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| David Nugent earns derby draw for Burnley David Nugent gave a timely reminder of his scoring ability at Turf Moor as he secured a point for Burnley in their Premier League clash with Bolton. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Vickery ruled out of Six Nations • Wasps expect tighthead back training in March• Flanker Worsley to miss first two England gamesTighthead prop was a problem position for England in the autumn, with Phil Vickery and Julian White injured, and Wasps said today that Vickery, who is recovering from neck surgery, would not start training for another two months. He is out of the Six Nations. Leicester, however, expect White, who has not played since October after he suffered a torn hamstring, to return against Viadana next week."It looks like Julian will make his comeback next week and that gives him a chance for the Six Nations," said Leicester's head coach, Richard Cockerill. "He suffered a serious injury and ended up needing surgery, but working on his farm has kept him fit and it will be good to have him back, with Martin Castrogiovanni likely to be out for another couple of weeks."England used Bath's David Wilson against Australia but he was ruled out of the matches against Argentina and New Zealand with injury. His club-mate Duncan Bell was recalled, with Gloucester's Paul Doran-Jones added to the squad.Wasps had hoped that Vickery, who was operated on in October, would be back in action next month, but they yesterday said the former England captain was not expected to resume training until March. The flanker Joe Worsley will miss at least the first two rounds of the Six Nations as he recovers from knee ligament damage. He is not expected to return to training with Wasps for another month.With Leicester's match against Wasps the only Premiership game to survive the weather, Glasgow demanded compensation after being left "disappointed and frustrated" by the cancellation of tonight's Magners League game at Leinster. The match was postponed due to a frozen pitch following an 11am inspection at the Royal Dublin Showground.Glasgow, who had flown to Dublin, said: "The Warriors, who travelled to Dublin yesterday, did so on the advice of Leinster officials who expected the game to go ahead as planned. A number of travelling fans have also been severely inconvenienced."London WaspsEngland rugby union teamSix Nations rugbyLeicester TigersMagners LeagueLeinsterRugby unionPaul Reesguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Kansas City will be listed among game sites in World Cup bid Kansas City will be among 18 cities named as potential game sites in the United States’ bid for soccer’s World Cup. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Scotts to offer Reds-branded seed Cincinnati Reds fans will be able to buy team-branded grass seed and fertilizer this year based on the products used at Great American Ball Park. (SMG) feeds.bizjournals.com |
Today in Sport: Have your say on the day's news Discuss the day's big issues, send us your favourite links, follow us on Twitter and take a look at our 2010 sport calendar8.10am: Good morning and welcome to our daily sports news blog. Throughout the day we will update this page with news, links, and what's expected to happen in the hours ahead. Time permitting, we'll try to wade in below the line, answering your questions and comments. We'll have an update on how we expect the news to develop after our morning meeting but in the meantime here's what has happened while you've been snoozing:Marin Cilic has just beaten the Andy Roddick in a five-set thriller on the Rod Laver Arena, with the Croatian prevailing 7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3. Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal will have a hard act to follow - they're next up on court and Paolo Bandini will be bringing you a game-by-game report as soon as that gets underway. Justine Henin has won her way through to the semi-finals of the women's singles where she'll play Zheng Jie, the first Chinese woman ever to reach the last four in Melbourne. Henin beat Nadia Petrova 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, while Zheng saw off Maria Kirilenko 6-1, 6-3. In the girls' singles, Great Britain's Laura Robson qualified for the third round with a win over Yulia Putintseva. The 16-year-old defeated the Russian 11th seed in three sets: 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. There was also success for Great Britain's No1 boys' singles player Oliver Golding, who came from a set down to beat Ireland's Sam Barry 7-6 (10-8), 6-3, 6-4. [BG]8.19pm: In an interview that's so moving it would bring a tear to a glass eye, Donald McRae meets John Hartson and discusses the former Celtic legend's brave ongoing battle against the cancer that, left unattended, spread from his testicles to his lungs and brain. [BG]8.38am: It's been confirmed that the South Africa coach Mickey Arthur has announced his resignation from the position with immediate effect. South Africa are due to leave for a tour of India within the next few days, but Arthur, who has been in charge since May 2005, will not be going with them.9.29am: If you haven't already, why not join Paolo for game-by-game coverage of Murray v Nadal. They've already traded breaks early on, with Murray currently 3-2 up on serve in the opening set.Today's Rumour Mill is also available for your reading pleasure, today featuring update No999 on Arsène Wenger's search for a new striker. KM9.50am: We've had our morning meeting and here's a taster of what you can look forward to later today ...• There are Manchester United and Manchester City press conferences ahead of tomorrow night's Carling Cup semi-final second leg. • Chelsea and Arsenal are also giving press conferences ahead of their Premier League matches against Aston Villa and Birmingham City respectively.