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PFORMER Wiganand GB hookerJoe Egan has died,aged 93.RFL chief execu-tive Nigel Wood said:Joe was a greatcharacter whoenhanced our sport.

PRORY SCHLEIN,28, has quittop-flight Belle Vueand is looking for anew team.The speedway acesaid: I didnt getassurances changeswould happen.

NATHAN CLEVERLY insists hecan stop ring legend BernardHopkins rewriting the boxingrecord books again.Cleverly was booed into thering to defend his WBO worldlight-heavyweight title againstShawn Hawk in Los Angeles.But the Welshman received astanding ovation on hisway back after haltingHawk in eight rounds.Now Cleverly tops thelist to face Hopkins who isbidding to beat his ownrecord as the oldest man towin a world title.IBF champion TavorisCloud and WBA title-holder Beibut Shumenovare also on the shortlist todefend against Hopkins inMarch, when he will be 48.Wales puncher Cleverly,25, insisted: Records arethere to be broken but Illbe the one wholl bebreaking hearts if Hopkinsagrees to fight me. I fancy mychances against anyone, even thoughI have total respect for all of hisachievements.This win proves Im ready for theStates, I just hope their best fightersare ready to fight me.Native American Hawk was toughbut could not handle Cleverlyspower and was dropped twice in

By PAT SHEEHAN

round seven from a cluster of heavyshots unloaded by his rival.Hawk beat the count but wasdumped again in the eighth whencaught by another sledgehammerright, forcing the referee to call ahalt after after 1min 53sec.Cleverly, now unbeaten in 25bouts, said: They booed me as I

went in but some fans gaveme a standing ovationwhen I left the ring, whichshows my exciting style canwin over people here.I think I made a realimpression on the Americanaudience. I took risks but Ifound the kind of finish Ineeded to come out on top.Now Id love to defendagainst Hopkins next year.That is the kind of fightwe are working to all thetime. Im now establishedat world level and that sortof big match is definitelyon the cards for me.Cleverly was led into the

ring by singer Sir Tom Jones andfilm star Mickey Rourke.He said: Mickey is a cracking guyand Tom is a Welsh legend. I cantthank them enough for wanting tohelp me make a name for myself inAmerica.Although it was quite surreal my mum loves Tom Jones and sheswell chuffed!

RagingJorge

UPDATE

UPDATE

SPORTS

NOT UNUSUAL . . .Jones and Cleverly

NEWLY-CROWNED MotoGP champJorge Lorenzo crashed out in the rainin the season finale at Valencia.The Spaniard was trying to lapJames Ellis and waved his fist at theBrit after crashing. Dani Pedrosa won.

BRINGONHOPKINS

OUT . . . Jorge crashesand waves his fist (below)

Nathans big-fight plea

WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO wasshaken but not stirred as heretained his world heavyweighttitles in Hamburg.The WBA, IBF and WBOchamp was stunned by a mas-sive right from Mariusz Wachin the fifth round. But heregained his composure tosee off his rival from Poland.At the final bell, the previ-ously unbeaten Wach hadbeen outclassed. Scores of

By PAT SHEEHAN

120-107, 120-107 and119-109 reflected the Ukraini-ans domination in his 13thworld title defence.Klitschko, 36, (right) said:Wach caught me in the fifthbut then I slipped.The fight was unbelievablybrutal. Wach just didnt wantto fall, he somehow managedto stay standing.

Klitschko whacks Wach

TARGET MAN . . . Hawk slumps on the ropes under a barrage from Cleverly

Monday, November 12, 2012 45PG

09067520+CARLISLE ..........301 ..311SOUTHWELL ......302 ..312BOTH TRACKS....300 ..320

Calls cost 77p per minute at all times

COMMENTARY RESULTS

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FOG PATCHES (nap) 12.50 Tipsy Dara (nb)Snowed In 1.20 Smart ActRossinis Dancer 1.55 Papa CarusoAcross The Bay 2.25 CAPPA BLEU (nap)Imjoeking 2.55 Definite DreamJet Master 3.30 KruzhlininCloud Creeper 4.00 No Deal

nnTIC-TAC: Right-handed undulating track of 1m 5f, 9 easy fences, a punishing, uphill straight. Run-in is 300yds.nnLEADING TRAINERS WITH RUNNERS (2007-2012): Mrs S Smith 29-156, Miss L Russell 23-171, D McCain23-147, F Murphy 10-110. THIS SEASON: D McCain 4, Miss L Russell 3, Mrs S Smith 2.nnTOP JOCKEYS WITH RIDES (2007-2012): D ORegan 21-92, P Buchanan 18-146, K Renwick 16-93, JMaguire 15-82. THIS SEASON: J Maguire 4, R Mania 1, T Scudamore 1.nnLONGEST TRAVELLER: Polarbrook (1.20) trained at Cheltenham. Round trip of 480 miles.nnLIVE ON RUK

ABC: C-Carlisle, S-Southwell

GREYHOUND TIPS AND SP CHECK

RACING RESULTS ROUND-UP

BOX CLEVERTRAINERTRACE

nnCARLISLE 2.55 Definite Dream E UHales to E Williams, 3.30 Kruzhlinin NTwiston-Davies to D McCain, 4.00Cloud Creeper M Molloy to D McCain,Mandarin Sunset V Thompson to JEwart, No Deal D Coffey to Miss LRussell, Two Oscars N Henderson toA Crook.nnSOUTHWELL 3.20 Strong Soul MissR Curtis to B J Llewellyn.

JOB JOCKEYSnnCARLISLE C Nichol rides RhymersHa (1.20) for Miss L Russell, 5 from24, 21%. D Cook rides Powerful Am-bition (1.20), Grand Shift (2.55) for BEllison, 27 from 135, 20%. J Bewleyrides Brae On (4.00) for G Bewley, 14from 71, 20%.nnSOUTHWELL A P McCoy rides Lib-erate (3.20) for Mrs A Murphy, 3 from6, 50%. K Moore rides Musical Surp-rise (3.50) for A Hales, 3 from 12, 25%.T Phelan rides Regs Ruby (12.40) forD Bridgwater, 11 from 49, 22%. N Feh-ily rides River Purple (2.45) for J Mack-ie, 7 from 32, 22%. K Woods ridesGougane (2.45) for P W Middleton, 7from 35, 20%.

TEMPLEGATES TRIO: Fog Patches (Carlisle) and Kilvergan Boy (double, Southwell) with Across The Bay (Carlisle).TOM PEPPERS DOUBLE: Cappa Bleu and Tipsy Dara (both Carlisle). SUNRATINGS NAP: CAPPA BLEU (2.25 Carlisle).

RHYMERS HA (11-12) 5-1 held upwent 4th 2 out, kept on one pace,weakened final 100 yards, 5th of 13(btn 17l) to Scotswell (11-4) (Kelso23/4m hcap hdle (4) 2,599 good).

SMART ACT (11-12) 3-1 fav trackedleaders, weakened 2 out, left moder-ate 4th last, 4th of 9 (btn 19l) toKnight Valliant (10-2) (Carlisle 21/2mhcap hdle (4) 2,738 soft).

POLARBROOK (10-13) 11-4 fav mid-division, headway 9th, weakened 3out, tailed off, 7th of 12 (well btn) toWhat An Oscar (11-12) (Uttoxeter 3mhcap hdle (4) 3,249 good to soft).

MITCHELLS WAY (11-12) 16-1 track-ed leaders, lost place 4 out, no impr-ession, 6th of 9 (btn 15l) to Acord-

ingtoscript (9-13) (Newcastle 21/2mhcap hdle (4) 2,924 good to soft).

ALMADAN (11-0) 33-1 held up, nochance with leaders on long flat, 5thof 7 (btn 34l) to Gevrey Chambertin(11-0) (Aintree 2m mdn hdle (4)3,899 good).

POWERFUL AMBITION (10-0) 7-1 inrear, pushed along 4 out, headway 3out, kept on last 100 yards, alwaysheld by winner, btn 33/4l by Humbie(10-12) (8 ran) (Kelso 23/4m hcaphdle (3) 4,549 good to soft).

SNOWED IN (10-13) 10-1 tracked lead-ers, led 2 out, jumped right, headedlast, kept on, 4th of 5 (btn 21/4l) toRupert Bear (11-4) (Carlisle 2m 1fnov hcap hdle (4) 3,249 heavy).

SUNFORM

ROSSINIS DANCER pulled up latest,earlier (11-7) 10-1 tracked leaders,led 8th, made rest, drew readily clearlast, easily, bt THE MAGIC BISHOP(11-12) 7-2 held up, headway 9th,chased leading pair 4 out, no chan-ce with winner, 15l (7 ran) (Perth21/2m hcap ch (4) 5,198 good).

PAPA CARUSO (11-2) 12-1 mid-divi-sion, lost place 10th, soon behind,

7th of 13 (well btn) to Our Mick (11-8) (Kempton 21/2m nov hcap ch (3)6,882 good to soft).

THE MAGIC BISHOP (11-6) 15-2 heldup, headway 4 out, outpaced next,soon beaten, 5th of 8 (btn 26l) toRebel Swing (10-13) WHATS UPWOODY (11-5) 10-1 outpaced 4 out,weakened, tailed off, 7th (well btn)(Carlisle 3m hcap ch (3) 5,653 soft).

SUNFORM

ACROSS THE BAY (11-9) 4-1 made all,clear last, stayed on well, bt BescotSprings (10-7) 7l (9 ran) (Kelso 31/4mhcap ch (3) 9,747 heavy).

BEAMAZED (11-4) 16-1 joined leader9th, hit 13th, travelled on bit from14th, led last, kept on strongly, btVamizi (11-0) 5l (13 ran) (Carlisle31/4m hcap ch (3) 5,653 heavy).

CAPPA BLEU (10-10) 16-1 mid-divi-sion, one pace 2 out, stayed on,never reached leaders, 4th of 40 (btn

12l) to Neptune Collonges (11-6)(Aintree 41/2m (1) 547,268 good).

SARANDO pulled up latest, earlier(10-5) 28-1 struggling 6th, never afactor, 11th of 18 (btn 30l) to Bourne(9-11) (Ascot 2m 3f hcap hdle (2)24,760 good to soft).

SOFT SPOKEN GUY (10-1) 13-2 head-way 4 out, lost place next, no impres-sion, 4th of 14 (btn 26l) to TruckingAlong (10-3) (Wetherby 23/4m hcaphdle (3) 4,791 good to soft).

SUNFORM

DEFINITE DREAM (12-0) 5-1 led 2fout, strongly pressed, kept on, btCalibre Style (10-6) 1/2l (17 ran)(Tipperary 2m NHF 4,830 soft).

FORTY CROWN (11-9) 6-1 pushedalong 4f out, stayed on same pacefinal 2f, 4th of 8 (btn 17l) to CrackingMan (10-13) (Wetherby 2m NHF (6)1,506 heavy).

GRAND SHIFT (10-8) 20-1 weakened5f out, tailed off, 9th of 11 (btn 45l)to Regal Encore (10-3) (Southwell2m NHF (6) 1,437 AW).

IMJOEKING (10-7) 10-1 chased leaders4f out, led 3f out, held on, bt Black-

water King (11-0) 11/4l (7 ran) (Carlisle2m 1f NHF (6) 1,437 heavy).

JULIA TOO (10-7) 11-2 held up, head-way 5th, led 2 out, headed run-in,regained lead last 150 yards, kept ongamely, bt Bonnie Burnett (10-10) 2l(8 ran) (Hexham 2m nov hdle (4)3,249 heavy).

MORNING ROYALTY (11-0) 7-4 favheadway 4 out, chased leaders 2out, no impression, 4th of 6 (btn 22l)to Dotties Dilema (11-0) (Hexham 2mmdn hdle (4) 3,422 heavy).

JACK ALBERT half-brother to Break-ing Storm, won four hurdle races.

SUNFORM

ATTYCRAN (11-0) 13-2 tracked lead-ers, led 5th, headed 6th, outpacedlast, kept on same pace, btn 9l byGreen Flag (11-0) (8 ran) (Hexham21/2m mdn hdle (5) 2,144 heavy).

JET MASTER (11-2) 12-1 raced keenly,led 2nd, soon clear, reduced advan-tage 3 out, headed next, kept onsame pace, btn 5l by Maggio (10-12)(9 ran) (Kelso 23/4m hdle (4) 3,899good to soft).

KENT STREET (10-9) 25-1 held up inlast pair, outpaced 4 out, never dan-gerous, 5th of 10 (btn 19l) to BuryParade (10-13) (Carlisle 2m beg ch(4) 3,054 soft).

KRUZHLININ (11-4) 9-4 fav trackedleaders, went 2nd from 4th, led 2

out, drew clear last, bt OutrageousRequest (11-0) 6l (9 ran) (Perth 2mnov hcap hdl (3) 4,791 good).

