by Tom WILLIAMS With Manchester United resurgent and big-name signings at Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, Manchester City will face a battle to hold onto their Premier League crown in the 2014-15 season. Liverpool’s late-season collapse enabled City to power to the title in May, but the campaign that gets under way on Saturday will look … Read more
The Junior Springboks were beaten 21-20 by England in the final of the IRB Junior World Championship (JWC) at Eden Park, in Auckland, New Zealand, on Friday. Trailing by a point at half-time, the South African under-20 side fought back well but fell short in the end, as England won their second successive JWC … Read more
BY PETER JENSON, DPA Uruguay supporters who have spent the last three months supporting Liverpool will be in unfamiliar territory on Thursday – hoping that Steven Gerrard, Raheem Sterling, Daniel Sturridge, Jordan Henderson and Glen Johnson all end up on the losing side. National icon, and Liverpool player, Luis Suarez has converted an entire country … Read more
Scoreboard Friday at lunch on day two of the first test between England and Sri Lanka at Lord’s: England 1st Innings Alastair Cook b Kulasekara 17 Sam Robson c PJayawardene b Pradeep 1 Gary Ballance c PJayawardene b Pradeep 23 Ian Bell lbw b Eranga 56 Joe Root not out 152 Moeen Ali c MJayawardene … Read more
By Mike Collett LONDON (Reuters) – The most unpredictable Premier League title race for years could still offer up another twist or turn before it is decided on Sunday but in a season of shocks, none would be as monumental as table-topping Liverpool going on to be crowned champions. Liverpool may be the league leaders … Read more
The England Lions will play two four-day Test matches and five 50 overs matches against South Africa A in January and February 2015, Cricket SA (CSA) said on Wednesday. CSA and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) concluded an agreement regarding the England Lions tour in South Africa during the 2014/15 season and the … Read more
Following their three-nil defeat of Southampton on the weekend, Liverpool leaped into second place on the log, and an elusive English Premiership title appears to be within their grasp following more than 20 years’ absence from title glory. Manager Brendan Rodgers appears to be doing great things with his team and after finishing seventh last … Read more