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United and Young show Spurs true hallmark of champions

March 4, 2012

TOTTENHAM (1) vs MANCHESTER UNITED (3) MANCHESTER UNITED extinguished Tottenham’s flagging Premier League title hopes with a clinical display at White Hart Lane yesterday, but manager Harry Redknapp insists his side remain on course to end the season as London’s top club. Redknapp held a team meeting on Thursday in which he stressed the need [...]
Pogrebnyak treble fuels Fulham romp

March 4, 2012

FULHAM (5) vs WOLVES (0) FULHAM manager Martin Jol is ready to hand January signing Pavel Pogrebnyak a new contract after the Russia striker plundered a perfect hat-trick in an emphatic drubbing of sorry Wolves. Pogrebnyak, who joined from Stuttgart until the end of the season, scored with his head and both feet to take [...]
French fightback denies Ireland rare triumph

March 4, 2012

FRANCE (17) vs IRELAND (17) IRELAND captain Paul O’Connell rued a second-half slip-up as the visitors allowed France to fight back and deny them a race Six Nations victory in Paris. Two tries from winger Tommy Bowe put the Irish 17-6 up at the interval and within touching distance of their first win on French [...]
McIlroy holds off Tiger to become new world No1

March 4, 2012

NORTHERN IRELAND’S Rory McIlroy kept a revitalised Tiger Woods at bay to win the Honda Classic last night and become world No1 for the first time in his career. McIlroy finished two shots clear of Woods on 12-under-par after the American had put together and astonishing final round of 62 which was just one shy [...]
Ameobi denies Sunderland as tempers flare

March 4, 2012

NEWCASTLE manager Alan Pardew blasted Sunderland’s Lee Cattermole after Shola Ameobi’s stoppage-time equaliser snatched the Magpies a 1-1 draw in a feisty Tyne-Wear derby. Ameobi atoned for Demba Ba’s 83rd-minute penalty miss and cancelled out the first-half spot-kick scored by Nicklas Bendtner. Sunderland saw Stephane Sessegnon sent off while Cattermole was shown a red card [...]
Kauto on track for Cheltenham

March 4, 2012

Two-time winner Kauto Star’s bid for a third Cheltenham Gold Cup received a boost yesterday when he completed an encouraging canter. Trainer Paul Nicholls last week rated him only 50-50 for the race on 16 March following a fall in schooling. But he said: “All was fine. We will look to step up his work [...]
Hammers keep pace with Saints

March 4, 2012

West Ham closed to within a point of Championship leaders Southampton with a 2-0 win at promotion rivals Cardiff. Captain Kevin Nolan and George McCartney scored goals in each half as the Hammers moved four points clear of third-placed Reading.
Adlington seals Olympic place

March 4, 2012

Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington secured her spot in the British team for London 2012 with a superb display in the 400m freestyle at the national trials. Adlington was one of six swimmers to book places including Jo Jackson (400m free), Ellen Gandy and Fran Halsall (100m fly), and Daniel Sliwinski and Craig Benson (100m [...]
Hodgson keeps Sarries on track

March 4, 2012

England fly-half Charlie Hodgson kicked six penalties as Saracens beat Northampton 18-12 to keep up the pressure on Premiership leaders Harlequins, who lead the table by four points. Meanwhile, Quins scrum-half Danny Care was arrested in Leeds city centre early on Sunday morning for his third alcohol-related incident in the last three months. Care, who [...]
Fine Parchment to give Charlie Mann back-to-back wins in the Greatwood

March 1, 2012

SPORT TRADER BILL ESDAILE AND DAVID WILD WITH THE WEEKEND’S BEST RACING AND RUGBY BETS THE calm before the storm will be how the next 10 days are referred to by countless racing people as owners, trainers, jockeys and punters nervously pray that their horses get to Cheltenham in one piece. There have been a [...]