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Tuesday July 22, 2008

Cricket

England dazed and confused

South Africa may have been forced to bat again in the Second Test against England against Headingley yesterday for the nine runs they needed for victory, but against any other yardstick this 10-wicket defeat was a total humiliation. Faced with the task of batting for two whole days to save... [continued] (Guardian)

"We didn't feel as much of a unit this week as we did the week before. I have a huge belief that we need to be a unit in Test match cricket and have that togetherness" Michael Vaughan's dressing room is a caring, sharing place

Football

Fergie warns Ronaldo to stay

He's done good cop; now Sir Alex Ferguson is putting the leather gloves on and playing bad cop, warning Cristiano Ronaldo that a move to Real Madrid could be the worst decision he ever makes. "I have a responsibility for all of my players and their futures are a big... [continued] (Times)

Big Phil woos little Frank

Another manager doing his best to woo a wantaway star is Luiz Felipe Scolari, who has been pouring honey into the ears of Frank Lampard in a bid to make the England international stay on at Chelsea. "We are talking every day about Chelsea: what's the best way for Chelsea... [continued] (Daily Mail)

Transfer Talk

Spurs won’t pay £21m for Arshavin

Spurs have emerged from the pack of would-be suitors of Euro 2008 sensation Andrei Arshavin as the club most likely to sign him, but are refusing to match Zenit St Petersburg's £21.5m asking price... Emmanuel Adebayor has refused to confirm whether he will be staying at Arsenal despite a clear-the-air... [continued]

Formula 1

Lewis ‘driving like Senna’

Niki Lauda, the three-time Formula 1 world champion believes that Lewis Hamilton is driving like his idol Ayrton Senna. After Hamilton's brilliant win in the German GP at the weekend despite a tactical blunder from his McLaren team at the Hockenheim circuit, Lauda says that the young Brit is beginning... [continued] (Guardian)

"I've had only 20-something races so I haven't had much chance to do the hat-trick" It's time to dream Lewis Hamilton

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Thought for the Day

 

Of course age is not always what it seems. When Miruts Yifter of Ethiopia won the 5,000m and 10,000m golds in Moscow in 1980 he was purported to be 42 - if true, a remarkable achievement. Subsequently it has been suggested he might have been as young as 33, but most seem to have settled on 36. He was reportedly nonplussed as to the interest in his age from journalists. His reply was famously abstruse: "Men may steal my chickens. Men may steal my sheep. No man can steal my age." Steve Cram in the Guardian on age and sport

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