SNAPPING TURTLE (10-7) 5-1 trackedleaders, took keen hold, led 2 out,headed soon after 2 out, one paceand no impression, 3rd of 6 (btn 20l)to Fentara (11-5) (Hexham 21/2mhcap hdle (4) 3,249 soft).

TRIPTICO (11-5) 10-3 tracked leaders,chased winner 3 out, no impression,btn 24l by Same Difference (11-5) (8ran) (Ffos Las 21/2m nov hdle (4)2,599 good to soft).

KYKATE (11-8) 8-1 prominent, weak-ened 2 out, 4th of 8 (btn 10l) toAbsinthe (11-12) (Bangor 2m 1f hcaphdle (4) 3,249 good to soft).

SUNFORM

FOG PATCHES (11-1) 10-1 held up,headway 11th, stayed on, no impres-sion, btn 4l by Pete The Feat (11-1)(9 ran) (Uttoxeter 3m hcap ch (4)3,798 good to soft).

TIPSY DARA (10-10) 2-1 fav led, head-ed 3 out, led again last, kept on, dri-ven out, bt Sparkling Tara (11-7) 1l (6ran) (Hexham 21/2m hcap ch (4)3,249 heavy).

OVERAFRICA (10-13) 10-3 with leader,led 2 out, headed, lost 2nd run-in,3rd of 5 (btn 18l) to Ros Castle (11-2)

(Kelso 2m 1f (4) 3,899 heavy).CILLISEAL (11-5) 11-8 fav settled inrear, mistakes, closer order 3 out,led last, forged clear, all out, bt Bills-grey (10-10) 31/4l (5 ran) (Hexham 3m1f hcap ch (5) 1,916 heavy).

BLAZING DIVA (11-3) 10-1 led 12th,headed 4 out, every chance 2 out,no extra last, btn 7l by Mr Woods(10-2) ROYAL MACKINTOSH (11-4)5-1 held up, tracked leaders, weak-ened, 5th (well btn) (8 ran) (Carlisle31/4m hcap ch (4) 3,054 heavy).

SUNFORM

By CLAUDE DUVAL

EACH-WAY THIEFCUE TO CUE (2.15 South-well) was a close third offthe same rating in a betterrace at Newcastle in Feb-ruary. And he won firsttime out last season.Back him in an each-way

double with consistent SETIN HER WAYS (2.45 South-well), who ran well lasttime and will be better suit-ed by todays trip.

WATCH RACING UK ON SKY432 HANDICAP CHASE (Class4); value to the winner 3,054; 3m 2f. (6 runners)

1 2213122 FOG PATCHES 36 (P) Miss L Russell 6-11-12 .................. T Scudamore 972 1341F-1 TIPSY DARA 30 N Alexander 8-11-8 ........................ Lucy Alexander (3) 913 68323-3 OVERAFRICA 23 (PH) D McCain 6-11-8 ................................. J Maguire 884 14-2251 CILLISEAL 38 (T) N C Kelly (Ire) 7-11-5 ................................ D R Fox (7) 985 83/255- ROYAL MACKINTOSH 249 (PH;CD) A H Mactaggart 11-11-4 .... B Harding 856 /8PP2P- BLAZING DIVA 199 (CD) A M Thomson 9-11-4...................... R Mania l99SUN BETTING: 2 Tipsy Dara, 10-3 Cilliseal, 7-2 Fog Patches, 5 Overafrica, 10 RoyalMackintosh, 12 Blazing DivaWHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 1 3 4-PU 1 22011: Do It For Dalkey 9-11-12 P Buchanan 9-2 (Miss L Russell), 12 ran.

12.50

LEAPING FOR LIFESTYLE FITNESS NOVICES HANDICAPHURDLE (4); winner 2,669; 2m 3f 110yds. (7 runners)

1 242225- RHYMERS HA 233 Miss L Russell 5-11-12............. Craig Nichol (10) l992 5222-4 SMART ACT 18 (BF) D McCain 6-11-11 ..................... Paul OBrien (10) 973 364-7 POLARBROOK 36 (BF) K Bailey 5-11-9................................... J Maguire 864 3522-46 MITCHELLS WAY 17 G Swinbank 5-11-9.................................... F Davis 855 P583-85 ALMADAN 16 F Murphy 4-11-7................................. Lucy Alexander (3) 986 70822-2 POWERFUL AMBITION 194 B Ellison 6-11-6 .............................. D Cook 867 FP27U54 SNOWED IN 8 (P) Jennie Candlish 3-10-6 ............................... S Quinlan 87SUN BETTING: 5-2 Powerful Ambition, 7-2 Smart Act, 4 Rhymers Ha, 5 SnowedIn, 8 Polarbrook, 10 Mitchells Way, 14 AlmadanWHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 52011: Tap Night 4-11-12 P Buchanan 5-1 (Miss L Russell), 11 ran.

1.20

BORDER CITY HANDICAP CHASE (4); value to the winner3,054; 2m 4f. (4 runners)

1 221-P1P ROSSINIS DANCER 36 (P;D) N Alexander 7-11-12... Lucy Alexander (3) l992 554/17- PAPA CARUSO 322 (D) Mrs S Smith 8-11-9................................ R Mania 3 4-47215 THE MAGIC BISHOP 18 (T;C,D) J Jefferson 7-11-7 ............... H Haynes 984 1/P88-7 WHATS UP WOODY 18 (CD) J Wade 7-11-4 ......................... K Renwick 97SUN BETTING: 15-8 The Magic Bishop, 9-4 Rossinis Dancer, 5-2 Papa Caruso, 6Whats Up WoodyWHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 2 8 4-5 12011: You Know Yourself 8-11-5 S Byrne 11-4 Fav (Mrs S Smith), 8 ran.

1.55

WEATHERBYS HAMILTON INSURANCE GRADUATIONCHASE (2); winner 10,010; 3m 110yds. (5 runners)

1 425P3-1 ACROSS THE BAY 23 D McCain 8-11-10................................ J Maguire 962 5/2UF1- BEAMAZED 266 (CD) J Jefferson 8-11-10............................. D ORegan 783 P/1334- CAPPA BLEU 212 (T;D) E Williams 10-11-10...................... P Moloney l994 /1FP0P- SARANDO F10 (B,T;CD) P Webber 7-11-10.......................... L Treadwell 5 33P05-4 SOFT SPOKEN GUY 26 (T;D) M Barnes 9-11-3....................MMcAlister SUN BETTING: 13-8 Across The Bay, 2 Cappa Bleu, 10-3 Sarando, 8 Beamazed,20 Soft Spoken GuyWHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 5 1-3 22011: Sarando 6-11-7 W Kennedy 7-2 (P Webber), 6 ran.

2.25

CHRISTMAS PARTIES AT CARLISLE RACECOURSENOVICES HURDLE (4); winner 2,534; 2m 1f. (7 runners)

1 3P321- DEFINITE DREAM 207 E Williams 5-10-12 .............................. P Moloney 2 PU1-4 FORTY CROWN 158 (D) J Wade 6-10-12 ................................ K Renwick 3 59- GRAND SHIFT 274 B Ellison 4-10-12 ............................................. D Cook 4 1-21 IMJOEKING 31 (D) Miss L Russell 5-10-12 ........................... P Buchanan 5 JACK ALBERT Mrs D Sayer 5-10-12............................................. R Mania 6 15/46-1 JULIA TOO 30 (D)W Amos 5-10-12........................................ A Voy (3) l997 31242-4 MORNING ROYALTY 38 (BF) J Moffatt 5-10-12..................... B Harding 79SUN BETTING: 15-8 Definite Dream, 9-4 Imjoeking, 6 Julia Too, 15-2 MorningRoyalty, 8 Forty Crown, 14 Grand Shift, 20 Jack AlbertWHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 42011: Vintage Star 5-10-9 S Byrne 3-1 (Mrs S Smith), 9 ran.

2.55

JOIN NOW AT REWARDS4RACING.COM BEGINNERSCHASE (3); value to the winner 5,653; 2m. (7 runners)

1 F4P-P42 ATTYCRAN 30 (T) M Barnes 7-11-2.......................................MMcAlister 2 60222-2 JET MASTER 36 N Alexander 6-11-2......................... Lucy Alexander (3) 3 342-PF5 KENT STREET 18 Mrs S Smith 7-11-2 ..................................... R Mania l994 60221-1 KRUZHLININ 180 D McCain 5-11-2........................................... J Maguire 5 233-3 SNAPPING TURTLE 191 D Whillans 7-11-2....................... C Whillans (5) 6 /43212- TRIPTICO 203 E Williams 6-11-2............................................... P Moloney 7 5190-14 KYKATE 177 (T)W Kinsey 6-10-9 ................................................ C Huxley SUN BETTING: 9-4 Kruzhlinin, 3 Jet Master, 4 Triptico, 7 Kykate, 10 Attycran,Snapping Turtle, 12 Kent StreetWHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED and 2011: No corresponding race.

3.30

BUMPER CHALLENGE (STANDARD OPEN NH FLAT RACE)(6); value to the winner 1,365; 2m 1f. (8 runners)

1 BIG SOUND T Walford 5-11-0 ............................................... B Toomey (3) 2 R BOLD SLASHER 14 Mrs S Smith 4-11-0 ...................................... R Mania 3 BRAE ON G Bewley 4-11-0...................................................... J Bewley (7) 4 1 CLOUD CREEPER 176 D McCain 5-11-0.................................. J Maguire 5 P31- MANDARIN SUNSET 253 J Ewart 5-11-0.................................. B Hughes 6 1F-2 NO DEAL 172 Miss L Russell 6-11-0 ................................. P Buchanan l997 392- PHOENIX RETURNS 304 G Swinbank 4-11-0 ............................... F Davis 8 375- TWO OSCARS 218 A Crook 6-11-0........................................... A Nicol (7) SUN BETTING: Evens Cloud Creeper, 3 No Deal, 15-2 Phoenix Returns, 8Mandarin Sunset, 16 Brae On, 20 Big Sound, 25 Bold Slasher, Two OscarsWHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 1-42011: Sydney Paget 4-11-0 A P Lane 11-4 JtFav (D McCain), 11 ran.

4.00

Across The Bay 2.25CAkbabend 3.20SAlmadan 1.20CAttycran 3.30CBaharat 2.45SBallyalton 3.50SBandanaman 2.15SBanyan Tree 2.15SBeamazed 2.25CBenefit Game 2.45SBig Sound 4.00CBlazing Diva 12.50CBold Slasher 4.00CBrae On 4.00CBrough Academy 2.15SCappa Bleu 2.25CCilliseal 12.50CCloud Creeper 4.00CCrystal Swing 1.45SCue To Cue 2.15SDArgent Cloud 1.45SDefinite Dream 2.55CDream Honours 1.10SDrishogue Lad 1.45SEthics Girl 3.50SFeeling Peckish 1.10SFlichity 1.10S

Fog Patches 12.50CForty Crown 2.55CGalley Slave 2.45SGougane 2.45SGrand Shift 2.55CHaling Park 2.45SHarveys Hope 3.50SHi Tide 2.15SImjoeking 2.55CImperial Leader 3.50SInandover 2.45SIsthereadifference 3.50SJack Albert 2.55CJawbreaker 1.45SJeano De Toulouse 3.50SJet Master 3.30CJoseph Lister 2.15SJulia Too 2.55CKent Street 3.30CKilvergan Boy 1.10SKruzhlinin 3.30CKykate 3.30CLegendary Hop 1.10SLiberate 3.20SListen And Learn 1.45SLord Landen 2.45SMakari 1.45S

Mandarin Sunset 4.00CMezarat 2.45SMinella For Party 1.45SMitchells Way 1.20CMorning Royalty 2.55CMusical Surprise 3.50SMy Inheritance 1.45SNether Stream 2.15SNo Deal 4.00CNomadic Dreamer 3.50SOr Sing About 1.10SOscar Leney 1.10SOsmosia 12.40SOverafrica 12.50CPapa Caruso 1.55CPerformance Review 2.45SPetrarchick 2.45SPhoenix Flight 2.15SPhoenix Returns 4.00CPolarbrook 1.20CPowerful Ambition 1.20CRealta Mo Croi 1.45SRegs Ruby 12.40SRhymers Ha 1.20CRiver Purple 2.45SRobbie 1.45SRossinis Dancer 1.55CRoyal Mackintosh 12.50C

Sacco Doro 2.45SSainglend 2.15SSarando 2.25CSet In Her Ways 2.45SSmart Act 1.20CSnapping Turtle 3.30CSnowed In 1.20CSoft Spoken Guy 2.25CSpirit Is Needed 3.20SStrong Soul 3.20STango In The Night 3.50STannerman 2.45STatispout 12.40SThe Ferick 2.45SThe Fonz 2.15SThe Magic Bishop 1.55CTipsy Dara 12.50CTopenhall 2.45STornade Destruval 12.40STower 3.20STriptico 3.30CTwo Oscars 4.00CUp For An Oscar 3.50SWatch The Birdie 3.20SWell Hello There 2.15SWhats UpWoody 1.55CYellow Duke 1.45S

Bleu Aintree boundGRAND NATIONAL fourth Cappa Bleu starts back on theroad to Aintree in the graduation chase (2.25) at Carlisle.Although a 10-year-old, the 2009 Foxhunter Chase win-

ner has had just seven outings over fences.But he ran a great race in the National and trainer Evan

Williams is already looking forward to a return trip.He said: Its always difficult first time back after the

National so we wanted to find him a nice little race so hecan go and enjoy himself. This looks a good place to startand if he can run a nice race Ill be very happy.He ran very well in the National and it is at the fore-

front of my mind to go back. If were lucky enough to getthrough the winter then well look forward to Aintree.The National is the only race Im thinking of with him.

