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Headlines (16 September) :
Guthrie to offer personal apology
Under-fire Newcastle midfielder Danny Guthrie will
attempt to apologise to Craig Fagan in person after discovering he
broke the Hull striker's leg at the weekend.
Mikel backs Blues for Euro glory
Mikel John Obi is confident Chelsea can go one step
further this season and finally lift the Champions League crown.
Hamilton in fighting mood
Lewis Hamilton believes he is Formula One's
"fighting force" as an enthralling title tussle now heads
into the home stretch.
Ramos calls for patience
Tottenham head coach Juande Ramos insists it is too
early to write off hopes of a top-four finish despite the defeat by
Aston Villa bringing about the club's worst start to a Premier League
season.
City dismiss Ronaldo report
Manchester City will not be signing Brazil legend
Ronaldo.
Cole wary of Walcott expectations
Joe Cole has warned England and Arsenal fans not to
burden Theo Walcott with unrealistic expectations after impressive
performances for club and country recently.
Harrington puts team first
Padraig Harrington insists he would gladly trade
individual success for another team triumph as Europe seek an
unprecedented fourth straight Ryder Cup victory.
Azinger in tribute to Europe
American Paul Azinger has sung the praises of the side
that will try to keep hold of the Ryder Cup later this week.
DIC 'not involved' in Liverpool bid
The Middle East investment arm of the Dubai
government, DIC, have moved to disassociate themselves from
suggestions that they are still trying to buy Liverpool, or have
moved on to Newcastle.
Jonas woe for Magpies
Newcastle midfielder Jonas Gutierrez will be out of
action for up to three weeks after suffering an injury in Argentina's
World Cup qualifier against Peru last week. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 15 September 2008
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League Tottenham 1 Aston Villa 2
CRICKET
NatWest Pro40 - Division One at Riverside
Durham 120 - 5 26.2 ovs Gloucestershire 119 all out
33.5 ovs Durham beat Gloucestershire by 5 wkts
NatWest Pro40 - Division One at Liverpool
Lancashire 156 all out 39.1 ovs Somerset 157 - 7 39.4
ovs Somerset beat Lancashire by 3 wkts
NatWest Pro40 - Division One at Trent Bridge
Nottinghamshire 226 - 7 overs completed 40 ovs Sussex
229 - 8 40 ovs Sussex beat Nottinghamshire by 2 wkts
NatWest Pro40 - Division One at Kidderminster
Worcestershire 242 all out 39.4 ovs Middlesex 253 - 6
overs completed 40 ovs Middlesex beat Worcestershire by 11 runs
TENNIS
WTA Guangzhou Int'national 1st rd
Jingjing Lu (Chn) bt Ekaterina Dzehalevich (Blr) 7-6
(7-4) 6-2 (8) Mariya Koryttseva (Ukr) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) 6-4
6-4 Karin Knapp (Ita) bt Shuai Zhang (Chn) 7-6 (8-6) 1-6 6-1 (6) Olga
Govortsova (Blr) bt Zi Yan (Chn) 6-3 6-2 Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) bt
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 6-4 4-6 6-3 Add 1st rd: Raluca Olaru
(Rom) bt Aniko Kapros (Hun) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-1
SWIMMING
David Davies predicted a bright future for the Great
North Swim after the Olympic medallist claimed victory in the
inaugural event at Lake Windermere. The 23-year-old won a silver
medal in the men's marathon 10 kilometre open water event in Beijing
behind gold medal winner Maarten van der Weijden. But it was Davies
who came out on top over the one-mile course in what was the UK's
largest open water event which contained a field of over 2,200
swimmers of all ages, standards and experiences.
PARALYMPICS
Having surpassed UK Sport's pre-Games target by moving
to 41 golds on day eight, silver was the order of the day as Miller
and swimmers Jim Anderson, Robert Welbourn and Fran Williamson
finished second, while Greaves and Natalie Jones, in the pool, won bronze. |
