Sport

By SKIP BANDELE Tiger on course for the Algarve? HOPES ARE high that the on-going golf boom in the Algarve may attract the attention of the world’s greatest golfer, Tiger

By SKIP BANDELE Hammer blows THE FOREIGN invasion taking over at the top of English football looks set to continue with latest developments at West Ham. Manchester United and Aston

By SKIP BANDELE National Hunt on top once more WITH THE flat season drawing to a close, National Hunt racing once more takes over top billing with the first seasonal

By SKIP BANDELE Group A: Spanish Blues THE ANIMOSITY and mutual antagonism that has characterised the encounters between Chelsea and Barcelona over the past two seasons once again threatened to

By SKIP BANDELE In Portugal, Benfica travelled to Porto for the showdown of the weekend. The champions and league leaders seemed to be cruising following early strikes from Postiga and

By SKIP BANDELE Hearts and minds There is at least one positive aspect concerning the now firmly established Russian Chelsea revolution: as far as we know owner, Roman Abramovich, pumps

By SKIP BANDELE Victory in Valencia SOME PEOPLE may regard the top division of motorcycle racing as a minority sport, but it is difficult to argue with the almost 130,000

Glory days By SKIP BANDELE You know winter has really arrived when the Heineken Cup, rugby union’s Champions League, gets under way. The weekend saw Europe’s finest kicking off the

Sporting month OCTOBER CONTINUES with cricket’s Champions Trophy in India, the competition reaching its climax on November 5. In athletics, the world’s best long-distance runners take to the road first