The record number of goals scored in a single weekend in the Barclays English Premier League is 43 and that record was threatened as no less than 41 goals were scored this weekend. The final game on Saturday was a 10-goal thriller between Arsenal and Newcastle United. It was a ding dong battle of wits […]
Roberto Mancini will have another referee in his sights after Mike Jones showed Sami Nasri a red card for retaliation after he was badly tackled by Sébastien Bassong, who sent Nasri crashing. The Man City player got to his feet and challenged Bassong and their foreheads touched – there was no head butt involved, […]
Former England captain and television commentator Tony Greig has died after being diagnosed with lung cancer, Australia’s Nine Network has said. According to Australia’s the Age newspaper, Greig, who played a senior role in Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket revolution and was a distinctive voice in cricket broadcasting, was diagnosed with lung cancer in October. […]
In what has become a Man United custom over the years, they got out of jail in the dying seconds to avoid a 3-3 draw with Newcastle United at Old Trafford. The Red Devils were 2-3 down after 68 minutes but RVP equalised three minutes later then in the 90th minute Hernandez got the winner […]
Martin Guptill was on 97*, New Zealand needed four runs for victory according to D/L, Rory Kleinveldt was about to bowl the last ball in a rain shortened match. So what would you bowl to man who had hit the bowlers to every corner and over them with majesty, if you had to bowl the […]
Despite dropping two vital points to the Swans at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea, Manchester United stayed four points clear at the top of the Barclays Premiership going into the ridiculously busy Christmas period with games on Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week. While the other European leagues take a well earned break over […]
There has been much talk about both the Proteas and the Black Caps T20 squads being under strength, well if the SA side was under strength, then heaven help the Kiwi’s if they face a full strength Proteas outfit. Reeling at 34/5 the Black Caps were all at sea and probably hoping that the Mayans […]
The draw for the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League took place on Thursday with some interesting pairings: There are 16 teams remaining in the competition Eight are seeded, eight are unseeded The draw pits a team from the seeded pot against a side from the unseeded pot No team can play a club […]
It was a dark and rainy night at Ellend Rd in West Yorkshire, in fact it had been raining all day, but the pitch was in magnificent condition for the Capital One Quarter-Final match between Leeds United and Chelsea, a match predicted to renew a rivalry and bitterness that has lingered for many a year. The […]
It’s been nine long years since one could write that headline, but on Wednesday night at Ellend Rd, 50 years of rivalry and bitter hatred will once again come under the spotlight, when these two famous clubs clash in a Capital One Cup match. Add to that the disrespect that Leeds manager Neil Warnock has for his Chelsea […]