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- PM 'plans football racism summit'
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- Singer Whitney Houston dies aged 48
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Posh v West Ham postponed despite fans efforts video
10.25am: Peterborough United's sell-out clash with West Ham at London Road was postponed before 9am this morning due to a frozen pitch, despite valiant efforts by fans from both teams.
30 commentsPosh to sign defender Brisley
Saturday, 1.10pm: Peterborough United are to sign highly-rated Macclesfield centre-back Shaun Brisley this week.
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Keira’s learning from an ex-Olympic cyclist
TALENTED King’s Cliffe Flyers Keira McVitty has recently been learning from a former Olympic cyclist as she bids to become one of the best on two wheels.
Ice hockey preview: Home comforts are a must for Phantoms
Peterborough Phantoms’ home form will be the key to their chances of play-off success.
Posh Diary: West Ham links - joining Posh was the best decision Williams ever made
COMEBACK king Tom Williams reckons the best move he ever made was to leave West Ham for Posh.
Football
Star’s FA Vase clash is off due to the weather
NORTHERN Star’s FA Vase fifth round trip to Tividale today has been called off due to the weather. The game has been rearranged for next Saturday, February 18.
Shilton to speak at London Road
PETER Shilton, England’s most capped footballer, will be the guest speaker at a London Road dinner being held to raise money for the Helping Hands group.
Posh appeal for volunteers ahead of pitch inspection
POSH chairman Darragh MacAnthony has made an appeal for 300 volunteers to come forward and help the club ensure their mouthwatering Championship clash against West Ham goes ahead tomorrow.
Weekend football fixtures are badly hit by the big freeze
THE local football programme this weekend has already been decimated.
Star bosses in dreamland after a superb FA Vase run
PROUD Northern Star director Tony Zirpolo admits the club’s FA Vase heroics have left him in dreamland.
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Speedway
Speedway preview: Swales believes he’s got the best line-up
Peterborough Panthers joint team boss Trevor Swales insists he wouldn’t swap his 2012 line-up for any other in the Elite League.
Panthers are back in the Anglian Junior League
PANTHERS have signed up for the return of the Anglian Junior League this year.
Speedway: Sullivan can’t wait for Alwalton return
FLYIN’ Ryan Sullivan admits he couldn’t resist the chance to race at the East of England Showground one more time.
Pedersen will use Panthers’ opener as practice for the GP
FORMER number one Nicki Pedersen is to make an unexpected return to the Showground on Panthers’ opening night.
Ice Hockey
Ice hockey: Islanders’ title hopes suffer a setback
PETERBOROUGH Islanders boss Ross Mackintosh is refusing to write off his side’s title hopes despite their shock defeat to Romford Fury.
Phantoms 2, Guildford Flames 6 - Phantoms shot down in Flames yet again
English Premier League report: GUILDFORD Flames lived up to their billing as English Premier League title favourites at the Peterborough Arena last night.
PLAY-OFF COUNTDOWN: Can Phantoms make it?
PHANTOMS have 16 games left to clinch their place in this season’s English Premier League Play-offs.
Time for Phantoms to roll up their sleeves
PHANTOMS will have to win the battles if they hope to win the war with Guildford tonight.
Phantoms ace out for three matches
PHANTOMS joint top scorer Luke Ferrara faces a frustrating spell on the sidelines after injuring his knee in Saturday night’s 3-0 defeat in Sheffield.
Golf
Golf roundup: Aldred limps home
COMPETITORS in Greetham Valley’s first senior medal of 2012 learned to beware the injury golfer after David Aldred limped to victory.
Athletics
March ace happy to start 2012 campaign with a win
MARCH athlete Louise Hazel made a winning start to Olympic year when taking the honours in the 60m hurdles at the Birmingham Games.
Korkmaz is in seventh heaven over call-ups for her young guns
SEVEN members of Denise Korkmaz’s young squad at Peterborough Athletic Club represented Cambridgeshire at the weekend.
Sumskis hopes to take his form onto the track
LATVIAN ace Edgars Sumskis has set his sights on breaking four minutes for 1500m this summer after enjoying his best ever winter.
Neal wins her age group at the Alsager 5
MARCH athlete Melissa Neal won the Over 35 women’s age group at the Alsager 5 in 31.27.
Sunday promises to be a great day for Stamford
STAMFORD pair Aaron Scott and Philippa Taylor could complete long-distance doubles in their home town on Sunday.
Cricket
March sign a young Aussie international
MARCH Town have signed up an Australian youth international as their overseas player for next season.
England captain Charlotte out to rule the world . . . twice
England Ladies cricket captain Charlotte Edwards hopes to be celebrating two World Cup wins in the next 12 months
Bourne are hit by Masood departure
BOURNE’S hopes of a Lincs Premier Division title charge this summer have been dealt a blow by the departure of superstar professional Fahad Masood.
Cricket: Sign-up for midweek Twenty20 league
ENTRIES are being taken for a new Twenty20 league in the area.
Cricket: Six of the best earns Peterborough Town U12s league title
PETERBOROUGH Town won the Border Counties Under 12 indoor cricket league at Stamford by winning all six of their matches.
Rugby
Wisbech back on the road to Twickenham
WISBECH take centre stage on the local front this weekend when they continue their bid to reach a Twickenham final.
Rugby preview: Borough boys need to improve their discipline
BOROUGH will need to produce a much more disciplined performance when they entertain Nuneaton Old Edwardians at Fengate on Saturday (2.15pm).
