Article Listing for July 2012
31/07/2012
Andy Murray has cruised through his second round match at the Olympic tennis down tournament with a simple win over Finn Jarkko Nieminen.
The Scot defeated his opponent 6-2, 6-4 as he took 77 per cent of points on his first serve and 81...
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30/07/2012
Graham Onions may bag a place in England's team for the second Test against South Africa starting later this week after picking up three cheap wickets in each innings as Durham won an LV County Championship match for the first time this season.
The...
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30/07/2012
Nottinghamshire batsman James Taylor has spoken of his confidence that he can meet the challenge ahead as England prepare to face South Africa in the second Test at Headingley.
The 22-year-old has been brought in as a replacement for Ravi Bopara,...
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30/07/2012
Andy Murray has begun his bid for tennis singles gold at the Olympics with a first round win over Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka.
Wawrinka replaced the originally selected Roger Federer as the Alpine nation's flag bearer in the...
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30/07/2012
Cricket fans booking tickets to see the T20 finals day at Cardiff's Swalec Stadium on August 25th will see England bowler Tim Bresnan in action.
BBC Radio Leeds has reported...
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27/07/2012
Eoin Morgan will captain the England Lions team in two four-day matches against Australia A next month.
He will be leading the side at Old Trafford starting on August 7th and Edgbaston from August 13th, with the team also containing fellow...
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27/07/2012
Andy Murray has made clear his determination to win Olympic gold as he returns to Wimbledon.
Speaking to the BBC, he declared he was set on winning the tournament and said he had a chance if he can emulate his Wimbledon performance.
Explaining...
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26/07/2012
Somerset have reached their fourth consecutive T20 Finals Day and have been hailed the leading side in the format in England by batsman Peter Trego.
Speaking to BBC Points West, he said the 27-run victory over Essex in the quarter finals "confirms...
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25/07/2012
Chris Ashton has said he hopes switching to Saracens will help him improve his game.
The winger has switched from Northampton Saints and told BBC Three Counties Radio he believes he will benefit from an atmosphere that seems "completely...
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25/07/2012
Alec Stewart has said England should avoid panic after the first Test calamity against South Africa.
Former captain Stewart rejected notions that England need to make wholesale changes for the Headingley Test, commenting: "We have...
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24/07/2012
Senegal's Olympic men's football team are hoping to shock Great Britain when the two meet in the opening group stage game at Old Trafford on Thursday (July 26th).
Some fans may want to book London...
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24/07/2012
Andy Murray replaced water with fire as he returned to Wimbledon to parade the Olympic torch as the clock ticks down on the final days before the Olympics.
The British number one was left in tears after the Wimbledon final against Roger Federer,...
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24/07/2012
England can bounce back and level the Test series against South Africa at Headingley, captain Andrew Strauss has insisted.
South Africa completed an emphatic innings victory at the Kia Oval when England were bowled out for 240 in their second...
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23/07/2012
Elena Baltacha has spoken of her excitement at being involved in the Olympics as she leads the home challenge in the tennis event at Wimbledon.
She told the BBC the joy of competing is all the more profound because her father Sergei won...
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23/07/2012
Hashim Amla has received rich praise from two former stars of the game for his unbeaten triple century against England at the Kia Oval.
Speaking on the BBC's Test Match special, former South Africa all-rounder Shaun Pollock said: "He...
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23/07/2012
Bradley Wiggins has become the first Briton ever to win the Tour de France - and has now set his sights on Olympic gold.
The man dubbed 'Le Gentleman' by the French press cruised home in the final sprint in Paris, with fellow Briton...
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20/07/2012
Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the Olympic tennis tournament with an injury.
The Spaniard won the gold medal in Beijing four years ago but has announced he will not be able to defend his title on the grass at SW19 due to an Achilles problem.
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20/07/2012
A patient century by Alastair Cook put England on top on the opening day of the Test series against South Africa at the Kia Oval.
England reached 267-3 at the close after winning the toss, with Cook 114 not out and Ian Bell on ten.
This...
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19/07/2012
Bradley Wiggins is on the brink of taking British cycling to new heights as he finished the mountain stages of the Tour De France with a comfortable lead.
The Londoner leads by two minutes and five seconds with just three stages left, with one...
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19/07/2012
Dai Greene's temperament is a factor that could help him secure Olympic gold, former athlete Iwan Thomas has said.
Speaking to BBC Sport Wales, Thomas played down the significance of Greene's recent form, having been outperformed by rival...
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19/07/2012
Lancashire captain Stephen Croft is among the new faces in England's provisional 30-man squad for the World T20 Championship.
The 27-year-old all-rounder, a key member of the team that won the County Championship last year, was in action...
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19/07/2012
England's one-day captain Alastair Cook has forced his way into the provisional 30-man squad for the World T20 tournament in Sri Lanka in September.
Cook was not given the T20 captaincy when he was appointed as one-day captain because his...
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18/07/2012
Kevin Pietersen will be an asset and not a liability for England in the Test series against South Africa, which begins at the Kia Oval tomorrow (July 19th).
