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Chris Simms’ Misses Court Date For Marijuana Case

Tennessee Titans backup quarterback Chris Simms needs to add a new date to his 2010 season: an October trial in his New York City drugged-driving case. Simms didn’t make it Monday to a Manhattan court date in the case, which stems from a July 1 arrest. Police say he admitted smoking marijuana in his car; he says they misquoted him. ... read more >>

Martin O’Neill quits Aston Villa: how split reached breaking point

Martin O’Neill quit Aston Villa after five seasons at the helm following a disagreement with chairman Randy Lerner over the funds of James Milner’s imminent sale to Manchester City. The relationship between manager and chairman has been on the slide for the last few months. ... read more >>

Sir Alex Ferguson set to rebuke Manchester United duo Wayne Rooney and Anderson

Rooney was pictured in a national newspaper smoking, urinating against a wall and chanting in the street in the small hours of Sunday morning after a night out. Anderson, meanwhile, faces the possibility of being investigated by Portuguese police after his car was involved in a serious crash on a rural road in Braga, in the north of the country. ... read more >>

English players trying to forget the humiliating defet by drinking beer and puffing on cigars

Unlike most of the country, England’s players look like the World Cup humiliation hasn’t hit them too hard judging by this photo. Smoking cigars, feet up, smiling and relaxing with a few beers, you’d think this was a team celebrating a famous victory. Instead, this is England’s hapless footballers just hours after crashing out to Germany 4-1 in the nation’s worst ever World Cup defeat. The snap was taken by defender Ledley King on Sunday in the Hotel Marang in Rustenberg, where the England team was holed up. ... read more >>

Phil Jackson remains Lakers’ ideal coach

“Know why General George C. Patton was so smooth? He never panicked. My man Patton was a smooth, cigar-smoking, sitting-at-the back-of-the-tent, never-panicking general. That’s why he always did well in the war. When your general doesn’t panic, the troops don’t panic. “Even in Game 7, when we were down to Portland, and Phil was mad, he didn’t panic.” ... read more >>

I’ll give snooker both barrels and £16m in prize money vows would-be chief John Davison

John Davison has promised to walk away from snooker in 15 years if the players back his bid to guide the future of the sport over rival Barry Hearn. Davison, who has promised players a guaranteed £16million in prize money, has officially launched his bid to rival Hearn for control of the world game. ... read more >>

Jack Nicklaus: Tiger Woods can surpass my majors record

The Golden Bear is at Heaton Park Golf Centre on the outskirts of Manchester teaching a lot of schoolchildren who do not really know who he is.They know he must be great because the mayor is here with his gold chain. But when Nicklaus asks the 10 and 11-year-olds when he started playing golf, the guesses range from 18 to 40. They would all recognise Tiger Woods, but Nicklaus is just an old man from a far off age. ... read more >>

Monte Carlo Low! Jenson Button’s title tilt derailed by forgetful mechanic

After the run of joy, the walk of pain. Last year, Jenson Button famously trotted along the pit lane to collect his prize as winner of the Monaco Grand Prix. Yesterday, he trudged back after two laps because of a schoolboy error by one of his McLaren mechanics. As for Lewis Hamilton, who finished fifth, he was involved in a fractious mid-race exchange over the radio when he was told to ‘take it easy’ to nurse his car through a technical glitch. ... read more >>

Why Tony Adams hopes to master the art of reinvention

Even by his notably leftfield standards, for Tony Adams to choose FC Qabala of Azerbaijan as his next managerial destination takes some getting your head around. The five-year-old club currently play at a stadium with a capacity of 2,000, built adjoining a tobacco factory. The town is 140 miles inland from the capital, Baku, in a remote, mountainous region with a population which would almost (but not quite) fill Wembley Stadium. ... read more >>

Roberto Martinez – I’ve had one drink in my life, but I do believe in champagne football

Roberto Martinez always ends his column in Wigan’s match programme with the same phrase. Sin miedo. It is Spanish for ‘no fear’. His players will take that message on to the pitch at Stamford Bridge tomorrow when they try to deny Chelsea the win that would clinch the Barclays Premier League title. ... read more >>

Eidur Gudjohnsen vows to take legal action over ‘Nazi salute’ claim

Eidur Gudjohnsen is taking action after being accused of making a Nazi salute. The Tottenham striker was photographed in a London pub making a gesture that the Daily Star newspaper claimed was a Nazi salute. Gudjohnsen, who was also pictured drinking lager and smoking a cigarette, released a statement on the Tottenham website. ... read more >>

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