Archive for May, 2006
Friday, May 26th, 2006
Today’s racing comes from Goodwood, Haydock Park, and Newmarket in the afternoon, as well as Pontefract and Stratford in the evening.
Goodwood starts at 2:10 and the ground remains soft after just a light shower during the night.
Andrew Balding’s horses have been running well lately and the yard can win the opening contest with […]
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Friday, May 26th, 2006
Even though England B lost 2-1 to Belarus manager Sven-Goran Eriksson was happy with Michael Owen’s performance.
Owen who has been out of action for five months with a metatarsal injury played for 60 minutes without any problems.
Eriksson said: “Michael Owen did well for one hour, more or less. He is fit. We didn’t want him […]
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Friday, May 26th, 2006
England took control on the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka.
They dismissed the tourists for 143, and at the end of play were 138-3 with Kevin Pietersen on 30 not out.
Sri Lanka’s captain Mahela Jayawardene’s decision to bat first backfired spectacularly as they collapsed to 82-8 before producing a stubborn ninth-wicket stand. […]
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Thursday, May 25th, 2006
Today’s racing comes from Goodwood, Ayr, Wetherby and Lingfield but the meeting at Salisbury has been abandoned because of water-logging.
The going at Goodwood is now soft, heavy in places after 22mm of rain in the last 24 hours.
Final Verse , who finished sixth behind George Washington in the 2000 Guineas, re-appears in the […]
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Thursday, May 25th, 2006
England have been given a boost ahead of the World Cup this summer with the news that injured striker Michael Owen will captain the England B team against Belarus on Thursday.
The game was originally organised to give England’s fringe players a run-out, but with several players short of match fitness, Eriksson has revised his […]
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Thursday, May 25th, 2006
World number five Andy Roddick joined the growing list of casualties just days before the French Open which starts on Sunday.
The American injured a foot injury during his match against Chile’s Nicolas Massu at the World Team Cup.
Hewitt twisted his right ankle in Austria on Monday, though scans showed he did not suffer ligament […]
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Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
Today’s racing comes from Goodwood, Kempton Park and Kelso in the afternoon and Folkestone and Sedgefield in the evening.
Goodwood had just a light shower overnight leaving the ground good to soft with soft patches.
The racing starts at 2:10 with the most valuable contest at 3:45
Alfie Noakes ran better than his finishing position […]
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Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
Mike Stone the Manchester United club doctor has left Old Trafford “because of a difference of opinion”.
Stone had been at Old Trafford for 10 years. It was he who has been in close touch with England doctor Leif Sward about England striker Wayne Rooney.
Sward appeared positive about Rooney’s World Cup chances while United’s manager Sir […]
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Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
Ryder Cup hero Colin Montgomerie wants golf manufacturers to change the modern golf ball so that it doesn’t go so far.
Monty is worried by the 310 yards added to Wentworth for the PGA Championship after a redesign by Ernie Els.
Els has also added 30 bunkers to the course, and Montgomerie said the changes were […]
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Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
After criticism from former England legend Bobby Charlton, Sven-Goran Eriksson dismissed the notion that Theo Walcott, who has yet to make his debut for Arsenal since joining them in January, would be overawed if he played for England in the World Cup.
“I don’t think he has any fear - and why should he? He […]
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