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Thursday 15 December 2016
MIDWEEK SPORTS ROUNDUP: December 15
Football
Chelsea beat bottom placed
club Sunderland 1-0 to record their tenth straight Premier League victory. The
Stamford Bridge club are now sitting pretty, six points clear of both Arsenal
and Liverpool.
Liverpool beat Middlesbrough
3-0 in the midweek league programme, with two goals from Adam Lallana, but
Arsenal suffered their first league defeat since the opening day of the season
when they lost 2-1 to Everton.
Manchester City stay fourth,
seven points off the pace, after seeing off Watford 2-0.
Fifth placed Tottenham beat struggling
Hull 3-0 - Christian Eriksen netting twice - and a late winner from Zlatan
Ibrahimovic gave sixth placed Manchester United a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace.
Seventh placed West Brom
continued their good recent run with a 3-1 win over Swansea. Salomon Rondon
scored a second half hat-trick in the space of 13 minutes.
Leicester and Burnley both
failed to halt their appalling run in away matches. The two sides lost 1-0 to
Bournemouth and West Ham respectively. Their result lifts West Ham to 15th
place.
The bottom five clubs are now
Crystal Palace (16th), Middlesbrough (17th), Swansea (18th),
Hull (19th) and Sunderland (20th). All five teams tasted
defeat in the latest round of matches.
Stoke and Southampton fought
out a goalless draw.
Good news for Manchester City
and Chelsea is that they will not face a points deduction after the mass brawl
near the end of their recent Premier League clash. The two clubs have only been
fined.
Brazilian midfielder Oscar
has opted to leave Chelsea, and will complete a £60 million move to Chinese
side Shanghai in the January transfer window.
City will be without Ilkay
Gundogan for several months after he suffered a serious knee injury.
Newcastle won 2-0 at Wigan to
stay top of the Championship. Brighton remain one point behind after beating
Blackburn 3-2, but third placed Reading are now a further eight points off the
pace, having lost 2-0 to Leeds this week.
Gianfranco Zola is back in
English football. The Italian has been appointed as manager of Championship
side Birmingham City, who sacked Gary Rowett this week. Birmingham are
currently eighth in the table.
Stourbridge, from the seventh
tier of English football, booked their place in the third round of the FA Cup
with a 1-0 win over League One high flyers Northampton in a delayed second
round match. The Midlands club will play Wycombe in the third round.
Rugby Union
England captain Dylan Hartley
has been banned for six weeks after his red card for striking an opponent
during Northampton’s European clash with Leinster. This means he will be
available for the full Six Nations campaign.
Cricket
Stuart Broad is hopeful of
being fit for the fifth Test between England and India, which starts in Chennai
on Friday. However, fellow pace bowler James Anderson has been ruled out,
apparently because of more issues with his shoulder injury that kept him out of
the early part of the series. India have already won the series, after winning
the fourth Test to take an unassailable 3-0 lead.
Tipster Street.
Tuesday 13 December 2016
WEEKEND SPORTS ROUNDUP
Football
West Brom showed why they have been so difficult to beat lately as they
pushed Chelsea all the way, before Antonio Conte’s side sneaked a 1-0 win that
extends their winning run in the Premier League to nine matches.
Arsenal remain second, three points behind, after coming from behind to
beat Stoke 3-1.
However, Manchester City and Liverpool both lost ground. Liverpool’s
frailties in defence and in goal were again evident as they could only draw 2-2
at home to struggling West Ham, and are now six points off the pace.
Manchester City meanwhile were hit by a Jamie Vardy hat-trick as he
broke his run of 16 matches without a goal for Leicester City. Leicester
stormed into a 4-0 lead, and Manchester City could only manage two late
consolation goals. Pep Guardiola’s side are now seven points behind Chelsea.
After an uncertain start, Henrikh Mkhitaryan is demonstrating exactly
why he was voted Player of the Year in the Bundesliga last season. The Armenian
midfielder scored a superb goal to give Manchester United a 1-0 win over
Tottenham.
Burnley won at home once again, seeing off Bournemouth 3-2.
