Archive for February 24, 2013
Matt Kuchar dethroned defending champion Hunter Mahan as he won the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, beating his fellow American 2&1 in Sunday’s final.
Stills taken from CCTV footage show her arriving by car at home of Oscar Pistorius on the night he is alleged to have killed herPictures have emerged of a …
Anyone who thought that Roger Federer’s more limited playing schedule this year was a sign of the great man slowing down should have known better. The 31-year-old Swiss, who plays his first match in the Dubai Duty Free Championships tonight against Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri, said yesterday that part of his thinking in having a less busy season in 2013 was to ensure that he will be in the best possible shape next year.
The Aprilia pair Eugene Laverty and Sylvain Guintoli lead the way in the World Superbike Championship after the opening races at Phillip Island in Australia.
Petra Kvitova is hoping she has put second-season syndrome behind her and can look forward with confidence after winning her first title for more than six months. The 22-year-old Czech played some of her best tennis since claiming the 2011 Wimbledon title to win the Dubai Duty Free Championships here on Saturday night, beating Italy’s Sara Errani 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 in the final.
Britain’s Mo Farah outsprinted Ethiopia’s Gebre Gebremariam to win the New Orleans half-marathon yesterday.
Tina Maze clinched the overall World Cup when she won a women’s super-combined event yesterday. Fastest in the morning downhill, the Slovene secured her position in the afternoon slalom for her ninth win of the season.
Huddersfield stayed on top of Super League, with the only perfect record in the competition, but only after the most nerve-wracking of last-minute scares here yesterday.
Winger Jermaine McGillvary’s hat-trick enabled Huddersfield to stay top of Super League, but only a disallowed try in the last minute ensured they retained their 100% record with an 18-16 win over Wakefield.
London Irish took a huge step towards Aviva Premiership survival with a deserved 30-19 win over high-flying Wasps at the Madejski Stadium.
Olympic champion Laura Trott had to settle for silver in defence of her women’s omnium title at the Track Cycling World Championships as London 2012 runner-up Sarah Hammer triumphed in Minsk.
Alan Pardew got the win he craved as Newcastle fought back to beat former club Southampton 4-2 and complete a good week.
Yaya Toure and Carlos Tevez took advantage of a rare Frank Lampard penalty miss to fire Manchester City to a 2-0 win – their first Barclays Premier League triumph in a month.
Scotland produced an incredible defensive display to beat Ireland 12-8 and break their Irish Murrayfield hoodoo.
Ten years after they teetered on the edge of oblivion, Swansea City will stride into Europe after a 5-0 Capital One Cup final stroll against 10-man Bradford.
England have no need to press the panic button over the problems caused by Thomas Domingo, France’s master scrummager.
England left more than just blood and sweat on the field at Twickenham on Saturday. They laid down a significant marker, one that suggested this young side is learning with every game, finding a way to win even on afternoons when some of their better instincts desert them.
Chris Robshaw continues to defy his reputation as an unspectacular openside — he made six more carries than any team-mate (16).
David Price has added his name to the list of fighters who have seen their hopes, dreams and senses destroyed by a single punch that left their careers in turmoil.
The superlatives to describe Becky James had long since run out before she became the first British cyclist in history to win four medals at a single World Championships with gold in the keirin here on Sunday.