Italy value for the scrap: Scotland coach Frank Hadden's took a bold gamble last weekend to rest his players against New Zealand in front of home fans. He made this move so that his players would be fresh ahead of their crunch Pool C encounter with Italy in St Etienne. Punters in their droves complained about the lack of...
Irish eyes not smiling: There is something rotten in the state of Ireland. Eddie O'Sullivan has presided over a complete meltdown in his side's fortunes since the Six Nations. They have been awful in all departments in France. It is fair to say that the rot set in this summer when they lost to Argentina twice, and then...
Everton to make light of Boro: Everton can be expected to get back to winning ways against struggling Middlesbrough in Sunday afternoon's live game. Since experiencing the heady heights of the Premiership summit at the start of the season David Moyes's men have been brought back to earth with a bang with defeats by Reading,...
Fuji switch to favour Hamilton at Japan GP: He who learns quickest will laugh longest this weekend as the most exciting Drivers' title run-in in years takes an unfamiliar turn at Fuji, which hosts Formula One racing for the first time in 30 years. Championship Leader Lewis Hamilton has publicly expressed his disappointment at the switch...
Ramonti worth the stakes at QEII: The Queen Elizabeth II stakes at Ascot is on. It seems that everything that could go wrong has gone wrong for the Berkshire track ahead of Saturday's mile feature. Firstly, the course is currently within the 10km surveillance zone for the Foot and Mouth outbreak at Englefield Green. If...
Europe's big guns lock horns: The pick of this week's European matches sees the top two in both Italy and Germany lock horns as Inter Milan travel to Roma and Bayern Munich visit Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday. Atop Serie A with eleven points apiece there is very little to separate Roma and Inter but the indications are that...
Keeping it in the forwards: There is an old saying in rugby circles which states that forwards win the match while the backs decide by how much. It's a neat phrase, but a bit patronising if you have cauliflower ears and stand over 6ft tall. Most people would like to think that the pack put in the hard graft and the...
Johnson gets official backing: With policies as far ranging as abolishing bendy buses and getting more Londoners to cycle to work, conservative candidate Boris Johnson, is as short as evens at some places to be the next London Mayor. Johnson, who has found a place in the public psyche due to his frequent, and...
Faldo factor hints at Seve Trophy upset: Nick Faldo's man management skills will be tested for the first time this week as he leads Great Britain & Ireland out against Seve Ballesteros' Continental Europe and don't be surprised if his side come a cropper in the Seve Trophy. On the face of it GB & I look the stronger of the two...
Tourists look to repair damage: Following the end of the county season and the World Twenty20 competition in South Africa one could be forgiven for thinking that cricket would take a back seat for a while. But not a bit of it. There is a packed international schedule before the new year proving that cricket is genuine all-year...