There were also goals galore at the KCOM Stadium, where a late equaliser
from Fraizer Campbell secured Crystal Palace a 3-3 draw and deprived Hull of
what would have been a vital win.
After three wins in four matches, Sunderland suffered a setback as they
lost 3-0 at fellow strugglers Swansea. Fernando Llorente again scored twice.
Sunderland return to bottom spot, one point behind both Swansea and Hull and
two behind West Ham.
Southampton beat Middlesbrough 1-0, but less welcome news for the Saints
is that leading scorer Charlie Austin could be out for as long as four months
after dislocating his shoulder when they exited the Europa League against
Hapoel Beer Sheva last Thursday.
Watford’s Italian striker Stefano Okaka scored his first two goals for
Watford as they continued Everton’s recent woes by beating them 3-2 at Vicarage
Road.
Saturday’s six Premier League games produced a total of 29 goals, with
the home team scoring at least three in all of these matches. Sunday’s four
matches produced less in the way of goalmouth action, with three resulting in
1-0 home wins.
Newcastle remain one point clear of Brighton at the top of the
Championship after both sides won this weekend. The Magpies thrashed Birmingham
4-0 and Brighton beat Leeds 2-1.
Cricket
India won the fourth Test in Mumbai by an innings and 36 runs to take an
unassailable 3-0 lead in the series. England thought they had made a solid
total of 400 batting first, with Keaton Jennings making 112 on debut. However,
India replied with a mammoth 631 – Murali Vijay made 136 opening the innings
and the damage was really done when Virat Kohli (235) and Jayant Yadav (104)
added 241 for the eighth wicket. Second time around, England could only manage
195, despite defiant half-centuries from Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow.
Ravichandran Ashwin took 12 wickets in the match.
Rugby Union
England captain Dylan Hartley faces the prospect of being banned for the
start of the Six Nations after being sent off in Northampton’s 37-10 defeat to
Leinster in the European Cup. The result leaves Northampton needing to win all
three remaining group matches to stand a good chance of reaching the
quarter-finals.
Saracens thrashed Sale 50-3 to maintain their 100% record in Pool Three
of the same competition, and Sale now require a miracle to progress. In the
same pool, the hopes of Llanelli Scarlets hang by a thread after their 31-20
loss to Toulon.
Exeter also require a miracle in Pool Five in order to qualify, as they
went down to their third defeat, losing 13-7 to Bordeaux-Begles. Ulster won a
thriller against Clermont Auvergne in the same group, and their 39-32 win keeps
the group wide open.
Wasps moved to the top of Pool Two after beating Connacht 32-17.
Glasgow had an excellent win away to Racing 92, winning 23-14, while
Pool One leaders Munster beat Leicester 38-0, leaving Leicester with no room
for error in their remaining matches, having now lost twice.
Boxing
Britain's Anthony Joshua retained
his IBF world heavyweight title with a third-round stoppage of American Eric
Molina. The bout was stopped shortly after Joshua had sent his opponent to the
canvas. Joshua can now look forward to a showdown with former WBA, IBF and
WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium on April 29.
On the same bill at the Manchester Arena, Britain gained
another world champion when Kal Yafai beat Panama’s Luis
Concepcion to become the WBA super-flyweight title holder. Concepcion had been
stripped of the title prior to the fight after failing to make the weight, but
Yafai opted to carry on with the bout anyway, and claimed the crown with a
unanimous decision, winning by large margins on all three judges' scorecards.
Another Briton in line for a
possible world heavyweight title is Dillian Whyte, who beat Dereck Chisora by
the smallest of margins after that fight also went to the judges. The bout was
an eliminator for Deontay Wilder’s WBC world heavyweight title.
Tipster Street.
Friday 9 December 2016
PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH PREVIEWS – DECEMBER 10-11
Watford v Everton –
Saturday 1230
Positions: Watford 11th,
Everton 8th
Form (league matches only – earliest matches first):
Watford DWLWLL (7pts)
Everton LWLDLD (5pts)
- Neither side is in great
form at the moment, but Everton may just have the stronger squad and could
take three points if they play to their full potential. Watford’s Roberto
Peyreyra misses this match with suspension, however his ban has been
reduced to one match following his sending off and he will be back for the
midweek programme. Everton forward Yannick Bolasie will be out for 12
months with a knee ligament injury.
