• Saracens director of rugby has fine part-suspended• Venter was ‘inappropriately critical’ of the tournamentThe Saracens director of rugby, Brendan Venter, has been fined €25,000 (£21,800), €15,000 (£13,000) of which has been suspended, after being found guilty of misconduct by a European Rugby Cup disciplinary hearing in Dublin today.The South African was charged over comments [...]
Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 5:49pm MST – Last Modified: Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 7:43pm MST If CityScape proceeds with a plan to install a fabricated ice rink in downtown Phoenix, it will have competition from across town.
• F1 championship leader says win for team-mate would be ideal• ‘I think the best thing … is to have Felipe winning the race’Fernando Alonso has said he would love his Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa to win Sunday’s Brazilian grand prix in front of his own fans.The Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner [...]
After Midday broke Henry Cecil’s Breeders’ Cup duck last year, the hope is for a repeat tomorrowHenry Cecil and Churchill Downs are a compelling combination. The finest British racehorse trainer of the last 50 years, and the heart of US racing, with its icons, memories and sense of history. The two will come together [...]
• Robbie Deans sticks with the 22 that beat New Zealand• ‘We need to ensure that our preparations are on the money’The Australia coach Robbie Deans has named an unchanged 22 for his side’s James Bevan Trophy encounter with Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.Deans had been widely expected to stick with the men [...]
It got too close for comfort for Delhi and Bengal. The hosts required just 15 runs to take the all-important first-innings lead and Bengal one more wicket to thwart them.
• Batsman says players are focused on their own performance• ‘We’re not going to take them lightly – it’s as simple as that’England are refusing to gloat about the ongoing struggles which have beset Australia as the Ashes loom ever closer.Paul Collingwood today insisted the tourists are concentrating only on their own preparations to face [...]
“The bat is an object to defend the ball with, too.” Not the most sound of observations, certainly. What can surprise, however, is the name of the batsman who said this after the first day’s play in first Test here on Thursday.
LOUISVILLE (Reuters) – Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith believes he still has not seen the best Zenyatta has to offer.
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Lee Westwood began life as world number one with a sparkling 66 in the WGC-HSBC Champions first round on Thursday and told Tiger Woods he could blame his own brilliance for losing the top ranking.
Ventre: Sure, we’ve had Patriots-gate before, and the Michael Vick dogfighting. But has there ever been so much drama at one time in the NFL?
Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi have ended a four-year feud after calling a truce in Milan, according to
• Mike Selvey: Australia have lost the art of killing off matches• David Hopps: England bowlers chance to heighten pressure• Please comment or leave links below or email or on Twitter12.50pm update: There might be free-to-air highlights of the Ashes yet. ITV4 is understood to be negotiating a deal to carry a one-hour highlights show [...]
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Holder Novak Djokovic led the way with a 6-4, 6-2 defeat of recent training partner Ernests Gulbis as the bulk of Serbia’s Davis Cup squad made it to the second round of the Swiss Indoors Tuesday.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – He is the youngest winner on a major professional golf circuit surpassing the previous record of the legendary Seve Balleteros by nearly four years.