Monthly Archive: November 2009
FOOTBALL : Sunderland boss Steve Bruce backed Darren Bent’s claims on a place in England’s World Cup squad after seeing him fire Arsenal to their first defeat in 14 games.
RUGBY : Scotland completed one of the greatest rearguard victories in recent Test history to beat Australia for the first time in 27 years following their 9-8 victory.
FOOTBALL : Manchester United recorded their biggest Premier League win since August as they romped to a 3-0 victory in a one-sided clash with Everton at Old Trafford.
FOOTBALL : Ten-man Hull held on for a 3-3 draw after staging a remarkable fightback against fellow Barclays Premier League strugglers West Ham.
FOOTBALL : Chelsea stormed to an eight-point lead at the top of Barclays Premier League with a clinical 4-0 demolition of woeful Wolves at Stamford Bridge.
FOOTBALL : Darren Bent’s ninth goal of the season condemned Arsenal to a first defeat in 14 attempts as Sunderland claimed another big scalp with a 1-0 win.
RUGBY : England went down fighting as they rounded off their autumn internationals with a 19-6 defeat to New Zealand at Twickenham.
FOOTBALL : Carlo Ancelotti will send out his strongest possible Chelsea side against Porto in the Champions League on Wednesday, despite already having qualified for the knockout stages.
CRICKET : South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis is to miss the entire one-day international series against England because of a fractured rib.
RUGBY : Andy Robinson reckons his Scotland side need look no further than Saturday afternoon’s opponents for evidence of what a winning mentality can achieve.
CRICKET : Monty Panesar has questioned Northamptonshire’s decision to let two English spinners leave the club and keep faith with South African slow bowler Nicky Boje.
FOOTBALL : Everton manager David Moyes will tell his players to go out and put on a show at Old Trafford on Saturday evening.
CRICKET : Liam Plunkett traces his return to the England reckoning back to his call-up for last spring’s Lions tour to New Zealand.
GOLF : Ross Fisher’s promise to “try and go for everything” paid handsome dividends when the Dubai World Championship resumed on Saturday.
FOOTBALL : Robbie Keane is refusing to accept that his World Cup dream is over despite FIFA rejecting the Republic of Ireland’s call for a replay of their play-off with France.
