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Fabregas nets in a five-star Arsenal rout

October 19, 2010

ARSENAL (5) VS SHAKHTAR DONETSK (1) ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger preached caution after seeing his side take a firm grip of Group H with a record-breaking drubbing of Shakhtar Donetsk. Alex Song, Samir Nasri, fit-again Cesc Fabregas, Jack Wilshere and Marouane Chamakh all netted as the Gunners trampled over the Ukrainian champions. So dominant were [...]
Misfiring Cook and KP are England’s big Ashes worries

October 19, 2010

ENGLAND coach Andy Flower has few worries as the Ashes hove into view. Results have been good and the team is very settled. Yet there are one or two issues that will be playing on his mind with five weeks to go until the first Test. First, the players need to adjust their mindsets after [...]
Zhirkov relishes return as Blues cruise

October 19, 2010

SPARTAK MOSCOW (0) VS CHELSEA (2) CHELSEA manager Carlo Ancelotti hailed Yury Zhirkov after the Russian midfielder chose the perfect setting to reignite his Blues career. Zhirkov’s extraordinary 30-yard volley set the west Londoners on their way to an ultimately comfortable win that virtually guarantees their progress to the last 16. Striker Nicolas Anelka slotted [...]
Spurs won’t sit back at Inter

October 19, 2010

INTER MILAN VS TOTTENHAM ITV1, ko 7.45pm TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp insists his plans for one of the biggest games in the club’s recent history have not been derailed by the absence of Rafael van der Vaart. The Holland playmaker has been an instant hit since joining last month but is suspended for Redknapp’s hardest [...]
Ponting still top man for Australia, says Warne

October 19, 2010

AUSTRALIA great Shane Warne insists he fully supports captain Ricky Ponting, adding that recent criticism of him had been meant as “an observation, not an attack”. Warne riled Ponting by slamming his field placings during last week’s second Test against India, a match they went on to lose by seven wickets, in a post on [...]
Massa to help Alonso see off Hamilton and Button

October 19, 2010

FERRARI’S Felipe Massa has pledged to aid colleague Fernando Alonso’s title challenge in the final three races of the season. Massa’s willingness to effectively perform as the team’s second driver has been in doubt since he was asked to step aside and let Alonso win in July’s German Grand Prix. But the Brazilian is now [...]
Jockey Katsidis found dead

October 19, 2010

HORSE RACING: Top Australian jockey Stathi Katsidis has been found dead at his home on Brisbane, aged 31, just two weeks before the Melbourne Cup. The multiple Group One winner had been set to saddle Australian Derby winner Shoot Out in the famed race on 2 November. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding [...]
Ennis on shortlist for top award

October 19, 2010

ATHLETICS: British heptathlete Jessica Ennis has been shortlisted for the IAAF World Athlete of the Year award. The world champion has enjoyed a superb 2010, adding European and World Indoor titles to her collection, along with a new personal best. Her main rivals for the women’s prize are US sprinter Allyson Felix and Croatian high-jumper [...]
Saracens in transfer talks with Wales star Henson

October 18, 2010

SARACENS have held talks with Wales star Gavin Henson and will decide whether to swoop for the Ospreys star by tomorrow, City PM can reveal. Henson is one of a handful of players Sarries chiefs have identified as possible recruits after fly-half Derick Hougaard was ruled out for six months. “We have had some contact [...]
Keane sides with Rooney in striker’s United row

October 18, 2010

MANCHESTER United great Roy Keane has told unsettled striker Wayne Rooney to “look after No1” in any dispute with the Old Trafford hierarchy. Rooney is being tipped to leave United after six years at the club amid rumours that his relationship with manager Sir Alex Ferguson has deteriorated beyond repair. Keane, Ferguson’s trusted captain before [...]