The Kiwis have permission from Les Catalans, with whom he is to play in Super League next season, for Jones to play, but he has flown in with an unspecified fitness problem.. If ever there was a player who needs a successful Tri-Nations to banish the sour taste of the end of the domestic season, it is Keith Senior. New Zealand's playmaker, Stacey Jones, is a doubtful starter for their Tri-Nations match with Great Britain at Loftus Road on Saturday due to a mystery injury. He knows from personal experience that the timescale is important. Seven years after winning at the English Schools' Athletics Championships, he took the 1500 metres gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics."The Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one we must not squander," said Coe, who acknowledged that the involvement of young people and the promise of a sporting legacy for future generations were two of the major reasons why the International Olympic Committee chose London to host the 2012 Games ahead of Paris..
They are also about creating a well-stocked shop window for sport in the UK. The Games will not be a good Games if that shop window is empty, or if there is no evidence that more young people are taking up sport."The success of the Games will not be judged on how many new railway lines have been built, or how many hotel rooms have been filled."Coe, a double Olympic champion, knows the British public will ultimately judge the success of 2012 on the number of domestic medal winners and he urged everyone involved in sport in the UK - from teachers to coaches and performance directors - to make every effort to produce the champions of the future. "Britain performing well in these Games is not the icing on the cake. It's pretty well the whole ingredient; it's crucial," Coe, the chairman of the 2012 organising committee, told UK Sport's annual major events conference, held in London. "The Olympic and Paralympics Games are not just about full houses, great merchandise and profit. The USA, who will play in next year's World Cup, have played on Scottish soil only once, in 1952, losing 6-0.. Lord Coe issued a warning yesterday that producing British gold medal winners will be crucial to the success of the London 2012 Olympic Games. But the champions will be without their first-choice centre-halves, Julien Rodriguez and Soto Kyrgiakos.* Scotland will meet the USA in a friendly at Hampden Park on 12 November.
I'm sure, like myself, many people will be devastated, as they could see how well the team was playing for the manager. It was a pleasure to play for him."One player, Rudi Skacel, was reportedly rebuked by Romanov for displaying a "For the Gaffer" T-shirt, in reference to Burley, after scoring last Saturday.Elsewhere tonight, Celtic host Motherwell, against whom they drew 4-4 on the opening day, looking to close the three-point gap behind Hearts. Rangers, whose opening-day 3-0 home win against Livingston flattered to deceive, get a chance, at Livi, to lift their fortunes. John McGlynn, Hearts' interim manager, will make a late decision on whether Ibrahim Tall or Christophe Berra will replace Pressley in the centre of the defence.Craig Gordon, Hearts' Scotland goalkeeper, provided an insight yesterday into the squad's mentality after they heard the news that Burley had gone "It totally deflated the team. A victory tonight will allay fears that the wheels are about to come off their title challenge because of the turmoil of the past few days. But anything less and the knives will be out for Romanov before Saturday's testing visit across Edinburgh to face Hibernian. Hearts face Kilmarnock without their captain, Steven Pressley, who is suspended, while his Scottish international team-mate, Paul Hartley, is doubtful through injury. Hearts won 4-2 away against the same opponents on the opening day of the season to set them on their way to an unbeaten run of 11 league games to date.
