Archive for: May, 2012

SA T20 squad announced

Cricket South Africa has announced the Proteas squad for the unofficial T20 International Series against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh from June 18 to 24 in Zimbabwe Chris Morris, the 25-year-old Highveld Lions allrounder, will make his first appearance for the Proteas while Faf du Plessis of the Titans has also been included in the T20 squad for the […]

Serena Williams knocked out of Roland Garros

  After her recent success on clay and her claim that clay was one of her favourite surfaces, fifth seed Serena Willams was blown away by 115th ranked French player Virginie Razzano 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 to exit the Roland Garros tournament in the first round. Rafael Nadal was one the last to play his first […]

Most of the seeds go through at Roland Garros

With the first round almost complete there have only been two major upsets so far, one in the Men’s and one in the Women’s singles matches. American Andy Roddick was the only seeded casualty in the men’s draw going out to France’s Nicolas Mahut in four sets 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. South Africa’s Kevin Anderson […]

England win by 9 wickets

It was a walk in the park for England chasing a total of 108 to win the second test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on day four. The Windies replied with a mere 165 in their second innings leaving England a simple task to knock off the required runs. Andrew Strauss […]

Mark Webber wins his 2nd Monaco GP

When it comes to the playground of the rich and famous you can bank on a few certainties, the biggest yachts will be moored beside the track, the celebrities trying to get access to the pitlane will be lined up ten deep and the pole sitter will win the race. Another Monaco Grand Prix has come […]

Carl Froch thrashes Lucian Bute in the fight of the century

It was one of the greatest displays of power boxing that I have ever seen as Carl Froch thrashed the living daylights out of the IBF Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute in front of thousands of extatic fans in the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham on Saturday. Bute with an unbeaten 30-0 (24KO’s) never stood […]

Harlequins champions of England for the first time

The Leicester Tigers were left a little rattled by their unexpectedly long bus trip which delayed their arrival at Twickenham in London for the Aviva Premier League Final against first-timers Harlequins on Saturday afternoon. Thousands of green shirted Tigers fans were also delayed, some of whom didn’t make it in time for kickoff. Leicester looked […]

Sharks halt the Stormers in the rain

The Stormers had been almost unstoppable in this year’s Super Rugby competition, but at Kings Park in Durban on Saturday they found the Shark Tank a little too tough and were beaten 25-20 in a hard fought match. The Stormers retain their position at the top of the local conference by a slender two points from […]

Another stunning century from skipper Andrew Strauss

Another stunning century from skipper Andrew Strauss saw England into the driving seat at stumps on day two of the second test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, that was after Marlon Samuels 117 and Darren Sammy 106 had both scored centuries in a 204 run partnership for the seventh wicket that saved […]

Michael Schmacher takes pole in Monaco and forfeits it

Qualifying at Monaco is paramount as the pole sitter usually wins the race, unless something goes wrong, as the possibility of overtaking on this ridiculous racetrack, once you get behind someone slower that you is almost nil, as David Coulthard found out when he got stuck behind Enrique Bernoldi’s Arrows for most of the afternoon in […]

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