Sebastian Vettel won his third straight Formula One world, fighting back after dropping to the back of the field during the first lap to finish sixth. Fernando Alonso needed to make up a thirteen-point deficit to win the title and his second-placed finish behind Jenson Button wasn’t enough given Vettel’s sixth-placed finish. England captain Chris […]
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England lost the first test in India by nine wickets after an atrocious first couple of days at Ahmedabad. England could only manage 191 in their first innings but, after being forced to follow, scored 406 to give them hope of a turnaround. That was snuffed out by the top of the Indian batting order […]
Luis Suarez once again scored a vital goal for Liverpool, heading in the equaliser in his side’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. John Terry had given Chelsea the lead having taken advantage of some slack defending from a corner but Suarez met Jamie Carragher’s flick to rescue a point for his […]
Liverpool once again called on the genius of Luis Suarez to rescue a point against Newcastle in a 1-1 draw at Anfield. A superb piece of technical brilliance helped the striker bring the ball down and round a Newcastle defender and goalkeeper before walking the ball into the net. Earlier, Reading and QPR played out […]
Europe staged a dramatic final-day comeback to overturn a five-point deficit and retain the Ryder Cup. Francisco Molinari finished all-square with Tiger Woods on the 18th green to secure a European win by 14 1/2 points to 13 1/2. Martin Kaymer had already holed a six-foot putt to guarantee at least a tie for his […]
In an emotional first home match for Liverpool since the findings of the Hillsborough Independent Panel were announced, Robin van Persie’s 81st-minute penalty clinched all three points for Manchester United. Steven Gerrard opened the scoring for the home side despite having Jonjo Shelvey sent off before the break. Defender Rafael da Silva equalised five minutes […]
The curtain finally came down on a brilliant month of sport in London with the closing ceremony of the Paralympics. Paralympics GB finished third in the medals table behind China and Russia, smashing their medals target to finish on 34 golds and 120 medals in total. Ellie Simmonds came close to a third gold medal […]
Great Britain sit second in the Paralympics medals table with 15 gold medals after the first four days of competition. Britain’s David Weir wrapped up the weekend’s action, surging down the final straight to win the men’s 5000m T54 final. Alan Oliveira upset the odds as well as his opponents in the men’s 200m T44 […]
Liverpool recovered from last weekend’s opening day defeat to West Brom to draw 2-2 with champions Manchester City at Anfield, despite gifting their opponents both of their goals. Martin Skrtel, who had put the home side ahead with a bullet header in the first half, played the ball straight into the path of Carlos Tevez […]
After a wholesome fortnight of Olympic sport, the juggernaut that is Premier League football rolled back into town as if it had never been away with the start of the 2012/13 season. Yesterday champions Manchester City came through a sticky second-half against Southampton, winning 3-2 after goals from Ricky Lambert and Steven Davis had put […]
