Category: Sports News
Win Over Everton Will Boost Tottenham’s Title Bid
Tottenham will be aiming to boost their title bid by beating Everton at White Hart Field, when the sides meet in a match on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. This is the game that was postponed from match week one, following the aftermath of the London riots in the Tottenham area. Spurs are currently three points [...]
Racism Row: FIFA Chief Blatter In Eye Of Storm After Controversial Comment
On Wednesday Blatter was quoted as suggesting that a handshake would suffice to settle racial discrimination, and the comments have been met with a barrage of criticism from all quarters with David Beckham joining the chorus of voices raised against the FIFA President. Adding fuel to the fire is the incidence of a couple of [...]
Cincinnati Masters: Murray Beats Djokovic To Lift Crown
World number four Andy Murray won his second Cincinnati Masters crown when Novak Djokovic retired midway through the second set of their final on Sunday. Murray led 6-4, 3-0 when the world number one decided to hand him the match. Murray won his first title in Cincinnati in 2008.
This was only Djokovic’s second loss against 57 wins this year. A sore right shoulder caused Djokovic to retire hurt after he began to visibly slow down slow down his serve toward the end of the first set.
Sunday Sports Round Up On August 14, 2011: England Are Number One In Test Cricket
England handed India their worst defeat since 1974 to seal the number one rank in test match cricket, at Edgbaston, on Saturday. Starting the day at 35/1 India needed to bat through the best part of two days to be able to salvage a draw, but by lunch on the fourth day, the match was all but over, with India tottering on 116/6.
Saturday Sports Round Up For August 13, 2011: India On The Brink At Edgbaston
England continued to dominate the Edgbaston test match against India and pushed the visitors to the brink, when they dismissed Sehwag for a king pair, to leave India at 35/1 at the end of day three. Earlier England piled up 710/7 before declaring, 481 runs ahead of India, on the first innings. Cook was unlucky to miss what would have been his first test triple hundred by six runs, and his dismissal was the sign for Strauss to call an end to the England innings. India face an uphill task in their bid to save the game on a gradually deteriorating wicket against an England attack that has the bowlers to exploit the conditions.
Italian Premier League 2011-12: Serie A Schedule & Match Times
Italy’s professional football league has been active since 1929 and enjoys the honour of having produced the most European Cup finalists, with Italian clubs having reached 26 finals and won 12 times. Ranked 4th in the world according to UEFA’s league coefficient, the Serie A has three of the most famous clubs of the world, in Juventus, Milan and Internazionale.
In case you want to know what time it will be in the capital city of your country when the next match of the Serie A begins, take a look at this table.
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Wednesday Sports Round Up For August 10, 2011: India, England Resume Battle For Test Match Supremacy At Edgbaston
The world number one test ranking is at stake as England and India resume battle in the third test at Edgbaston beginning on Wednesday. England will be assured of the top spot in tests if they were to win their third test match in a row, against the touring Indians. If India were to win the Edbaston test, the fight for the number one spot would shift to the last test at the Oval; England need to win the series by a margin of at least two matches to make the top test ranking their own.
Monday Sports Round Up For August 8, 2011: Nani Leads United Fightback Against City
Manchester United beat Manchester City 3-2 on the back of Nani’s double to lift the Community Shield, on Sunday, at Wembley. This was more than just a pre-season friendly; during the last decade, the team winning the Community Shield has gone on to win the Premiership.
Friday Sports Round Up For August 5, 2011: Tiger Woods Returns With A Bang
Tiger Woods has returned to golfing action at the Bridgestone Invitational, with a two-under-par 68. “I have done all the work. I have done all the training and all the rehab. It’s time to let it go … to let it rip,” Woods is reported to have said, after his brilliant performance that was advance warning for rivals who had written Woods off.
Thursday Sports Round Up For August 4, 2011: Yuvraj, Harbhajan Out Of England Tour
Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh are set to return home to India from the tour of England after injury has ruled both players out of the rest of the series. They will be replaced by Virat Kohli and Pragyan Ojha.
Harbhajan sustained an abdominal tear during the second test at Trentbridge, while Yuvraj Singh fractured a finger while batting in India’s second innings of the same match. Virat Kohli made his test debut in the West indies, earlier this year, and had a poor outing, making just 76 runs in three matches. Ojha has played in 11 tests and taken 42 wickets in the process.
Tuesday Sports Round Up For August 2, 2011: England Closer To Number One Test Ranking
England moved closer to the number one spot in tests, after taking a 2-0 lead at Trent Bridge, in the ongoing series with India. India were treated to a combination of pace and bounce that did them in. The old failing against the rising ball was all too evident; Mukund, Raina and Yuvraj, all perished to bouncers, as India were bowled out for 158.
