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Returning Ramsey can’t wait for next season

May 2, 2011

ARSENAL midfielder Aaron Ramsey has vowed to come back better than ever next season after finally putting his injury nightmare behind with the winning goal in Sunday’s win over Manchester United. It took nine months out of the game and loan spells at Nottingham Forest and Cardiff before the 20-year-old Wales captain, who suffered a [...]
Guardiola: Barca guilt free

May 2, 2011

BARCELONA manager Pep Guardiola insists Real Madrid have no grounds to complain about the conduct of his side ahead of tonight’s Champions League semi-final second leg. Madrid reported Barca for unsporting conduct during last week’s 2-0 first leg defeat at the Bernabeu and accused Sergio Busquets of racially abusing their full-back, Marcelo. Those claims have [...]
Wasps recruit Thompson

May 2, 2011

WASPS have bolstered their squad for next season by signing experienced England and Lions forward Steve Thompson on a three-year contract. Thompson, 32, only joined Leeds Carnegie last summer from French side Brive but has agreed to move on again with the Yorkshiremen looking doomed to relegation. “I’m excited about the opportunity to go and [...]
QPR sweat on Faurlin hearing

May 2, 2011

Queens Park Rangers will today attend a hearing into the signing of Alejandro Faurlin which could wreck their promotion to the Premier League. QPR sealed their return to the top flight with a win over Watford on Saturday but could be docked points by the Football Association over Faurlin’s signing, which allegedly broke rules. A [...]
Yardy makes successful return

May 2, 2011

England spinner Michael Yardy made his first class return yesterday for Sussex. The 30-year-old left England’s World Cup campaign early back in March after falling ill with depression. Yardy took one for 38 and scored 39 as Sussex beat Holland in their Group A Clydesdale Bank 40 game.
SIR HENRY COOPER: 1934-2011

May 2, 2011

BRITISH boxing great Sir Henry Cooper, or Our ‘Enry as he was affectionately known, would have turned 77 today. Following his passing on Sunday, we look back at the defining moments in the career of the Westminster-born heavyweight. His finest hour came in 1963 when he became the first man to knock down Muhammad Ali, [...]
JUST THE TICKET

April 27, 2011

London 2012 organisers thrilled as more than half of the 650 sessions are oversubscribed after first round of sales LONDON 2012 organisers declared they were “thrilled” after revealing that the first phase of sales generated applications for more than 20 million tickets. The London organising committee (Locog) said 1.8m people had submitted applications for the [...]
Messi rises above the theatrics to crush Madrid’s dream

April 27, 2011

REAL MADRID 0 vs BARCELONA 2 BARCELONA have one foot in next month’s Champions League final at Wembley after Lionel Messi’s outrageous late brace secured a first leg semi-final victory at the Bernabeu against 10-man Real Madrid. In an ugly match, marred by a half-time brawl which saw Barcelona’s reserve goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto sent-off, [...]
Quins prepared for ultimate test

April 27, 2011

HARLEQUINS are previous winners of this competition but if they are going to match their 2004 success then they are going to have to do it the hard way. Beating Munster on their own turf is something only the mighty Leicester have achieved in European competition and that was by the skin of their teeth. [...]
Schmeichel: United must go all out to sign Neuer

April 27, 2011

FORMER Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel believes his old manager Sir Alex Ferguson must do everything within his power to ensure Schalke’s Manuel Neuer moves to Old Trafford in the summer. United’s veteran stopper Edwin van der Sar is set to retire at the end of the season and Schmeichel is confident the Germany international [...]