Monthly Archive: October 2009
RUGBY : England’s injury crisis deepened after Mike Tindall became its latest victim and was all but ruled out of next Saturday’s opening Test against Australia.
FOOTBALL : Harry Redknapp expects Manchester United or Chelsea to be Barclays Premier League champions this season rather than Arsenal – and he believes there could also be a change to the traditional top four.
MOTORSPORT : Ross Brawn has again re-iterated his confidence a resolution will be found with Jenson Button over his contract saga.
FOOTBALL : Cristiano Ronaldo believes his former Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney should follow him to Real Madrid.
CYCLING : Sir Chris Hoy and Geraint Thomas showed Great Britain remain the world’s leading nation at Manchester’s Velodrome with stunning victories at the Track World Cup.
RUGBY : Martin Johnson was dealt another injury blow ahead of England’s autumn internationals after Mike Tindall limped off after just 16 minutes of Gloucester’s 28-23 Guinness Premiership defeat at Sale.
FOOTBALL : Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has defended his decision to leave Blackburn’s Steven Reid and Portsmouth’s Steve Finnan out of the 25-man squad for the World Cup qualifying play-off against France.
CRICKET : England cricket boss Andy Flower has revealed Kevin Pietersen is “chomping at the bit” to get at South Africa.
GOLF : England’s Ross Fisher will take on Masters champion Angel Cabrera and American Anthony Kim will have a rematch with Australian Robert Allenby in the semi-finals of the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Spain on Saturday.
FOOTBALL : England boss Fabio Capello has defended next month’s trip to Qatar to face Brazil in a friendly and insists his players will return from international duty fresher than those from other countries.
FOOTBALL : Disgraced footballer Marlon King will be signed by another club when his jail sentence is finished, his agent insisted.
RUGBY : Warren Gatland insists British and Irish Lions sensation Jamie Roberts will not be pressed into emergency full-back duty when Wales tackle New Zealand next week.
MOTORSPORT : Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button formed a British one-two in first practice for the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
FOOTBALL : Marlon King’s agent has suggested the striker is ready to appeal against the 18-month prison sentence he was given on Thursday, along with his subsequent sacking by Wigan too.
RUGBY : England youngster Sam Tomkins is planning to run rings around Australia captain Darren Lockyer in Saturday’s Gillette Four Nations showdown at Wigan – but hopes the Kangaroo great will still swap shirts afterwards.
