SPORTING NEWS OF THE WEEK 10

HEADLINERS AT COMMONWEALTH GAMES

A Few Of The Gold Medals!

Leon Baptiste, Athletics.
Tom Daley x2, Diving.
Rebecca Adlington x2, Swimming.
Liam Tancock x2, Swimming.
Fran Halsall, Swimming.
James Goddard, Swimming.
Imogen Cairns, Gymnastics.
Luke Folwell, Gymnastics.
Andy Turner, Athletics.
Steve Walton, Shooting.


FOOTBALL
· Ian Holloway is given a touchline ban after his altercation with a referee.
· Liverpool’s bidders are turned down by RBS as the Scouse club are left in further turmoil.

Internationals

Tuesday 12th October
European Championship Qualifying
Azerbaijan 1 - 0 Turkey
Kazakhstan 0 - 3 Germany
Belgium 4 - 4 Austria
Armenia 4 - 0 Andorra
Slovakia 1 - 1 Rep of Ireland
FYR Macedonia 0 - 1 Russia
Faroe Islands 1 - 1 Northern Ireland
Estonia 0 - 1 Slovenia
Belarus 2 - 0 Albania
France 2 - 0 Luxembourg
Finland 1 - 2 Hungary
San Marino 0 - 2 Moldova
Holland 4 - 1 Sweden
Latvia 1 - 1 Georgia
Greece 2 - 1 Israel
Switzerland 4 - 1 Wales
England 0 - 0 Montenegro
Denmark 2 - 0 Cyprus
Iceland 1 - 3 Portugal
Liechtenstein 0 - 2 Czech Republic

European Championship Qualifying
France 2 - 0 Romania
Israel 1 - 2 Croatia
Kazakhstan 0 - 2 Belgium
Austria 3 - 0 Azerbaijan
Germany 3 - 0 Turkey
Armenia 3 - 1 Slovakia
Andorra 0 - 2 FYR Macedonia
Rep of Ireland 2 - 3 Russia
Serbia 1 - 3 Estonia
Northern Ireland 0 - 0 Italy
Slovenia 5 - 1 Faroe Islands
Luxembourg 0 - 0 Belarus
Albania 1 - 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Hungary 8 - 0 San Marino
Moldova 0 - 1 Holland
Georgia 1 - 0 Malta
Greece 1 - 0 Latvia
Montenegro 1 - 0 Switzerland
Wales 0 - 1 Bulgaria
Cyprus 1 - 2 Norway
France 2 - 0 Romania



F1
· Vettel takes pole and victory at Suzuka as the Championship starts to turn into a 3-horse race between Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso and Vettel himself. Webber was 2nd, with Alonso 3rd as 14 points separate the 3 with three races remaining.


TENNIS

· Novak Djokovic retained his ATP China Open Title as he disposed of David Ferrer in 2 sets.
· Caroline Wozniacki enjoyed a great week as she become World No.1 as well as winning the ATP China Open Title dispatching Vera Zvonerava 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.


BOXING
· New Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Derek “Del Boy” Chisora has accepted a fight with Wladimir Klitschko in Germany on 11th December. If victories the Londoner would then face Wladimir’s brother Vitali.
· Devon Alexander and Tim Bradley are set to fight on 29th January in a WBC, IBF and WBO World Light-Welterweight Unification bout with the winner likely to fight Amir Khan.
· Michael Sprott claimed the Prizefighter Heavyweight Crown after beating Matt Skelton on a split decision at York Hall, Bethnal Green.
· James DeGale is set to take on British Super-Middleweight Champion Paul Smith in Liverpool on 14th December.
· Frank Warren is putting together another boxing showpiece for his 30th anniversary of boxing. Kel Brook, Matt Macklin and Nathan Cleverly are set to be appearing.


CRICKET
· India have wrapped up a 2-0 series victory over Australia with a win in Bangalore.
Australia 478allout – M. North 128, R. Ponting 77, T. Paine 59, S. Watson 57. Singh 4-128.
India 495allout – S. Tendulkar 214, M. Vijay 139. M. Johnson 3-105.
Australia 223allout – R. Ponting 72. Z. Khan 3-41, Oija 3-57.
India 207/3 – C. Pujara 72, S. Tendulkar 53*.
INDIA WIN BY 7 WICKETS!

