Sheffield go top after London win

The result also ruled out the possibility of Newcastle Eagles retaining the title.Blake Shelton led the scoring for the Sharks with 26 points although Tarik Johnson bagged 29 points for London.Elsewhere, Leicester Riders secured seventh place in the table with a 98-78 win over Worcester Wolves.Andrew Alleyne led the scoring with 21 points for the [...]

Ponting keen to maintain focus

“We are playing well, and it was another good game today, but it’s only early days and we have to keep improving,” Ponting said.”We knew Bangladesh would come at us early on but the bowlers hit their spots and did a good job.”The batsmen have been in form and they just played properly and hit [...]

Giants win Odyssey play-off clash

Mark Dutiaume scored in the opening 10 seconds for the Giants in Belfast only for Doug Sheppard to level for Bison.Belfast native Graeme Walton restored the Giants’ lead and Jeff Hutchins notched the home side’s third goal.In Saturday’s other games, Cardiff beat Manchester 3-1, Newcastle edged out Elite League winners Coventry 1-0 while Nottingham defeated [...]

Dallaglio hails Wasps character

“Most people predicted an away win and it really irritated me and my friends in the dressing room,” he said after the win at Adams Park.”We have to be really pleased with that performance because of the quality of the side we were up against.”We came in at half-time and said they were there for [...]

Serena wins title after epic win

The American lost the first set in just 26 minutes and looked to be heading for a comprehensive defeat after being broken at the start of the second set.But Williams saved two match points with Henin serving at 5-4 and won the next six games to take control.And she closed out the two hour, 26 [...]

Bayliss storms to Donington pole

The Australian Ducati Xerox rider took pole with a fastest lap of one minute, 30.370 seconds.Japan’s Nori Haga had a fine Superpole to grab second while Frenchman Regis Laconi was third.Britain’s James Toseland, who leads the overall standings by 16 points, managed to take fourth on his Ten Kate Honda. Troy Bayliss (Aus) Ducati 1min [...]

Kalou keeps Chelsea in title hunt

Chelsea seemed certain to slip eight points behind the leaders after a frustrating afternoon before Kalou converted Andrei Shevchenko’s cross.Both sides spurned earlier chances, with Michael Ballack missing the ball and Ben Foster denying Didier Drogba.Petr Cech made excellent saves from Damien Francis and Steve Kabba, who also missed a chance from six yards.

Pendleton sprints to world gold

It was Great Britain’s fifth gold of the championships and Pendleton’s second after she won the team sprint title with Shanaze Reade.Pendleton surged past Guo and left her for dead in race one of the final.She then led out in race two and rode away from Guo to wrap up the best-of-three victory with ease.Australia’s [...]

Loeb closes in on Portuguese win

The reigning world champion had led overall leader Marcus Gronholm by three seconds overnight but has now increased that lead to more than 40 seconds.Mikko Hirvonen is in third, one minute, 57.3 seconds off the lead.”We had a great day and the car is going perfectly,” said Loeb, who was helped by a switch to [...]

McGowan slips but stays in hunt

(GB unless stated) A Noren (Swe) R McGowan P Martin-Benavides (Sp), G Storme A Forsyth, P Lawrie, A Oldcorn, J Spence S Gallacher
The 24-year-old, playing in only his second European Tour event, had led at the halfway stage but got off to a poor start on Saturday and went out in 40.He is now [...]