Injured Glock out of Brazil GP October 11, 2009 FORMULA ONE: Toyota’s Timo Glock is out of the Brazilian Grand Prix after suffering a cracked vertebra. Tests have revealed that the 27-year-old German suffered the back injury in the second qualifying session at last week’s Japanese Grand Prix. It was originally thought his injuries were confined to a leg wound but he will now [...]
Robertson wins Grand Prix October 11, 2009 SNOOKER: Australia’s Neil Robertson clinched the Grand Prix title last night with a 9-4 victory over China’s Ding Junhui. Robertson held a slender 4-3 lead after the first session but blitzed his opponent in the evening to take the final at Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall.
London’s poker season ends in dramatic style October 8, 2009 AFTER three weeks that saw the world’s best players come here to play in the World Series of Poker Europe and the European Poker Tour, London’s season of poker has finished. To cash in either flagship tournament is an achievement, and to cash in both – meaning you’ve picked your way through two of the [...]
TAKE ON CITY AM AT POKER Online tournament October 8, 2009 This Wednesday, City PM and William Hill Poker are getting together to offer readers the chance to play poker – and to take on some sporting greats in the process. Golf legend and 2002 Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance, and former stalwart of the England football midfield Trevor Steven, will be in the thick of [...]
Ultra consistent Tamagin set to burn off rivals in Ascot feature October 8, 2009 A FIELD of twenty will go to post for tomorrow’s Willmott Dixon Bengough Memorial Stakes run over Ascot’s straight six furlongs and the draw, once again, looks sure to play a part. At the last Ascot meeting, all those drawn high seemed to hold the advantage and it is more than likely that those in [...]
the INSIDER October 8, 2009 TOMORROW’S Ascot meeting starts with a couple of impossible Group Three’s. Based on results from the last meeting, we should ignore anything drawn lower than 12. The highest rated horse between stalls 12-18 is Red Avalanche (16), but I think this beast needs more cut than Ascot will offer. Don’t Tell Mary (12) is returning [...]
England won’t hold back in quest for perfect 10 October 8, 2009 UKRAINE vs ENGLAND TOMORROW 5.15PM FABIO CAPELLO has succeeded where his predecessor failed and navigated England to a major Championship at his first attempt, with few dramas and a couple of games to spare. Although the Three Lions would be entitled to take it easy in the first of these ‘dead rubbers’, it’s a must-win [...]
SUPER LEAGUE GRAND FINAL October 8, 2009 LEEDS RHINOS vs ST HELENS TOMORROW 6PM, SKY SPORTS OLD TRAFFORD opens its doors to footballers of a different variety tomorrow, as two of the most successful sides in the short history of rugby league’s Super League go head-to-head in the culmination of the 2009 season. Of eleven Grand Finals since 1998, seven have featured [...]
We’re going all out for the perfect 10, says Rooney October 8, 2009 STRIKER Wayne Rooney has revealed boss Fabio Capello is demanding a ‘Perfect 10’ from England’s triumphant World Cup qualifying campaign. Capello’s men have already secured their route to next summer’s World Cup with eight straight wins, but the Italian is looking to finish qualifying with another six points from their remaining two matches. England make [...]
Shah left stunned by shock omission October 8, 2009 OWAIS SHAH yesterday admitted he felt hard done by at being left out of England’s one-day squad for the winter tour of South Africa. The Middlesex batsman has been a mainstay of the one-day side for the past 12 months and helped England qualify for the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy just 12 days ago [...]
