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2158 GOLF: Former world number one Tiger Woods admits he has struggled in practice as he gets ready to return to action at this week's Frys.com Open at CordeValle golf club in California. Woods is back for his first tournament since
failing to make the cut at the US PGA Championship owing to injury
and
has a new caddie in Joe LaCava.
"I've been playing a lot of holes and getting my instincts back," he said. "Joey came out here a couple of days ago and worked the course and got all the numbers. I told him what I wanted on each hole. So far I have struggled on the pace, I`ve been trying to get a feel for the course. I need to do some work on that and be ready."
2138 FOOTBALL: In the Johnstone's Paint Trophy,
Crewe advance after a 1-0 win over Macclesfield in the Northern section second round, thanks to a Max Clayton goal.
Brentford are through in the Southern section after beating Charlton 3-0.
2122 FOOTBALL: Former
Fulham, Manchester City and Blackburn manager Mark Hughes tells BBC Sport: "I'm a professional football manager, I'm looking for a position if and when one comes available. Just about making sure the next one is one I feel I can move forward in. Nothing's close at the moment. Ideally it would be in the Premier League, that's the place everyone wants to work. I've proved myself at Premier League level over a decent period of time, so I would be disappointed if those opportunities weren't there."
2101 FOOTBALL: Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck on BBC Radio 5 Live: "We're not currently in talks about a new stadium. With the advent of digital media, we don't know what the right size of stadium will be 10 years from now. But at the moment, when we have a Champions League game here and we have to reduce our capacity to accommodate television requirements, that is frustrating."
2039 RUGBY UNION: Ireland coach Declan Kidney
tells BBC Sport
he is remaining upbeat on the chances of Rory Best being fit to face Wales in Saturday's World Cup quarter-final.
1948 FOOTBALL: Everton chairman
Bill Kenwright tells BBC Radio 5 Live that Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour would have been interested in buying the Goodison Park side had the Toffees had the advantage of a new stadium. When asked if he would still like to sell the club he replies: "'Like' is far too small a word. 'Love', 'need' is more like it".
1856 FOOTBALL: Manchester City defender
Micah Richards still admires
Carlos Tevez despite the controversy surrounding the Argentine's failure to come on as a substitute against Bayern Munich last week. "I like Carlos Tevez. He's probably the best striker I've played with,"
Richards told the Guardian.
1827 RUGBY LEAGUE:
The Rugby Football League
has announced that
Phil Bentham will be referee for Saturday's Super League Grand Final between St Helens and Leeds Rhinos at Old Trafford. James Child and Tony Martin have been selected as the touch-judges.
1821 RUGBY UNION: Worcester Warriors head coach Richard Hill tells
BBC Hereford & Worcester
that scrum-half
Shaun Perry faces six months on the sidelines after a scan on his injured knee revealed cruciate ligament damage.
1815 FOOTBALL: Chicago Fire deny entering negotiations to sign Manchester United defender
Rio Ferdinand after media reports
linked the franchise to the 32-year-old.
"We have watched and admired the play of Rio Ferdinand for a number of years," said a club statement. "However, there is no substance to these current reports that the Fire is negotiating with Manchester United and the player to bring him to Chicago."
1750 FOOTBALL: Scotland captain Darren Fletcher has been ruled out of Saturday's Euro 2012 qualifier against Liechtenstein through illness, but is still in contention to face Spain on Tuesday, the SFA have announced.
1742 FOOTBALL:
BBC Sport's Matt Slater on Twitter:
"England 2018 World Cup bid chief Andy Anson admits 2018 team were embarrassed by FA's poor attendence record at Uefa, we should be all over Uefa "like a rash"
1732 TENNIS: The
Davis Cup final between
Spain and
Argentina will be held in Seville on 2-4 December. It will be the second time that the final has been staged in the city after Spain hosted, and beat, the United States in the 2004 decider.
1715 FOOTBALL: Qatar's World Cup chief
Hassan al Thawadi admits he is surprised by the criticism of
Fifa's decision to award his country the right to host the 2022 competition.
He told the
Leaders in Football conference: "We did not expect this avalanche of allegations and accusations. Baseless accusations were made against our bid, we were presumed guilty before innocent without a shred of evidence being produced. We conducted our bid to the highest ethical and moral standards. To hear the innuendos being the main headline hurt us."
1706 FOOTBALL: Stoke striker Mamady Sidibe
has told the club website
that he feared his career was over after rupturing an Achilles tendon for a second time in February. The 31-year-old Mali international, whose last first-team appearance was more than 13 months ago, played for the reserves last week and is hoping to reclaim a place in Tony Pulis' side soon.