Fog not to be mist!ITs clear to see that FOGPATCHES (nap) has a terrif-ic chance in the 12.50 atCarlisle.The tough and reliable

six-year-old ran a blinderwhen second at Uttoxeterlast month and that form isrock-solid with the winner,third and fourth all havingscored since.The handicapper has put

Fog Patches up 4lb but that

looks on the lenient side.KILVERGAN BOY (1.10

Southwell, nb) is fairly wellexposed but he is in goodform, is nicely handicappedand this is not a great race.ACROSS THE BAY (2.25

Carlisle, treble) impressedat Kelso on his return andcan make fitness tell again-st main rival, Cappa Bleu.

By TEMPLEGATE

nHALL GREEN: 11.03 Watch Pete (1-3-2) 11.19 Relentless Run (1-2-5)11.34 Captain To (1-5-6) 11.48Ballygur Aston (2-5-6) 12.04 FastTrack Home (5-6-1) 12.18 SargeantTang (nb) (3-1-5) 12.32 Marigold Echo(5-1-3) 12.47 Silk Thread (3-1-4) 1.04Clipper Sionna (2-4-3) 1.19 FaughanRuby (5-6-3) 1.33 Ballyridgedelite (2-4-5) 1.51 Caribbean Hulk (nap) (6-3-2)nSHEFFIELD: 11.11 WhinmoorDiamond (4-5-6) 11.28 Tollerton Dean(5-6-1) 11.42 Seathwaite Ealga (nap)(5-3-6) 11.57 Stormy Chris (1-4-6)12.12 Wisbech (3-6-5) 12.27Stepaside Jeep (nb) (3-1-5) 12.42Solo Princess (3-1-2) 12.58 PoseyRosey (3-5-4) 1.12 Clonlost Auto (6-4-5) 1.27 Miss Puff (1-2-4) 1.44 PanacheA Gogo (6-4-1) 1.58 Swift Fruit (3-6-1)nMONMORE: 2.08 Ardera Candy(nap) (1-2-4) 2.27 Kinross (nb) (3-2-5)2.47 Steeple Rd Rory (5-4-6) 3.07Stallone Jack (2-5-1) 3.28 Sherrys NoJoke (3-4-2) 3.48 Tsunami Flash (1-2-6) 4.08 Ardera Gino (6-4-3) 4.27Icantell (4-1-5) 4.47 Spicy Lass (1-2-5)5.07 Jimmy Pickles (6-3-4) 5.22Derrynaflan Jude (6-5-1) 5.38Klockwork Looney (3-2-1) 5.56Lodgeview Rikijo (3-6-1) 6.11Hypnotic Circus (1-4-6)nSWINDON: 2.18 Calling Lizzie (3-2-6) 2.37 Daisys Cascade (nap) (4-3-2)2.57 Cefn Owen (2-1-6) 3.17 LoftusRose (nb) (4-6-2) 3.38 Primo Pilgrim(6-3-4) 3.58 Randah Reason (3-6-1)4.18 Castlelyons Timi (5-6-1) 4.37Cream Crackered (4-3-1) 4.57Landing Hi (5-1-3) 5.17 PennysPhantom (5-2-4) 5.33 Shiloh Slick (4-2-6) 5.47 Drumna Whisper (4-5-1)6.04 Bramley Rebel (5-6-3) 6.18 ShipShape (4-5-6)nNOTTINGHAM: 6.28 BallinvealaKate (1-6-4) 6.44 Salacres Cuban (6-4-5) 7.01 Salacres Bingo (5-4-2) 7.16Salacres Getty (3-2-4) 7.32 RushmoorTony (5-2-6) 7.48 Roscoes Nailedon(2-5-4) 8.04 Castlelyons Cofi (nb) (5-2-1) 8.19 El Miller (6-4-3) 8.36Outbound Conka (5-3-1) 8.52 SwabysTony (6-4-5) 9.07 Head Iton Hayesy (1-3-6) 9.22 Swift Frogma (3-5-6)nYARMOUTH: 6.33 Umera Fortune(6-2-3) 6.49 Slip The Thunder (nap) (2-4-6) 7.06 Silkstone (1-5-2) 7.22 DebenBella (1-6-4) 7.37 Cragaknock Ciara(nb) (5-2-3) 7.53 Splendid Blue (1-3-5)8.09 Glenanore Star (5-6-1) 8.24 TullaRose (3-5-2) 8.41 Vigorous Adele (4-1-3) 8.57 Ridgedale Impact (5-2-6) 9.12Ballymac Lisa (2-5-3)nROMFORD: 6.39 Alrita Minnie (1-6-5) 6.56 Disturbia (3-2-1) 7.11 DansQuick Pick (5-6-1) 7.27 AirforceAllstar (nb) (2-1-5) 7.43 Murlens Court(6-4-1) 7.58 Blue Glenard (4-1-6) 8.14

Droopys Makenzie (5-6-2) 8.31 HazyPurty (3-2-5) 8.47 Too Swift (2-4-6)9.02 Tahula Twist (2-4-5) 9.17 BushyKate (4-2-3) 9.30 Bersheda Phantom(3-6-5)

RESULTSnHOVE: 11.11 Knockatoon Dave 3-1(3-5-4 BAGS F 15.39 TC 59.91).11.28 Daniels Bandit 3-1 (1-2-615.93 TC 67.93). 11.42 CoolmountShadow 3-1 and Agharenny Rosie 5-2jt DH 1st (1-2-4 5.80 TC 18.37, 2-1-4 5.75 TC 18.19). 11.57 WhataLovely Job 5-1 (4-5-3 23.24 TC68.39). 12.12 Ilovetoboogie 5-2jt (1-5-3 33.31 TC 93.34). 12.27Droopys Ronaldo 7-4f (2-3-1 10.39TC 24.33). 12.41 Winning Spree 7-2(2-1-6 19.44 TC 54.88). 12.58Coolavanny Kayla 5-4f (1-3-2 6.80TC 15.34). 1.12 Tidy Trouble 9-4f (1-6-2 21.12 TC 55.96). 1.28 PerlesCellini 9-2 (2-1-3 18.86 TC 55.17).1.44 Jazz Diamond 9-4jt (3-1-2 9.07TC 18.80). 1.58 Greenfield Song 9-4f(3-1-6 13.91 TC 44.21). Placer (1-6)120.00, (7-12) 67.40.nPERRY BARR: 11.03 Black Shaun2-1f (2-1-4 BAGS F 13.78 TC39.39). 11.19 Guiding Angel 5-2f (2-1-4 13.27 TC 38.28). 11.34Droopys Tilda 3-1 (4-1-6 14.74 TC41.62). 11.48 Swift Adidas 5-2 (6-5-313.04 TC 26.86). 12.04 KilcarrigBilly 4-1 (6-2-5 20.24 TC 58.96).12.18 Crossfield Marco 2-1f (6-4-219.99 TC 51.85). 12.33 BransaCana 7-2 (2-5-1 15.44 TC 53.77).12.47 Cavies Lass 7-2 (2-4-3 32.62TC 116.47). 1.04 Heathmill Honcho7-4f (4-3-5 10.30 TC 29.01). 1.21Bisto Jack 7-2 (3-6-1 13.30 TC55.96). 1.37 Catcherintherye 4-1 (4-6-1 30.95 TC 110.37). 1.51 FatboyzBuzzard 2-1f (2-5-4 12.52 TC

30.24). Placer (1-6) 92.20, (7-12)159.00.nKINSLEY: 2.12 Fierce Talent 5-2f (6-3-2 BAGS F 15.07 TC 44.66). 2.29Leathems Revenge 5-2 (2-1-5 13.94TC 47.34). 2.47 Swift Skype 3-1 (2-1-4 12.33 TC 39.10). 3.04 FooFighter 6-1 (5-4-2 20.83 TC 75.81).3.22 Liss Pretty 7-2 (3-1-4 13.94 TC36.46). 3.37 Vintage Affair 3-1 (2-4-118.17 TC 53.96). 3.53 BackdoorRambo 7-2 (4-5-6 23.92 TC 75.27).4.09 Kilahara Paddy 11-4f (3-4-213.02 TC 32.14). 4.27 CalzagheHawk 7-2 (3-2-5 21.61 TC 58.13).4.41 Pompey Jim 11-4f (1-5-2 17.14TC 44.85). 4.58 Glenburn King 7-2(4-1-3 19.53 TC 43.19). 5.17Drumnafern Duffy 4-1 (2-6-5 14.13TC 49.97). 5.37 Pennys Jester 3-1(1-2-4 11.49 TC 32.27). 5.55Ballycosh Jackie 7-2 (6-2-5 17.25 TC63.13). Placer (1-6) 50.40, (9-14)80.40.naOXFORD: 2.06 Itai Sasafran 6-4f(3-1-5 BAGS F 11.08 TC 40.29).2.21 Barn Owl 2-1f (6-1-2 15.18 TC34.63). 2.38 Saleen Tango 7-4f (2-1-5 8.04 TC 21.46). 2.57 LissycaseyJose 6-1 (5-3-1 33.97 TC 94.12).3.13 Returntosender 2-1f (3-4-114.20 TC 37.76). 3.29 Jolly Nelson2-1f (2-1-4 10.47 TC 26.42). 3.44Bail Out Blues 4-1 (1-5-2 17.16 TC51.88). 4.02 Derrigra Maiden 3-1 (2-3-1 19.42 TC 60.14). 4.18Barnagrane Clark 7-4f (2-5-1 11.51TC 28.46). 4.33 Easter Dolly 3-1 (1-4-6 33.69 TC 106.29). 4.47 PennysLexi 2-1f (1-6-4 11.16 TC 36.03).5.08 Frisky Giacoma 3-1 (1-4-2 13.63TC 52.44). 5.27 Little Sarah 5-2jt (2-4-3 12.28 TC 30.30). 5.46 PhoenixMessi 6-1 (5-4-2 27.06 TC 98.66).Placer (1-6) 85.60, (9-14) 78.30.

TOTAL WINS TO RIDES RIDES 1 LEVELWINS LAST WEEK SINCE WIN STAKE106 A P McCoy 6-27 3 -5678 R Johnson 2-36 14 -2772 J Maguire 7-27 2 -5342 A Coleman 4-23 0 +3340 T J OBrien 2-17 4 +2140 T Scudamore 1-25 0 -4337 S Twiston-Davies 2-25 2 -9132 N Scholfield 1-18 7 -7330 P Brennan 5-21 7 -4328 D Jacob 3-14 0 0

TOTAL WINS TO RUNNERS STRIKE 1 LEVELWINS LAST WEEK RATE % STAKE63 D McCain 7-20 23 -1055 T Vaughan 2-30 15 -2045 Jonjo ONeill 0-25 14 -1444 P Nicholls 7-25 28 +341 P Bowen 1-7 17 -538 N Henderson 5-14 29 +633 Miss L Russell 5-25 15 +833 N Twiston-Davies 1-16 15 +230 E Williams 2-13 11 -729 D Pipe 1-15 13 +11

JOCKEYFORM TRAINERFORM

FFOS LASGoing: Soft, heavy in places

12.55: 1 AT FISHERS CROSS A PMcCoy (4-7 fav); 2 Copper Birch (12-1); 3 Master Benjamin (13-2). 9 ran.21/4l; 24l. Miss R Curtis. T: 1.80; 1.02,3.10, 2.10. Ex: 8.50. CF: 8.62.1.25: 1 BOYFROMNOWHERE A PMcCoy (6-4 fav); 2 High Ho Sheriff (14-1); 3 Victor Echo (11-2). 8 ran. 11l;31/2l. Miss R Curtis. T: 1.70; 1.10,4.00, 1.50. Ex: 21.90. CF: 23.88.NR: Sir Benfro.2.00: 1 BONOMAN Conor Ring (11-4jtfav); 2 Anay Turge (3-1); 3 Whatshall-wedo (11-2). 6 ran (Rimini 11-4 jtfav).6l; 10l. E Williams. T: 3.50; 2.20,1.80. Ex: 13.30. CF: 11.24.2.30: 1 HOWARDS LEGACY A

Coleman (9-1); 2 Mountainous (7-2); 3Jumps Road (6-1). 11 ran (Celtus 11-4fav). 41/2l; shd. Miss V Williams. T:9.90; 2.80, 1.70, 2.00. Ex: 45.80.