Arsenal v Stoke City
– Saturday 1500
Positions: Arsenal 2nd,
Stoke 9th
Form:
Arsenal DWDDWW (12pts)
Stoke WWDLWW (13pts)
- Stoke are undoubtedly in
good form, but may just find Arsenal, who have produced some truly
magnificent displays in recent weeks, just too hot to handle. Stoke also
have defensive injury problems, with Bruno Martins Indi feared to have
fractured his cheekbone last week, and Phil Bardsley not expected to
return until the New Year after his knee injury. Ryan Shawcross also
missed last week’s match with a calf injury.
Burnley v Bournemouth
– Saturday 1500
Positions: Burnley 15th,
Bournemouth 10th
Form:
Burnley WDWLLL (7pts)
Bournemouth DLLWLW (7pts)
- Burnley have won half of
their home matches so far, but have now lost three on the bounce when you
look at both home and away fixtures. Buoyed by their amazing comeback
against Liverpool last week, the Cherries might fancy another three points
here.
Hull City v Crystal
Palace – Saturday 1500
Positions: Hull 19th,
Crystal Palace 14th
Form:
Hull LLWLDL (4pts)
Crystal Palace LLLLLW (3pts)
- Crystal Palace’s players
responded superbly last week to comfortably beat Southampton and end a
six-match losing run. With Hull continuing to struggle – they suffered a
potentially damaging defeat to Middlesbrough on Monday – Palace have an
excellent opportunity to record back-to-back wins.
Swansea City v
Sunderland – Saturday 1500
Positions: Swansea 20th,
Sunderland 18th
Form:
Swansea DLLDWL (5pts)
Sunderland LLWWLW (9pts)
- After finally bagging a
win two weeks ago, Swansea came rapidly back down to earth at Tottenham
last week. Spurs not only won 5-0 but also had 28 attempts to Swansea’s
one. Sunderland remain in the bottom three, but with only Liverpool having
prevented them winning in the last four matches, they will fancy their
chances. Jermain Defoe continues to score goals for Sunderland, and more
may be required from him now that Duncan Watmore has suffered a
season-ending injury.
Leicester City v
Manchester City – Saturday 1730
Positions: Leicester
16th, Man City 4th
Form:
Leicester WDLLDL (5pts)
Man City DWDWWL (11pts)
- Leicester’s away form has
been poor all season, but now they cannot rely on their home form either.
The Foxes may try and excuse their 5-0 defeat to Porto in the Champions
League in midweek by saying they made 10 changes to the team, but the
truth remains that the English champions are in exceptionally poor form.
Manchester City may not be playing quite like potential champions at the
moment, but they must start as favourites.
Chelsea v West
Bromwich Albion – Sunday 1200
Positions: Chelsea 1st,
West Brom 7th
Form:
Chelsea WWWWWW (18pts)
West Brom LLWWDW (10pts)
- West Brom are riding high
in seventh place, but Chelsea made it eight wins in a row at Manchester
City last week, and the leaders must start as favourites to make it nine
in a row.
Manchester United v
Tottenham Hotspur – Sunday 1415
Positions: Man Utd 6th,
Tottenham 5th
Form:
Man Utd LDWDDD (7pts)
Tottenham DDDWLW (9pts)
- United still have only one
win in nine in the league, and with them having endured a Europa League
trip to Ukraine on Thursday, it’s difficult to be totally confident they
will win this one. Spurs could have the edge, or this could continue
United’s run of draws, unless United’s star players can come to the party
and deliver the points for Jose Mourinho.
Southampton v
Middlesbrough – Sunday 1415
Positions:
Southampton 12th, Middlesbrough 13th
Form:
Southampton DLLDWL (5pts)
Middlesbrough DWDLDW (9pts)
- Middlesbrough have drawn
five of their seven away matches to date, while Southampton have drawn
three home matches, so will this be another draw? Middlesbrough’s recent
form is slightly better than that of the Saints.
