Friendlies
Mexico, one of Portugal’s group rivals, has managed to beat European opposition for the first time in three years. Fonseca and Huiqui were on the mark in Phoenix, Arizona, after
LET’S WALK
Monday 26 – Around Caldas de Monchique. From 10.30am. A moderately easy 2 hour circular walk along the river valley and through the countryside, with great views to the coast.
SNOOKER
The generation game • Steve Davis, now 48, but still ranked 15th in the world THE TRAVIS Perkins UK Championship in York did not at all go the way most
Politics v sport
Recent public statements by the President of Iran stating that the holocaust is a myth has prompted French MEP Daniel Cohn-Bendit to call for Iran’s exclusion from the 2006 World
Comment – Mama Mia
Football fans everywhere are in a state of mourning following the retirement of one of the greatest No. 9s of all time, last week. No, I am not talking about
Horseracing – No Vic Bonus
Saturday’s 150,000 euros Bonusprint.com Gold Cup at Cheltenham saw the seasonal return of the previously injured Martin Pipe stable star, Our Vic. The six-year-old is still a novice having had
Boxing – Top heavy
Las Vegas played host to yet another heavyweight mismatch last weekend, underlining the Division’s desperate need for some fresh talent to emerge. Lennox Lewis’ undisputed reign, prior to his retirement,
ODD BALLS
The managerial carousel has swung around again. Walter Smith has taken on the Scotland job vacated by the spectacularly unsuccessful, Berti Vogts. Harry Redknapp, who walked out on Portsmouth two
Euro Leagues
In England, Chelsea’s relentless charge towards the championship continued with yet another 4-0 win, this time against an out-classed Newcastle. Main slipstreamers, Arsenal, Everton and Manchester United also won to
Back in the ring
Whereas Evander Holyfield’s umpteenth comeback attempt ended disastrously recently, the former World Heavyweight Champion being banned indefinitely by the New York State Athletics Commission, ‘Prince’ Naseem Hamed, plans to make