This is the view of fast bowler James Anderson, who said recent speculation over whether...
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17/07/2012
The International Cricket Council (ICC) should push through the mandatory use of the Decision Review System (DRS) in international matches despite India's opposition, a players' representative has said.
Chief executive of the Federation...
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17/07/2012
Mark Cueto has said he does not expect to add to his 55 England rugby union caps.
The 32-year-old Sale winger played his most recent game in the Rugby World Cup quarter-final loss against France last year.
He told BBC Radio Manchester: ...
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17/07/2012
England's batsmen should make more runs than South Africa's in the upcoming Test series, which starts this week.
This is the view of former England captain Alex Stewart, who singled out the returning Ravi Bopara as the one player...
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16/07/2012
Roger Federer is celebrating a record 287th week as the number one ranked male tennis player.
The Swiss legend has overtaken Pete Sampras at the top, having returned to the pinnacle of the game by taking the Wimbledon title earlier this month...
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13/07/2012
A.B. De Villiers has said he has Mark Boucher to thank for helping him establish himself as an international cricketer.
The middle-order batsman will take the gloves in the first Test at the Kia Oval next week after Boucher's forced...
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13/07/2012
Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has announced his retirement from international cricket.
The 35-year-old had to leave the field with an injury during the recent one-day international at Chester-le-Street and has subsequently decided enough is...
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12/07/2012
Britain's 18-year-old sprint sensation Adam Gemili has taken 100 m gold at the World Junior Championships in a new record time of just 10.05 seconds.
Gemili's time was not just a record for the competition, but also the sixth-fastest...
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11/07/2012
England are up to third in the one day international (ODI) rankings after another comprehensive win over Australia - and top spot may be attained in the series against South Africa.
The tourists were hammered by seven wickets as England...
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11/07/2012
South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher has announced his retirement from international cricket after undergoing surgery on his freak eye injury.
The 35-year-old suffered a lacerated eyeball from a flying bail in the tour match at Taunton and...
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10/07/2012
Andy Murray put up a "spectacular" performance at Wimbledon against Roger Federer and should be "very proud" of how he played, former champion Boris Becker has said.
The German, who first won the tournament as an unseeded...
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09/07/2012
The dust is settling on a memorable Wimbledon 2012, in which Roger Federer's record-equalling seventh title was just one of many big stories.
Federer's return to world number one at the age of 30 and Andy Murray's achievement in becoming...
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09/07/2012
Dai Greene has been chosen to captain the Great Britain Athletics team at the Olympic Games.
UK Athletics has confirmed the Welsh World, European and Commonwealth 400 m hurdles champion will lead the 78-strong group and he suggested those enjoying...
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09/07/2012
While Wimbledon has only just finished, the Olympics are already looming and with them more action on the grass courts of the All-England Club.
For those enjoying London...
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06/07/2012
Roger Federer rolled back the years with a vintage display to overcome defending champion Novak Djokovic and reach his eighth Wimbledon final.
The six-times winner beat the Serb in four sets in a superb match, to leave the 30-year-old...
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06/07/2012
Usain Bolt could cut the 100 metres world record to just 9.4 seconds, according to former US athlete Michael Johnson.
He told Laureaus.com that such a feat is possible - but only if the Jamaican changes the way he runs.
Johnson...
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06/07/2012
Surrey batsman Mark Ramprakash has announced his retirement from cricket with immediate effect.
The 42-year-old former England player revealed his decision after enduring a poor run of form this season.
Although he only made two Test centuries...
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05/07/2012
England's Elite Player Squads have been named for the senior and Saxons matches to be played before the end of this year.
James Haskell is a notable omission from the seniors, who will take on Fiji,...
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05/07/2012
Andy Murray is one win away from becoming the first British man to play in the Wimbledon final since Bunny Austin in 1938.
Having overcome the tough challenge of David Ferrer in the quarter-final, the Scot faces Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Friday's...
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04/07/2012
Andy Murray has played down talk of winning Wimbledon as he prepares to face David Ferrer on grass for the first time.
The previous ten meetings between the two have ended in five wins apiece, with Ferrer clinching four of these on clay.
But...
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03/07/2012
London Welsh will be playing their rugby in the Aviva Premiership next season after winning their appeal against a ruling that they had not met the Minimum Eligibility Criteria for participation, including securing an adequate ground.
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03/07/2012
Women's world number one Maria Sharapova has been knocked out of Wimbledon - and has been followed through the exit by Kim Clijsters.
French Open champion Sharapova was defeated 6-4, 6-3 by Sabine Lisicki, the German opponent she had overcome...
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03/07/2012
A few months ago, Usain Bolt was talking not just about winning Olympic gold again, but smashing world records.
But at the Jamaican Olympic trials, Bolt has been beaten by Yohan Blake in both the 200 metres and 100 metres, with Asafa Powell...
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02/07/2012
Scotland aims to emulate their England counterparts of 2003 and produce a Rugby World Cup winning team under a new strategic plan.
The Journey to 2016 is a plan that aims to improve competitive standards at all levels, with plans including the...
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