Liverpool v West Ham
United – Sunday 1630
Positions: Liverpool
3rd, West Ham 17th
Form:
Liverpool WWWDWL (13pts)
West Ham WLDLDL (5pts)
- Liverpool were rocked by
last week’s capitulation in the last 15 minutes in losing to Bournemouth.
They have conceded more goals than 13th placed Middlesbrough,
so there are defensive frailties in Jurgen Klopp’s side that any team
could exploit. However, Liverpool must be fancied given West Ham’s poor
form.
Thursday 8 December 2016
MIDWEEK SPORTS ROUND UP
Football
Arsenal won their last
Champions League match with a 4-1 win away to Basel, where Lucas Perez bagged a
hat-trick. With Paris Saint-Germain only drawing 2-2 at home to Ludogorets, the
Gunners’ victory allowed them to leapfrog PSG into top spot in Group A.
Leicester already knew they
had topped Group G and duly made 10 changes to their starting line-up for their
trip to Porto. Leicester will nonetheless be hugely disappointed with their 5-0
defeat.
Manchester City already knew
they would finish second ahead of their final group match, and also opted to
rest some key players. Celtic, who already knew they would finish bottom of
Group C, came away with a 1-1 draw after their goal was scored by Patrick
Roberts, who is on loan from City.
Tottenham’s hopes of
Champions League qualification ended in the last round of matches, but they
made sure of third place in Group E, and a place in the Europa League knockout
stage, with a 3-1 win over CSKA Moscow.
The draw for the knockout
stages of the European club competitions takes place on Monday.
In the FA Cup third round
draw, the most eye-catching ties are West Ham’s home draw with Manchester City,
and Liverpool being drawn to host Newport or Plymouth. Manchester United will
play Reading – managed by former United defender Jaap Stam – at home, Chelsea
host Peterborough or Notts County and Arsenal travel to Preston.
Lincoln became the fourth
non-league side to guarantee a place in the third round when they beat League
One Oldham 3-2.
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| The 'Baggies' one of four clubs charged by the FA this week |
Manchester City, Chelsea,
Watford and West Brom have all been charged with failing to control their
players after incidents in the matches at the Etihad Stadium and the Hawthorns
at the weekend.
Everton’s Yannick Bolasie and
Sunderland’s Duncan Watmore are both facing lengthy lay-offs with serious knee
injuries – neither is expected to play again this season and Bolasie may be
absent for as long as 12 months.
West Ham have agreed a deal
to sign Turkish midfielder Murat Saglam on a free from Wolfsburg in the summer.
He has been offered a five-year contract.
Cricket
Keaton Jennings had a dream
debut as he made a century on the first day of his Test career. The Durham
opening batsman made 112, initially adding 99 for the first wicket with
Alastair Cook (46), and then adding a further 94 for the third wicket with
Moeen Ali (50). Late on the first day, England were 230-4. Stuart Broad lost
his battle to be fit, with Jake Ball granted an opportunity as the fourth
seamer.
Form 2017, umpires are
expected to be granted the power to ‘send off’ a player for serious
disciplinary breaches.
Golf
Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn has
been named as Europe’s captain for the 2018 Ryder Cup, which will be staged in
Paris for the first time.
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Monday 5 December 2016
WEEKEND SPORTS ROUNDUP
Football
It was a fabulous weekend for Chelsea as they won 3-1 at title rivals
Manchester City in Saturday’s early kick off to go four points clear of City at
the top of the table. Chelsea came from behind to record their eighth
successive victory, before City saw Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho sent off in a
melee just before the final whistle – both players will serve lengthy
suspensions.
More excellent news for Chelsea came the following day when Liverpool
surrendered a 3-1 lead in the last 14 minutes to lose 4-3 at Bournemouth.
Liverpool are also four points off the pace.
