Monthly Archive: November 2009
FOOTBALL : Avram Grant has insisted he is looking forward to taking over as Portsmouth manager and keeping the club in the Premier League.
CRICKET : South Africa posted an ominous 15-over total of 83 for none against England in Friday’s third one-day international at Newlands.
FOOTBALL : Birmingham striker Garry O’Connor is facing several months on the sidelines and is set to undergo hip surgery.
RUGBY : Wales captain Ryan Jones has been ruled out of Saturday’s clash against Australia at the Millennium Stadium.
CRICKET : Stuart Broad returned from injury for England in Friday’s third one-day international against South Africa at Newlands.
FOOTBALL : Everton chairman Bill Kenwright is looking to the future after the collapse of plans to build a new ground – but accepts the club cannot move forward without significant investment.
RUGBY : Wasps and England flanker Joe Worsley could be fit for the opening RBS 6 Nations match against Wales on February 6 after learning his knee injury will keep him out for a minimum of eight weeks.
FOOTBALL : Fulham centre-back Brede Hangeland has ended speculation about a January move from Craven Cottage by signing a new thee-and-a-half-year contract.
MOTORSPORT : BMW has agreed a deal with Peter Sauber over the sale of the team that should guarantee its involvement in Formula One next season.
TENNIS : Roger Federer has expressed his sympathy for Andy Murray after the British number one was knocked out of the ATP World Tour Finals following one of the strangest evenings in tennis.
CRICKET : Andrew Strauss believes Stuart Broad has taken significant strides on the road to becoming a “complete cricketer”.
FOOTBALL : Everton chief executive Robert Elstone will set about re-structuring plans to finance the club’s Champions League ambitions after proposals for a new stadium were rejected by the government.
GOLF : Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell maintained Ireland’s lead at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup at three shots after carding a battling four-under-par 68 in Friday’s foursomes.
CRICKET : India secured a crushing innings and 144-run victory over Sri Lanka with four sessions to spare in the second Test at Kanpur to take a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series.
FOOTBALL : The possibility of hosting a World Cup in England without a match in Liverpool came into sharp focus as 15 cities put forward their cases to stage games if the 2018 bid succeeds.