CF: 41.12. NR: Grey Missile, JackiesSolitaire.3.05: 1 LE BEAU BAI C Poste (25-1); 2Valley Lad (9-1); 3 Siberian Tiger (16-1). 9 ran (Stow 5-2 fav). 11/4l; 21/4l. RLee. T: 43.30; 9.60, 3.00, 3.20. Ex:343.90. Tricast: 3700.96. CF:230.11. NR: Velator.3.40: 1 BOUNDS AND LEAPS T Scu-damore (4-1); 2 Qualviro (2-1 fav); 3Numbercruncher (10-3). 6 ran. 41/2l;41/2l. M Scudamore. T: 4.80; 2.60,1.60. Ex: 15.50. CF: 13.21. NR:Fishoutofwater.4.10: 1 JOHN REEL A Coleman (6-4);2 Castle Beach (11-10 fav); 3 PrincessAnnabelle (25-1). 6 ran. 8l; 11/2l. PEvans. T: 2.60; 1.40, 1.30. Ex:4.20. CF: 3.75.JACKPOT: Not won, 60,159 carried

over to Southwell.PLACEPOT: 222.00QUADPOT: 269.40

MARKET RASENGoing: Good, good to soft in places1.10: 1 KASHMIR PEAK D Costello(11-10 fav); 2 Dont Take Me Alive (6-4); 3 Blue Top (15-2). 8 ran. 9l; 8l. J JQuinn. T: 1.60; 1.10, 1.10, 1.90.Ex: 3.50. Trifecta: 11.40. CF: 3.29.1.40: 1 BARRAKILLA P Moloney (2-1); 2 Timesishard (20-1); 3 Valleyof-milan (9-4). 8 ran (Mr Watson 6-4 fav).23/4l; 1l. E Williams. T: 3.10; 1.10,4.90, 1.10. Ex: 17.00. Trifecta:55.30. CF: 34.70. NR: Reaction,Whispering Bob.2.15: 1 ALPINE BREEZE Peter

Carberry (3-1 fav); 1 BRASS TAX DJacob (6-1); 3 My Brother Sylvest (6-1). 7 ran. dht, 4l. D Cantillon, B Case.T: AB 1.80, BT 2.00; AB 2.50, BT2.10. Ex: AB, BT 11.30, BT, AB13.80. CF: AB, BT 10.40, BT, AB12.33.2.45: 1 PROPHETE DE GUYE F deGiles (7-2); 2 Rossmore Lad (13-2); 3Chac Du Cadran (15-8 fav). 7 ran. 11l;10l. H Evans. T: 4.60; 3.30, 3.30.Ex: 24.30. CF: 23.28.3.20: 1 FAREWELLATMIDNIGHT PBuchanan (5-2); 2 Ban Uisce (2-1 fav);3 Mad Professor (5-1). 6 ran. 13l; 21/4l.A Hales. T: 3.20; 1.40, 1.70. Ex:10.50. CF: 8.00. NR: Nesnaas.3.50: 1 DARK ENERGY Mr C PShoemark (5-2); 2 Chicklemix (5-1); 3Basil Fawlty (7-2). 5 ran (Artisan 9-4fav). 21/2l; 31/2l. F OBrien. T: 3.20;1.60, 2.60. Ex: 13.50. CF: 14.47.

PLACEPOT: 43.20QUADPOT: 38.30

NICHOLLS AL SETFerof bids to end his Power jinxPAUL NICHOLLS is setto fire a three-horsesalvo at SaturdaysPaddy Power GoldCup.The champion trainer,who has made a sparklingstart to the new seasonwith 44 winners and over430,000 in prize-money,has NEVER won the earlyseason thriller.But he has a great chancethis year with Al Ferof.Nicholls told me yester-day: Al Ferof went well ina two-mile gallop for DarylJacob today and confirmedhe is ready to run at Chel-tenham.He came in late becausehe cut himself in the fieldin the summer.But he has come togeth-er well in the last twoweeks. He has got plenty of

weight with 11st 8lb. Butthats because of his out-standing form and he goeswell fresh. I may also runPoquelin and Aerial.Last season Al Ferof wonat Cheltenham in Novem-ber and the Henry VIIIChase at Sandown but losthis chance in the ArkleChase when hitting aditch just after halfway.Hills yesterdayslashed Al Ferof(right) from 16sto 10-1 whileGrands Crus hasshortened to 5-2favourite.N i c h o l l sadded: Poque-lin has wonfour times atChe l t enhambut he seems

to be in the grip of thehandicapper, although hedid run well on his reap-pearance at Ascot. Aerial isstepping up in trip.Big Bucks, unbeaten inhis last 17 races, will gallopbefore racing at Exeter onWednesday.Nicholls has hinted thathis hurdling superstarcould reappear at Hay-dock on November 24.But owner AndyStewart said: It is ahandicap at Haydockand I would preferhim starting as usualat Newburys Henn-essy meeting.nPADDY POWER GOLDCUP, W Hill bet: 5-2Grands Crus, 5 HuntBall, 8 Walkon, 9For Non Stop, 10Al Ferof, 14 CristalBonus, MichaelFlips, Nadiya dela Vega.

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Osmosia 12.40 OsmosiaKilvergan Boy 1.10 Kilvergan BoyMinella For Party 1.45 RobbiePhoenix Flight 2.15 SainglendPetrarchick 2.45 Lord LandenLiberate 3.20 LiberateHarveys Hope 3.50 Harveys Hope

nnTIC-TAC: The turf track is left-handed, 1m 1f round, 7 fences, brush-type hurdles.nnLEADING TRAINERS (2007-2012): Jonjo ONeill 24-128, T Vaughan 20-85, N Henderson17-51, N Twiston-Davies 9-63. THIS SEASON: Jonjo ONeill 3, N Henderson 3, K Reveley 3.nnTOP JOCKEYS (2007-2012): A P McCoy 40-153, R Johnson 27-113, N Fehily 15-60, PBrennan 13-78. THIS SEASON: R Johnson 3, D Bass 2, A P McCoy 2.nnLONGEST TRAVELLER: Minella For Party (1.45), Spirit Is Needed (3.20), Cowbridge.Round trip of 356 miles. nnJACKPOT: Races 1-6. TRICAST: 2.15, 2.45 nnLIVE ON ATR

WELL HELLO THERE (11-8) 8-1 led 3out, headed last, rallied, btn hd byWater Garden (11-2) (14 ran) (Ascot3m nov hcap hdle (4) 6,256 soft).

SAINGLEND (11-5) 9-4 fav headway 3out, kept on, 3rd of 8 (btn 6l) to ElDancer (11-5) (Fakenham 2m 7f hcaphdle (3) 6,330 good to soft).

PHOENIX FLIGHT (11-5) 4-7 fav trackedleader, led 5th, ridden 2 out, btRowan Tiger (10-9) ns (8 ran) (Leices-ter 2m nov hdle (4) 2,599 soft).

JOSEPH LISTER (11-0) 9-2 headway6th, no extra final 100 yds, btn 6l byTony Star (11-12) (8 ran) (Fontwell21/4m hcap hdle (3) 4,549 soft).

THE FONZ p/up latest, earlier (11-5) 9-4led, headed, no extra, 3rd of 13 (btn11/2l) to Special Account (11-5) (Worc-ester 21/2m nov hdle (4) 2,053 good).

BROUGH ACADEMY (11-5) 13-2 stayed

on well, 4th of 8 (btn 18l) to OscarDavy (10-12) (Fontwell 23/4m nov hdle(4) 2,534 good to soft).

BANYAN TREE (10-2) 20-1 outpaced,weakened from 2 out, last of 11 (btn22l) to Palawi (10-8) (Musselburgh 2mhcap hdle (2) 19,494 good).

CUE TO CUE (10-7) 5-1 of 14 (btn 46l) toTante Sissi (10-9) (Newbury 2m 5f novhcap hdle (1) 20,502 good).

HI TIDE (11-12) 33-1 7th of 10 (btn 16l)to Natural High (11-6) (Worcester 2mhcap hdle (4) 2,534 good).

NETHER STREAM (11-4) 14-1 led closehome, all out, bt Stage Acclaim (10-10) 11/4l (7 ran) (Huntingdon 21/2m sell(5) 1,689 good to firm).

BANDANAMAN (11-6) 8-1 left 2nd last,no impression, btn 5l by KnightValliant (10-2) (9 ran) (Carlisle 21/2mhcap hdle (4) 2,738 soft).

SUNFORM

BETFRED MOBILE LOTTO MARES HANDICAP CHASE(Class 4); value to the winner 3,054; 2m. (4 runners)

101 F22-317 TORNADE DESTRUVAL 23 (D) Mrs S Humphrey 5-11-12 .... J Doyle l99102 R6F-P50 TATISPOUT 19 (D) C Longsdon 5-11-10 .................................... N Fehily 97103 151622- REGS RUBY 361 (D) D Bridgwater 6-10-8 ................................. T Phelan 104 7014123 OSMOSIA 21 (P,T;BF) C Gordon 7-10-6 ............................ T Cannon (3) 98SUN BETTING: 6-4 Tornade Destruval, 7-4 Osmosia, 4 Regs Ruby, 7 TatispoutWHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED and 2011: No corresponding race.

12.40

BETFRED GOALS GALORE HANDICAP CHASE (5); value tothe winner 2,327; 3m 110yds. (7 runners)

201 522P4-6 LEGENDARY HOP 26 C Bealby 6-11-12 ............................ T Messenger 85202 5-5352U OR SING ABOUT 21 (V) J W Mullins 10-11-10...................... A Thornton 98203 22-4362 KILVERGAN BOY 33 (D) N Twiston-Davies 8-11-8 .... S Twiston-Davies 97204 7056P-P DREAM HONOURS 24 (D) Miss C Caroe 9-11-6........................... D Bass 205 2-16079 OSCAR LENEY 33 (T) J Dreaper (Ire) 6-10-6 ........................ R McGrath 98206 545-824 FLICHITY 17 J Cornwall 7-10-0 .......................................... J Cornwall (5) 98207 P773454 FEELING PECKISH 5 (T;D) M Chapman 8-10-0....... G Rutherford (5) l99SUN BETTING: 5-4 Kilvergan Boy, 4 Or Sing About, 5 Legendary Hop, 7 OscarLeney, 12 Flichity, 14 Dream Honours, Feeling PeckishWHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: UR 2-3 12011: Mickytaker 6-11-12 W Hutchinson 9-4 Fav (A King), 4 ran.

1.10

IZZY AND ZARA NATIONAL HUNT NOVICES HURDLE (4);value to the winner 2,534; 2m. (11 runners)

301 2-41F41 ROBBIE 85 (CD) K Reveley 8-11-12....................................... J Reveley l99302 2236-1 MAKARI 24 (D) N Henderson 5-11-5 ......................................... A Tinkler 91303 3602-75 CRYSTAL SWING 177 R Phillips 5-10-12.........................W Hutchinson 85304 0-9 DARGENT CLOUD 27 O Sherwood 4-10-12 ............................... L Aspell 305 P/7-U DRISHOGUE LAD 83 P Griffin (Ire) 8-10-12............................ R McGrath 306 JAWBREAKER J Stimpson 7-10-12......................................... A P Cawley 307 219 LISTEN AND LEARN 15 Jonjo ONeill 4-10-12...................... A P McCoy 74308 1/3-7 MINELLA FOR PARTY 23 T Vaughan 5-10-12 ........................ R Johnson 309 110- MY INHERITANCE 212 (TH) T R George 4-10-12 .................. P Brennan 310 0R-1U7P YELLOW DUKE 32 (TH) C Pogson 5-10-12............................. A Pogson 71311 60 REALTA MO CROI 19 N Mulholland 4-10-5 ............................. D Costello SUN BETTING: 2 Makari, 11-4 Robbie, 4 My Inheritance, 7 Crystal Swing, 8 MinellaFor Party, 14 Listen And Learn, 25 Jawbreaker, 33 DArgent CloudWHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 12011: Speed Master 5-10-12 A P McCoy 4-9 Fav (N Henderson), 5 ran.

