Article Listing for April 2012
30/04/2012
Rafael Nadal showed off his clay court prowess again by securing another title on the red surface in the final of the Barcelona Open.
Seldom beaten on clay, Nadal is likely to be favourite for next month's French Open again after defeating...
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27/04/2012
Andy Murray's bid to win his first clay-court title of the year was ended in emphatic style by Canadian Milos Raonic at the Barcelona Open.
The Scot stumbled to a 6-4, 7-6 defeat against the world number 25, dealing a blow to his hopes of...
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27/04/2012
South African bowler Vernon Philander has said he hopes to live up to the tag of being the 'new Glenn McGrath' against England this summer.
Philander told BBC Sport: "He's a good man to be named after", adding: "I base...
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27/04/2012
Jonathan Trott scored an unbeaten century on his return to county cricket after the tour Sri Lanka - but Warwickshire and England team-mate Ian Bell fell for a duck.
Trott...
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26/04/2012
Andy Murray cruised into the quarter finals of the Barcelona Open with a straight-sets win over Santiago Giraldo.
The Scot thrashed the world number 54 6-1, 6-2 in just 74 minutes to set up a meeting in the last eight with Milos Raonic of Canada.
With...
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26/04/2012
Former All Blacks coach Wayne Smith is to spend the next few days thinking over the opportunity to join the England rugby coaching team.
The Kiwi has set himself a deadline of ten days to decide what he wants to do after meeting head coach Stuart...
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26/04/2012
England all-rounder Stuart Broad is set to return to action for his county side Nottinghamshire after recovering from the injury that kept him out of the Test match in Colombo.
He will play next week after flying home with a calf strain after...
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25/04/2012
Gardening is going into the digital age at this year's Chelsea Flower Show, The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has announced.
People enjoying hospitality at the event...
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25/04/2012
British number one tennis player Andy Murray enjoyed a straightforward win in the second round of the Barcelona Open.
After receiving a bye in the first round, the Scot easily dispatched his Ukrainian opponent 6-3, 6-2.
It means Murray...
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24/04/2012
Ravi Bopara faces a "make-or-break" season as an international cricketer, according to former skipper Alec Stewart.
The Essex batsman made a century for his county this week, but Stewart told BBC Sport if his county runs get him back...
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24/04/2012
The West Indies provided another suggestion that they could be competitive in the Test series in England starting next month, as they dominated the first day of the third Test at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica.
Australia crawled to 212-7...
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24/04/2012
Athletes should not be banned for life from the Olympics but bans for doping offences should be longer, former Olympic champion Jonathan Edwards has said.
The triple jump world record holder and Sydney 2000 gold medalist said: "Athletes...
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23/04/2012
Rafael Nadal has ended his seven-match losing streak with an emphatic victory in the final of the Monte Carlo Open.
The Spaniard had won the tournament in each of the previous seven years, so something had to give and it was Nadal's losing...
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23/04/2012
Graham Onions may have done more to boost his chances of an England recall with ten wickets in the match for Durham against Middlesex.
And struggling England captain Andrew Strauss will know all about the seamer's form after being...
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20/04/2012
England Test captain Andrew Strauss was out for a second-ball duck on his return to county cricket with Middlesex.
He was bowled by Durham's Graham Onions, which may do the seamer no harm as he seeks to return to the England side.
The...
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20/04/2012
Having overcome the strongest opponents in the world on the court in the past year, Novak Djokovic had to cope with sadness off it as he battled to beat Russian Alexandr Dolgopolov in the Monte Carlo Masters.
The world number one defeated his...
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19/04/2012
Kevin Pietersen hammered his first ever T20 century as his Delhi Daredevils beat the Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League today (April 19th).
His unbeaten 103 came off just 64 balls, including nine sixes and six fours, with his century...
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19/04/2012
West Indian fast bowler Kemar Roach has given England's batsmen a warning ahead of the Test series beginning next month, with a sharp early spell that saw him remove the first three Australian batsmen in their second innings of the Test match in...
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19/04/2012
England Test captain Andrew Strauss has returned to county action for Middlesex after a brief rest following England's tour to Sri Lanka.
The skipper struggled with the bat over the winter like many of his team-mates, but unlike the...
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18/04/2012
King of clay Rafael Nadal began the defence of his Monte Carlo Masters title with a straight-sets win over Finn Jarkko Nieminen.
The Spaniard has won the trophy in each of the past seven years and showed no signs of relinquishing it with a simple...
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18/04/2012
England should remain the best team in Test cricket for some time, Sir Ian Botham has said.
The great all-rounder, speaking during his latest charity walk for leukemia research, said the side had been "a little blase" in the winter...
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18/04/2012
Usain Bolt has said he wants to smash the 100 metres record in the Olympics again, claiming a time of 9.4 seconds is possible.
And he also has his eyes on running the 200 metres in 19 seconds.
The Jamaican sprinter told BBC Sport: "People...