Arsenal took advantage of defeats for City and Liverpool to move into
second place with a 5-1 win over West Ham. Alexis Sanchez bagged a hat-trick,
and some of the goals scored by Sanchez and his team-mates were genuine
contenders for Goal of the Month.
Another North London side scoring five were Tottenham. Harry Kane and
Christian Eriksen both scored twice in a 5-0 win over Swansea. The Welsh side
now return to the bottom of the table.
Manchester United may be becoming increasingly concerned about the
number of late goals they are conceding. A Leighton Baines penalty two minutes
from time secured Everton a 1-1 draw after United had taken the lead. United
are not only 13 points off the top of the table but are as many as nine points
adrift of fourth place.
West Brom are up to seventh after beating Watford 3-1.
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew may have been facing the sack if his
side lost to Southampton, but has players responded in the right way and
delivered a 3-0 win. Christian Benteke scored twice.
Sunderland’s revival continues as they beat Leicester 2-0, continuing
the champions’ woeful away form – they have just one point on the road so far
this season.
Stoke’s good recent form continued with a 2-0 win over Burnley.
Newcastle still lead the Championship, despite a second successive
defeat. The Magpies had two sent off as they lost 2-1 at Nottingham Forest.
However, Brighton missed the chance to take over at the top when they were held
0-0 at Cardiff.
Preston had two players sent off for fighting with each other in a 2-1
defeat by Sheffield Wednesday.
National League side Barrow beat League One Bristol Rovers 2-1 in the
second round of the FA Cup. Another non-league side beating Football League
opposition were Sutton, who won by the same score against Cheltenham. There
will be a third non-league team in Monday night’s draw as Eastleigh drew 3-3
with Halifax.
Curzon Ashton were dreaming of being the fourth non-league side in the
hat when they stormed into a 3-0 lead against Wimbledon, only to see their lead
disintegrate in the last 10 minutes as Wimbledon ran out 4-3 winners.
Rugby Union
England completed a remarkable year by beating Australia 37-21 to extend
their winning run to 14 matches. After a shaky start, England came through by
scoring four tries, two from Jonathan Joseph. If England retain their Six
Nations title next year and complete a Grand Slam in the process, they will
break New Zealand’s record of 18 consecutive international victories.
Third-placed Bath beat leaders Saracens 14-11 in the English Premiership
to move within three points of the pace. Second-placed Wasps beat Worcester
26-12.
Leicester and Exeter both won, so the East Midlands side remain one
point ahead of the West Country team in fourth place.
Welsh flanker Dan Lydiate will miss the Six Nations and the British
Lions tour next summer after suffering a cruciate ligament injury.
Motor Racing
Only days after winning his first Formula One world title, Nico Rosberg has
announced his retirement from the sport. The German driver held off a late
surge from Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to win the title by five points.
Boxing
Britain’s Billy Joe Saunders
retained his WBO world middleweight title, but not without a scare, as he only
beat challenger Artur Avakov on a narrow points decision.Snooker
Mark Selby won the UK Championships
with a 10-7 win over Ronnie O’Sullivan in the final.
Golf
Tiger Woods is once again back on
the golf course. The former world number one and winner of 14 majors finished
15th in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
Tipster Street
Friday 2 December 2016
PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH PREVIEWS (DECEMBER 3RD - 5TH)
Manchester City v
Chelsea – Saturday 1230
Positions: Man City 3rd,
Chelsea 1st
Form (league matches only – earliest matches first):
Man City DDWDWW (12pts)
Chelsea WWWWWW (18pts)
- With things so close at
the top of the table, any match between the top four is nothing less than
absolutely crucial right now. City are unbeaten in six, but they have on
occasions struggled to put teams away, so maybe you think Chelsea, with
seven straight wins to their name and only one goal conceded in the
process, may have the edge.
Crystal Palace v
Southampton – Saturday 1500
Positions: Crystal
Palace 17th, Southampton 10th
Form:
Crystal Palace LLLLLL (0pts)
Southampton WDLLDW (8pts)
- It’s difficult to find
positives for Palace right now. Despite leading 4-3 against Swansea
heading into the dying minutes, they still contrived to go down to their
sixth successive defeat. In these circumstances, you have to fancy
Southampton here, despite their own inconsistencies. Press reports suggest
manager Alan Pardew could be sacked if Palace lose, with former England
boss Roy Hodgson being linked with the role.
