| Depressed Hatton enters rehabilitation • Max Clifford confirms Hatton has had issues with alcohol• News follows newspaper claims about boxer's drug useRicky Hatton has entered rehabilitation after battling with severe depression and a drink problem, the boxer's spokesman, Max Clifford, said tonight.Clifford said Hatton spent several hours speaking to specialists following newspaper claims yesterday that the former light welterweight and welterweight world champion used "industrial quantities" of cocaine on a night out in his home city of Manchester.Clifford said the 31-year-old Hatton's state of mind had been a cause of concern for some time, and that drug use was only the most recent manifestation of a much bigger problem."His father has already been talking to the specialists over the last few weeks," Clifford said. "He and others have been increasingly concerned about his depression and his drinking."He met with the specialist today for four, five, six hours and he was told that his depression is severe depression and that he has a drink problem. The drugs are quite recent and not actually the problem when we're talking about degrees."Ricky HattonBoxingguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Coalition wants Mesa to pay $84M to keep Cubs in town The Chicago Cubs and a community coalition from Mesa have started an aggressive campaign aimed at keeping the club in its spring training home city. feeds.bizjournals.com |
ESPN's Mariotti pleads no contest to misdemeanor By 2010-10-01T15:00:06ZLOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles city attorney's office says ESPN personality Jay Mariotti has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery count stemming from an August incident involving a female companion.... hosted.ap.org |
Commonwealth Games: James Goddard claims second gold medal • 27-year-old wins 200m individual medley title• Follows imperious victory in 200m backstroke• Follow all the action with Steve Busfield's live blogEngland's James Goddard has claimed his second gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi after leading from the start to take the 200m individual medley title.The 27-year-old followed up his imperious victory in the 200m backstroke, one of the most impressive performances at the Games this week, with victory tonight in 1min 58.10sec.Goddard pulled away on the breaststroke leg and he was well clear at the finish with his England team-mate Joe Roebuck going one better than his European Championship efforts to touch in second in 1min 59.86sec.Commonwealth Games 2010Swimmingguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
RCR shuffles pit crews to help Kevin Harvick at Martinsville With its Chase for the Sprint Cup contenders whittled from three cars to one, Richard Childress Racing has reshuffled personnel to shore up the ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |