Archive for April, 2006
Monday, April 24th, 2006
Michael Schumacher held off a challenge from world champion Fernando Alonso to win the San Marino Grand Prix and re-ignite his title challenge.
The Ferrari driver led comfortably from the start but ran into tyre problems after his first pitstop and had to fight hard to repel Alonso.
Renault failed to grab the lead with […]
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Monday, April 24th, 2006
Mark Williams is through to the World Championship quarter-finals after a 13-8 victory over Mark Selby.
The Welshman, the 2000 and 2003 winner, dominated the first session to resume with a comfortable 11-5 lead.
Selby cut the gap to 11-7 with breaks of 90 and 71 and briefly entertained hopes of a comeback.
Williams closed […]
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Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
Newcastle and former England captain Alan Shearer has confirmed that his career is over.
The 35-year-old strker tore his knee ligaments minutes after scoring a penalty against arch rivals Sunderland on Monday and has been ruled out for the rest of the season, bringing forward his planned retirement.
“I’m finished now,” Shearer said. […]
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Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
Ante-post favourite All In The Stars heads a full field of 30 runners for the Gala Casinos Daily Record Scottish Grand National at Ayr today.
Paul Keane’s Country Gentlemen’s Association Chase winner will be having his first start since February in the four-mile, one-furlong test.
The Paul Nicholls-trained Royal Auclair tops the weights.
And the […]
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Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
Rafael Nadal won his 40th consecutive match on clay by beating sixth seed Guiiermo Coria 6-2 6-1 to reach the semi finals of the Monte Carlo Masters.
He will now playGaston Gaudio, who beat 15th seed Tommy Robredo 6-1 6- 3.
Nadal lost the opening two games but then reeled off the next 11 against […]
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Friday, April 21st, 2006
Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren said his side were lucky to escape with a 1-0 loss in the first leg of their Uefa Cup semi-final at Steaua Bucharest.
They had keeper Mark Schwarzer to thank for keeping the deficit to one goal, though the Australian could do little to stop Nicolae Dica putting Steaua ahead after he […]
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Friday, April 21st, 2006
Jimmy White is out of the snooker World Championship at the Crucible after losing to David Gray 10-5.
White was down 6-3 overnight and lost two of the first three frames on the black and with Gray needing just one frame to win, White’s exit looked imminent.
Oddly it seemed to lift the pressure and […]
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Friday, April 21st, 2006
Brian Noble has left the Bradford Bulls to coach Wigan - a move that has been on the cards ever since Wigan sacked Ian Millwood nine days ago.
The 45-year-old Great Britain boss had been the subject of intense speculation since then but finally opted to split with his hometown club on Thursday.
As a result, […]
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Friday, April 21st, 2006
74 year-old coaching legend Nick Bollettieri says he would be interested in helping Andy Murry who split from his coach Mark Petchey last week.
Bollettieri has coached the likes of Monica Seles, Maria Sharopova and Andre Agassi.
“Andy’s got that radical streak I saw in a young Agassi when I was his coach,” said Bollettieri. ” He […]
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Thursday, April 20th, 2006
Kolo Toure’s goal gave Arsenal a 1-0 win in their Champions League semi-final, first leg against Villarreal but manager Arsene Wenger remains cautious about his side’s chances of reaching the final.
“We faced a good team, very strong in the midfield, and we couldn’t impose enough to create more chances,” he said.
“At home you […]
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