Karlsson closes door on Open July 7, 2009 GOLF: Last year’s European Order of Merit winner Robert Karlsson has been forced to pull out of next week’s Open Championship. The Swede, 39, is suffering from an eye injury that has sidelined him since the end of May. He said: “Light and dark shades of green started to float together and in the PGA [...]
Blades’ Kenny fails dope test July 7, 2009 FOOTBALL: Sheffield United have suspended goalkeeper Paddy Kenny after he tested positive for the banned stimulant ephedrine. Kenny, who returned the test after a play-off semi-final against Preston in May, faces a possible two-year ban.
Strauss: We must hit the ground running July 7, 2009 ENGLAND captain Andrew Strauss has stressed the importance of getting off to a winning start as his team prepare to do battle with Australia in this morning’s Ashes opener. Strauss’s men have won just one of their last 15 opening Tests, but he knows his men must hit the ground running in Cardiff this weekend [...]
Cook hungry for taste of 2005 success July 6, 2009 ENGLAND’S last Ashes triumph came too early for Alastair Cook – the opening batsman, then 20 years old, was still cutting his teeth with Essex and was yet to make his Test debut. County commitments meant he wasn’t even able to join the rest of the country in watching television coverage, as Michael Vaughan’s men [...]
Strauss calls for calm in Ashes furore July 6, 2009 CAPTAIN Andrew Strauss has called on his England players to show composure and not get caught up in the hype surrounding the Ashes series.The Middlesex opener leads his side out for the eagerly-awaited first Test against Australia in Cardiff tomorrow with the intention of recreating the intensity of the victorious 2005 series. But with an [...]
AUSSIES SUFFER LEE BLOW July 6, 2009 AUSTRALIA have been handed a massive blow ahead of tomorrow’s first Test in Cardiff after paceman Brett Lee was ruled out with a rib injury. The 32-year-old complained of soreness following last week’s draw with England Lions and underwent a scan yesterday, which revealed a torn muscle. Furthermore, the Aussie strike bowler only has a [...]
Ancelotti: Terry not for sale July 6, 2009 CARLO ANCELOTTI issued ambitious Manchester City with a chilling warning on his first day in charge at Chelsea yesterday, insisting: “John Terry is not for sale.” Terry has been the subject of sustained interest from mega-rich City, who are preparing a third audacious swoop for the England captain this week in the region of £35m. [...]
Federer unable to rest on his laurels after Wimbledon win July 6, 2009 WIMBLEDON champion Roger Federer has admitted his 15th grand slam title left him so excited he could not sleep, but insisted it failed to take any of the sheen off his record-breaking feat. Federer overcame American Andy Roddick in Sunday’s marathon five-set men’s singles final, eclipsing Pete Sampras as the most successful player of all [...]
Stage winner Cavendish sprints into history books July 6, 2009 BRITAIN’S Mark Cavendish toasted his team’s courage after retaining the green jersey with his second successive Tour de France stage victory. The Team Columbia rider’s success made him the first Briton to hold the jersey – awarded to the leading sprinter – for consecutive days. Cavendish finished strongest in a 27-man breakaway on the Tour’s [...]
Big guns take significant step July 6, 2009 YOU can usually tell when a Major is round the corner when the big guns come to the fore. Is it a coincidence, for example, that Tiger Woods and two of Europe’s best in Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter begin to show just days before the start of the Open Championship? Westwood may have been [...]
