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Saints buck the trend as Premiership crowds fall

September 22, 2010

NORTHAMPTON insist they can continue to buck the trend of poor early-season ticket sales in the Aviva Premiership – and take record attendances to a whole new level at Franklin’s Gardens. The unbeaten league leaders sold out their opening two home fixtures against Leicester and Bath despite the latter being played on a Friday night. [...]
Gibbs blow only ‘short-term’

September 22, 2010

FOOTBALL: Arsenal say Kieran Gibbs will only be missing for the “short term” after injuring his foot in the Carling Cup victory over Tottenham on Tuesday night. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger feared the England left-back had suffered his second broken metatarsal in a year. But scans revealed the 20-year-old had not suffered a fracture. “Kieran [...]
Godman ruled out for six months

September 22, 2010

RUGBY UNION: Scotland fly-half Phil Godman has been ruled out of both the autumn internationals and the Six Nations Championship after picking up a serious knee injury. The Edinburgh player is set for a six-month lay-off after suffering the injury in training. Scotland team doctor James Robson said: “He will have to undergo surgery in [...]
Tunisia first up for Great Britain

September 22, 2010

TENNIS: Great Britain will begin their 2011 Davis Cup campaign with a home tie against Tunisia in March. Leon Smith’s team will fancy their chances of coming through the Europe/Africa Group II tie with no fewer than seven British players lying ahead of Tunisian No1 Marek Jaziri, ranked 420th, in the world rankings. Victory over [...]
FedEx hopefuls compete for $10m

September 22, 2010

GOLF: The FedEx Cup play-off series climaxes in Atlanta with the Tour Championship this weekend as the PGA Tour’s top 30 players compete for the $10m series jackpot. The one notable absentee is defending champion Tiger Woods, who failed to qualify following a wretched year, giving Phil Mickelson the chance to replace him as world [...]
Spot-on Nasri fires Gunners past Spurs

September 21, 2010

TOTTENHAM (1) vs ARSENAL (4) AET, 1-1 after 90 mins ARSENAL schemer Samir Nasri conquered his spot-kick superstition to smash two extra-time penalties and earn the Gunners cup revenge over bitter rivals Tottenham. Nasri’s double within five minutes proved the killer blow long before Andrey Arshavin’s fourth, after Robbie Keane had dragged Spurs back into [...]
Row won’t damage political relations, says top diplomat

September 21, 2010

PAKISTAN’S high commissioner last night defended Ijaz Butt’s allegations against England’s cricketers – but insisted they would not affect political relations between the countries. Wajid Shamsul Hasan said Paksitan Cricket Board chairman Butt made “a very innocent argument” when accusing England players of taking a bribe to lose the third one-day international at The Oval [...]
Games crisis after British stars pull out

September 21, 2010

BRITISH track stars Phillips Idowu and Christine Ohuruogu pulled out of the Commonwealth Games last night amid growing fears the event in Delhi will have to be cancelled. In a disastrous 24 hours for organisers, already fraught preparations were plunged into crisis when a bridge outside the stadium collapsed, injuring 23, and a row erupted [...]
Cup shock as Toffees come unstuck at Brentford

September 21, 2010

BRENTFORD(1) vs EVERTON (1) 4-3 on pens; 1-1 after 90 mins LEAGUE ONE Brentford caused a huge shock last night when they dumped Premier League heavyweights Everton out on penalties at a delirious Griffin Park. Striker Jermaine Beckford and defender Phil Jagielka, right, missed from the spot as the Toffees lost the shootout 4-3, having [...]
ICC should step in now and ban Pakistan for five years

September 21, 2010

SO, members of the ICC, it’s all up to you, but, surely now enough is enough. Absurd accusations that England players were involved in match fixing weren’t just the comments of an excitable journalist, they were made by Ijaz Butt, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, for goodness sake. I believe I am balanced [...]