Archive for February 25, 2013
Baking fanatic proves she has a taste for the big time after winning four medals at World Championships.
Swansea midfielder Jonathan de Guzman believes the club will continue to prosper even if manager Michael Laudrup leaves at the end of the season.
Liverpool against Manchester United is a big match – and that’s the case even when the youth teams play, it seems. Visiting United fans lit and threw a flare on to the pitch.
Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas praises Gareth Bale’s influence after his sublime late winner against West Ham.
John Still is expected to leave Dagenham and Redbridge to take over at Luton Town. By doing so he will drop from League Two in to the Blue Square Bet Premier, to replace Paul Buckle.
The coverage of next season’s FA Cup is likely to be the most contentious issue in the sale of ESPN’s UK operation to BT Sport who have already secured 38 live Premier League games.
Frank Maloney revealed that David Price had suffered not so much a good old-fashioned knock-out as a perforated ear drum.
‘If you stand off him, he hits them like that. It was a worldie at the end which killed us off’ says West Ham boss
When I look at Michael Laudrup, I don’t see the Dane’s face staring back at me. I see another naturally gifted footballer who turned into a manager of the highest calibre with one of the world’s biggest clubs.
Wimbledon and the other three Grand Slams are to pledge a doubling of their financial contribution to tennis’s anti-doping programme in a major effort to stop potential cheating.
He has pieced together the old champion, and might yet find a new one from an emerging group of novices. But all such long-term cycles are sustained by daily routine, which made it comforting to find Nigel Twiston-Davies so familiar in both aspect and outlook yesterday morning.
The Wigan Warriors and England prop Lee Mossop will be out of action for 12 weeks after dislocating his shoulder during the 48-18 victory over London Broncos on Saturday.
Freddie Burns, the Gloucester outside-half whose 17-minute cameo for England in the pre-Christmas victory over the All Blacks suggested he might single-handedly transform the national team’s fortunes as an attacking force, is under consideration for his club’s Premiership derby at Bath on Friday night. If he plays, it will be his first outing since mid-January, when he damaged knee ligaments in the early stages of a European tie with the French side Mont-de-Marsan.
The full extent of Arsène Wenger’s spending reserves for this summer was revealed by Arsenal yesterday who announced half-year profits of £17.8m and cash reserves of £123.3m, on top of the new stadium rights and kit deal that come in later this year.
Nathan Dyer and Garry Monk insisted after Swansea City’s Capital One Cup triumph that if manager Michael Laudrup left, it would not be the end of their club’s impressive progress.
Harry Redknapp, the Queen’s Park Rangers manager, has said he has forgiven Jose Bosingwa following a mid-season bust-up that had exiled the defender for almost three months.
Bradford City are targeting a return to Wembley at the earliest opportunity, with a place in the League Two play-off final top of the agenda after the humbling by Swansea.
New England quarterback Tom Brady has agreed to a three-year contract extension worth $27m, according to reports.
The full extent of Arsène Wenger’s spending reserves for this summer was revealed by Arsenal yesterday who announced half-year profits of £17.8m and cash reserves of £123.3m, on top of the new stadium rights and kit deal that come in later this year.
Nathan Dyer and Garry Monk insisted after Swansea City’s Capital One Cup triumph that if manager Michael Laudrup left, it would not be the end of their club’s impressive progress.