Monthly Archive: October 2009
CYCLING : Wendy Houvenaghel won Great Britain’s fifth gold from eight events at the Track World Cup at the Manchester Velodrome.
FOOTBALL : Goals from Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney saw Manchester United beat Blackburn 2-0 at Old Trafford.
FOOTBALL : Liverpool finished a dramatic match with nine men after defenders Philipp Degen and Jamie Carragher both received red cards as they crashed to a 3-1 defeat at Fulham.
FOOTBALL : Portsmouth remain anchored at the foot of the Barclays Premier League despite a 4-0 demolition of Wigan at Fratton Park.
RUGBY : Saracens made it a magnificent seven successive Guinness Premiership victories with a 12-11 success at Bath to preserve their status as unbeaten leaders.
FOOTBALL : Everton drew their third successive home game 1-1 as John Carew came off the bench to equalise for Aston Villa at Goodison Park.
RUGBY : England paid the price for a poor start as Australia held off a strong second-half fightback to secure a 26-16 victory in a compelling Gillette Four Nations clash.
CYCLING : Sir Chris Hoy made serene progress to the men’s sprint semi-finals on day two of the Track World Cup at the Manchester Velodrome.
FOOTBALL : Arsenal forward Robin van Persie struck twice to earn his side bragging rights in north London following the 3-0 victory which puts a question mark over whether rivals Tottenham can sustain a top-four challenge in the Barclays Premier League.
CYCLING : Sir Chris Hoy led a British 1-2-3 in qualification for the men’s sprint on day two of the Track World Cup at the Manchester Velodrome.
FOOTBALL : Holders Manchester United will face Tottenham in the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup next month.
RUGBY : New Zealand completed a 4-0 Bledisloe Cup clean sweep over Australia, their first since 1972, by winning the Tokyo Test 32-19.
FOOTBALL : Sir Alex Ferguson has pointed the finger at the media after Rio Ferdinand’s form was questioned.
CRICKET : England coach Andy Flower expects Jonathan Trott to receive a “hostile reception” in South Africa this winter.
RUGBY : England’s injury crisis deepened after Mike Tindall became its latest victim and was all but ruled out of next Saturday’s opening Test against Australia.