SPORTING NEWS OF THE WEEK 9

GOLF
• The enigma and phenomenon that is the Ryder Cup took place this week. What resulted was one of the most exciting battles in recent history. Europe won by only 1 point, 14.5 to 13.5. Captain Colin Montgomery cited Graeme McDowell’s superb birdie putt on the 16th on the last day as the turning point.



FOOTBALL

• Liverpool’s financial disaster looks as though it could finally be set to come to an end with Boston Red Sox owners appearing ready to install a bid to take over the club.



CRICKET

• India played Australia in the 1st Test match;

Australia 428allout – S. Watson 126, T. Paine 92, R. Ponting 71. Z. Khan 5-94.

India 405allout – S. Tendulkar 98, S. Reina 86, R. Dravid 77, Sehwag 59. M. Johnson 5-64.

Australia 192allout – S. Watson 56. Z. Khan 3-43, Sharma 3-34.

India 216/9 after being 55/4 – V.V.S. Laxman 73*. B. Hilfenhaus 4-57.



INDIA WIN BY 1 WICKET!



• Bangladesh turned New Zealand over in Mirpur in the first match of an ODI series. Bangladesh hit 228allout from 49.3overs, with Shakib Al-Hasan hitting 58. New Zealand had to chase a revised target with 37overs in their innings and they came up 9 runs short with 200/8 with Al-Hasan taking 4-41 after Brendon McCullum butchered 61 from 45 deliveries.



BOXING

• Ricky Burns will make his first defence of the WBO super-featherweight title against Andreas Evensen on 4th December in Glasgow.

• Carl Froch has the chance to reclaim his WBC super-middleweight in Helsinki against Arthur Abraham on 27th November.




COMMONWEALTH MEDALS TO BE WRITTEN WHEN COMMONWEALTH GAMES IS OVER


All the European Qualifier scores and scorers will be posted instead of the Premier League Round-up, with England’s match versus Montenegro at Wembley on Tuesday to have a full report written on it.

PREMIER LEAGUE ROUND-UP 7

HENRY HOWLER AS LATICS TAKE THE POINTS!

           Wigan  2  -  0  Wolves
Gomez 65`                   Henry Sent off 11`
Rodellega 85`




ALL SQUARE IN THE SECOND LONDON DERBY!

            WEST HAM  1  -  1  FULHAM
Piquionne 51`                          Dempsey 33`





MORRISON TO THE RESCUE!

            West Brom  1  -  1  Bolton
Morrison 78`                        Elmander 64`





VAN DER MAN!

           TOTTENHAM  2  -  1  ASTON VILLA
Van Der Vaart 45`, 75`              Albrighton 16`






BRUCIE'S BOYS HOLD FERGIE AT STADIUM OF LIGHT!

           SUNDERLAND  0  -  0  MAN UTD





WALTERS STOKED AS BLACK BURN

          Stoke  1  -  0  Blackburn
Walters 48`






EVERTON FINALLY OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE WITH ST ANDREW'S VICTORY!

        Birmingham  0  -  2  Everton
                                         Johnson (OG) 54`
                                         Cahill 90`






JOHNSON WINNER BUILDS CITY MOMENTUM!

         Man City  2  -  1  Newcastle
Tevez 18`                       Gutierrez 24`
Johnson 75`





FROM BAD TO WORSE AS TANGERINE'S TAKE DOWN RED'S AT ANFIELD!

       LIVERPOOL  1  -  2  BLACKPOOL
Krygiakos 53'                      Adam (Pen) 29`
                                            Varney 45`





CHELSEA OUT GUN HARD-WORKING ARSENAL!

       CHELSEA  2  -  0  ARSENAL
Drogba 39`
Alex 85`

PREMIER LEAGUE ROUND-UP WEEK 6

TEVEZ COLLECTS CITY BONUS!

            Man City  1  -  0  Chelsea

            Tevez 59’

• Tevez delivers the three points to halt Chelsea 100% start with a strong run at the Chelsea back-line in a counter-attack to then finish with a cross goal effort to beat Cech.

STUNNED AND GUNNED!

