Capello lays down law to England WAGs September 10, 2009 NO-NONSENSE England coach Fabio Capello has laid down the law for ‘WAGs’ at next summer’s World Cup to ensure no repeat of the “circus” under Sven-Goran Eriksson. The presence of wives and girlfriends were seen by some of part of the reason for England’s underachievement at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, and then the [...]
Fergie and Wenger join forces in poach row September 10, 2009 MANCHESTER UNITED boss Sir Alex Ferguson has joined forces with old foe Arsene Wenger in speaking out against the “poaching” scandal, which has plagued the reputation of English football. International governing bodies, Uefa and FIFA, want to outlaw the overseas transfers of players under the age of 18, following claims from abroad that Premier League [...]
Privileged to make history at Wembley September 10, 2009 THERE’S not many sides that can boast trips to Twickenham and then Wembley for their first two Premiership games of the season, but we are certainly revelling being in that privileged position right now. Saturday’s 18-14 victory over many people’s favourites, London Irish, in front of a near full-house at Twickenham was the perfect start [...]
Robson and Watson lead British cheer September 10, 2009 BRITISH tennis had reason to cheer at Flushing Meadows last night when Laura Robson and Heather Watson both advanced to the quarter-finals of the US Open junior girls’ singles title. Fifteen-year-old Robson, the 2008 Wimbledon girls’ champion, defeated 12th seed Tamaryn Hendler of Belgium 6-2, 6-1 to book a last eight clash with American wild [...]
Bopara vows to fire England out of their one-day doldrums September 10, 2009 UNDER-FIRE Ravi Bopara insists he can recover from his recent slump in form to fire an England comeback in the one-day series with Australia. The Essex batsman is yet to score a half-century for England in his 11 one-day internationals, but is determined to put things right ahead of tomorrow’s fourth one-dayer at Lord’s with [...]
ENGLAND’S EURO HEARTACHE September 10, 2009 ENGLAND’S women suffered heartbreak last night as Germany were crowned European champions for the fifth time running in Helsinki. Hope Powell’s side put up a valiant fight against the World Cup holders scoring twice through Karen Carney and Kelly Smith (looking dejected above, No10), but their German counterparts proved too strong as they ran out [...]
It’s the same old story for sorry England September 9, 2009 CAPTAIN Andrew Strauss bemoaned “Groundhog Day” at the Rose Bowl yesterday as England crashed to a third successive defeat in the one-day series with Australia. Strauss led the line from the front with a stylish 63 only to be let down by his batting line-up once again as England’s 228-9 was easily overturned by the [...]
SPORT IN BRIEF September 9, 2009 Durham close in on second titleCRICKET: Durham closed in on a second successive LV County Championship division one title yesterday after making a flying start in their crunch match with closest rivals Nottinghamshire. Durham need just 11 points to win the title with two matches to spare. Michael Di Venuto smashed a magnificent unbeaten 219 [...]
DJOKOVIC POWERS THROUGH September 9, 2009 NOVAK DJOKOVIC battled his way to a third straight US Open semi-final after overcoming a tough encounter with Fernando Verdasco, of Spain. Djokovic, seeded four, saved two set points in the first set before winning the opener on the tie-break. Verdasco stormed back to take the second set 6-1, but was eventually out-gunned out by [...]
Five-star England qualify in fine style September 9, 2009 ENGLAND (5) vs CROATIA (1) FABIO CAPELLO hailed the “best performance” of his reign as manager after his England side booked their ticket to the World Cup finals in South Africa next summer in emphatic style. Two goals apiece from midfield duo Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard and a fifth from Wayne Rooney put the [...]