Monthly Archive: November 2009
GOLF : Lee Westwood would have celebrated becoming European Tour number one again well into the early hours no matter how he did it.
CRICKET : Two gritty batsmen from different ends of the experience spectrum have put England 1-0 up against South Africa – and captain Andrew Strauss is delighted to have both in his team.
FOOTBALL : Skipper Steven Gerrard insists that Liverpool can still salvage their season as they prepare for their make-or-break Champions League showdown with Debrecen in Budapest.
FOOTBALL : Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe scored five times to send his side back into the Champions League places as Harry Redknapp’s men ran out 9-1 winners against Wigan at White Hart Lane.
FOOTBALL : Striker Ricardo Fuller applied a clinical finish to a neat passing move to give Stoke a 1-0 victory at home to Portsmouth.
RUGBY : Joe Worsley tore medial ligaments in his right knee in the opening minute of England’s 19-6 defeat to New Zealand on Saturday.
FOOTBALL : Absent Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce got a welcome tonic as his side ended a run of 10 defeats on the road in the league with a 2-0 victory over Bolton at the Reebok Stadium.
FOOTBALL : A dramatic last-gasp winner from Darren Dods gave Dundee United a 2-1 win and with it their first victory over Celtic in 10 years.
CRICKET : England lost two of their most likely match-winners cheaply as they set out in pursuit of South Africa’s 250 for nine at Centurion.
CRICKET : The onus was on England’s record-breaker Paul Collingwood and new batting find Jonathan Trott to keep an awkward chase on course in pursuit of South Africa’s 250 for nine at Centurion.
CRICKET : Record-breaker Paul Collingwood was in the thick of it as England restricted South Africa to 250 for nine – despite five dropped catches at Centurion.
RUGBY : England manager Martin Johnson has been given a vote of confidence despite losing two out of three autumn internationals.
FOOTBALL : Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has tipped Brazil for World Cup glory.
CRICKET : Paul Collingwood marked his record-breaking 171st one-day international cap with some typically telling brilliance in the field – and the big wicket of Hashim Amla too.
CRICKET : Jonathan Trott was set to open for England at Centurion against South Africa today, in only his second one-day international.
