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!