EUROPEAN UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIPS
Portuguese demise TWO YEARS after the senior event, Uefa has awarded Portugal the ‘junior’ continental championships disputed by eight nations, divided into two groups of four. The venues, Porto, Braga,
HORSE RACING – Classic aspirations
THE LAST of the Derby and Oaks trials have been run, and the two most prestigious races of the flat season are now only just over a week away. The
TENNIS – Hamburg climb-down
THE GERMAN Open was robbed of much of its significance by the last minute withdrawal of its top two seeds, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The pair declared themselves too
ENGLAND – Algarve holiday
THE ENGLAND party enjoyed their team-building pre-World Cup stay in Vale do Lobo last week, although the value and timing of the exercise must be questioned. David Beckham arrived late,
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – Spiked Gunners, loyal fusilier
ARSENAL’S BID to succeed in their first Champions League final, and become the first English club south of Birmingham to lift the European Cup, faltered as early as the 20th
RUGBY ROUND-UP – Glory days
MUNSTER WON their first Heineken Cup final, at the third attempt, by beating Biarritz 23-19 at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium last Saturday. The Basque side took an early lead through a
WORLD CUP – Selection surprises
SPAIN WILL will travel to Germany without Liverpool striker Fernando Morientes who has been a national team regular since 1998, or Barcelona’s in-form keeper Victor Valdes. Southampton’s Alexander Ostlund has
CUPS GALORE!
Uefa Cup final: So near, yet so far STEVE MCCLAREN’S intended last hurrah in Eindhoven turned sour, as Middlesbrough’s tremendous European run finally came to an emphatic end. Having staged
MOTOR SPORT – Home advantage
FERNANDO ALONSO avenged his defeat in Michael Schumacher’s back yard the previous weekend, with a clinical success on his own Barcelona circuit. The reigning world champion started the race in
TENNIS – Roman holiday
THE ATP Italian Masters ended in yet another titanic final showdown between world number one, Roger Federer, and the young clay court king, Rafael Nadal. Federer, who has yet to