1.45

BETFRED BONUS KING BINGO HANDICAP HURDLE (3);value to the winner 4,431; 2m 4f 110yds. (11 runners)

401 88/172- WELL HELLO THERE 331 Jonjo ONeill 6-11-12 ................... A P McCoy 402 81-2483 SAINGLEND 24 (BF) S Curran 7-11-12 ..................................... Sean Fox 95403 43/211- PHOENIX FLIGHT F28 H Evans 7-11-7 ................................... T J Murphy 404 21457-2 JOSEPH LISTER 38 (D) C Longsdon 5-11-7 .............................. N Fehily 95405 633-13P THE FONZ 61 (BF,CD) Mrs P Robeson 6-11-5..................... J McCarthy 94406 231214- BROUGH ACADEMY 260 Mrs L Hill 6-11-2 .................................. D Bass 98407 142810- BANYAN TREE 316 Mrs S Leech 5-11-1 .............................. R McLernon 408 /13430- CUE TO CUE 233 (D) K Reveley 6-11-0................................. J Reveley l99409 2143-97 HI TIDE 32 (C) J R Jenkins 8-10-9................................ S Twiston-Davies 85410 061-3P1 NETHER STREAM 77 (D) A Hobbs 8-10-9 ............................ A Coleman 94411 28940-2 BANDANAMAN 18 G Swinbank 6-10-4 ..................... Rachael Green (3) 97SUN BETTING: 11-4 Well Hello There, 5 Sainglend, 6 Joseph Lister, 7 BroughAcademy, 8 The Fonz, 10 Phoenix Flight, Bandanaman, 12 Nether StreamWHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED and 2011: No corresponding race.

2.15

KRIS & HELEN CLARKS 6TH ANNIVERSARY HANDICAPHURDLE (5); winner 2,079; 2m 4f 110yds. (16 runners)

501 3422/F- LORD LANDEN 267 A Hobbs 7-11-12..................................... A Coleman 502 PPF/652 PERFORMANCE REVIEW 48 F OBrien 10-11-11 ................. P Brennan 95503 -722346 TOPENHALL 27 (P,T;D) B Case 11-11-11 ............................... C Poste l99504 -313226 GOUGANE 13 (P;D) P W Middleton 9-11-10............... Kielan Woods (3) 95505 082-048 RIVER PURPLE 10 J Mackie 5-11-8 ............................................ N Fehily 98506 124732- SET IN HER WAYS 313 K Bailey 6-11-6............................. E Cookson (7) 507 2944-PF TANNERMAN 27 Mrs P Robeson 6-11-5 ................................. S P Jones 93508 281-570 BENEFIT GAME 18 R G Hawker 8-11-3........................Mr R Hawker (7) 92509 25-1357 THE FERICK 18 G Swinbank 6-11-2 .......................... Rachael Green (3) 87510 4429-6 BAHARAT 36 R C Guest 4-10-11 ............................................. D Costello 85511 339870P GALLEY SLAVE 8 (T;D) M Chapman 7-10-8............Mr Kevin Jones (7) 94512 86-4FP5 MEZARAT 16 (T) M Gates 7-10-8......................................... A Wedge (3) 95513 0959-51 PETRARCHICK 14 (D) Miss E Baker 5-10-8.......................... J Banks (7) 97514 P-73253 SACCO DORO F59 (V;C) M Mullineaux 6-10-3............. S Mulqueen (7) 96515 4447-08 INANDOVER 36 (TH) J Mackie 7-10-2 ............................ D Devereux (3) 91516 545-382 HALING PARK 24 Miss C Caroe 6-10-0 .............................. T Whelan (5) 95SUN BETTING: 11-2 Lord Landen, 6 Performance Review, 7 Set In Her Ways, 8The Ferick, Petrarchick, 10 Topenhall, Tannerman, Gougane, MezaratWHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 3 1 32011: Lucky Lukey 5-10-11 S Quinlan 9-4 (Jennie Candlish), 10 ran.

2.45

SIS LIVE CLAIMING HURDLE (4); value to the winner 2,534;3m 110yds. (6 runners)

601 5-63110 AKBABEND 24 (T;D) C Gordon 6-11-8............................... T Cannon (3) 87602 66231P- STRONG SOUL 473 (D) B J Llewellyn 7-11-6....................... A Conlon (5) 603 11335-2 LIBERATE F6 (PH;D) Mrs A Murphy 9-11-2....................... A P McCoy l99604 7-9P428 SPIRIT IS NEEDED 24 (B,T) T Vaughan 6-10-10................... R Johnson 85605 0035413 TOWER F5 (E,T) M Keighley 5-10-8....................................... D Hiskett (7) 606 PU4449 WATCH THE BIRDIE 39 F OBrien 4-10-1............Mr C P Shoemark (7) 78SUN BETTING: 11-10 Liberate, 11-4 Akbabend, 9-2 Spirit Is Needed, 7 Strong Soul,20 Tower, 25 Watch The BirdieWHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 2 1 FE2011: Grand Art 7-10-5 L Edwards 12-1 (Dave Roberts), 9 ran.

3.20

BETFRED MOBILE SPORTS NOVICES HURDLE (4); value tothe winner 2,599; 2m 4f 110yds. (10 runners)

1 29/2-21 HARVEYS HOPE F62 (C) K Reveley 6-11-5 ......................... J Reveley l992 111- BALLYALTON 264 I Williams 5-10-12 ........................................ H Skelton 3 22- IMPERIAL LEADER 233 (BF) N Twiston-Davies 4-10-12 ... S Twiston-Davies 4 3361-3 ISTHEREADIFFERENCE 29 N Mulholland 5-10-12................. D Costello 5 718- JEANO DE TOULOUSE 206 O Sherwood 5-10-12 ...................... L Aspell 6 3/FFU-P NOMADIC DREAMER 38 (TH) M Rimell 9-10-12........... Conor OFarrell 7 U/9451- TANGO IN THE NIGHT 217 C Bealby 5-10-12 .................... T Messenger 8 2453 UP FOR AN OSCAR 22 K Bailey 5-10-12 ......................... E Cookson (7) 739 4 ETHICS GIRL 24 (T) J Berry 6-10-5 ....................................... W Kennedy 9010 PRPP-9 MUSICAL SURPRISE 11 (HH) A Hales 5-10-5...................... K Moore (7) SUN BETTING: 7-4 Ballyalton, 3 Harveys Hope, 5 Imperial Leader, 7 Up For AnOscar, 10 Ethics Girl, 14 Jeano De Toulouse, 16 Tango In The NightWHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 2-4-9 2 22011: Mush Mir 4-11-5 J McGrath 15-8 (N Henderson), 6 ran.

3.50

SPORT UNCOVERED

Dan KING

e-mail: dan.king@the-sun.co.uk

VOTINGIS FAIR

ENGLAND ............54

WINMILLSWALES........12

LONDON 2012 vice-chairmanKeith Mills is spoilt for choice fornew roles when his Olympic postcomes to an end in December.He is being touted for bothchairman positions at the FA andthe Premier League, plus head ofUK Sport when Baroness SueCampbell steps down next year.

PORT IN A STORMWHY DID former ownersPortpin suspend theirbid to take over atPortsmouth again?One big factor willhave been the six-pageletter they received lastweek from the Football

League. After taking theclub into administrationTWICE Balram Chainrai& Co were told thechances of them passingthe owners test weresomewhere between veryslim and non-existent.

By MATT MOORE

CHARLIE SHARPLES is warningChris Ashton that he faces afight over his jersey.Gloucester wing Sharplesmarked his first TwickenhamTest with two tries, and wasdenied a hat-trick by a fraction.Suspended Ashton missed outand it could prove a costlyabsence when England selecttheir line-up to face Australia atTwickenham on Saturday.

ResignedSharples said: I didnt go outthere to take the shirt awayfrom a guy whos playedparticularly well for England thepast couple of years.But I didnt see myself askeeping his seat warm either.I wanted to throw my hat inthe ring, show what I can do,

and I achieved those aims. I gotthis chance because Chris wassuspended for one Test, now itsin the hands of Stuart Lancaster.Im not resigned to losing myplace although I wonder if onegood performance is enough tokeep out a guy of Ashs quality.But I want Stuart and thecoaches to see me as a go-towing from now on.Head coach Lancaster said:Charlies performance will havefuelled Chris hunger to getback in the side. He knows nowhe has very strong competition.Leicester centre Manu Tuilagialso scored twice, Tom Johnsonand Ugo Monye added one eachand referee Glen Jacksonawarded England a penalty try.

SCOTLAND.....22

FIJI .....................12

PREMIER LEAGUEclubs will vote onTHREE differentversions of financialfair play this week.The smart money ison some pretty fiercedebate on Thursday.West Ham andSunderland are drivingcalls for restrictingwage increases to aset percentage over athree-year period.But its unlikely thenecessary 14 clubs willback a concept whichwould dictate howthey could spendtheir incomes.Man Unitedand Arsenalsupport a

break-even regulationbased on the incomethat clubs receive fromthe TV money pot.Finally, there arecalls to ban the kindof assignment deal bywhich clubs borrowmoney by agreeing tohand over futurecentral payments.Everton have alreadysigned over TV cashfrom NEXT season and they are not alone.Only Fulham areopposed to any kindof Premier LeagueFFP and they will gettheir way, for awhile at least, ifnone of theproposals getthe requiredsupport.

Call him Super Dan

GETHIN JENKINS admits Walesmust go back to the drawing boardafter being pounded by the Pumas.They failed to score a try in Cardifffor the first time in three years,slumping to a fourth straight loss.Prop Jenkins said: We didnt playin the right areas. It was a reallydepressing changing room and nowits back to the drawing board.The Welsh lost lock Alun Wyn Jonesand centre Jamie Roberts to injuries.The games only tries came fromJuan Imhoff and Gonzalo Camachoto leave the Pumas celebrating at thefinish (left).

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EVERY Monday and Friday SunSports man in the knowDAN KING gives you the inside track on all thescandalous, the surprising and plain strange stories fromthe wide world of sport.

ARGENTINA..26

AT THE SHARP END . . .Charlie Sharples scoresthe opener for England

DAN CARTER destroyedScotland and left theircoach Andy Robinsonmoaning: We gave him toomuch time and space.The All Blacks star (left)kicked 21 points andinspired their attacking playas Julian Savea (2), IsraelDagg, Corey Jane, AndrewHore and Ben Smith scoredtries. Robinson said: When

you give a guy like Cartertime and space hell pull thestrings. Hes a fantastic foot-baller and rugby player.Tim Visser notched twotries for brave Scotlandwhile Geoff Cross also wentover.

Gethinwoe

OLYMPIC television bosses stand accusedof treating the London Paralympics as asecond-class event.After the Games, Olympic BroadcastingServices removed from the Aquatics Centrethe special cameras, which provided theunderwater shots of able-bodied swimmers.Channel 4 apparently offered to pay forthe floor and wall devices to be retainedfor the Paralympics but to no avail.A C4 source said: The achievements ofEllie Simmonds (above) are every bit asincredible as those of Michael Phelps, sowhy should the Olympics only benefit fromthe underwater cameras?Sources have also revealed coverage ofthe Paralympic equestrian and rowingevents was also not as extensive.

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ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS: DAY 7

STEVEBRENNER

MARRAY . . . out

JON SPAIN PAIN

SPORTS ROUND-UP: RESULTS & FIXTURES

WIMBLEDON champs Jonny Marray andFreddie Nielsen lost their ATP World Tour semi-final at the O2 last night.Spanish duo Marcel Granollers and MarcLopez ran out 6-4 6-3 winners.It could be Marrays last game with DaneNielsen, who will concentrate on his singlesgame next year. Granollers and Lopez clinchedvictory on their second match point.The Spanish pair will now take on MaheshBhupathi and Rohan Bopanna tonight.

ANDY MURRAYS magicyear came crashing to ahalt last night.The British No 1 wasaiming to make it aterrific treble in 2012after brilliantly baggingOlympic and US Openglory.The problem was Muzzaran into tennis genius RogerFederer who put on amajestic masterclass to win7-6 6-2 and set up a mouth-watering ATP World Tourfinal with Novak Djokovic.Murray admitted: Heplayed well. I started welland he came back into it.Hes so hard to stopthough when he gets aheadand when I gave him theadvantage it was difficult toget back in.I would have loved to

have finished the year bywinning this tournament.But for me its been thebest year of my career bymiles. I will look back oneverything positively itwould be wrong not to.Murray was understand-ably gutted last night especially as he began instyle.But Fed, who crushedMuzzas Wimbledon dreamin the summer, is an indoorphenomenon and gainedsweet, sweet revenge forthat Olympic final defeat inAugust.

CrownedOn nights like this, theSwiss really is a racket-hold-ing magician.Yet Murray will look backat a lacklustre display inthe second set which helpedFed book the chance to becrowned king of worldtennis for a whoppingSEVENTH time.Murrays aggression andintent were there from thestart as Federer was brokenin his first service game.But Federer is not a17-time Grand Slamchampion for nothing.And when the world No 2broke to get back to 4-4, itreally was game on.It went to a tiebreak,

which Federer nicked andhe never looked back.A nightmare service gameat 1-1 pretty much sealedMurrays fate as Fed, 31,took the second set in just32 minutes.Murrays face was apicture of abjectdisappointment andunderstandably so.After the summer he hasjust had, the bar has beenraised higher than everbefore.Federer said: It was thethird time for us this yearin London so that makes itextra special.I think the crowd waselectric. I have been aroundthe block a few times andthat was something.You cant tire of nightslike this.That is why I keeppractising in front of nopeople nights like thisinspire you to keep workinghard.World No 1 Djokovicreached todays final byfighting back from a setdown to defeat Juan MartinDel Potro of Argentina 4-66-3 6-2.Djokovic said: This yearhas been a great success.But knowing its the lastmatch of the season, Imreally going to try to givemy best physically andmentally to eventually try toget the trophy.

s.brenner@the-sun.co.uk

RUGBY UNIONINTERNATIONALSSCOTLAND (17) 22 N ZEALAND (34) 51SCOTLAND: Tries: Visser 2, Cross. Cons: Laidlaw2. Pen: Laidlaw.NEW ZEALAND: Tries: Dagg, Savea 2, Jane, Hore,B. Smith. Cons: Carter 6. Pens: Carter 3.Att: 67,144.

