Two goals from Didier Drogba helped Chelsea to dominate Arsenal 2-0 Sunday and take the championship lead in English football. The Blues have two lengths ahead of Manchester United who thrashed bottom club Portsmouth (5-0) Saturday, including a goal from Wayne Rooney, still tops the scoring charts with 21 achievements. Chelsea has 58 points against 56 for [...]
Manchester United manager stunned as side knocked out of third round for first time in his reign and Leeds earn tie with Tottenham A shocked Sir Alex Ferguson launched a scathing attack on his players after Manchester United were sent crashing out of the FA Cup by Leeds United on Sunday. Jermaine Beckford’s nineteenth-minute goal secured his [...]
After my recent look at Groups A and B, it is time for us to switch gears and have a look at Group C, one that pits perennial underachievers England with the improving discipline of the USA, the silky skills of Algeria, and European makeweights Slovenia. It should, in all probability, be a stroll for England, [...]
08 February 2010
Feliciano Lopez of Spain beat France’s Stephane Robert in Sunday’s final at the SA Tennis Open. Lopez, the third seed, defeated Robert 7-5, 6-1 in just over an hour to win his second career ATP singles title and first since capturing the Vienna crown in October 2004. The Spaniard rallied from a set down in the semifinals [...]
25 January 2010
The Paralympics moved into new territory when Channel 4 was awarded the broadcast rights to the 2012 London Games The deal, believed to be worth almost £10million, means the end of coverage by the BBC, which had shown every Games since 1980. It will be seen as snub to the BBC in many quarters, yet reflects the [...]
25 January 2010
British team continue their successful start with another one-two finish Team Sky concluded their hugely successful first week in the international peloton exactly as they had started it – with another top two places in a bunch sprint, this time in the final stage of the Tour Down Under (TDU) in Adelaide yesterday. The win went to [...]
21 January 2010
Now that the smoke has cleared from the fog machines and pyrotechnics at the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey press conference yesterday, we have a few details about the welterweight championship fight March 13 at Cowboys Stadium. Here’s what emerged about a fight the promoters are modestly calling “The Event.” * The set up will [...]
21 January 2010
Double international Anna Scarlett has not given up her dream of playing a role in a world championship-winning Silver Ferns – but admits there would need to be a change of coach for it to happen. The 26-year-old, preparing for the New Zealand Open beach volleyball tournament starting in Auckland tomorrow, said being dropped by coach [...]
18 January 2010
Charl Schwartzel made it two European Tour golf titles in two weeks when he added the Joburg Open to his Africa Open victory last week with a 23-under total – six shots ahead of the rest of the field. Schwartzel’s form was exemplary for the whole week on the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club [...]
18 January 2010
American Olympic superstars Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff won 400-yard individual medleys on Sunday night at the Long Beach Grand Prix. Phelps finished in three minutes 38.42 seconds, about a second behind his preliminary time but well ahead of second-place finisher Hidemasa Sano, who touched in 3:39.63. Todd Patrick was third in 3:45.54 at the Belmont [...]
15 January 2010
STV Sport understands that Jimmy Calderwood will be confirmed as the new boss of Kilmarnock until the end of the season at a press conference due to take place at Rugby Park at 5pm this evening. STV Sport understands that Jimmy Calderwood will be confirmed as the new boss of Kilmarnock until the end of the [...]
14 January 2010
Azerbaijan’s first scientific-athletic expedition to Andes mountain range (Argentina) under the leadership of Air and Extreme Sports Federation (FAIREX) President Huseyngulu Bagirov completed its mission successfully. The expedition carried out a scientific program to study the unique geology of the Andes, Aconcagua massif, the federation said. The expedition also implemented the program to study the biodiversity [...]
14 January 2010
Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), sponsors of the Jamaica Netball Association (JNA) Open League, will be offering three scholarships to the three top players in this year’s competition. The scholarships are valued at $50,000 each and tenable at the G.C. Foster College in St Catherine. Earl Jarrett, general manager of JNBS, made the announcement on Saturday during [...]
