Nov 23
A large number of people in English rugby believe Martin Johnson, a uniquely successful captain of the national side, would play a blinder of similar magnitude in the role of team manager. Just one problem: Martin Johnson is not among them. “I would not,” he said yesterday, “be so arrogant as to think I could do anything of the sort without the relevant experience. This is not the right time for me. If and when I feel I want to be involved in coaching or management, I’ll do something about it. But I wouldn’t consider going straight in at England level.”
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Nov 23
Matthew Zemek FOX Sports
The USC Trojans entered Thursday night’s game against Arizona State with more health and rest than at any other point of their injury-plagued, multi-loss season. Unfortunately for the sixth-ranked and Rose Bowl-minded Sun Devils, it showed. Oh, did it ever.
In a performance as authoritative as anything the New England Patriots have dished out this season, the Trojan Empire of College Football — finally blessed with a reasonable degree of wholeness after a bye week and the healing of some long-term injuries — proved its worth to the nation in a shockingly easy second-half romp over a top ten team on the road.
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Nov 23
FORMER Chelsea star Gianfranco Zola claimed that compatriot Fabio Capello would make an ideal England manager after Steve McClaren’s sacking.
Zola was speaking to Italian radio station Rai 2 in response to Capello’s comments from Wednesday evening when he said he was interested in the England post – even before McClaren’s sacking.
"First of all I have to say I’m very disappointed because clearly in the (England) national team, however they play, some of them are my friends,” said Zola.
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Nov 23
FA Carlsberg Trophy
Third Round Qualifying
Saturday 24 November 2007
Winning clubs receive £3000
Click here for weekend fixtures
The FA Trophy Third Round Qualifying ties feature some fascinating fixtures this weekend including Blyth Spartans against Gainsborough Trinity and Kettering Town’s trip to Harrogate Town.
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Nov 23
Pittsburgh Steelers fans
Heinz Field is getting a makeover, and a quick one, too.
The Steelers will put down a new grass playing field in time for Monday night’s game against the Dolphins, but must wait until four Pittsburgh-area high school championship games Friday and the South Florida-Pitt game Saturday are played.
With intermittent rain forecast all week, the Steelers were concerned that the pounding their current field will take this weekend might create a poor playing surface Monday.
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Nov 23
Renault will answer charges of possessing McLaren information
McLaren have accused Renault of possessing their team information and gaining an “unfair advantage” from it.
The BBC has seen a McLaren dossier that says the information was “knowingly and widely disseminated” within Renault.
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Nov 23
Liu Xiang
BEIJING – Chinese Olympic hurdler Liu Xiang’s legs have been insured for US$13.3 million in the run-up to next year’s Beijing Summer Olympics.
To him, though, the limbs are beyond valuation.
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Nov 23
Scott Carson’s selection as England’s first-choice goalkeeper will, naturally, be welcomed by his club manager – even if Martin O’Neill has added an honest, if worrying, rider. “I couldn’t tell you if he was chosen in a really important game how he would react to it all,” the Aston Villa manager said. “But he’s capable of doing very well. He’s far from the finished article but the great thing about Scott is that he has a great appetite for work.”
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