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Triple salvo from big guns save Spurs from Shamrock shocker

September 29, 2011

TOTTENHAM 3 vs SHAMROCK ROVERS 1 `TOTTENHAM striker Jermain Defoe insisted justice had been done after they survived a huge scare at home to Irish part-timers Shamrock Rovers. Spurs looked set to suffer a humiliating Europa League defeat when Stephen Rice diverted a long-range shot to give the visitors a shock lead. But the Premier [...]
GUNNERS ON TARGET FOR PROFIT

September 29, 2011

ARSENAL will today post a small pre-tax profit when the club announces its financial results for the year ending May 2011. The figure will be dramatically lower than the record £56m pre-tax profit for the previous 12 months, City PM has learned. However, that 2009-10 sum was boosted by a one-off property windfall and significant [...]
Scholes offers Tevez unlikely sympathy

September 29, 2011

MANCHESTER CITY outcast Carlos Tevez, who has been told he has no future at the club following his apparent refusal to play, has found an unlikely ally in Manchester United coach Paul Scholes. City suspended Tevez for two weeks on Wednesday, 24 hours after manager Roberto Mancini accused him of ignoring his orders to warm [...]
ODENSE BK 0 vs FULHAM 2

September 29, 2011

FULHAM manager Martin Jol vowed to keep Andy Johnson after the striker scored twice to earn their first win in Europa League Group K. Johnson, who is in the final year of his contract and can leave for free next summer, scored in the 36th and 88th minutes to take his season’s tally to six. [...]
Scots a big threat when underdogs

September 29, 2011

WE’RE approaching another important game at London Scottish against Moseley this weekend. Our last two matches have been very narrow defeats, and so it is vital we get back to winning ways against a team that have had a decent start to the season. As it’s a Sunday game I’ll be able to watch the [...]
THE BREAKDOWN | WORLD CUP BRIEFS

September 29, 2011

ENGLAND MUST STEP UP, SAYS HERO ROBINSON WORLD CUP winner Jason Robinson has called on England to find another gear against Scotland or risk an early exit. Former wing Robinson (inset below), part of the 2003 squad that lifted the trophy in Australia, believes Martin Johnson’s men have yet to fire on all cylinders. He [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF

September 29, 2011

Hatton: I considered suicide BOXING: British former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton says he considered taking his own life after a bout of depression triggered by his 2009 defeat to Manny Pacquiao. Hatton, who has battled drink and drugs, said: “I was so down, I was crying and contemplating suicide.” Europa wins for Stoke and [...]
WORLD CUP RUGBY STAR REVEALS AN UNEXPECTED WEAKNESS

September 29, 2011

THERE HAS only been one occasion when Jason Leonard, the most-capped England rugby player of all time, has been intimidated on the pitch. That moment came when Leonard met Norman Hadley, a six foot nine Canadian rugby union player with a scar down his cheek that “didn’t come from rugby”. For reasons best known to [...]
Meandre can give Fabre another Arc

September 29, 2011

SUNDAY’S Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe now looks set to be run on unusually quick ground with Paris having been bathed in sunshine all week. John Gosden’s Nathaniel, a mudlark who was originally many people’s idea of the possible winner, will stay at home and his place is now taken by stablemate Masked Marvel. [...]
Red Rose will be made to work hard in nerve-racking Auckland decider

September 29, 2011

ENGLAND vs SCOTLAND Saturday – 8.30am ITV 1 SCOTLAND would love nothing more than to spoil England’s party when the adversaries renew their rivalry in Auckland tomorrow morning. England’s fate is in their own hands and Martin Johnson recognises a win would guarantee top spot in Pool B. In contrast, the Scots’ chances are hanging [...]