THE LV CUP: Pool StageLDN IRISH (10) 34 SALE (18) 28LONDON IRISH: Tries: Garvey 2, Skivington,

Geraghty. Cons: Humphreys 4. Pens:Humphreys 2.SALE: Tries: Peel, Cipriani, Amesbury. Cons:Cipriani 2. Pens: Cipriani 3. Att: 8,654.LDN WELSH (9) 15 EXETER (8) 42LONDON WELSH: Pens: Ross 5.EXETER: Tries: Carrick-Smith, Foster, Nowell 2,Sestaret 2. Cons: H Slade 3. Pens: H Slade 2.Att: 2,084.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP - Bristol 39 Jersey16; Cornish Pirates 53 Rotherham Titans 21;Leeds Carnegie 38 Moseley 12.

RUGBY LEAGUEINTERNATIONALSENGLAND (18) 48 FRANCE (0) 4ENGLAND: Tries: Hall 4, Tomkins 2, Charnley,Burrow. Goals: Sinfield 8.FRANCE: Try: Pala. Att: 7,921.

CRICKETFIRST TEST MATCH (Brisbane): 3rd dayof 5 - South Africa 450 (Kallis 147, Amla 104,Petersen 64) v Australia 111-3.

GOLFBARCLAYS SINGAPORE OPEN (Sentosa):Final - 271 M Manassero (Ita) 69, L Oosthui-zen (SA) 67 (Manassero won at 3rd play-offhole); 274 R McIlroy 65; 275 T Bjorn (Den)68; 276 F Molinari (Ita) 68, A Scott (Aus) 70;277 C Wood 72, A Hansen (Den) 68, C Nirat(Tha) 69; 278 P Casey 70, A Da Silva (Bra) 70,J Van Zyl (SA) 69, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 69; 279 PMickelson (US) 67, R Green (Aus) 69, G Coetzee(SA) 70; 280 F Aguilar (Chi) 68, P Meesawat(Tha) 71, W-C Liang (Chn) 71, R Karlberg (Swe)71, S S P Chowrasia (Ind) 70; 281 S Kapur(Ind) 72, G Bhullar (Ind) 72; 282 T Wiratchant

(Tha) 70, A Dodt (Aus) 67, S Dyson 71, B Wies-berger (Aut) 70, G Charoenkul (Tha) 69; 283 TOlesen (Den) 73, J Luiten (Hol) 76, D Fichardt(SA) 66, L Slattery 70.

TENNISBARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS(O2 Arena, London): Singles: Semi-finals -N Djokovic (Ser) bt J M Del Potro (Arg) 4-6 6-36-2; R Federer (Swi) bt A Murray 7-6 6-2.Doubles: Semi-finals - M Bhupathi (Ind) &R Bopanna (Ind) bt L Paes (Ind) & R Stepanek(Cze) 4-6 6-1 12-10; M Granollers (Spa) & M Lopez(Spa) bt J Marray & F Nielsen (Den) 6-4 6-3.

DARTSWILLIAM HILL GRAND SLAM OF DARTS(Whampton): Group A - S Waites bt C Stompe(Hol) 5-1; P Taylor bt M Webster 5-2. Group B - THankey bt S Beaton 5-3; M van Gerwen (Hol) bt RThornton 5-3. Group C - D Winstanley bt J Hub-bard 5-2. S Whitlock (Aus) bt K Painter 5-4. GroupD - J Wade bt J Dekker (Hol) 5-1; M King bt A Monk5-3. Group E - T O'Shea bt A Lewis 5-4; G Ander-son bt J Part (Can) 5-4. Group F - B Dolan bt PNicholson (Aus) 5-2; A Hamilton bt B Bates 5-2.Group G - W Harms bt T Jenkins 5-2; W Newtonbt M Phillips 5-2. Group H - R van Barneveld(Hol) bt M Walsh 5-0; C Kist (Hol) bt W Jones 5-1.

MOTOR SPORTWRC RALLY OF SPAIN (Catalunya): Finalpositions after Stage 18 - 1 S Loeb(Fra, Citroen) 4hrs 14mins 29.100secs; 2 J-MLatvala (Fin, Ford) 4:14:36.100; 3 M Hirvonen(Fin, Citroen) 4:16:15.900; 4 M Ostberg (Nor,Ford) 4:16:25.500; 5 J Nikara (Fin, Mini)4:30:37.000. Final standings: Drivers -1 S Loeb (Fra, Citroen) 270pts; 2 M Hirvonen(Fin, Citroen) 213; 3 J-M Latvala (Fin, Ford)154; 4 M Ostberg (Nor, Ford) 149; 5 P Solberg(Nor, Ford) 124. Manufacturers - 1 Cit-roen 453pts; 2 Ford 309; 3 M-Sport 170.

From SIMON VENESS

DREW BREES halted the onlyunbeaten team left in the NFL andbreathed new life into New OrleansSuper Bowl hopes.The Saints quarterback (right) firedthree touchdown passes two in thefinal quarter to tight-end Jimmy Graham as Atlanta Falcons were beaten 31-27.NEW YORK GIANTS lost 31-13 atCincinnati thanks to a four-touchdown dis-play from Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton.

From JOHN ETHERIDGE in Ahmedabad

ALASTAIR COOK is confident Indias refusal toallow Englands batsmen to face spin bowlingwill spectacularly backfire in the First Test.Captain Cook and his team-mates were shieldedfrom top-class twirly men in their three warm-upmatches and that helped them plunder runs bythe bucketload. Five England batsmen scored cen-turies in those matchesand every member ofthe Test top sevenreached at least one 50.It means Cook andCo will face Indiasspinners in the FirstTest here on Thursdayfull of confidence andruns.The strategy of shield-ing England from spinbowling was almostcertainly a directinstruction from Indiacoach Duncan Fletcher,who used to be incharge of England.Cook insisted: I dontknow who it has comefrom but clearly therehas been a message ofsome sort not to bowlspin to us.

FiguresOnly the four Testswill tell us whethertheir plan has worked.But all of us havescored runs and thatsall we can do.I think everyone inour batting unit isfeeling confident aheadof that First Test.Jonathan Trott scoreda second innings cen-tury yesterday andbecame the fifth man topass three figures afterCook, Samit Patel,Jonny Bairstow andKevin Pietersen.Amit Mishra, a wrist-spinner with 14 Testcaps and Haryanasonly top-class bowler,did not send down asingle over in Englandssecond innings as theirfinal warm-up matchfinished in a draw.In the second inningsof the three practicematches combined,when the slow menshould be in operationon wearing pitches,England faced only 13.2overs of spin lessthan 11 per cent of thetotal overs bowled.Cook added: Mishra

almost went missing inthis game. He didntbowl many overs soclearly there was amessage of some kind.We cant control howthe opposition play.Steven Finn (thighstrain) bowled off hisfull run in the nets forthe second time yester-day while Stuart Broad(bruised heel) also hada crack.Finn remains themore likely to play inthe Test and Cookacknowledges thatthrusting them bothinto such a vital matchwould be a gamble.He said: Its great tosee Stuart and Finnybowling again. The nextfew days are vital forthem and we must gointo the Test with afully-fit attack.

Cooks notworried byspin doctor

Breesy does it

SCOREBOARD(Final day of 4)

Haryana drew with EnglandENGLAND First Innings - 521(Pietersen 110, Cook 97, Compton 74, Patel67, Bell 62, Mishra 4-67, Yadav 4-110).HARYANA First Innings - 334(Dewan 144 no, Sunny Singh 55).

ENGLAND Second Innings(Overnight 118-0; Trott 61 no,

Compton 54 no)Compton c N Saini b Rana ........................ 79Trott retd hurt .......................................... 101Bell c Rana b Budhwar ............................... 48Prior run out .................................................. 2Bresnan c Mishra b Budhwar .................... 14Patel c Sunny Singh b Budhwar ................. 0Cook not out .................................................. 2Pietersen c C Saini b Yadav ......................... 0Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 2) .................................. 8TOTAL (6 wkts dec, 75.2 overs) .. 254Wkts:, 162, 213, 220, 242, 242, 253, 254.Did Not Bat: Onions, Meaker, Panesar.Bowling: Budhwar 20-4-51-3; Vashisht17-3-64-0; Rana 14-1-42-1; C Saini13-2-46-0; Khod 3-0-24-0; Yadav 8.2-2-21-1.

HARYANA Second InningsN Saini c Prior b Panesar ........................... 50Dewan lbw b Meaker .................................. 13Rana lbw b S R Patel .................................... 5Sunny Singh c Prior b Bresnan ................. 25Khod c Prior b Bresnan ................................ 1Sandeep Singh c Prior b Onions ................. 7Mishra not out ............................................ 19Yadav not out ................................................ 3Extras (b 5, lb 5) .......................................... 10TOTAL (6 wkts, 42 overs) ........ 133Wkts: 36, 45, 88, 94, 96, 110.Did Not Bat: Vashisht, C Saini, Budhwar.Bowling: Onions 9-2-34-1; Bresnan7-2-13-2; Meaker 7-2-19-1; Patel 6-0-26-1;Panesar 10-5-18-1; Pietersen 3-1-13-0.

MURRAY IN A SWEAT. . . Andy toils at the O2 as Roger Federer is dominant

ROGER N OUT . . .Federer celebrates win

over Andy Murray

But he still praises best year

48 Monday, November 12, 2012 PG

*AND NICK DOESNT MEAN THE GOLF ONES

Run of birdiesruined Tiger*

MATT CLOCKS IN

ENGLAND....48

TIGER WOODS sexscandals have wrecked hischances of eclipsing JackNicklaus as the greatestgolfer of all time.That is the verdict of NickFaldo, who says Woodsfour-year Majors drought isproof of how badly he wasscarred by revelations of hisextra-marital romps.The last of Woods 14 Majorwins was the 2008 US Open.

HaulAnd Faldo, Europes mostsuccessful post-war golfer withsix Major wins, believes theAmerican (right) has virtuallyno chance of getting the four heneeds to match Nicklaus haul.He said Those revelationshave done more damage thanpeople would give them creditfor. So I would lean towardsno, he wont catch Jack.People thought he woulddeal with it and then getback on the golfcourse. Bu t i t swrecked thatwonderful tran-quillity you getof going to agolf course,

By DAVID FACEY

tipping out a bag of balls andhitting them from 9-5 and justthinking of golf.He has shattered that peaceand he wont get that back.Physically, technically,mentally, karma, its a harderclimb now. Sure, he could comeback and do things but hewont be dominant like he was.Woods turns 37 next month,

and Faldo (right) added: As youget older in this game, the littledemons start to sit on yourshoulders because you have seenone too many bad shots.It starts to eat away at youand he has that going on.Faldo also pointed out thatRory McIlory is now the domi-nant force in golf after takingover as World No 1 and top-ping the money list for 2012 onboth sides of the Atlantic.

SpecialMcIlroy, 23, was alreadyguaranteed top spot in Americabut a third place in Singaporeyesterday means he now cannotbe caught by his EuropeanTour rivals.Faldo added: I have beenvery impressed with Rory.He has to do all the rightthings but he has 20-odd yearsleft in the game.

There has only beenJack, Seve and Tigerwho have won twoMajors before theywere 25, and nowtheres Rory.It puts himin a specialcategory.

d.facey@the-sun.co.uk

FRANCE........4

MOTOGP (Valencia, Spain) - 1 D Pedrosa (Spa,Honda) 48mins 23.819secs; 2 K Nakasuga (Jpn,Yamaha) 49:01.480; 3 C Stoner (Aus, Honda)49:24.452; 4 A Bautista (Spa, Honda)49:26.630; 5 M Pirro (Ita, FTR-Honda)49:50.427; 6 A Dovizioso (Ita, Yamaha)49:54.242. Chship standings: Riders -1 J Lorenzo (Spa, Yamaha) 350pts; 2 D Pedrosa(Spa, Honda) 332; 3 C Stoner (Aus, Honda) 254;4 A Dovizioso (Ita, Yamaha) 218; 5 A Bautista(Spa, Honda) 178; 6 V Rossi (Ita, Ducati) 163.Manufacturers - 1 Honda 412pts; 2Yamaha 386; 3 Ducati 192; 4 ART 100; 5 FTR-Kawasaki 43; 6 BQR 35.

