United losing battle of bank balances
DAVID Moyes has admitted he needs to sign players who will immediately improve his Manchester United team.
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England puts faith in giant attack
GIANTS in the land of Lilliputians.
Di Canio pays heavy price
PAOLO Di Canio is the first managerial casualty of the English Premier League season.
Fergie not making waves
DAVID Moyes has rejected suggestions that Alex Ferguson is interfering with playing matters at Manchester United.
Defoe makes his pecking order point
JERMAIN Defoe would rather not be known for his goals in Europe’s second competition, but another brace is a timely reminder.
Glazers risk Man U wrath on $400m sale
THE Glazer family stands to pocket more than pound stg. 240 million ($407m) from a potential share sale.
Powerbrokers warm to winter World Cup
FIFA will follow UEFA next month in accepting the principle of a winter World Cup in Qatar in 2022.
Clarke can hold head high
THE only good thing to be said for the denouement of the international summer in Southampton on Wednesday evening was that it was a fine advert for daytime Test cricket.
Sweet Science avoids the KO
BOXING is one of sport’s great survivors. For all of its moral ambiguity, it touches something deep in those who watch and participate in it.
Shelvey hero and villain
ONLY the greatest of players have matches named after them, but this game will forever be associated with a more mediocre talent.
The family where rugby comes first
RUGBY has taken the Vunipola family from Tonga to New Zealand, Australia and to Wales. Now Mako and Billy Vunipola have emerged from the school of hard knocks with flying colours.
‘Sports’ prove a universal dream
FROM Indianapolis to Vicarage Road, the passion for sport, or ‘sports’, remains the same.
Workload drains the lifeblood of cricket
ALBERT Einstein never worried about the future because, he said, it came soon enough.
Rise of a kid who couldn’t lose
THE skinny lad from a nondescript town became a superstar.
Wenger’s future hangs on $72m question
ARSENE Wenger’s decision on whether to extend his contract beyond this summer could depend on Mesut Ozil.
Ozil could hold key to Wenger’s future
ARSENE WENGER’S decision on whether to extend his contract could depend on Mesut Ozil’s ability to transform Arsenal into a genuine force.
Yates feels pain of Armstrong web
Cycling’s darkest secrets keep returning to haunt the man who helped Bradley Wiggins to win the Tour de France. Owen Slot unravels his story
Wiggins offered to quit on glory tour
BRADLEY WIGGINS offered to walk out on Team Sky in the middle of his Tour de France victory last year.
Rafa simply refuses to lose
HIS gritty, brilliant performance in the US Open final shows that the force is with Rafael Nadal again.
FIFA finally admits Qatar World Cup error
SEPP Blatter has admitted awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was a bad move, amid suggestions rival bidders such as Australia may sue FIFA.
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