Rugby roundup: Lions get rattled as they suffer rare defeat
PETERBOROUGH Lions’ title charge was halted on Saturday by arch rivals Market Harborough.
Matlock 55, Borough 9 - Poor discipline costs Borough at Matlock
Rugby report: Borough slipped to a heavy defeat following a promising start as Matlock took advantage of a lack of discipline from the city side.
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Rugby preview: Borough hit by more injuries
BOROUGH go into tomorrow’s game away to Matlock low on personnel but high on spirit.
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Hockey
City hoping for capital gains at Wimbledon
CITY of Peterborough will need player-coach Gareth Andrew to be at his goal-scoring best tomorrow as they face one of the English League East Conference’s top sides.
TDA reach the regional finals
THOMAS Deacon Academy progressed to the regional finals when impressing at the Cambridgeshire Schools Under 18 Championships at Cambridge on Thursday.
Hockey preview: City Ladies aiming to halt their losing run
CITY of Peterborough Ladies welcome back Jenny Todd and Claire Pateman as they bid to halt their losing run.
Hockey preview: City are ready to hit the ground running
CITY of Peterborough return to National League action tomorrow determined to build on their excellent start to the season.
Hayward scores five in Wisbech Grammar School wins
EIGHT boys’ teams from Wisbech Grammar School performed strongly against Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, scoring a total of 24 goals and conceding only six.
Angling
Angling roundup: It’s snow fun trying to fish in this weather
ANGLING ground to a halt at the weekend as the predicted snow and frosts put paid to any hopes of fishing - unless of course you were completely mad or an expert ice breaker.
1 commentFormer England international angler Harris passes away
EARLIER in the week I heard the extremely sad news that Robin Harris had passed away.
2 commentsKing rules on the Horsehoe at Decoy Lakes
It’s been some time since Mick King made his mark in a JVAC event, but on Sunday he showed his true class at Decoy Lakes.
Angling: The Band plays the right tune
PIKE angling in this part of the country has helped many clubs to survive over the past few years as more and more anglers turn to our commercial waters for their sport.
Angling: Drew wins but strong winds make life difficult on the Old Nene
THE Allsorts lads fished the March Bypass section of the Old Nene which is usually a very reliable venue at this time of year, but with it being low and clear like most venues and on Sunday being hit by strong winds sport was far from its best.
Other Sport
Northants close on a place in the national final
THE Northants Bowling Federation county team could clinch a place in the national final of the Derbyshire Trophy inter-county championship tomorrow when they face defending champions Norfolk, weather permitting.
Bowls community hit by two deaths
THE local bowls community is mourning the deaths of two prominent stalwarts whose outstanding contributions over many years as players, administrators and supporters were recognised with life memberships of the Northants Women’s Bowling Federation.
‘Express’ delivery a big boost for the Polish community
THE city’s Polish community have thrown their weight and support behind next month’s professional boxing show in Peterborough – to cheer on their own sporting hero.
February weather is a big Head-ache for Peterborough City Rowing Club
Peterborough City Rowing Club could break with almost 50 years of tradition after being forced to cancel their Head of the Nene race for the second year running.
Four city players in action for Scotland
FOUR city players were in action last weekend for Scotland Veterans at an international tournament held in Rotherham.
World Of Sport
Alan Swann’s World of Sport: on John Terry, Harry Redknapp & England’s Dubai disaster
IF John Terry wasn’t such a self-centred, egotistical, pig-headed individual, he’d have quit the England captaincy when his alleged racial abuse first led to charges.
Alan Swann’s World of Sport: on England’s pathetic capitulation in the cricket and Posh failing to turn up against Portsmouth
WELL that was one of the saddest Saturdays of my life in sport.
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Alan Swann’s World of Sport: on Kenny Dalglish, Spanish football fans, and Arsene Wenger’s time is up
I LOVE a good ‘told you so’ moment so let me remind you what I wrote when Kenny Dalglish was appointed Liverpool boss.
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Alan Swann’s World of Sport: on the BDO Darts ‘world champion’, Thierry Henry’s return and the Manchester derby
EVERYTHING about the BDO World Championships smacks of small-time.
French On Friday
French on Friday: What a weekend!
POOR old Chris Beeby had one of those weekends you like to forget in a hurry.
French on Friday: Night-time manoeuvres
WAS ET newshound Mark Plummer on the scent of a massive scoop? Something big must have been going on at Posh?
National Sport
Charnley inspires Wigan triumph
Winger Josh Charnley scored a hat-trick of tries as Wigan bounced back from their shock opening home defeat by Huddersfield with a clinical 20-6 destruction of Stobart Super League champions Leeds.
Fleming and Hutchins put GB ahead
Great Britain moved to within one rubber of a fifth consecutive Davis Cup win under captain Leon Smith after Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins beat Michal Mertinak and Filip Polasek of Slovakia at Glasgow's Braehead Arena.
Late Henry winner rescues Arsenal
Substitute Thierry Henry marked the final league game of his loan spell at Arsenal with a last-gasp winner to see off Sunderland 2-1.
Spurs fans show Redknapp the love
Tottenham's fans pleaded with Harry Redknapp to snub England and stay at White Hart Lane as the Spurs boss masterminded a brutal 5-0 hammering of Newcastle.
Chelsea suffer defeat at Everton
Steven Pienaar and Denis Stracqualursi struck as Everton piled on the pressure for Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas with a 2-0 victory.
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