Archive for May, 2006
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
There is racing today at Brighton, Great Yarmouth and Cartmel. This evening’s meetings are from Beverley and Southwell.
There was 6mm of rain at Great Yarmouth on Tuesday evening and the ground has changed to good with good to firm places.
Racing starts at 1:40 and they have a good handicap at 3:55
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson was happy with his teams progress after they beat Hungary 3-1 in their World Cup warm up match.
“I’m happy and I’m sure we’ll be playing even better at the World Cup,” said Eriksson.
“You must have patience against a team defending with nine men behind the ball. We had that and started […]
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
Andy Murray’s hopes of a good French Open were dashed when he lost to Gael Monfils, 6-4 6-7 (2-7) 1-6 6-2 6-1 and suffered yet another injury.
The 19-year-old Scot took a two sets to one lead but he was already suffering with a lower back problem which severely hampered his serve and movement.
Murray suffered […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
There are three meetings on Tuesday afternoon with two more in the evening.
The pick of the action comes at Sandown, where the going is now heavy on the sprint course and soft on the round course.
The feature race is the Brigadier Gerrard Stakes at 7:50
Sir Michael Stoute’s improving four-year-old, Notnowcato , is likely […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
Newcastle and England striker Michael Owen has passed a precautionary scan after being pulled out of training on Monday and has been declared fully fit.
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is expected use Owen as the lone forward and drop Peter Crouch, with Steven Gerrard in an advanced midfield role and Jamie Carragher as a holding […]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
Rafael Nadal won his 54th consecutive match on clay to beat Guillermo Vilas’ record set in 1977.
The 19-year-old Spaniard beat Robin Soderling 6-2 7-5 6-1 at the French Open.
Nadal was embraced by Vilas on centre court after the win and the Argentine presented the second seed with a trophy to commemorate […]
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Sunday, May 28th, 2006
Michael Schumacher has been stripped of pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix and will have to start Sunday’s race from the back of the grid.
The Ferrari driver controversially beat Renault’s Fernando Alonso to pole position in qualifying on Saturday.
But after an eight-hour inquiry, race stewards said he deliberately stopped on the track […]
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Saturday, May 27th, 2006
Wayne Rooney will need another scan on 14 June to determine whether he will be able to play any part in the World Cup.
His club Manchester United said his latest scan shows that he will not be able to start training for at least another three weeks which means he will miss England’s opening group […]
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Saturday, May 27th, 2006
Kevin Pietersen scored his third successive century in Test cricket to put England firmly in charge of the Second Test against Sri Lanka at Egdbaston.
The tourists were reduced to 86-4 in their second innings and are still 68 runs away from making England bat again.
Matthew Hoggard and Monty Panesar did the damage in […]
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Saturday, May 27th, 2006
Former Wimbledon champion Serena Williams has had to withdraw from this year’s tournament due to an on-going knee injury.
The 24-year-old American won Wimbledon in 2002 and 2003, and last played in January says she is not thinking of retirement.
“These past months have been very frustrating for me personally,” she said.
“I want everyone to know that […]
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