Stoke City v Burnley
– Saturday 1500
Positions: Stoke 11th,
Burnley 13th
Form:
Stoke WWWDLW (13pts)
Burnley LWDWLL (7pts)
- Burnley have a very poor
away record since their promotion to the Premier League, so the favourites
here have to be a Stoke side that have won four of their last six.
Sunderland v
Leicester City – Saturday 1500
Positions: Sunderland
20th, Leicester 14th
Form:
Sunderland LLLWWL (6pts)
Leicester LWDLLD (5pts)
- Although last week’s
results sent Sunderland back to the foot of the table, they may still have
reasons to be optimistic about this match. The Black Cats had won two in
succession before their defeat to high-flying Liverpool, and Leicester
have still gained only one point on the road this season. Less good news
for Sunderland is that Conor Wickham requires surgery ona cruciate
ligament injury.
Tottenham Hotspur v
Swansea City – Saturday 1500
Positions: Tottenham
5th, Swansea 19th
Form:
Tottenham DDDDWL (7pts)
Swansea LDLLDW (5pts)
- Tottenham lost their
unbeaten Premier League record last week, and are now looking at a record
of one win in six league matches, or one in ten if all competitions are
included. Swansea finally got the monkey off their back last week with
their first win since the opening day of the season, and may feel they can
get at least a draw from this encounter.
West Bromwich Albion
v Watford – Saturday 1500
Positions: West Brom
9th, Watford 8th
Form:
West Brom DLLWWD (8pts)
Watford WDWLWL (10pts)
- Potentially a tight match
but West Brom may have the momentum to see them to what would be a third
win in four.
West Ham United v
Arsenal – Saturday 1730
Positions: West Ham
16th, Arsenal 4th
Form:
West Ham WWLDLD (8pts)
Arsenal WDWDDW (12pts)
- West Ham produced a
resolute performance to draw with Manchester United last weekend, but
Arsenal’s long unbeaten league run, going back to the second week of the
season, continued as they beat Bournemouth. Arsenal were beaten in midweek
in the League Cup, but that was with a much-changed team selection. Despite
worries over who will play at right back – Mathieu Debuchy has joined
Hector Bellerin on the injured list, and Carl Jenkinson has failed to
convince – the Gunners must start as favourites. West Ham are also
starting to pick up injuries, with Diafra Sakho, Michail Antonio and Aaron
Cresswell all forced to leave the field during their recent matches.
Bournemouth v Liverpool
– Sunday 1330
Positions:
Bournemouth 12th, Liverpool 2nd
Form:
Bournemouth WDLLWL (7pts)
Liverpool DWWWDW (14pts)
- Bournemouth continue to
defy expectations, and certainly matched Arsenal for most of the match
last weekend. However, Liverpool are now unbeaten in 11 league matches and
must be favourites. Liverpool forward Philippe Coutinho injured his ankle
last week and will miss six weeks of football.
Everton v Manchester
United – Sunday 1600
Positions: Everton 7th,
Man Utd 6th
Form:
Everton DLWLDL (5pts)
Man Utd DLDWDD (7pts)
- After a good first few
matches, both sides will be disappointed with their current form. United’s
20 points from 13 matches is their second worst start to a Premier League
season. With neither side winning many matches lately, does this mean this
match could be a draw? United are without the suspended Wayne Rooney and
maybe Luke Shaw with injury as well, but neither player has started recent
league matches in any case.
Middlesbrough v Hull
City – Monday 2000
Positions:
Middlesbrough 15th, Hull 18th
Form:
Middlesbrough LDWDLD (6pts)
Hull LLLWLD (4pts)
- A meeting of one side who
are in the relegation zone, and another who stand just above it, so both
sides could be targeting this one for three vital points. Again neither
side has won many matches lately,’Boro have the second worst home record
in the league and Hull the third worst away record, so should you back a
draw here as well?