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17/04/2012
Andy Murray has said he feels more confident on clay as the French Open approaches.
The Scot sailed past Viktor Troicki 6-0 6-3 in only 67 minutes in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters and he told Sky Sports afterwards he has gradually...
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17/04/2012
The England rugby team's itinerary for the tour of South Africa this summer has been revealed.
A three-match Test series against the Springboks will take place in June, with these matches being played in Durban, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth.
The...
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16/04/2012
Paula Radcliffe is not throwing in the towel in her bid to win Olympic marathon gold in London just yet, despite recording her worst ever half-marathon time at the weekend.
Radcliffe was competing in a special handicap challenge event with Haile...
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16/04/2012
Off-spinner Wayne Shillingford may find his way into the West Indies tour party to visit England starting next month after a good first day back in Test cricket.
Bowling on a slow pitch in Trinidad on the opening day of the second Test against...
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13/04/2012
Hosting a world championship event at the London 2012 cycling velodrome has denied the British team an advantage over their rivals, the Canadian cycling coach Richard Wooles has said.
Speaking to BBC Sport, Wooles said the fact his team...
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13/04/2012
With the cricket season now underway, Hampshire and sponsors Ageas have unveiled the newly-rebranded Ageas Bowl.
Hitherto known as the Rose Bowl, the venue has now been fully kitted out with the company's livery and chief executive of the...
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13/04/2012
England seamer Graham Onions started as he means to go on with 4-42 in Durham's County Championship game against Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street yesterday (April 12th).
The bowler will be keen to add to his eight England Test caps after...
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12/04/2012
England's Test cricket captain Andrew Strauss will be playing county cricket this month for Middlesex as he bids to improve his form before the start of the international summer.
While many of the tour party just back from Sri Lanka will...
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12/04/2012
New England coach Stuart Lancaster has had his hopes of keeping his Six Nations coaching team together on a permanent basis dashed by Andy Farrell.
Farrell was one of Lancaster's assistants during the campaign, but has opted to stay at club...
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12/04/2012
Two of the sides touring England this summer served up a dramatic finish to the Test match in Barbados, with Australia eventually beating the West Indies by three wickets.
With the game seemingly heading for a draw after both sides passed 400...
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11/04/2012
Australia's bowlers have dragged their side back into contention against the West Indies in the first Test between the two sides in Barbados.
After the home side had declared on 449-9 in the first innings, the tourists had slipped to 285-8,...
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11/04/2012
England players Tim Bresnan and Alastair Cook have been named among Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year.
The pair were named in the prestigious yearbook's 149th edition, alongside Worcestershire seamer Alan Richardson, Lancashire's...
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05/04/2012
Kevin Pietersen has said his brilliant 151 against Sri Lanka in the second test in Colombo is due to the old sportsman's adage that practice makes perfect.
The right-hander has claimed he has been in good form for most of the winter,...
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05/04/2012
The real test of Stuart Lancaster's new look England side will be when they tour South Africa this summer, states former World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio.
According to the former number eight, although England performed well in...
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04/04/2012
The West Indies have added two players to the squad for the first Test against Australia in Barbados who were absent in the recent one-day and T20 matches between the two countries.
All-rounder Narsingh Deonarine has been recalled to the squad,...
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04/04/2012
England have the upper hand after two days of the Colombo Test match against Sri Lanka after Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook put on 122 for the first wicket.
Starting the day on 238-6, Sri Lanka were only able to add another 37 as Graeme Swann...
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04/04/2012
Australian Darren Lockyer would be the best choice as an attack coach for the England rugby team, in the view of former player Jeremy Guscott.
Discussing the issue on the BBC Sport website in a question and answer session, Guscott said: "My...
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03/04/2012
A second successive century by Mahela Jayawardene helped Sri Lanka hold England back on the first day of the second Test in Colombo - but honours are even after the hosts finished on 238-6.
Although Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to...
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03/04/2012
Andy Roddick will be adding his name to the star-studded lineup at Queen's Club for the Aegon Championships in June.
Tennis lovers booking hospitality for the event...
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03/04/2012
Welsh international rugby player Gavin Henson has been sacked by his club side Cardiff Blues over a drunken incident on the flight back from the weekend's game in Glasgow.
A statement by the club said: "Gavin admitted himself...
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02/04/2012
Australia's cricketers are hoping to leapfrog England in the Test match rankings in their upcoming series in the West Indies.
England are poised to cede top ranking to South Africa if they fail to win the Colombo Test this week and...
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02/04/2012
Jonathan Trott said his century in the Test match in Galle was down to playing his natural game and not attempting anything out of the ordinary.
Speaking to the England and Wales Cricket Board website, Trott said: "I just played normally,...
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02/04/2012
Novak Djokovic showed again why he is still the best in the world by defeating Andy Murray in straight sets in the final of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.
Murray was defeated 6-1 7-6 by the Serb as Djokovic bounced back from his recent...
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