            Arsenal  2  -  3  West Brom

            Nasri 75, 90’             Odemwingie 50’

                                                Jara 52’

                                                Thomas 73’

• Almunia saves penalty in the closing minutes of the first half after he brought down Odemwingie, with Brunt failing to convert successfully.
• Odemwingie then opened the scoring 5 minutes into the second half after ex-Gunner Jerome Thomas beat Sagna down the flank and slid the ball across the goalmouth.
• Almunia turned from hero to zero as the 2^nd goal came from Jara, a low fizzing shot aimed at the Spanish stopper’s near post. Almunia went down into a long barrier that saw the ball deflect in off his knee for the latest of his rookie errors.
• Arsenal’s number one could then be put at partial fault for West Brom’s third. Brunt took the ball out wide in the penalty area, with Almunia half following him, neither committing or withdrawing, leaving Jerome Thomas with an open goal to blast into as he scored against his former club.
• Samir Nasri began Arsenal’s comeback with a well-finished goal having beaten two men to slide under Carson. This coming after Nasri had smashed the bar seconds previous.
• Nasri’s finishing skills were on show again in injury time as Arshavin slid him through to slot into the corner.

NOT ATT ALL WELL AS BLACK CATS SHOW CLAWS AT ANFIELD

            Liverpool  2  -  2  Sunderland

            Kuyt 5’                        Bent 25’, 48’

            Gerrard 64’                  

• Torres has an early goal disallowed for offside from a Gerrard free-kick.
• A bizarre opener for Liverpool after referee Stuart Attwell awards Sunderland with a free-kick. Turner rolls the ball back towards Mignolet for the free-kick to taken from its proper place. Torres intercepts and – unstopped by Attwell – slips across for Kuyt to net. After a discussion with his linesman, Attwell awarded the goal to bring controversy yet again to his name.
• Sunderland equalise through a Darren Bent penalty after Poulsen blatantly hand-balled.
• Bent then scored his 4^th League goal of the season to put Sunderland ahead just into the second half when Onouha provided him with the perfect cross to header home.
• Gerrard, as he so often does, saved Liverpool a point with a header of his own coming from a deflected Torres cross that he adapted expertly to meet.

HARRY NOT HAPPY AS HAMMERS TAKE REUNION POINTS!

            West Ham  1  -  0  Tottenham

            Piquionne 25’

• Piquionne earns West Ham’s first League win with a booming header from a Noble corner.

POOL BURNED!

            Blackpool  1  -  2  Blackburn

            Phillips 85’                   Adam (OG) 20’

                                                Emerton 93’

SCHWARZAR DENIES EVERTON!

            Fulham  0  -  0  Everton

GARDNER OFF AT ST ANDREW’S LOCKOUT!

            Birmingham  0  -  0  Wigan

KNOCKED OFF A PERCH!

            Newcastle  1  -  2  Stoke

            Nolan 43’ (pen)            Jones 67’

                                                Perch 85’

HESKEY PULLS VILLANS THROUGH!

            Wolves  1  -  2  Aston Villa

            Jarvis 61’                   Downing 25’

                                                Heskey 88’

UTD LEFT TO WANDER AT BOLTON!

            Bolton  2  -  2  Man Utd

            Knight 6’         Nani 23’

            Petrov 67’       Owen 74’

Sporting News of the Week 8

FOOTBALL

• All English teams triumph in their Champions League matches, with Arsenal beating Partizan Belgrade 1-3. Chelsea defeated Marseille 2-0 at the Bridge. Man Utd found an 85th minute winner through Chicharito to win 0-1 at the Mestella against Valencia. Rafeal Van Der Vaart had a busy night as Spurs demolished FC Twente 4-1 at White Hart Lane.

• Barcelona were held at Rubin Kazan, whilst Inter destroyed Werder Bremen 4-0 with the help of an Eto'o hat trick.

• Frank Lampard and opposing number Cesc Fabregas are both ruled out of the biggest of London derby's when Chelsea take on Arsenal this Sunday.

FORMULA ONE

• Just like in Monza, Fernando Alonso secured both pole position and all 25 points in an interesting Singapore race. He was in a race with Sebastian Vettel and managed to triumph as Lewis Hamilton again failed to finish as he was nudged by Mark Webber trying to make a risky move around the outside. With 100points left to claim, only 25points separate the top 5 drivers - Webber, Alonso, Hamilton, Vettel, Button - who will all be fighting hard till the last!

CYCLING

• Tour De France Winner Alberto Contador has tested positive in his latest drugs test, to shed yet more shame on a sport that really doesn't need the controversy.

•  This week's in-depth reports are on; Chelsea v Arsenal, Tottenham v Aston Villa, West Ham v Fulham, and by special request of my wonderful friend Ulli, Liverpool v Blackpool and Sunderland v Man Utd.