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Headlines (26 October) :
Wenger warning over missed chance
Arsene Wenger warned his young Arsenal side cannot
continue to miss "major opportunities" like at West Ham if
they are to go on to deliver the Barclays Premier League title.
Takeover may end Smith's Rangers reign
Walter Smith has warned a takeover of Rangers could
spell the end of his second spell as manager.
Allardyce reveals flu fears
Sam Allardyce is hoping the swine flu problem at
Blackburn does not escalate as they prepare for a Carling Cup tie
against Peterborough on Tuesday.
Ferguson looks to bounce back
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was in
bullish mood after his side's 11-match unbeaten run in all
competitions came to an end at Anfield.
Strachan accepts Boro job
Middlesbrough have confirmed the appointment of Gordon
Strachan as their new manager.
Rossi lands another world title
Valentino Rossi clinched the ninth world title of his
career, by finishing third in Sunday's FIM MotoGP World Championship
race in soggy Sepang behind Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa.
Brawn confident of keeping Button
Formula One team boss Ross Brawn insists world
champion Jenson Button is "99% certain" to stay with the
team next season.
Spies claims World Superbike title
Ben Spies won his first FIM Superbike World
Championship in a thrilling final round of the season in Portugal.
Eastmond keen to tackle Australia
Kyle Eastmond is hoping his cameo performance for
England will be enough to keep his place for the crunch clash with
Australia this weekend.
Sarries unhappy despite win
Steve Borthwick revealed that Saracens conducted an
ultra-critical post-match meeting despite returning to the top of the
Guinness Premiership with a 21-15 win over Leeds. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 25
October 2009
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Bolton 3 Everton 2 Liverpool 2 Man Utd 0 Man City 2
Fulham 2 West Ham 2 Arsenal 2
Scottish Premier
Hamilton 1 Celtic 2
RUGBY UNION
Guinness Premiership
Saracens (11) 21 Leeds Carnegie (6) 15
The Championship
Cornish Pirates (31) 62 Birmingham & Solihull (3)
10 Nottingham (15) 30 Bedford (13) 29
RUGBY LEAGUE
European Cup
Group 2
Serbia 8 Wales 88
GOLF
Castello Masters
Collated final round scores from the European Tour's
Castello Masters Costa Azahar at Club de Campo del Mediterraneo in
Castellon, Spain (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):
264 Michael Jonzon (Swe) 64 68 65 67 265 Christian
Nilsson (Swe) 69 66 65 65, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 63 67 68 67 267 Sergio
Garcia (Spa) 63 68 67 69 268 Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 71 67 64 66 269
Robert Allenby (Aus) 64 66 71 68, Soren Hansen (Den) 70 68 65 66 270
Sam Hutsby 65 68 66 71, Peter Hanson (Swe) 66 68 66 70, Andrew
Coltart 70 64 69 67, Darren Clarke 68 70 67 65
Frys.com Open
Collated final-round scores from the US PGA Tour's
Frys.com Open at Grayhawk GC (Raptor Course) in Scottsdale, Arizona
(USA unless stated, par 70):
262 Troy Matteson 72 61 61 68 (Troy Matteson won
play-off at second extra hole) 262 Rickie Fowler 65 64 69 64, Jamie
Lovemark 69 64 65 64 264 Bill Lunde 66 67 65 66, Tim Clark (Rsa) 68
64 65 67 265 Mike Weir (Can) 66 67 71 61, Bryce Molder 67 65 70 63
267 Chris Stroud 67 65 65 70, Heath Slocum 64 68 68 67, Ryan Moore 66
65 67 69, Nicholas Thompson 66 68 65 68, Alex Cejka (Ger) 67 67 69 64
TENNIS
ATP & WTA Kremlin Cup
Women's Final:
(8) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Olga Govortsova (Blr)
6-3 6-0
Men's Final:
(3) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt (6) Janko Tipsarevic
(Ser) 6-7 (5-7) 6-0 6-4
ATP St. Petersburg Open
1st rd: Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt Florian Mayer (Ger)
6-3 7-6 (7-3)
(2) Victor Hanescu (Rom) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (Rus)
6-1 6-2
WTA BGL Luxembourg Open
Final:
(3) Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) bt (6) Sabine Lisicki (Ger)
6-2 7-5
ATP Tour If Stockholm Open
Final:
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-1 7-5
BASEBALL
The New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2
on Sunday to clinch a return to the World Series. Andy Pettitte set a
post-season record with his 16th win as the Yankees took an
unassailable 4-2 lead in the series and claimed a 40th AL pennant.
ATHLETICS
Mo Farah played down his future as a marathon runner
although his victory in Sunday's Bupa Great South Run clearly
indicated his vast potential for the future.
MOTORCYCLING
Ben Spies won his first FIM Superbike World
Championship in a thrilling final round of the season in Portugal.
The Yamaha World Superbike team rider, who moves to MotoGP next
season, won the first race at Portimao and claimed fifth in race two
to claim the title by six points from Nori Haga on the Ducati Xerox machine.
RALLYING
Sebastien Loeb clinched his sixth world rally title
with victory in the final race of the season, the Rally of Great
Britain. The Frenchman had a comfortable win over world title rival
Mikko Hirvonen who had gone into the final event of the season
leading the world title race. But Loeb, driving the Citroen C4 WRC, |