1700 FOOTBALL:Northern Ireland manager Nigel Worthington
tells BBC Sport
that defender
Jonny Evans has been ruled out of the Euro 2012 qualifiers against
Estonia and
Italy with an ankle injury.
1654 RUGBY LEAGUE: Australian stand-off
Anthony Watts has become the
Widnes Vikings' 12th new signing for next season. The 25-year-old, who has signed a one-year deal at the club, made his NRL debut with Cronulla in 2007 and spent three seasons at North Queensland Cowboys before joining Sydney Roosters for the 2011 campaign.
1646 BOXING: Finchley super-heavyweight
Anthony Joshua produces an upset to outpoint reigning world and Olympic champion Roberto Cammarelle and book his place at the
London 2012 Olympics.
1635 RUGBY LEAGUE: Warrington official
Phil Bentham, who was in charge of this year's Challenge Cup final, has been named as referee for Saturday's
Super League Grand Final between
St Helens and
Leeds at Old Trafford. Ben Thaler will be video referee.
1632 CRICKET:
BBC Sport's James Pearce at the Pakistan cricketers spot-fixing trial:
"Prosecution say when undercover journalist told Majeed (agent) he needed 3 players to help betting, agent replied "Boss, I've got 6 already." Majeed (agent) told undercover journalist "I've been doing it with them (players) for about 2 1/2 years and we've made masses of money."
1625 FOOTBALL: BBC Sport's
Matt Slater on Twitter:
"Joorabchian admits there's a "problem in general" with players refusing to play, refers to Fabregas, Nasri + Modric"
1608 FOOTBALL: Italy coach
Cesare Prandelli has given late call-ups to striker
Pablo Osvaldo and defender
Angelo Ogbonna after Manchester City striker
Mario Balotelli was ruled out of Friday's Group C Euro 2012 qualifier against Serbia with a back injury.
1602 RUGBY UNION: Gloucester's Samoan international centre
Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu will face a World Cup misconduct hearing on Saturday 15 October after his case was again adjourned in Auckland.
Fuimaono-Sapolu was charged
after calling referee Nigel Owens "biased" and "racist" in a Twitter rant, claims Welshman Owens has denied.
1558 CRICKET: Prosecutors have been outlining the case against two Pakistani Test cricketers accused of taking bribes to bowl deliberate no balls during last summer's tour of England. According to
BBC sports news correspondent James Pearce,
the prosecution opened by saying: "This case reveals a depressing tale of rampant corruption at heart of International Cricket."
1550 FOOTBALL: BBC Sport's
Matt Slater on Twitter:
"Joorabchian says Spanish interpreter botched translation, there was confusion on bench after Dzeko came off & Tevez was warmed up"
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1540 FOOTBALL: Northern Ireland defender
Chris Baird has defended under-pressure manager
Nigel Worthington.The former Norwich boss has come in for criticism from some fans, which reached fever pitch when a series of abject defensive errors saw his side lose 4-1 in Tallinn last month to realistically end their play-off hopes." A lot of guys have said they back Nigel and I'm one of them," Baird told
Press Association Sport.
"He has been fantastic for us. He has been great for our country and great for the players who have worked under him. He has everyone's respect, he's a good coach and I back him."
1517 FOOTBALL: Arsenal midfielder
Jack Wilshere has backed manager
Arsene Wenger to get the Gunners back on track after insisting criticism of the French coach is a joke. "He has been there for 15 years and been great for Arsenal. The criticism Arsene gets is just a joke,"
Wilshere told the Evening Standard.
"We do get a harder time from the critics than most teams but we haven't won anything for six years and that's not good enough for Arsenal. It is harsh, though, especially on the boss."We started a bit slowly but we still feel we can finish in the top four."
1508 FOOTBALL: Arsenal goalkeeper
Wojciech Szczesny on Twitter:
"I never said I deserve an Arsenal armband. I said that I would love to one day take a responsibilty of being an Arsenal skipper."
1454 CRICKET: Somerset are through to the
semi-finals Champions League Twenty20 in India.
Craig Kieswetter top scored with 56, as Somerset reached 147-4 after 20 overs. In reply two wickets each from Alfonso Thomas and Steve Kirby helped Somerset restrict the South African's to 134-8 to win by 12 runs.
1444 FOOTBALL: BBC Sport's
David Ornstein on Twitter:
"Qatar 2022 boss Hassan Al Thawadi says fully focused on hosting summer World Cup, will show no need for it to take place in winter."
1438 FOOTBALL: International qualifiers will be played across six days between Thursdays and Tuesdays from 2014 to maximise TV coverage and broadcast income,
UEFA have announced.