HOCKEYMENS LEAGUE: Prem - Brooklands MU 3Beeston 2; Hampstead & Westminster 2 Surbi-ton 2; Reading 2 Loughborough Students MHC2; Cannock 3 East Grinstead 5; Southgate 2Canterbury 1.

BASKETBALLBBL CHAMPIONSHIP - Glasgow 87London 73; Surrey 81 Leicester 74; Durham 68Plymouth 113.NBA - Charlotte 101 Dallas 97 (OT); Chicago87 Minnesota 80; Golden State 101 Denver

107 (OT); Houston 96 Detroit 82; Indiana 89Washington 85; Milwaukee 92 Boston 96;Portland 109 San Antonio 112; Toronto 83Philadelphia 93; Utah 94 Phoenix 81.

ICE HOCKEYRAPID SOLICITORS ELITE LEAGUE -Coventry 2 Hull 1; Cardiff 4 Fife 0; Dundee 5Edinburgh 4.

AMERICAN FOOTBALLNFL - Minnesota 34 Detroit 24; New Orleans31 Atlanta 27; Cincinnati 31 NY Giants 13;Baltimore 55 Oakland 20; New England 37

Buffalo 31; Miami 3 Tennessee 37; Tampa Bay34 San Diego 24; Carolina 14 Denver 36.

TODAYS SPORTFA CUP (with Budweiser)

1st Round ReplayAFC Wimbledon v York ............ 7.45BLUE SQUARE BET: North - Bradford PAv Gainsborough (7.45). South - BorehamWood v Basingstoke (7.45).CRICKET: Fifth One-Day Interna-tional - Sri Lanka v New Zealand (Hamban-tota, 9am).

TALENTED teen ace Matteo Manasserosaid he was looking forward to a lie-inafter winning the Singapore Open.The Italian (left) had to get up at5.30am for three days in a row tocomplete the storm-hit tournament.And the 19-year-old had just 27minutes between his third and fourthrounds yesterday.But Manassero, who had finished

tied with South African Louis Oosthui-zen on 13-under, had enough left in thetank to seal a play-off victory after three

By NICK KING

extra holes. World No 1 Rory McIlroyslotted a final-hole eagle to take third.Manassero said: It ended up really nicebut for three days in a row I had a 5.30amalarm clock. Thats really tiring.On the 13th hole I was not feelinggreat, I was really flat, no more energy left but the adrenalin kept me going.I had to switch off between shots, I waswalking slowly. Everybody had to do that sothe pace of play was quite slow, I guess.

Jack Nicklaus (1962-86) ...... 18Tiger Woods (1997-2008) .... 14Walter Hagen (1914-29) ...... 11Gary Player (1959-78) ............. 9Ben Hogan (1946-53) ............. 9Tom Watson (1975-83) ........... 8

Arnold Palmer (1958-64) ...... 7Sam Snead (1942-54) ............. 7Gene Sarazen (1922-35) ......... 7Bobby Jones (1923-30) ........... 7Harry Vardon (1896-1914) ..... 7Nick Faldo (1987-96) .............. 6

ACE RYANSUP FOUR IT

By GARY CARTER

RYAN HALL helped England to the AutumnInternationals trophy at the end of the 2012season but the hard work really starts now.The Leeds winger scored four tries, includingthe 150th of his career.But as gratifying as itwas for Kevin Sinfieldto lift silverware, every-one is under noillusions that it is astepping stone towardsnext years World Cup.England coach SteveMcNamara said: Theplayers are very closenow, theyre friendsand thats the culturewere trying to build.Im not saying whatwe are doing willguarantee success in

the World Cup but itwill guarantee wevegot the best chance ofbeing successful.This group is veryunited. Its a pleasureto coach them. Theyare very keen to dowell for England.Hall, 24, added: Itsall building towardsnext year I hope.

SIN THE BAG . . . Kevin Sinfield holds aloft the trophy

Monday, November 12, 2012 49PG

Alan SHEARER

ANOTHER DAYanother incrediblecomeback fromManchester United.They may leak goals atthe other end but,goodness, this team hasgot some firepower.Robin van Persie, WayneRooney, Danny Welbeck andJavier Hernandez is themost frightening array ofattacking talent AlexFerguson has ever had.And, yes, I include thefantastic four from 1999 ofAndy Cole, Dwight Yorke,Teddy Sheringham and OleGunnar Solskjaer.On Friday Fergusontargeted the 100-goal barrierin the league for his team and already they have 29from 11 games.Add to that nine in fourChampions League gamesand five in two Capital OneCup games and it makes anincredible 43 goals in 17games this season.It is not just about relyingon one man in Van Persie they have had 13 differentscorers this season.Van Persie is the mainman and his link-up playwith Rooney makes it looklike they have been togetherfor years. More goals will

come for Rooney undoubt-edly as he is world class.Welbeck needs to improvehis goals-per-chances ratiobut his workrate opens upspaces.Then we have Hernandez,the hat-trick hero from VillaPark on Saturday.And yes it was a hat-trickfor me, no matter what thedubious goals panel or who-ever say about his second.The little Mexican wentquiet last season after afantastic first campaign buthe is alive again.

DartingFerguson talks a lot abouthis movement and it isfantastic.The way he set off forthat Paul Scholes through-ball for his first goal is anexample of that.He is always dartingaround the penalty area toget an opening.I can see Van Persie,Rooney and Hernandez all hit-ting 20 goals plus this season.What they all have, as dothe whole ManchesterUnited team, is thatunwavering belief that theyare going to score, they aregoing to win. Just witness

this week. In Braga theywere 1-0 down and playingpoorly going into the last 10minutes. They won 3-1.It was the same in thehome game against the Por-tuguese side when they were2-0 down and won 3-2.Then Saturday at VillaPark. A tenacious Villa sideplayed extremely well anddeserved a 2-0 lead.Again United came backand won, this time 3-2.This is no fluke. It is notas if it is just this Man-chester United team either.Every team Ferguson hasproduced does this.Saturday was the seventhtime they have come backfrom two goals down or

more to win in the PremierLeague era a record. Thisseason alone they have comefrom behind to win eighttimes in all competitions.While a lot of teams sub-consciously wind down inthe final minutes of a game,Fergusons play with avigour, energy, belief anddetermination thatoverwhelms opponents.

BeliefCompare their fightingmentality to Arsenal rightnow who have twice givenaway two-goal leads this lastweek to end up drawing.It is their lack of beliefthat undoes them and, right

now, they are a team low onconfidence even with atwo-goal lead.They lack the fear factorthat Manchester United has.You just knew even at 2-0down on Saturday that theywere going to come back.As soon as they got oneyou knew two and threewould follow and yousense Villa did as well.Teams subconsciouslyretreat when they have alead against United becausethey just know they aregoing to come back.More importantly Man-chester United know it too.It is a belief that hasalready taken Fergusonsteams a long way and,undoubtedly, will do again.

From Back PageShelvey, Kyle Walker,Aaron Lennon, JermainDefoe and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are all set tomiss the clash in Stock-holm through injury.Ivory Coast-born Zahahas been rewarded for hisform for Palace in theChampionship with acall-up from Three Lionsboss Roy Hodgson (below).As revealed in Sunsport,he has been trailed byIvory Coasts management.But Zaha, who hasplayed five times forE n g l a n dUnder-21s, hasalways insistedhe wanted toplay for theThree Lions.Last night, hetweeted: wow everythingshappening so fast.Zaha has been heavilylinked with a Januarymove to Arsenal. But hesaid: When Januarycomes I have to decide.Captain Steven Gerrardwill have a late fitnesstest on a knee problem,while Carl Jenkinson hasreceived internationalclearance to join Englandafter formerly playing forFinland Under-19s.There is also a latecall-up for TottenhamsTom Huddlestone.

From Back Pageerrors. One error cost usand we got to take ourchances. Team played asplanned. Must win next.Saints are next up atLoftus Road on Saturday boasting one pointmore than Rangers.Sparky admitted: Itsan important game. Every-one understands the signif-icance of it now.Its still early in theseason but the longer thisrun goes on, it becomesmore difficult for us tohave the seasonthat we hopedto have.Hughes sayshe is unaffectedby the hysteriasurrounding hisposition. Heinsisted Fernandes (above)is encouraged by theteams recent showings.Hughes said: The chair-man has been to manygames. He was here todayand at Arsenal.He saw positive thingsin our play and thatencouraged him itencourages us.But the disappointmentis that we are not gettingthe reward that he is look-ing for and that we areall looking for.Our aim is to have areally progressive season.

MANCHESTER CITYS CarlosTevez has had a go at GaryNeville for his dual role as SkyTV pundit and England coach.I agree that it could getawkward.There will come a time whenNeville will have to analyse orcriticise an England player

when he has a bad game he iscovering for TV.Only Neville and Englandmanager Roy Hodgson willknow how to get round that.But in his current role Nevilleis seeing more football thananyone and that can only begood.

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DAVID MOYES hasadmitted he faces anuphill struggle to keepMarouane Fellaini.A host of big clubshave the Everton manon their must see list.Boss Moyes, whovalues Fellaini at30million, said: If wehave top players andcannot give themtrophies or Europeanfootball, I may have toaccept what theyrethinking.

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AWESOME FOURSOME . . . Hernandez,Rooney, Van Persie and (inset) Welbeck

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SAM ALLARDYCE hailedKevin Nolan and Andy Carroll his telepathic strike twins.Nolan came back to hauntNewcastle by bagging thewinner at St James Parkyesterday the Scousersfifth of the season.West Hams Captain Marvelcaused Alan Pardews men allsorts of problems in tandem withex-Toon team-mate Carroll as theHammers climbed to sixth.And Upton Park bossAllardyce is convinced that thepair big pals off the field take their understanding on to itto prove a constant nightmarefor Premier League defences.After leading West Ham to a1-0 triumph their first win onTyneside for 14 years againsthis old club, Allardyce said:Kevins relationship with Andyis such a good one that I dontneed to do a lot of coachingwith the two of them.

SweeterIf anything, they instinctivelyplay off each other.While Andys struggling toget a goal and we would likehim to get one Kevins scoringthem, so were reaping thebenefits of that relationship.The combination of the twoof them is causing problems forother teams.Kevins our captain andleading goalscorer, he has got usthe win with his goal and hisinstincts in the box are there forall to see.Its five goals in 11 games forhim and it should be sixbecause hes also had onechalked off.Andys getting better andbetter as time goes on for usand that partnership withKevin is brilliant.Long may it continuebecause its getting usvictories and points onthe board.

HEAD-TO-HEAD: BA v CARROLL

From Back Pagea perfect return to Toon with his37th-minute strike to fire Hammersteam into sixth place.Nolan joined West Ham at thestart of last season fromNewcastle in a 5million deal.And he admitted: It was aperfect scenario for me to score.It was emotional.But I was never going tocelebrate scoring here. I never will.That was down to the support Igot when I was at Newcastle. Butthis was a great result for us.

CARL JENKINSON was surely Gunner celebratelast night after a weekend to remember.The talented right-back was handed a new five-year contract by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger atthe Emirates.And he was also given international clearanceto join Roy Hodgsons England squad forWednesday nightsfriendly in Sweden.Jenks joined theGunners only 15months ago fromCharlton, and he hasimpressed so much, hehas landed a dealbelieved to be worth32,000 a week.

ReliefAnd there was greatrelief when he wasgiven the green light toplay for the ThreeLions after previouslyturning out forFinlands Under-19s.Jenkinson, 20, whohas a Finnish mother,has made eight PremierLeague appearances

this season and earnedrave reviews whiledeputising for injuredBacary Sagna.He was snapped upby Wenger for 1mil-lion in July last yearand has also forced hisway into ArsenalsChampions League sidethis season.Jenkinson, a boyhoodGunners fan, wascalled up by Hodgsonto train with theEngland squad prior tolast months World Cupqualifier in Poland, butwas unable to playbecause his clearancehad not come through.

FORMER Newcastle heroAndy Carroll took on ex-Hammer Demba Ba but

who came out on topnow they have

switched clubs?THREAT

BA: The Senegal strikerwas restricted to long-range efforts.CARROLL: Missed

great late chance but aerialpresence played part in winner.

WORKRATEBA: One lung-busting 80-yard sprintshowed he was up for this game.CARROLL: Always ready to back-track and support his defence.

FANS REACTIONBA: They appreciated his attitude.CARROLL: Abuse was mutedcompared to last year.

CELEBRATION VERDICTBA: Clearly gutted at defeat.CARROLL: Had every reason tomilk victory but was restrained.

