Archive for February 22, 2013
Kris Boyd is poised to rejoin first club Kilmarnock on a deal until the end of the season. The 29-year-old former Rangers and Scotland striker is a free agent after leaving MLS side Portland Timbers last month.
Swansea defender Ashley Williams divides opinion but will be driven on by the love of his family against Bradford in the final.
England are rightly favourites at Twickenham on Saturday, but France’s high-class centre and scrum-half could cause an upset
Alan Smith: Set-pieces can be the key to Bradford City springing a surprise against Swansea City in the Capital One Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.
Will Carling: Former England rugby captain on how his side used to win the mental battle against their Gallic rivals.
Tragedy and triumph unite as Bradford City prepare for the Capital One Cup final
England and Toulon forward Nick Kennedy runs the rule over the players that could hurt England at Twickenham.
James Corrigan: France play on being unpredictable but there is no excuse for their wild variations in form.
Peter Odemwingie was disciplined by West Brom after driving to Loftus Road without permission on transfer deadline day.
Emmanuel Adebayor insists poor organisation by the Togo Football Federation, and not his own laziness, was the reason behind his late return to Tottenham.
Bradford City will consider rejecting a place in next season’s Europa League if they beat Swansea.
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez will revive his bid to sign Aiden McGeady in the summer but will face competition from Everton and Sunderland.
The front cover of France Football decorates one with horns, the other with halo and wings. Presumably all that remains, when they square up for Marseilles and Paris Saint-Germain tomorrow, is for Joey Barton’s forehead to reduce those pretty cheekbones to a pulp of mandible and cartilage.
On the face of it, with the vast majority of Cheltenham horses now keeping their powder dry, the main focus either side of the Irish Sea today is on the John Smith’s Grand National.
England put their Grand Slam credentials on the line at Twickenham on Saturday – warning France to expect a far more daunting ordeal than they endured a year ago, when Stuart Lancaster’s side won in Paris.
Captain Michael Clarke led the fightback for Australia with a wonderfully crafted century after Ravichandran Ashwin had put India in charge on the opening day of their Test series in Chennai.
Everton manager David Moyes has urged misfiring striker Nikica Jelavic to rediscover his goal touch and inspire his side into the Champions League.
They are the most unfancied finalists anyone can remember and also the most unassuming. League Two Bradford City have turned heads every step of the way towards their Wembley date.
CHRIS FOY: Le Crunch will surely live up to its familiar billing on Saturday. For all the talk of the unpredictable nature of France and, to an extent, England, it is inevitable that Twickenham will stage a seismic collision.
League Cup final 2013: Bradford striker Nahki Wells targeting path to Premier League and ‘greatness’
Bradford striker Nahki Wells tells Mark Ogden he is destined to play in the Premier League, but first he is targeting cup success.
