consecutive Grand Slam semi-final. The Swiss star recovered from a set and 3-1 down with a storming run of 13 consecutive games before coming through 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5 against the Russian, who had beaten him in [...]