Vasco ready to join PSL big guns
FORMER National First Division side Vasco Da Gama are aware of the huge challenges of playing in the Premier Soccer League. That’s according to Vasco da Gama coach Carlos das Neves, who is well aware of the difference in standards compared to the First Division, after the Cape side sailed into soccer’s big-time in South Africa [...]
Chelsea take the win against Arsenal
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 [...]
Sir Alex Ferguson vows to axe his FA Cup flops
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 [...]
Lawrence Dallaglio completes fourth leg of Six Nations bike ride
03 March 2010
Lawrence Dallaglio, the former England rugby captain, has completed the fourth leg of his charity bike ride round the Six Nations countries. Former Wasps star Dallaglio said celebrity cyclists David Walliams and Fearne Cotton, who are completing a separate charity ride, will have a far easier time. The ex-England captain is cycling round Europe visiting every [...]
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Harbhajan Singh claims five wickets as India win second Test against South Africa
19 February 2010
Second Test, day five: India (643-6 declared) beat South Africa (296 & 289) by an innings and 58 runs. Harbhajan Singh claimed five wickets as India sealed a dramatic innings-and-57-run victory on the final day of the second Test against South Africa at Eden Gardens to draw the series 1-1 and retain their place at [...]
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Occy sets up round four Burleigh clash with Nick Woods
19 February 2010
Surfing veteran Mark Occhilupo has made it through to the fourth round of the Breaka Burleigh Pro, mounting a successful return to the professional circuit on the Gold Coast today. The 1999 world champion placed second in his four man heat this morning after coming out of retirement for the event. In perfect, two-metres swells at Burleigh [...]
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Lack of marquee female figure skater has NBC worried about ratings
12 February 2010
Who needs Michelle Kwan or Nancy Kerrigan with you have the Flying Tomato? If only the Winter Olympics had a polar bear swim event — then we could send Michael Phelps, and everyone from the Wheaties account managers to the “Got Milk?” ad reps could take a deep cleansing breath. It’s too late for NBC, of course, [...]
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Top development cyclist banned for doping
12 February 2010
Cycling South Africa (CSA) has confirmed that top sprinter, Nolan Hoffman, has been handed an 18-month suspension from racing by an Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel that convened in Bloemfontein on February 3. CSA said in a statement that Hoffman returned a positive test for unacceptably high levels of the hormone Testosterone, following the scrutiny of a [...]
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SPAIN’S LOPEZ SWEEPS FINAL TO CAPTURE SA OPEN
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 [...]
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Channel 4 takes TV rights to London Paralympics in £10 million deal
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 [...]
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Sky on a high after Sutton’s sprint
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 [...]
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Cowboys Stadium preparations for boxing
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 [...]
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Scarlett – I’d love to be back in Ferns
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 [...]
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