Corry to skipper England legends February 20, 2014 RUGBY UNION: World Cup winner Martin Corry leads an England Legends team against Ireland Legends tonight at the Twickenham Stoop. Tickets, from £10, are available on the gate.
England hire shrink to the stars for Brazil World Cup aid March 4, 2014 ENGLAND manager Roy Hodgson yesterday unveiled psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters as his first pick for the World Cup in Brazil and hopes his influence can see the team maximise their potential this summer. Peters, who has worked with Britain’s supremely successful track cycling squad at the last two Olympic Games, has been tasked with ensuring [...]
Smith hopeful O’Connor will stay with Irish January 5, 2014 LONDON Irish director of rugby Brian Smith intends to pull out all the stops to keep hold of full-back James O’Connor after the Australian’s latest masterclass. O’Connor scored his first Exiles try and kicked 17 points in Saturday’s 22-9 triumph over Worcester Warriors. The 23-year-old joined the club in October and while he is already [...]
Olympic venue set for Rugby World Cup use October 8, 2012 WEMBLEY and the Olympic Stadium are among three London venues on the longlist for use when England hosts the Rugby World Cup in 2015. Twickenham is the other on the 17-strong list, which will be cut to 12 and controversially does not include Welford Road, the home of Leicester Tigers. Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium is one [...]
Ford set for England call-up as Lancaster opts for young squad January 8, 2014 FORMER world junior player of the year George Ford is set to be named in a new-look 35-man England squad today for the forthcoming Six Nations. With France-bound fly-half Toby Flood set to be overlooked, the Bath No10 is in line for a first senior international call-up from coach Stuart Lancaster. And Ford could be [...]
Sport Comment: Sir Chris? Save the honours for when our sporting heroes retire July 21, 2013 A RISE Sir Andy Murray. Sir Chris Froome. Sir Alastair Cook. It was almost arise Sir Lee Westwood but for a masterful final round from Phil Mickelson at the Open yesterday. It’s going to be a busy time for the sporting honours committee when they sit down and ponder handing out the gongs in the [...]
Premier League return will benefit more than just well-paid players August 15, 2013 THE PREMIER League returns tomorrow. Although most of us will be interested in the quality of the football on offer, the amounts of money involved are no less significant. It’s Europe’s highest revenue-generating league by a margin of over €1bn (£850m), with combined club revenue of over £2.3bn in 2011-12. But while players continue to [...]
Tomkins eyes extended Test run December 19, 2013 HE WAS described during the autumn internationals as simply keeping the England No13 shirt warm for the injured Manu Tuilagi, but Saracens centre Joel Tomkins has very different ideas. With Lions duo Brad Barritt and Tuilagi injured, head coach Stuart Lancaster turned to the inexperienced pair of Tomkins and Gloucester’s Billy Twelvetrees to fire England’s [...]
England to meet France in last eight November 11, 2013 RUGBY LEAGUE: France will be England’s opponents in Saturday’s rugby league World Cup quarter-final in Wigan following their 22-6 defeat to Samoa last night. Samoa will play Fiji in Warrington on Sunday.
Defeated Kearney may step down December 1, 2013 RUGBY LEAGUE: New Zealand coach Stephen Kearney may step down after the weekend’s crushing 34-2 defeat to Australia in the World Cup final. “It has been five years at the helm, so I need to have a bit of a think and just see,” said Kearney, who had indicated earlier in the year that he [...]