FOOTBALL
- Safety fears hit football as 3 legs are broken in 3 days. The unlucky recipients were; Bobby Zamora, Luka Modric and Antonio Valencia.
- Europa League – Man City 2 v 0 Salzburg: Silva and Jo the scorers.
Liverpool 4 v 1 Steaua Bucharest: Ngog x2, Cole and Leiva
CRICKET
- England win both the 1st and 2nd ODI’s versus Pakistan;
1st ODI
England – 274/6 (41overs) = S Davies 87, Trott 70, Strauss 41, Bopara 35*.
Pakistan – 250/9 (41overs) = K Akmal 53, U Akmal 43.
ENGLAND WIN BY 24 RUNS.
2nd ODI
Pakistan – 294/8 (50overs) = K Akmal 74, Shafiq 74, Broad 4-81.
England – 295/6 (49.3overs) = Strauss 126, Trott 50.
ENGLAND WIN BY 4 WICKETS
- Clydesdale Bank Semi-Final’s;
1st Semi
Somerset – 312/6 (40overs) = Trescothick 76, Compton 55, Suppiah 42*, Butler 36.
Essex – 217allout (29.3overs) = Foster 58.
SOMERSET WIN BY 95 RUNS.
2nd Semi
Yorkshire – 257/5 (40overs) = Rudolph 106, Brophy 64.
Warwickshire – 260/6 (35overs) (D/L) = Chopra 76, Bell 57.
WARWICKS WIN BY 4 WICKETS ON D/L.
- The sad news has emerged that Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff, one of England’s finest ever all-rounders, has been forced to retire from all forms of cricket due to a troublesome knee. His presence will be missed from the game but his legacy will live on forever as a superb athlete, player, character and performer.
TENNIS
- A great couple of week’s tennis at Flushing Meadows for the US Open has come to an end. After defeating Novak Djokovic in a superb finale in 4 sets, Rafa Nadal finally completed his career slam. This came alongside Kim Clijsters beating Zvonareva in the Women’s tournament.
- The best match of the tournament was not the final though. Instead the epic semi-final between Djokovic and Federer which went to 5 sets with Djokovic finally prevailing after having gone 1-0 and 2-1 down. It was a match played with heat, intensity and rhythm and was the very finest brand of tennis that has been seen for quite some time.
- A very close friend of mine, Pearl, is a huge Djokovic fan. I would like to pay homage to her as, though her hero put her through just about every emotion (something relayed quickly on to me!) she never lost hope in him and supported him to the bitter end with great pride. She also taught me much about the passion in tennis and I must admit, I have more of a soft-spot for Djokovic than I did, even supporting him in his semi and final! “I am so proud of Nole”, says Pearl. “He played so well, I was crying when he had his match point against Federer after Federer had had two of his own”.
A magnificent spectacle for tennis and here’s to hoping for more of it next season!
FORMULA ONE
- After taking a brilliant pole-position, Ferrari man Fernando Alonso backed it up with a superb victory in front of the Tifosi to kick-start his championship challenge. After having been overtaken by Button to the opening corner things didn’t look good for him. His pit-stop managed to catapult him ahead of Button – who finished 2nd – and he never looked back.
BOXING
- Amir Khan agrees a defence of his WBA light-welterweight title against Marcos Maidana for December 13th in Las Vegas.
- Wladimir Klitschko successfully retained his IBF and WBO Heavyweight belts against Samuel Peter, stopping him in the 10th round in front of the Frankfurt crowd.
- Ricky Hatton has entered rehab after allegations of cocaine snorting has appeared.
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