Archive for February 17, 2013
Simon Corney is determined to be at Goodison Park for their FA Cup replay after missing out when his side knocked Everton out in 2008.
Like Sir Alex Ferguson, Barney Francis has a noisy neighbour. Simon Briggs hears how he plans to cope.
Rafa Benitez and John Terry have both dismissed as “rubbish” reports that they have fallen out over the interim manager’s non-selection of the Chelsea captain.
Phil Parkinson took his seat in the Anfield directors’ box a couple of minutes before kick-off on Sunday. Normally, a fourth-division manager would not be troubling the stewards.
Wasps see off Gloucester and set theirr sights on a top-four finish in the Premiership
On Valentine’s Day, the world of disability athletics woke up preparing to trumpet the announcement of a day of Para-sport in London. Instead most famous Paralympian on the planet had been charged with murder.
Roberto Mancini believes there is life in the Premier League title race if his Manchester City strikers can fire as they did in today’s FA Cup cruise over Leeds.
Geoff Parling is attempting to form a book club within the England squad and he set the wheels in motion by devouring the novel The Hunger Games in two days, a title which encapsulates a purple patch in his career.
• Scot holds his nerve to win final-frame shootout• Maguire wins fifth career title but first since 2008Stephen Maguire held his nerve in a final-frame shootout to beat …
Heather Watson battled her way past Galina Voskoboeva in the opening round of the US National Indoor Tennis Championships.
Stephen Maguire stayed cool to overcome Stuart Bingham in a last-frame thriller to secure the Welsh Open and his first major title in five years.
After demolishing Gavin Rees the WBC lightweight king wants Ricky Burns next or says he will move up to light-welterIf Ricky Burns can hold on to …
• James Henry orchestrates Lions win against non-league side• Dunne did not play in 2004 final defeat by Manchester UnitedAfter the final whistle blew here and Millwall’s …
• Extra homework pays off for Barnsley manager David Flitcroft• Belief in ‘sacrifice’ builds platform to overcome MK DonsIt’s not often a manager cites Albert Einstein’s …
• Midfielder says trophy is still possible after Blackburn upset• ‘Chelsea showed character last season and we need to do that’Jack Wilshere has summoned the spirit of Chelsea to save …
Cheerleaders, temporary stands behind the goals, a different tune played after each player’s try – yawn, nothing to see here. A synthetic surface, more secure scrummaging, 900 youngsters playing on the pitch in the morning, 250 smiling volunteers, half-price beer after the final whistle – is this the dawning of an age of enlightenment in English rugby?
The Manchester clubs were kept apart in today’s draw for the sixth round of the FA Cup with Sir Alex Ferguson’s Premier League leaders handed a possible date with holders Chelsea in the last eight.
Those with pacemakers should have been forewarned because this was a rip-roaring affair that ended with Wasps consolidating fourth place despite a storming Gloucester fightback.
Neil Warnock, the Leeds United manager, admitted tonight that he is ready to walk away from the club if asked, after his side’s comprehensive defeat by Manchester City played out to a tirade of abuse towards him from the Leeds fans.
The Glitterati Twins, alternatively known as “Fancy Dan” and “Perma-Tan”, are probably not the first outside-halves who spring to a selector’s mind when there is a relegation dogfight to be won: neither Danny Cipriani nor Gavin Henson is said to be entirely displeased with what he sees when he looks at himself in the bathroom mirror of a morning, so the thought of being on the wrong end of a comprehensive hair-ruffling at the Kassam Stadium cannot have filled either man with joy.