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From Back Pagewas a huge winbecause it was adifficult moment.We had a lot ofimportant playersinjured. Here I saw thesame spirit that I sawlast year.After they scored Ithought we werefantastic. We have madesome mistakes in theChampions League butin football you cannever say never.His reigning PremierLeague champions arenow unbeaten in 11league games this term.But they looked setto lose at home for thefirst time in the topflight since December2010, when Evertonwon 2-1 at the Etihad.Centre-back StevenCaulker headed visitorsTottenham in frontafter 21 minutes.But Sergio Aguerolevelled and EdinDzeko again proved tobe Citys supersub witha brilliant late winner.Mancini admitted hisBosnian forward Dzekohas been frustrated by

his lack of opportuni-ties from the bench but he is certainlymaking an impact.He has now earnedthe champions ninepoints by coming on asa sub and is making acase for starting moreregularly.Mancini said: Edin isnot happy. But a playerwho is happy on thebench does not exist.

DestroyWe had three impor-tant strikers today, lastyear we won the champ-ionship because of goalsfrom our strikers.Spurs boss AndreVillas-Boas admittedthat, in Dzeko, Cityhave their own versionof Manchester UnitedsJavier Hernandez.He added: We lostbecause of anindividual moment ofbrilliance from Dzeko.He continues to beon the bench andcome on to destroy theopposition.If there is a compara-ble situation to thisone, it is Chicharito.

ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS heldup his hands and admittedhe got it wrong as Spursblew a great chance todown the champions.Tottenham looked set tomake it a Manchester awaydouble as they took a first-half lead through StevenCaulkers header.But AVB admitted City chiefRoberto Mancini made a keyswitch early in the second halfas he reverted to a back three.

BizarreThe White Hart Lane chief(right) failed to react and ithad the desired effect as Cityhit back to win thanks to lategoals from Sergio Aguero andsupersub Edin Dzeko.Villas-Boas was also criticisedby former Spurs men GlennHoddle and Jamie Redknappfor his bizarre decision to axeJermain Defoe.The England forward bagged

a hat-trick in midweek againstMaribor in the Europa Leaguebut had to make way for ClintDempsey and EmmanuelAdebayor at the Etihad.He said: It was very difficultto leave Jermain out. It waspart of the strategy we had forthe game.Individually Adebayor had agood performance. I thinkJermain understood it was forthe best of the team.At the break Spurs lookedset to become the firstteam to beat City ontheir own patch in theleague since December2010 when Evertonwon 2-1.But they surrenderedtheir advantage andspent much of thesecond half camped intheir own half.AVB, whose side

won 3-2 at Manchester Unitedin September, said: The keymoment came at 1-1. City madesome changes and put three atthe back to go all-out attack.It gave them the momentumto get the winner. We tried tohold on to the 1-1, sometimesit pays off, sometimes itdoesnt. At Old Trafford it did.During this week, weworked on three at the backtoo because we knew it couldserve us at certain moments.We didnt use it today becausewith four we looked stable.It gave them more attackingvolume. When it went to 1-1they gained motivation andattack after attack lifted thestadium. It was difficultto hold on.Just like againstChelsea last month whenthey lost 4-2, Spursslumped to defeat aftertaking the lead.But AVB said: It

means we can competewith them but, like Isaid against Chelsea,its individual brilliance

which makes the difference. Tohave a player so strong likeDzeko, to come on when histeam needs him deserves greatcredit and surprises me.It was like that in the gameagainst Chelsea, Mata andOscar were extremely good.City have now equalled theirPrem record of 17 matchesunbeaten and looked more liketheir old selves in patches.

ThumpedMancini dashed off home toItaly soon after the whistle tomake the most of a few daysoff. But his assistant DavidPlatt hailed the former Intercoach for the key tactical andpersonnel changes.Dzeko again proved to be keyas he thumped in a superb latewinner.Platt said: Yes, we went tothree at the back. With Edinwe felt we needed an injection,a little bit more height.We needed a goal threat. Hehas got some heavy goals forus. After West Brom when hecame on and scored two goals,

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WERE BACKCAULK N BREEZE . . . Caulker stoops to head Spurs in front

AGUHERO . . . Citys 24million striker strokes in equaliserPicture: MARK ROBINSON

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2 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1Messi breaksPeles recordLIONEL MESSI is BETTER thanPele thats official.Barcelonas Argentine acehas surpassed Brazilianhero Peles goals recordfor club and country ina calendar year.Messi (left) hit two

against Mallorca in a4-2 win to take his2012 tally to 76, ninebehind German Gerd

Mullers all-time mark.

CITY striker Aguero did nothave his best day but stillplundered vital goal. Adebayorbegan like he meant businessbut ended up being subbed without an effort of note.

LIKE countryman Tevez, younever get less than 100 percent from Aguero. Adebayorcould not be faulted eitherearly on but lost heart whenthe ball did not come his way.

AGUERO has guaranteedhimself cult status at City, hislegend can now only grow.Adebayor was greeted withboos that got louder and hewas jeered from the pitch.

AGUERO reacted angrily whenhe did not win a first-halfpenalty but otherwise kept hiscool. Adebayor had a runningbattle with Zabaleta and caughthim with a forearm late on.

THE battle of two of Citys big-money buys from the AbuDhabi era was clearly won byAguero. He scored a vitalequaliser as Adebayor failedto sustain his early threat.

P JUVENTUS haveaxed Paul Pogbafor poor time-keeping.The ex-ManchesterUnited midfielder, 19,has been dropped fortwo Serie A gamesafter turning up latefor training.

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I said then We can only pick11 players and put people onthe substitutes bench.Its the way at every club.But weve got a lot of playersthat would play in almostevery Premier League team.Once you have played60-65 minutes then youwant to freshen it up.This was the fourthtime this season thechampions have comefrom behind to win.Platt added: It showstheres a belief thatwe dont go under we continue to playour football. That isthe danger when youare in a game.Meanwhile, Citystriker Mario Balotelliwatched the game fromthe stands amid reportsCity are willing to sellhim back to Inter Milan inJanuary.But Platt said: He was leftout because the gaffer can onlypick 18 players.

m.blackburn@the-sun.co.uk

PWALES boss ChrisColeman delightedPremier Leaguebosses by holding aWales training camprather than play afriendly this week.He snubbed gameswith Latvia, Canadaand Georgia.

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P IAN CROOK hasquit as coach ofSydney FC after justtwo wins from his sixgames in charge.The ex-Norwich star,49, said the pressureof the job had startedto affect his health.

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BRENDAN RODGERS admits Liverpoolare still miles away from challenging forthe Premier League title.Rodgers Reds have fallen 15 pointsbehind leaders Manchester United.And the anxious Kop boss called on theclubs American owners to make a seriousinvestment in the January transfer market toclose the growing gap.Luis Suarezs 73rd-minute equaliser peggedback Chelsea and stretched Liverpoolsunbeaten league run to six games.But his goal could not ease the growingconcerns of a manager whose team iscurrently on course to finish a staggering 55points behind the eventual champions.Rodgers admitted: The reality is that weare a long way off in the league and Im noteven going to use the word challenging.You dont need to be a rocket scientist tosee that. We finished eighth last season and

it will be fantastic if we can improve onthat. Thats the reality of where Liverpoolare, Im afraid, and it cant be easy for oursupporters to accept that.They are being very lenient with myselfand the team and Im sure they willsometimes be frustrated but I knew it wouldbe a difficult year, given the expectationsaround this club.We all know of Liverpools great historybut we cant keep looking backwards in therear-view mirror. We have to look forward.This was our sixth draw of the seasonand we need one or two more players in theJanuary transfer window to turn those drawsinto victories. But those players dont come

MARKIRWIN

SHORTLIVED . . . Terry enjoys goal before horror injury

SHAKE IT . . . bosses Rodgers and Di Matteo

IT was Liverpools old goalhero against the new andthere was only one winner.

FAN REACTIONLIVERPOOL fans targeted Fernando Torreswith jeers and chants for leaving Anfield in2011. But Chelsea fans sang his name.

THREATTORRES forced Brad Jones into a save with asecond-half header but appears to be shorton confidence in front of goal. Luis Suarezwas a constant worry and got his reward.

WORKRATECHELSEA fans appreciated Torres putting ina shift and tracking back to win the ball.Suarez got involved everywhere.

VERDICTSUAREZ is in great form and has netted inhis last four games. Total contrast toTorres, who looked downbeat when subbed.

From Back Pagein pain right now andwill go to hospital inthe morning.We wont know thefull extent of thedamage until we havethe results of thescan but we hope itsnot long-term.Suarez, who nickedLiverpools second-half equaliser, wenton Twitter to voice hisconcern for Terry.He tweeted: Ashame we couldnt getthe three points.Glad to help theteam with anothergoal . . . Hugs toTerry, I hope itsnothing serious.Ex-England captainTerrry had surgery onthe same knee earlierin the year. And if hehas sustained cruciateligament damage, thatwould require another

operation puttinghim out for anythingup to six months.Terrys injury wassustained when strikerSuarez fell on to hisoutstretched legfollowing a shove frombehind by Chelseamidfielder Ramires.It was immediatelyapparent Terry was inserious trouble as hebeat the ground andsignalled for help.

FirstThe injury could nothave come at a worsetime for Terry, whowas playing his firstPremier League gamesince completing afour-match ban forracially abusing QPRsAnton Ferdinand.Di Matteo said: Wehad just got Johnback into the team.Its a real shame.

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cheap and there wont be too many availablein January.The owners have given me great supportsince Ive been here but, if youre not goingto have a massive investment to make ithappen quickly, we have to develop it.The players we have are giving us every-thing but we need materials.

AdamantSo, hopefully, we can add to this group inthe window and next season well be betterfor it.Rodgers was adamant that his teamdeserved their point yesterday and took theblame for their poor first-half performance.He said: We were a bit tentative in thefirst half and it was my fault because Ichanged our usual formation and wecouldnt quite get our distances right.But the players showed great character

yet again to come from a goal down and tocome to place like Chelsea and get a point isa terrific result.But Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo wasnot satisfied with the result, which leavesChelsea three points behind United, havingled the table by four points two weeks ago.The Italian complained: We needed toscore a second goal to kill the game off andwe had the chances to do that but missedthe opportunities.A 1-0 lead is always dangerous and itwas a poor goal to concede from a cornerbecause we had our man-marking in placeand Suarez pushed Ramires away to createthe space to nod the ball in.Sometimes the ref spots those littleshoves, sometimes they dont.When United won here we had two sentoff and they scored an offside winner andthats a big advantage for the opposition.But were still playing well and creating

chances and were in much better shape thanin previous years and very close to our best.Were still in the mix but the amount ofgames we have played in this period hassome kind of effect.Rodgers confirmed that he expects skipperSteven Gerrard to join up with the Englandsquad today and win his 100th cap againstSweden on Wednesday night, despite needingtreatment for a knee injury yesterday.

ExercisesHe said: I think Steve will be all right.Hes opened up his medial ligament a bitand has some ice on his knee.But Jonjo Shelvey might have to withdrawfrom the squad after missing yesterdays trip.Rodgers added: Jonjo felt his thigh a bitduring some shooting exercises the other dayand we gave him every opportunity to playbut he wasnt quite right.

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WIN, LUIS OR DRAW . . .Suarez pops up to nod homea leveller at Stamford Bridge

LAMPARD . . . injured acetalks to bench yesterday

By SHAUN CUSTIS

THE Chinese claim theyare closing in on FrankLampard.Reports from Chinalast night confirmedour SunSport exclusivesdating back to Marchthat the Chelsea andEngland midfielder isthe No 1 priority forSuper League sideGuizhou Rehne.Lampard, who is outwith a calf injury at themoment, has beenoffered 250,000 aweek to move to theFar East and Guizhouwant him in January.Lamps, 34, is notdismissing theapproach and haslistened to what theChinese have to offer.Earlier this year,Guizhou chairmanWang Guolin toldSunSport: I want thebest team in China andwe are prepared toinvest a lot of money tobring Lampard to us.The move is beingmasterminded by superagent Pini Zahavi, whois brokering a numberof deals in China.But although talksare continuing withLampard, no deal hasyet been agreed.

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MAN CITY .......2SPURS.............1ROBERTO MANCINI hailedManchester City after theyrecovered from 1-0 down.The City boss said: It

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CHELSEA fear John Terrysseason is over after hesuffered an horrific-lookingknee injury yesterday.The Blues skipper, 31,was carried off in agonyfollowing a first-halfcollision with Liverpoolstriker Luis Suarez.Terrys knee bent backwardgrotesquely under the weightof the clash and it is feared hehas serious ligament damage.Centre-half Terry, who had

By MARK IRWIN

headed Blues in front,screamed in agony beforebeing carried off and he willundergo an MRI scan today.He left Stamford Bridge oncrutches (right) with his rightknee in a brace last night.Anxious Blues boss RobertoDi Matteo said: Obviouslywe are worried about Johnand we hope its not serious.Its always a concern whena player reacts like that. Hes

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CRYSTAL PALACES 20million-ratedwing wonder Wilfried Zaha was lastnight given a shock England call-up.Zaha (left), 20 on Saturday,received a late birthday present aheadof Wednesdays frien