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Dickson has chance to face Italy

February 6, 2012

RUGBY UNION: England are hopeful scrum-half Lee Dickson will have recovered from a broken a bone in his left hand in time to face Italy on Saturday. Dickson suffered the injury in last weekend’s Six Nations win over Scotland and was in line to be replaced by his brother Karl, who played his first match [...]
Frimpong out for the season

February 6, 2012

FOOTBALL: Wolves midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong, on loan from Arsenal, has been ruled out for the rest of the season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Capello war with England chiefs over Terry snub

February 5, 2012

ENGLAND head coach Fabio Capello last night declared war on his paymasters, the Football Association, over their decision to strip John Terry of the captaincy because of his ongoing trial for alleged racial abuse. In an extraordinary public outburst that reveals the divisions within the game’s powerbrokers over a highly sensitive issue, Capello said he [...]
AVB blasts referee after United stage comeback

February 5, 2012

CHELSEA (3) vs MANCHESTER UNITED (3) CHELSEA manager Andre Villas-Boas admitted he was baffled by the performance of referee Howard Webb after two contentious penalty decisions helped Manchester United retrieve a three-goal deficit and keep their Premier League title hopes alive. The Blues led 3-0 just six minutes into the second half courtesy of a [...]
Salvage act not enough for Ferguson

February 5, 2012

CHELSEA (3) vs MANCHESTER UNITED (3) MANCHESTER UNITED staged a trademark act of escapology, coming from 3-0 down to rescue a draw – but their manager Alex Ferguson insisted it still felt like two points dropped as his side failed to keep pace with rivals and Premier League leaders Manchester City. Unlucky to be trailing [...]
Hartley pride as Lancaster era starts on winning note

February 5, 2012

ENGLAND hooker Dylan Hartley has hailed the discipline and character of an inexperienced side after they overcame pressure and a hostile environment to get the Six Nations – and the Stuart Lancaster era – off to a winning start. Captain Chris Robshaw, winning only his second cap, and debutants Owen Farrell, Brad Barritt and Phil [...]
Robshaw inspires encouraging start

February 5, 2012

TEAM SPIRIT THE KEY It was never going to be pretty up at Murrayfield but Saturday’s 13-6 victory represented an encouraging step forward for what was a largely inexperienced England side. Head coach Stuart Lancaster spoke at length in the build-up to the match about team spirit being at the heart of his values. On [...]
Climb mountain or face a whitewash, warns Swann

February 5, 2012

ENGLAND must “climb a mountain” if they are to avoid a humiliating whitewash in the third Test against Pakistan today, according to spinner Graeme Swann. Set 324 to win – a target which would have been substantially larger had Monty Panesar not returned figures of 5-124 as the hosts lost their last seven wickets for [...]
BAD LUCK OF THE IRISH | Wales snatch win

February 5, 2012

WALES coach Warren Gatland admitted his team were “reasonably lucky” after Leigh Halfpenny’s (pictured above, centre right) last-minute penalty earned them a 23-21 win over Ireland in their Six Nations opener. Jonathan Davies scored two tries and George North grabbed the other as the visitors edged a pulsating encounter in Dublin. Rory Best and Tommy [...]
DOUBLE DEMBA | Ba and Cisse move Newcastle up to fifth

February 5, 2012

NEWCASTLE striker Papiss Demba Cisse (right) enjoyed a debut to remember as his wonder goal secured his side a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa. Demba Ba fired Newcastle into a 30th minute lead only for Robbie Keane to equalise for Villa in first half stoppage time. But Cisse, a £10m January signing from Freiburg, endeared [...]