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Sport
Third time’s a charm for Knights?
TOBY Berridge and Michael Heaney have been handed starting debuts as the Knights make a third attempt at their trip to London Welsh this afternoon (2pm).
Kyle’s double blast
KYLE Bennett pressed his claims for a place in the Doncaster Rovers’ side to face Peterborough on Saturday with a brace in yesterday afternoon’s 4-1 win over Lincoln City in a practice game behind closed doors at the club’s training ground.
Davey raging over matches
DONCASTER Knights will be looking to bounce back from successive Championship defeats in today’s rearranged clash against London Welsh at Old Deer Park (2pm).
Lots of punches and hard knocks but no Leeds ‘KO’
DONCASTER Rovers slumped to their first home defeat in six league games against Blackpool on TUESDAY night as the Seasiders completed a league double with a 3-1 win in the return at the Keepmoat Stadium.
Bamogo not fit for Posh
DONCASTER Rovers’ attacking midfielder Habib Bamogo will miss Saturday’s home game against Peterborough United.
Football
Rhinos charge ended by Boys
WOODLANDS Rhinos lost interest in the Doncaster Senior Football League’s Doncaster FA Challenge Cup after going down 3-1 at home to Kinsley Boys in their second round tie. Joe Howey, Tom Clarke and Josh Appleton were on the mark for Kinsley and Daniel Palmer the consolation for Rhinos.
DDJSFL: Sprotbrough under 11 side win January Team of the Month award
IT’S not the winning, it’s the taking part that counts.
Leeds United 3 Doncaster Rovers 2: Paul Goodwin’s verdict
ANYBODY interested in thrills, chills and excitement might have been better advised to visit the fairground outside Elland Road prior to what was meant to be a gritty, dour Yorkshire derby.
Derby teams in bust-up
Doncaster Rovers and Leeds United are likely to find themselves in trouble with the football authorities after fighting broke out in the tunnel at the end of Saturday’s derby at Elland Road.
MATCH REPORT: Leeds 3 Doncaster Rovers 2
DONCASTER Rovers remain anchored to the bottom of the Championship table after Leeds United completed a hat-trick of wins over them this season at Elland Road.
Knights
Wheatley win not enough to keep Hills in second
WHEATLEY Hills dropped a place to third in North East One despite completing a double over Morpeth with a 17-6 home win - Middlesbrough climbing above them after picking up a bonus point win.
Hard working Zack wins Knights’ Players’ accolade
DONCASTER Knights’ flanker Zack Farivarz, who scored one of the club’s two tries in Saturday’s 15-14 Championship derby defeat against Rotherham Titans, was named the Players’ Player of the Year at the club’s awards dinner on Saturday night.
4,000 watch Knights defeat
DONCASTER Knights will have to regroup for two further battles in three days this week after suffering a last-gasp 15-14 Championship defeat at home to derby rivals Rotherham on Saturday.
Doncaster Knights 14 Rotherham Titans 15
A LAST gasp penalty aided by an untimely gust of wind saw Rotherham steal the spoils from the Knights in a poor South Yorkshire derby clash.
Dons
Skipper Robinson ready for high flying Eagles
DONS’ skipper Craig Robinson is looking forward to trying to clip Sheffield Eagles’ wings in Sunday’s Northern Rail Cup Pool B clash at the Keepmoat Stadium.
Second half rally earns Dons a bonus point
DONCASTER produced a spirited second half showing in yesterday’s home Northern Rail Cup pool clash against Championship outfit York City Knights to claim a losing bonus point.
Doncaster 18 York City Knights 29
A FAILED second half fight back saw the Dons slip to defeat against Championship side York in the Northern Rail Cup.
Dons ready for tough Rail Cup test
DONS’ boss Tony Miller is hoping that his side get off on the right track in tonight’s rearranged Northern Rail Cup pool clash against Gateshead at the town’s International Stadium (8pm),
Cricket
Club rapped over dinner
BAD manners at a cricket league dinner has led to suspensions and points deductions for a Doncaster club.
Horne returns with league’s best bowling figures
AFTER missing the first two weeks of matches in 2012 through illness and work commitments, Barnby Dun’s Jay Horne produced a magnificent display of fielding and bowling on his turn to action in the All Saints Indoor Cricket League.
Davies keeps Hatfield hot on heels of the leaders
ROSSINGTON Main returned to winning ways in the All Saints Indoor Cricket League with an easy win against bottom club Warmsworth.
Boxing
Cunningham fighting for his family
JASON Cunningham wants to be the Doncaster bantamweight everybody is talking about, but he’s biding his time for now.
Plant duo out in quarter-finals
DONCASTER Plant Works ABC suffered a double knockout blow in the quarter-finals of the National Schoolboys’ Championships at Everton with both Reece Bradford and Tom Bell losing Bradford suffered a 12-8 points defeat in his Class 1 Under-36kg bout against Charles Eadie.
Severe injury halts Sarah Stevenson’s Olympic build-up
TAE kwon do world champion Sarah Stevenson was forced to undergo surgery on Wednesday to repair an injury which has put her Olympic place in doubt.
National semis bid by Plant schoolboy duo
DONCASTER Plant Works’ coach Ken Blood feels that both Reece Bradford and Thomas Bell have got a fighting chance of making it through to the last four of National Schoolboys’ Championships.
Jamie shrugs off venue change
JAMIE McDonnell has vowed to get over the disappointment of a venue change and to put on a superb performance in his next fight.
Horse Racing
‘Oldies’ on show in feature race
DONCASTER’S National Hunt season continues with a seven-race programme tomorrow (1.55 start).
Walsh in timely return to lift the winter gloom
The Arctic blast which has swept across the country has played havoc with the fixture list with courses up and down the land suffering abandonments due to the snow and ice.
Seeing 32Red at Town Moor
DONCASTER’S next meeting on Town Moor on Thursday week is supported by 32Red Online Casino – the UK’s premier online casino and gaming company - who sponsor all but one of the races.
Sky Bet Chase preview: Hold On Julio is the one to beat
The name on the lips of all the pundits at the moment is the precocious chaser Hold On Julio, writes Jon Pullin.
Town Moor race National pointer
DONCASTER’S principal National Hunt meeting, Sky Bet Chase Day on Saturday, features the most valuable race of the jumping season on Town Moor - The Sky Bet Chase – which offers prize money of £75,000.
National sport
Broad excited by T20 squad
Resurgent England will return to one of their world-beating disciplines on Thursday under a Twenty20 captain confident they have the potential to improve still further.
Women divers make history
Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow claimed Great Britain's first ever women's international diving medal after snatching bronze in the platform synchro at the FINA World Cup.
Big guns commit to Saracens
England internationals Owen Farrell and Mouritz Botha are among 18 players to have agreed contract extensions with Aviva Premiership champions Saracens.
Four changes for Scotland
Scotland head coach Andy Robinson has made four changes in personnel for Sunday's RBS 6 Nations clash with France at Murrayfield.
Mulgrew punishes poor Pars
Charlie Mulgrew celebrated his first Scotland call-up with a wonderful strike in a 2-0 victory over Dunfermline at Parkhead which helped take Celtic 20 points clear of Rangers at the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.
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Weather for Doncaster
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Today
Light rain
Temperature: 11 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 33 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 10 C to 14 C
Wind Speed: 21 mph
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