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Wednesday April 1, 2009

Football

Shearer takes over as Newcastle boss

Geordie legend Alan Shearer has agreed a sensational return to St James Park as manager until the end of the season as Newcastle battle to retain their Premier League status. Shearer, 38, scored 206 goals in 395 games in more than 10 years at Newcastle and has been linked... [continued]

Crouch to start at Wembley

Fabio Capello will start tonight's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine with Peter Crouch partnerin Wayne Rooney in attack. The decision comes after a spate of injuries that has seen Emile Heskey and Carlton Cole ruled out during Saturday's friendly against Slovakia and Darren Bent sidelined with knee trouble.... [continued]

Rio says fear factor helps England

Fabio Capello's treatment of Michael Owen, dropped unceremoniously from the England set up under the Italian coach, has sent out a warning to the rest of the squad according to Rio Ferdinand. Despite assurances from Capello that the "door is always open", the big names in the England squad... [continued]

Abramovich made Scolari decision

Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon has revealed that the decision to sack Luiz Felipe Scolari as manager was taken by owner Roman Abramovich, while Kenyon was away on holiday. He says that the Russian did discuss the decision with him on the phone following Chelsea's goalless draw with Hull... [continued]

Rugby Union

Henson set to miss out on Lions tour

Injury prone Wales centre Gavin Henson, who has started only 11 matches in the last 12 months, could miss out on the Lions tour to South Africa because of ankle ligament damage that will rule him out of action for up to six weeks. The 27-year-old was helped off... [continued]

Gavin henson

Cricket

Pietersen commits to England

Kevin Pietersen has rekindled his love affair with English cricket, although he says that he would no sacrifice his marriage for his adopted country. Pietersen backtracked from a series of comments about his state of mind and the nature of this West Indies tour at a press conference where... [continued]

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Thought for the Day

 

Wayne rooney

The hard proof of Rooney's primacy in a resurgent England team is the promotion of Peter Crouch to play centre-forward in the absence of Emile Heskey, Carlton Cole and Darren Bent, who are all injured. Capello's alternative was to use Rooney as the most advanced striker, with Gerrard recreating the role he plays for Liverpool in the gaps behind Fernando Torres. Instead Crouch is selected to engage the Ukrainian centre-halves and allow Rooney and Gerrard to continue with the sometimes dazzling synchronicity they inflicted on Slovakia in Saturday's 4–0 win.
Paul Hayward in the Guardian sings the praises of Wayne Rooney

Premiership table

 

PREMIER LEAGUE
April 1, 2009
  Team P W D L F A Pts  
Man Utd 29 20 5 4 49 18 65
Liverpool 30 18 10 2 54 21 64
Chelsea 30 18 7 5 49 17 61
Arsenal 30 15 10 5 48 27 55
Aston Villa 30 15 7 8 43 36 52
Everton 30 13 9 8 40 31 48
Wigan 30 11 8 11 30 28 41
West Ham 30 11 8 11 35 35 41
Fulham 30 10 10 10 30 26 40
Man City 30 11 5 14 46 37 38
Tottenham 30 10 8 12 36 34 38
Bolton 30 10 4 16 32 44 34
Hull City 30 8 9 13 35 52 33
Sunderland 30 8 8 14 29 39 32
Portsmouth 29 8 8 13 32 46 32
Stoke City 30 8 8 14 29 47 32
Blackburn 30 7 10 13 33 49 31
Newcastle 30 6 11 13 36 49 29
Middlesbrough 30 6 9 15 21 42 27
West Bromwich Albion 30 6 6 18 26 55 24

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