Thursday 1 December 2016
MIDWEEK SPORTS ROUNDUP: December 1
Football
Ben Woodburn became
Liverpool’s youngest ever goalscorer during their 2-0 win over Leeds in the EFL
Cup quarter-finals.
Also through to the last four
a re Hull, who were able to temporarily
forget their Premier League relegation battle to beat Championship leaders
Newcastle on penalties. Hull won the shoot-out 3-1 after the sides had been
locked at 1-1 after extra time.
In Wednesday’s matches,
Arsenal’s unbeaten run in all competitions going back to the first day of the
season ended as a much-changed Gunners side lost 2-0 to Southampton.
Manchester United made some
changes but still picked a very strong side, and Anthony Martial made the most
of a rare start by scoring twice. There were also two goals for Zlatan
Ibrahimovic in United’s 4-1 win over West Ham.
The semi-final draw sees
United play Hull, while Southampton face Liverpool. Matches will be played over
two legs in January.
As had been widely predicted,
Gareth Southgate has been appointed as the permanent manager of the English
national team. Southgate, who had been in caretaker charge for the last four
matches, has signed a contract until 2020.
Cricket
England cannot now win the Test series in India
as they lost the third Test by eight wickets and went 2-0 down with two to
play. England batted disappointingly in the first innings and posted just 283,
with Jonny Bairstow top scoring with 89. India took a commanding lead after
replying with 417, and although Ben Stokes took five wickets and Adil Rashid
four, India’s lower order prospered – number eight Ravindra Jadeja top scored
with 90, and Ravi Ashwin and Jayant Yadav also made half-centuries in the
latter part of the Indian innings. England
made 236 second time around, with fifties for Joe Root and Haseeb Hameed – the
latter batting with a broken finger – and India then comfortably knocked off
the 103 runs they required in the fourth innings.
Hameed will now
fly home for an operation and Durham batsman Keaton Jennings replaces him in the
squad. Hampshire spinner Liam Dawson will also fly out to join the squad. The
fourth Test starts in Mumbai on December 8.
Rugby Union
England, who conclude their
autumn international series against Australia on Saturday, are expected to
recall Marland Yarde on the wing and to give Nathan Hughes his first start as
number eight forward. They will take the places of Elliot Daly, suspended after
his red card against Argentina, and Billy Vunipola, who picked up a serious
knee injury in the same match.
Athletics
Jessica Ennis-Hill will
receive one last gold medal to crown her glittering career after Russia’s
Tatyana Chernova was stripped of her 2011 world title for blood doping.
Tennis
Anne Keothavong, a former
British number one ranked player, will succeed Judy Murray as captain of
Britain’s team in the Federation Cup – the women’s tennis tournament for
national teams. Mrs Murray has chosen to concentrate on her work in grassroots
coaching.
Sports Awards
Andy Murray is hot favourite
to win the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award for the third time, and
for the second year in succession, after his superb year. The Scot regained the
Wimbledon men’s singles title in 2016, as well as winning Olympic gold, the ATP
World Tour Finals and a string of other ATP Tour titles on his way to reaching
number one in the world rankings.
Murray is one of 16
shortlisted sporting superstars, 13 of whom won Olympic gold for Team GB.
Despite the expanded shortlist, there is no room for three time Tour de France
winner Chris Froome, a world heavyweight champion in Anthony Joshua or prolific
England batsman Joe Root.
The full shortlist is:
Nicola Adams - Boxing, Gareth
Bale - Football, Alistair Brownlee -
Triathlon, Sophie Christiansen - Equestrian, Kadeena Cox - Athletics/Cycling, Mo Farah - Athletics, Jason Kenny -
Cycling, Laura Kenny (Trott) – Cycling, Andy Murray - Tennis, Adam Peaty -
Swimming, Kate Richardson-Walsh - Hockey, Nick
Skelton - Equestrian, Dame Sarah Storey -
Cycling, Jamie Vardy - Football, Max Whitlock -
Gymnastics, Danny Willett - Golf.
Tipster Street.
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