The move will see national teams having just a two-day break between matches in World Cup and European Championship double-headers "This has been unanimously supported by all 53 national associations. "If we leave the weekend to other sports then in the medium and long-term it will be damaging." UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino told the Leaders in Football conference in London:
1412 CRICKET: Middlesex Managing Director of Cricket
Angus Fraser
tells BBC London 94.9
he is closing in on a deal for Sussex all-rounder Ollie Rayner but will not be making drastic changes to his squad following promotion to Division One.
1407 FOOTBALL: Uefa plans to spread international matches across the week, including Saturday and Sunday, in a bid to boost the national team game according to general secretary Gianni Infantino. "If we leave weekends to other sports in the long term it will be damaging," he said at
the Leaders in Football conference.
1358 CRICKET: England legend
Ian Botham recounts his memories of former team-mate
Graham Dilley to
Sky Sports News:
"He was a fantastic cricketer, he had a lot of talent and would have played more for England but for a lot of injuries. He had a good sense of humour and always wanted to be part of the party. He was great to be around, it is a very sad day."
1353 CYCLING: Recently crowned road race world champion
Mark Cavendish, who has been linked with a move to Team Sky, will not take part in
Thursday's Paris-Bourges race.
No reason has been given for his withdrawal by the race's organisers.
1334 FOOTBALL: The Football Association is yet to begin its search for a new coach to succeed Fabio Capello, says FA chairman
David Bernstein. "It is not something on our agenda at the moment. We are completely behind Fabio. You cannot be half-pregnant with these things,"
Berstein told the Leaders in Football conference.
1320 CRICKET: Former England fast bowler
Graham Dilley has died at the age of 52 after a short illness.
1300 FOOTBALL: BBC Radio Sheffield understand that
Doncaster
are planning a bid for former Real Madrid midfielder
Mamadou Diarra. Talks have been held between Rovers and the player's representative. Diarra, from Mali, is a free agent after leaving Monaco in the summer.
1252 TENNIS: Fernando Verdasco, Mikhail Youzhny and
Ivan Ljubicic are among the second-round winners at the China Open in Beijing after victories over Flavio Cipolla, Feliciano Lopez and Florian Mayer respectively.
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1236 FOOTBALL: BBC Sport's
Matt Slater on Twitter:
"[Uefa general secretary Gianni] Infantino admits ticket prices for Wembley CL Final "slipped through Uefa's net" & won't be so high in 2013"
1231 FOOTBALL: Manchester City striker
Mario Balotelli is a doubt for Italy's
Euro 2012 qualifier
in Serbia on Friday after picking up a back injury. Balotelli's injury is a further setback for the Italians, who are already without Inter Milan forward Giampaolo Pazzini (foot) and are sweating on the fitness of Villarreal frontman Giuseppe Rossi (knee).
1224 RUGBY WORLD CUP: All Blacks captain
Richie McCaw has returned to training but winger
Zac Guildford could miss the quarter-final against Argentina on Sunday after suffering a suspected hamstring injury in training. Guildford, who scored four tries against Canada, said: "I just pulled up a bit short at training, we haven't assessed it yet."
1215 FOOTBALL: BBC Sport's
Matt Slater on Twitter:
"Uefa wants international games played every day Thurs-Tues, so team could play Thurs & Sun or Sat & Tues #leaders"
1215 FOOTBALL: BBC Sport's
David Ornstein on Twitter:
"FA's Bernstein on next Eng manager: "Not something on our agenda at moment. You can't be half-pregnant. We are completely behind Fabio"
1155 ATHLETICS:
Dai Greene on Twitter:
"Just found out I finished 3rd in the European Athlete of the Year Award. Not to bad, don't know why Lemaitre was 2nd tho??
1151 FOOTBALL: Robert Snodgrass has been ruled out of the Scotland squad for the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Spain with an ankle injury, the
Scottish Football Association have confirmed.
Wigan midfielder
James McArthur has been called up.
1143 FOOTBALL: Blackburn boss
Steve Kean has denied that his trip to India to meet the club's owners might be his last act as manager with Rovers 19th in the table and sections of the Ewood Park support calling for his sacking. " "We always have a sit down and a talk," Kean told
Sky Sports News.
"I think people will say that I have been summoned or called, but I have heard that probably on my last six or seven trips."
1106 FOOTBALL: Leicester manager
Sven-Goran Eriksson says that he has already dicussed the possibility of a move to the Walkers Stadium with former England captain David Beckham and the midfielder has not ruled out the possibility. "Beckham, he will never say no to me - he says, 'Sven, we'll see, we'll see'," Eriksson
told the Times.
