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MIRACLE MAN TERRY TOOK TWO DAYS TO RECOVER

March 7, 2012

CHELSEA captain John Terry underlined his commitment to the cause by taking just two days off after undergoing minor knee surgery a fortnight ago. It was estimated that the 31-year-old would be out for six weeks but he returned as an unused substitute in Tuesday’s 1-0 FA Cup replay win over Birmingham and is in [...]
Gers could fail to finish the season

March 7, 2012

RANGERS administrators have warned that the financially-stricken Scottish champions are in severe danger of being unable to complete the season. Duff and Phelps said yesterday they had again failed to agree cost-cutting measures with players, leaving them with little choice but to accelerate attempts to sell the club. David Whitehouse of Duff and Phelps said: [...]
Messi breaks another record

March 7, 2012

FOOTBALL: Barcelona striker Lionel Messi became the first player in Champions League history to score five goals in a single match as the holders ran riot at Camp Nou against Bayer Leverkusen last night. Barca romped to a 7-1 victory, securing a 10-2 aggregate win and a place in the last eight, which also featured [...]
Gandy secures Olympic berth

March 7, 2012

OLYMPICS: World championship silver medallist Ellen Gandy secured her second Team GB Olympic berth with victory in the 200m butterfly final at the British Swimming Championships last night. Joining Gandy and Lowe at London 2012 will be Andrew Willis and Michael Jamieson. The 200m breastrokers edged out British record-holder Kris Gilchrist into third.
Hoddle keen on making a sensational Blues return

March 6, 2012

Former Chelsea boss ready to end six-year managerial exile and says club should appoint an Englishman FORMER England and Chelsea manager Glenn Hoddle is desperate to seal a dramatic return to Stamford Bridge as Andre Villas-Boas’s successor and has urged the club to break with tradition and employ an Englishman. Villas-Boas became the sixth managerial [...]
Chelsea off to winning start under Di Matteo

March 6, 2012

BIRMINGHAM 0 vs CHELSEA 2 CHELSEA caretaker manager Roberto di Matteo dedicated last night’s FA Cup fifth round replay victory over Birmingham to the man he replaced, Andre Villas-Boas. Two of the now departed Portugueses summer signings, Juan Mata and Raul Meireles, scored the second half goals which guaranteed his former club a home tie in [...]
Gunners run out of ammunition to finish off Milan

March 6, 2012

Heroic comeback falls short and Wenger hopes league form won’t be affected by near miss ARSENAL 3 vs AC MILAN 0 PROUD manager Arsene Wenger hailed Arsenal’s indefatigable spirit after they came within a whisker of the biggest comeback in Champions League history — but warned them not to let the near miss affect their [...]
Moody sad as injuries end career

March 6, 2012

FORMER England captain and World Cup winner Lewis Moody has admitted his “great sadness” after accepting defeat in his battle with injury and retiring from the game. The 33-year-old, who called time on his 71-cap international career in October, had been striving to recover from a December shoulder operation. British and Irish Lion Moody won [...]
Sarries pair spar over fly-half spot

March 6, 2012

ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster faces a fly-half dilemma over Saracens team-mates Owen Farrell and Charlie Hodgson after Leicester’s Toby Flood was ruled out of Sunday’s Six Nations match in France. Flood was last night released from the squad for his club’s LV= Cup semi-final against Bath on Saturday. That leaves Lancaster mulling whether to [...]
Long Run fitness doubts quashed by Henderson

March 6, 2012

TRAINER Nicky Henderson has dismissed suggestions that defending champion Long Run has joined rival Kauto Star as a major doubt for next week’s Cheltenham Gold Cup. It had been claimed that the seven-year-old was coughing, but Henderson insisted his charge is fine and working away as normal. “The horse is going out to work now. [...]