Updated: 8am GMT -- 2007/12/27
Sport
Windies blow hot in PE opener
CALYPSO STYLE : West Indian top scorer Marlon Samuels in full flow during day one of the first cricket Test match against South Africa at the Sahara Oval at St Georges Park in Port Elizabeth yesterday. He scored a patient 94 which included 12 b...
Chelsea lose ground after Villa thriller
MANCHESTER United beat old boy Roy Keane’s Sunderland for the second time this season to turn up the heat on title rivals Arsenal as Chelsea lost ground on the Premier League’s top two. A double from Louis Saha and one apiece for Wayne Rooney...
Kumble inspires fightback
INDIAN skipper Anil Kumble inspired a dramatic Indian fightback to almost bowl Australia out on the opening day of the first cricket Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday. It all looked grim for the tourists, chasing their first series ...
Xmas jeers for Allardyce
NEWCASTLE were booed off the pitch by their own supporters after a 1-0 defeat by Wigan that piles the pressure back on to under-fire manager Sam Allardyce yesterday. For the second successive season a superb free-kick by Ryan Taylor, just aft...
Ban that flag says Akona
OUT WITH THE OLD : The old apartheid flag of SA is still being sold at some rugby venues, like this one at Twickenham last year. Picture: FILE IN FULL FLIGHT: Stopped at the last second by a desperate tac- kle from a United States opponent duri...
Flyweight champion fights for his life
SOUTH Korean boxer Choi Yo Sam was in a coma fighting for his life yesterday in a Seoul hospital after winning a world title bout. News reports said it remained unclear whether the 33-year-old Choi will survive despite brain surgery carried ou...
Pakistan bar ‘rebel league’ players
PAKISTAN cricket authorities yesterday announced that all players who featured in a rebel Indian league will be banned from domestic matches. Several stars, including former national skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq, signed up to play in the breakaway I...
The world’s best?
It’s a matter of time, reckons Sir Alex ALEX Ferguson believes it won’t be long before Cristiano Ronaldo will be recognised as the world’s best player. Carlos Queiroz says he will be soccer’s equivalent of Michael Jordan. As Ronaldo’s manage...
Warne starts training a new generation
CHAMPION cricketer Shane Warne will coach and develop young spin bowlers in a new initiative announced yesterday by Cricket Australia. Warne, who revolutionised leg-spin bowling during his 15-year playing career, will work for Cricket Australi...
NZ cruise home over Bangladesh
NEW Zealand produced a morale-boosting performance as they romped to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh in their one-day cricket international in Auckland yesterday, the first of a three-match series. Set a modest target of 202 on the short bound...
Trescothick’s ill-health stalks his Test cricket return
FORMER England opener Marcus Trescothick has admitted that his dream of returning to Test cricket is being kept in check by his fears over succumbing to long-term illness. The Somerset left-hander, who turned 32 earlier this week, has not played...
Guv’nor Ince still holding court
WHO is the real Paul Ince? The aggressive, insecure and somewhat resentful midfield enforcer once described by Alex Ferguson as a “big-time Charlie” or the magnanimous, self-aware and progressive soccer manager holding forth at the Milton Keynes D...
RESULTS
CRICKET AUSTRALIA v INDIA First Test, day one Melbourne Toss: Australia Australia, first innings Jaques st Dhoni b Kumble 66 Hayden c Dravid b Khan 124 Ponting b Khan 4 Hussey lbw b Kumble 2 Clarke c Laxman b RP Singh 20 Symonds c sub (Karthik...