• We'll be providing minute-by-minute coverage of tonight's Premier League encounter between Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham. Kick-off at White Hart Lane is pencilled in for 8pm. • We'll be keeping you posted on the reaction to Mickey Arthur's resignation from the post of South Africa cricket coach. • Fifa president Sepp Blatter's been shooting his mouth off again - we'll have the story up on our football website very shortly. • In boxing, there's a press conference scheduled for later today in which David Haye and John Ruiz will try get trash-talking in order to drum up business ahead of their bout in Manchester's MEN Arena on 3 April, Haye's first defence of the WBA World Heavyweight title he won from Nikolay Valuev in November. [BG]10.08am: The Gallery is now up on the site, as Fergie cashes in his spare gold, BenĂtez goes begging to Obama and Ali al-Faraj enters the Dragons' Den ... why it must be Premier League teams in the red. And if you have a spare minute or two, next we'd like to see your takes on the Madchester derby. As for Murray, he's taken the first set 6-3 against Nadal. Ricky Hatton is apparently watching on in Murray's box. Not sure what the connection is there ...? KM10.30am: Bad news for Australia, Japan and the USA. England's hopes of staging the 2018 World Cup have been given a lift by the news that Fifa is planning to restrict bids for the event to countries from Europe. England, Russia and joint bids from Spain and Portugal, and Belgium and the Netherlands are currently competing to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. [BG]11.26am: Sky Sports News are reporting that Fulham have accepted a bid from Manchester United for defender Chris Smalling. Fulham haven't confirmed or denied the story yet, but we'll bring you confirmation as soon as we have it. The 20-year-old signed for Fulham from Kent non-league side Maidstone United in 2008 and was recently linked with Arsenal. [BG]11.32am: Meanwhile in Melbourne, Murray is doing really rather well. He's now two sets to love up against Nadal and also leads the defending champion by a break in third. You can follow (what will hopefully be) the closing stages of the match here. KM11.35am: Well I think I gave Rafa the kiss of death. No sooner did I write that, he quit injured, the world No2's dodgy knees once again letting him down. Murray was leading 7-6, 6-3, 3-0 at the time. So Murray's through to his first Australian Open semi-final, where he'll face Croatia's Marin Cilic, who beat him at the US Open last year. We'll have a report from our man in Melbourne, Kevin Mitchell, up on the site soon. KM12.53pm: Here's Kevin Mitchell's report on Murray's victory over Nadal. Even Kevin seems to be getting a bit excited that Murray could be about to go where no British man has gone since Fred Perry in 1936. Elsewhere, Sir Alex Ferguson has shrugged off suggestions he should warn United's players about their discipline heading into part two of the Manchester derby and David Haye will make the first defence of his WBA heavyweight title against John Ruiz at the MEN Arena on 3 April. KM2.20pm: OldDivision4, the Football League blog has just gone live. This week Louise Taylor looks at how lower league teams fared in the FA Cup fourth round. Also on the sportblog: Andy Bull's weekly delivery of the Spin.A couple of pieces of breaking news too: Portsmouth's transfer embargo has been lifted and Rio Ferdinand could miss Manchester United's game at Arsenal on Sunday after being charged with violent conduct for lashing out at Craig Fagan. Talking of Arsenal, they could provide United with a bit of competition for the signature of Chris Smalling. KM3.25pm: We've now got some video highlights of Murray's quarter-final win against Nadal above. Of course it's a great achievement for Murray, though it's not nice to see Nadal in pain. You have to wonder whether Nadal's aching knees will ever allow him to be the force he once was. KM4.08pm: United have just confirmed they have agreed a deal to sign Chris Smalling. Not bad for a defender who was playing non-league football with Maidstone two years ago. This is the statement on the club's website:"United have agreed terms with Fulham to sign young central defender Chris Smalling.The 20-year-old Greenwich-born defender will join the Reds from the start of the 2010/11 season. He will remain at Fulham until the end of the current season." Sure Ferguson will be happy to get one over on Arsène Wenger, who as mentioned earlier was also tracking Smalling. KM4.30pm: Another Premier League player on the move: Craig Gardner will make the short trip across the Second City after Birmingham agreed a fee of ÂŁ3m for the midfielder. He has joined from Aston Villa on a four and a half-year deal. While in the Championship the Peterborough chairman, Darragh MacAnthony, has blamed a whole host of nefarious forces 'within' the club for their 'disasterous' season:"The team spirit from the last two years has nearly been destroyed by greed, skulduggery, tapping up and disloyalty from within and this has all occurred over the last 120 days or so, non stop and is eating away at our inner core." GR5.22pm: That's about it for the blog today, but before we go there's some bad news for Crystal Palace fans: the club have gone into administration, triggering the Football League's automatic 10-point deduction. On a brighter note, be sure to stay tuned for tonight's Tottenham v Fulham minute-by-minute, with Barney Ronay the man on duty. The other Premier League matches this evening are Bolton v Burnley, Portsmouth v West Ham and Wolves v Liverpool, while there's an (almost) full programme in the lower leagues. Thanks for your comments today and see you tomorrow. KMBarry GlendenningKaty Murrellsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |