Bennett linked with move to St Helens
Rugby league St Helens have emerged as a possible destination for Wayne Bennett, the former Australia coach who is standing down at Brisbane Broncos at the end of 2008 after 21 seasons with the NRL club. “My intention is to continue to coach, either in the northern or southern hemisphere,” Bennett said.
The only engage Super League vacancy on the horizon is at St Helens, where Daniel Anderson is in his last season. “It’s very early days,” Tony Colquitt, the club’s chief executive, said. “As for Wayne, we haven’t had any discussions with him or plans to contact him.”
Lions in control
Cricket The England Lions bowlers put their team firmly on top after bowling out Central Zone for 180 on the third day of their Duleep Trophy match in Vadodara, India. The home side started the day on 23 for two and some disciplined bowling from the five-man attack ensured the Lions are in with a chance of winning the match on the final day. England had reached 146 for one in response, chasing a victory target of 296.
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Champion sets pace
Motor racing Kimi Raikkonen underlined Ferrari’s impressive pre-season form by setting a blistering pace in testing at Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit yesterday. The Formula One world champion ended the day with a fastest lap of 1min 30.595sec, more than two seconds faster than last year’s Bahrain Grand Prix pole-position time of 1:32.652, set by Felipe Massa, his Ferrari team-mate.
Drago has no prayer
Snooker There was no divine intervention as Tony Drago, supported by the Archbishop of Malta, was beaten 4-2 by Stephen Maguire in the Malta Cup at the Portomaso Hilton yesterday. Drago, the local hero, was whitewashed 6-0 by Shaun Murphy in his opening group three match on Monday and cannot qualify for the semi-finals of the invitational tournament.
Foster exits early
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Bowls Barry Jenkins, from the Egham club in Surrey, had a surprising 9-4, 6-2 win over Paul Foster, the defending champion, in the first round of the WBT Welsh International Open in Llanelli. John Price, ever-present in the WBT top 16 since 1997, lost to Gerard Beath, of Australia, and will have to line up with aspiring professionals in the PBA play-offs next winter.