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Arsenal’s Gazidis preaching simple solution to football’s debt problem

March 10, 2010

IT seems apt that Ivan Gazidis first fell in love with football at Portsmouth. His boyhood club’s grim descent into administration has laid bare the financial mismanagement prevalent even at the top level, where clubs borrow vast sums just to keep pace with their rivals. Now, as chief executive of Arsenal, he is among the [...]
Onions cries off as Broad faces late test

March 10, 2010

ENGLAND seamer Stuart Broad appears to be winning his battle to be fit for tomorrow’s first Test with Bangladesh. The 23-year-old suffered a back injury during the one-day international series, forcing him to miss this week’s warm-up match with a Bangladesh A side. But the Nottinghamshire pace man bowled 10 overs during a net session [...]
Wenger boys have the momentum

March 10, 2010

HE’S been questioned all season, but suddenly there seems to be method in Arsene Wenger’s madness. Despite suffering plenty of knocks along the way, Wenger has stayed loyal to his Arsenal players and you can imagine the grin on his face when Nicklas Bendtner slammed in his hat-trick goal to complete the five-goal demolition of [...]
Williams: We’ll spoil the O’Driscoll party

March 10, 2010

STAND-IN Wales captain Martyn Williams has vowed to spoil Brian O’Driscoll’s home party at Croke Park on Saturday. Irish skipper O’Driscoll will make his 100th international appearance in the crunch Six Nations clash with the Welsh. But Williams, who himself wins his 95th cap ?– a new record for a Wales forward – claims to [...]
Binocular and Solwhit eye up Champion Hurdle hopes

March 10, 2010

DOUBTFUL duo Binocular and Solwhit have both been left in the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle at the six-day stage after both impressed their trainers this week. Binocular had been expected to miss the Cheltenham Festival after a recent injury, while pre-race favourite Solwhit was on the verge of being withdrawn after scoping badly on Monday. [...]
Pakistan duo receive bans for life

March 10, 2010

FORMER Pakistan captains Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf have been sensationally barred from playing for their country for life as part of a crackdown on player discipline. The experienced pair, arguably Pakistan’s top two performers, were at the forefront of a Pakistan Cricket Board enquiry into the recent tour of Australia where “infighting brought down [...]
Semi-final place is the minimum requirement, insists boss Capello

March 10, 2010

ENGLAND coach Fabio Capello has targeted a semi-final place at this summer’s World Cup – at the very least. The Three Lions are among the favourites in South Africa but have failed to make it past the quarter-finals since the 1990 tournament. But Capello said: “I hope the semi-finals is a minimum. We have good [...]
Chester are liquidated by HMRC

March 10, 2010

CHESTER CITY were wound-up by the High Court yesterday, although Cardiff City and Southend United were handed lifelines. Blue Square Premier side Chester owed HM Revenue & Customs £26,125 in unpaid taxes and were liquidated after 126 years in existence. But a fans group have vowed to resurrect the club by setting up a ‘phoenix’ [...]
McIlroy sets sights on Doral

March 10, 2010

GOLF: Rory McIlroy says he is looking forward to his match-up with world No3 Phil Mickelson when the pair go head-to-head at the WGC-CA Championship. The Northern Irish youngster has been paired with Mickelson and South African Retief Goosen for the event, which starts in Doral tonight. McIlroy and Mickelson played together at the HSBC [...]
Athletes set Euro medal target

March 10, 2010

OLYMPICS: Great Britain’s athletes have been set a target of at least 10 medals at this summer’s European Athletics Championships by the national funding body. UK Sport wants between 10-15 medals from the event in Barcelona in July as it builds towards the London Olympics in 2012. At the same time, British swimmers have been [...]