"The big thing is what he wants to do when his contract finishes in LA. Will he want to go on playing?"
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1044 FORMULA ONE: Jenson Button
says that it was an easy decision
to extend his contract with McLaren. "I've won four of the greatest races of my life here, I'm currently lying second in the drivers' world championship, and I feel that I'm driving better than ever. You can only achieve that with the right level of support - and I truly believe that the passion and determination to win are stronger here than anywhere else," he said.
1032 FOOTBALL: FIFA vice-president
Julio Grondona has apologised for his "unacceptable" attack on England, Football Association chairman David Bernstein reveals. Grondona, who is also president of his native Argentina's national association,
described the English as "liars" and "pirates"
at the FIFA Congress in Zurich in June, but has since sent a letter of apology.
1021 ATHLETICS Mo Farah has today been named as the men's European Athlete of the Year 2011 by European Athletics.
1016 FORMULA ONE: Britain's 2009 world champion
Jenson Button has signed a new multi-year contract with McLaren.
1015 FOOTBALL: BBC Sport's
David Ornstein on Twitter:
"FA chairman Bernstein says Eng need to build international relations. Says now on good terms with Platini, met privately with Blatter. "
1007 CRICKET: England's cricket team are yet to find out who they will face in their two practice matches ahead of five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 clash against India. Fielding coach
Richard Halsall, in charge of the team until chief
Andy Flower arrives this week, admitted: "I understand we are struggling to find a team to play against."
0954 FOOTBALL: Manchester City owner
Sheikh Mansour remains top of
FourFourTwo's Football Rich List for the 2011-12 season,
with the magazine reporting he is worth £20billion. Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov is now wealthier than QPR shareholder Lakshmi Mittal. Usmanov is now reported to be worth £12.4bn.
0936 RUGBY WORLD CUP: England's
Toby Flood: "You want to be selected on current form, not because eight years ago you were outstanding - I was playing really well when I was 12," said Flood."At the same time, you understand that some people have the ability - and Jonny was phenomenal the day he kicked them out of the World Cup in Paris, which will help his side of the argument."
0926 RUGBY LEAGUE: Manly Sea Eagles loose forward
Glenn Stewart, man of the match in Sunday's NRL Grand Final, has withdrawn from
Australia's Four Nations squad
on compassionate grounds. Stewart, has been replaced by St George Illawarra back-rower Beau Scott in coach Tim Sheens' 24-man squad for next week's Test against New Zealand and Great Britain.
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0902 FOOTBALL: Recently-appointed
Montenegro coach Branko Brnovic
described England manager Fabio Capello as a "role model" ahead of the visit of the Group G leaders to Podgorica on Friday. "I admire and respect everything that Fabio Capello did in his career and he must be a role model for every young coach," said Brnovic, "On Friday, we will be in the same position, coaching 11 players who will try to win a very important match. So my goal is not to beat Capello because the most important thing is that Montenegro beat England. If that happens, the players will be heroes, not me.
0855 FOOTBALL: UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the
Bulgarian Football Union
with respect to last month's UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying match between Bulgaria and England.
0847 RUGBY WORLD CUP: Argentina winger
Horacio Agulla believes his team must play with "heart and lots of passion" in Sunday's quarter-final against favourites
New Zealand.
"It's a big challenge for us playing against the best team in the world," he said. "You cannot give them 10 minutes, otherwise they can score five tries over you. We have to be smart."
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"Match against France is where it really matters. Wilko has got the experience to handle it and prove his doubters wrong! "
0831 FOOTBALL: Sunderland owner
Ellis Short will not sack manager
Steve Bruce unless the situation at the club becomes "apocalyptic", according to former chairman Niall Quinn. He told the
Daily Mail:
"Steve is not isolated by this, it's the exact opposite."It's time for him to build a closer relationship with Ellis. "Steve will get time for this team to gel. There's another window looming. Unless the situation becomes apocalyptic, and it's no good worrying about that, Steve will get time."
0823 RUGBY WORLD CUP: South Africa's
Bakkies Botha has declared himself fit for the quarter-final match against Australia. The Springboks, however, have postponed their team announcement until Friday because of uncertainly over Bryan Habana (leg bruising), J.P Pietersen (knee) and Francois Hougaard (head knock).
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0800: FOOTBALL - Three tales from
Wednesday's gossip column:
Tottenham are attempting a last-minute bid to sign Bradford's 15-year-old "wonderkid" George Green who was thought to have opted to join Everton.
(Daily Mirror) Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez could be set to join fellow Argentine Diego Maradona, who manages Al Wasl in Dubai.
(TalkSport) American Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire are reportedly keen to sign Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand.
(Daily Mail)
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