Monday Sports Round Up For August 1, 2011: England Take Firm Grip At Trent Bridge
England scored 417 runs on day 4 of the fourth test at Trent Bridge, to take a firm grip on the proceedings, on a day the Indian bowling looked toothless, in Zaheer Khan’s absence. After the early loss of skipper Strauss’s wicket, Bell and Pietersen put together a commanding partnership of 162 runs. After the quick loss of three wickets, post tea, the Indians were again put to the sword, this time by Prior and Bresnan, in an unbroken century stand.
Sunday Sports Round Up For July 31, 2011: Dravid Ton Gives India The Edge Despite Broad Hattrick
The second test at Trent Bridge came alive with drama in the last session of day two, as a brilliant spell from Stuart Broad brought England back into the match as it appeared to be running away from the hosts’ grip. Stuart took a hattrick, accounting for skipper Dhoni, Harbhajan and Praveen Kumar, in successive [...]
Friday Sports Round Up For July 29, 2011: India Expect To Fight Back at Trent Bridge
India go into Friday’s second test match against England hoping to level the series, after losing the first test match at Lords. They will be hampered by the loss of their new-ball spearhead, Zaheer Khan, who could be replaced by either Munaf Patel or Sreesanth.
India’s bowling has been their weakness,in recent times, with an excessive reliance on Zaheer Khan. Players like Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth and Munaf Patel have not lived up to the promise of their performances, early in their career. Harbhajan Singh, another potential match winner, has not been consistently among the wickets.
Thursday Sports Round Up For July 28, 2011: Man United’s Hernandez Suffers Concussion
Javier Hernandez suffered a mild concussion during training ahead of Man United’s tour match with MLS All-Stars, at New Jersey’s Red Bull Arena, in New York, and was taken to hospital. Hernandez was training with the team when the incident happened, although he was not to play in the match with MLS All-Stars.
Hernandez has since been released after an overnight stay in hospital. United’s game against MLS All-Stars will be the fourth of a five-match tour, and Hernandez is scheduled to play in the fifth, a meeting with Barcelona, in Washington DC, on July 30.
Wednesday Sports Round Up For July 27, 2011: Zaheer Khan Likely To Miss Second Test
India’s ace new ball bowler Zaheer Khan is set to miss the second test match against England beginning on Friday at Trent Bridge, in Nottingham. Khan sustained a hamstring strain during the first test match. The bowler himself has revealed that he would miss the second match. His absence would be a big blow for India whose bowling appears much weaker without Zaheer at the helm. Munaf Patel could be a likely replacement for Khan, in the Indian eleven.
Tuesday Sports Round Up For July 26, 2011: Anderson Bowls England To Historic Win At Lords
James Anderson, who had been largely ineffective over the first four days of the Lords test between England and India, stood up to be counted on the last day, to bowl England to a 196-run win. Chasing 458 to get for an improbable win, India were bowled out for 261. Skipper Strauss described what transpired as being “as close to the perfect bowling performance as we’ve had in the last two years”.
Monday Sports Round Up For July 25, 2011: Ishant Gives India A Sniff Before Prior Helps England Set Huge Target At Lords
It was a roller-coaster ride at Lords on the fourth day of the first test match between England and India. India dominated the pre-lunch session sending back five England batsmen for 78, giving India a sniff of victory. Ishant Sharma took three of the five wickets that fell, in a brilliant spell of incisive fast bowling, and another wicket to the gangling bowler after lunch reduced England to 108/6 and looking down the barrel.
That was when Prior and Broad decided to take things in hand and that’s what they did, putting on 162 in 166 balls to enable his skipper to declare the innings closed, leaving India to get a target of 458 to win the match. Gambhir’s elbow injury in the field meant that Dravid opened the innings with Mukund. But england got the early breakthrough they wanted when Mukund was bowled by Broad in his first over, the 8th of the innings, to leave India at 19/1. In walked Laxman and stitched a partnership with Dravid to take India to a healthy 80/1 at close.
Sunday Sports Round Up For July 24, 2011: Stuart Broad Puts England On Top
India struggled to avoid the follow on, on the third day of the first test against England, at Lords, on Saturday, as some brilliant swing bowling from Stuart Broad saw the visitors collapse from the relative safety of 158/2 to 286 all out. And had Dravid not been dropped off Broad’s bowling, India would have been in deep trouble. England played out five overs to be 13 runs ahead at the end of the day. India can expect a post-tea declaration and 400 plus runs to chase in the fourth innings. If rain stays away, this match promises of an enthralling contest over the last two days, as India fight to stave off defeat.
Saturday Sports Round Up For July 23, 2011: Pietersen’s Double-Ton Pushes India On Back Foot At Lords
Pietersen scored an uncharacteristically painstaking double hundred, on the second day of the Lords test, allowing Strauss to declare the innings at 474/8, and forcing India to bat out a nervy half hour. India finished the day on 17/0, and are looking at a long haul to safeguard themselves against defeat on wicket that continues to aid swing. Pietersen shepherded his team to a score that looks daunting given the nature of the wicket, on which the likes of Anderson and Broad should enjoy bowling.
