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England manager Fabio Capello has told David Beckham he will be at the World Cup as long as he is fit and playing regularly. The ex-England captain is set to start his second loan spell with AC Milan and Capello expects the 34-year-old Los Angeles Galaxy star to have another successful stint in Serie A. [...]
West ham assistant boss Steve Clarke has defended underfire Gianfranco Zola after claiming people should blame him for the club’s plight. After finishing a respectable ninth last season, the Hammers have struggled this term and are currently second bottom in the Premier League. The Upton Park club’s woes deepened on Tuesday night after they slumped [...]
Chinese snooker star Ding Junhui won the Pukka Pies United Kingdom Championship in a tense and thrilling final which went into the early hours of Monday. Ding, aged 22 and from Jiangsu Province in eastern China, beat Scotsman John Higgins 10-8 in the final. For Ding it is the second time that he has been [...]
Michael Schumacher is close to making a sensational return to Formula One after agreeing a one-year contract with Mercedes, according to reports in Germany. Bild and Focus magazine reported on Saturday that the seven-times world champion will compete for the new Mercedes team – formerly Brawn – next season if he passes a mandatory medical. [...]
GERMAN newspaper Der Spiegel have conducted a study in a bid to discover the fastest footballer in the world. The findings were a little surprising even though the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo came out on top was no great shock. The Real Madrid superstar reached a speed of 33.6 kilometres per hour to finish first [...]
Tiger Woods last night admitted he was a love cheat as he announced he was taking an ‘indefinite break’ from golf. In a message posted on his website the 33-year-old confirmed his affairs and admitted he is ‘profoundly sorry’ for the hurt he has caused wife Elin Nordegren. Tiger, who previously had only referred to [...]
Golf legend Seve Ballesteros will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at Sunday’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year. The 52-year-old Spaniard, who won five majors in an illustrious career, has been given the award in recognition of his contribution to the sport. He won the Open three times, the Masters twice as well [...]
Will Michael Owen have a seat when the England plane takes off for the World Cup next June?. Owen’s hat-trick on Tuesday in Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Wolfsburg in Germany cannot have been ignored by Capello. Michael Carrick is pretty much certain of being in the squad for next summer’s finals in South Africa. [...]
Dean Smith has earned himself a test drive in a McLaren-Mercedes F1 after he became the 21st winner of the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC Award in a glittering ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London earlier this week. The 2009 Formula Renault UK Champion received the award from no less than three world champions, [...]
TIGER Woods overdosed on a “sex” drug and booze before his notorious car crash, doctors revealed last night. Tiger Woods had taken large amounts of the sedative Ambien reports today’s Tabloids, which can be used to heighten sexual pleasure. He also took the painkiller Vicodin, a potentially addictive drug which both Eminem and Michael Jackson [...]
