Sporting News of the Week

Football

· Jose Enrique moves to Liverpool for £6million.

· Tottenham v Everton is postponed due to the London riots.

· Fabregas finally realises his dream with a move to Barcelona worth £35million.

· Barca then win the 2nd Leg of the Super Cup 3-2 (5-4 on aggregate) at the Nou Camp in a physical affair. Fabregas assists Messi’s winner.



Cricket

· Alastair Cook hits a career best 294 as the records tumble on the third day of the Edgbaston test, with England declaring on 710/7 after Eoin Morgan scored a century, and Pietersen, Strauss and Bresnan all hit fifties. England win by an innings and 242 runs to go 3-0 up in the series and claim the Number 1 Test Team spot.

· England win by an innings an 8 runs to secure a 4-0 whitewash at the Oval. 235 runs from Bell and a big Pietersen hundred got the hosts to 591/7dec. India were then removed for 300 following a peerless Dravid century. Graeme Swann then took a 5 wicket-haul to get the Indians 283 all out after a supreme 91 from Tendulkar.


Golf

· Keegan Bradley makes it four first-time Major champions for the season as he secures the PGA Championship. Tiger Woods enjoyed opposite fortunes as he missed the cut.


Tennis

· Andy Murray wins the Cincinati Open after Novak Djokovic had to retire mid-way through the final.

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Football

· Manchester United claim a fantastic win with a memorable comeback to take the Community Shield as a Nani-inspired second half saw them reverse a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 victory.

· Arsenal sign Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain from Southampton after a protracted transfer saga.

· Former Manchester United player Gabriel Obertan is signed by Newcastle United.

· Radosav Petrovic is signed by Blackburn Rovers from Partizan Belgrade.

· Matthew Upson has gone to Stoke on a free transfer.

· Shane Long has been snapped up by West Brom in a rumoured £6.25 million move.

· England’s friendly against the Netherlands is called off due to the looting and violence ravaging London’s streets along with fears that the Premier League games could also be cancelled in places.


Golf

· Adam Scott wins the World Golf Championship just before the last major of the year. Tiger Woods also made his comeback in this event.


Rugby

· England defeated Wales 23-19.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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• Tyson Gay won again this week, although he was not racing Usain Bolt in Crystal Palace. He won in a time of 9.78seconds, the fastest time in the World this year.



• Hampshire became T20 Champions this week in a highly dramatic finish against Somerset in a last over that contained byes straight to the keeper and a runner for the last ball. Hampshire won on wickets lost after they hit 173/5 the same amount of runs Somerset got for 6 wickets.



• Steve Coppell and Kevin Blackwell both left their clubs this week. Coppell due to mutual consent. Blackwell was given the sack after the Blades lost 3-0.



• James Milner made his big money move to Man City, with Craig Bellamy going from one City to another, Manchester to Cardiff.



• The Toronto Masters saw some brilliant tennis which culminated in a Murray, Federer final. Murray had to beat Nadal, Nalbandian and Monfils to get through with Federer beating Djokovic and Berdych. Murray won 7-5, 7-5 in the final after having broken and been broken by Federer several times in a match that had an hour long rain break. Congrats Andy!



• German Golfer Martin Kaymer lifted the USPGA trophy at Whistling Straits after having beaten Bubba Watson in a playoff by a single shot over three holes. Young Irishman Rory McIlroy was only a few shots of the pace for the whole tournament.



• The Premier League got underway once more, providing some excellent scenes such as Blackpool’s victory and Paul Scholes’ individual performance at Old Trafford on Monday night.

Sporting News of the Week

Man Utd beat Chelsea 3-1 in the season's curtain raiser, the Community Shield with goals from; Valencia, Hernandez, and a beautiful lob from Berbatov, with Chelsea's Kalou scoring in return.

Martin O'Neill has stunned English football by resigning from his post at Aston Villa with immediate effect, leaving, fans, pundits and football followers alike wondering whether his power was taken from him with the issue of James Milner's apparently impending move to Man City. This leaves Villa vulnerable and worried about a mass exodus of players who may have lost faith in the club's apparent lack of ambition to finance new signings.

England annilihate Pakistan by 9 wickets on the 4th Day, with 118 to win, Trott and Strauss both finnished on not out half-centuries.

England manager Fabio Capello's grip on his England squad seems to be slackening, with only 16 of the 23 players called-up turning up to training. Wes Brown and Paul Robinson having retired, with 5 others apparently unfit. Arsenal youngsters Kieran Gibbs and Jack Wiltshere have been called up in a new look team alongside, Gary Cahill (Bolton), Phil Jagielka (Everton) and Fulham's Bobby Zamora.

Cesc Fabregas pledges his allegiance to Arsenal in what looked like somewhat of a forced move. It has left fans interested and anxious to see how he performs come the season.

An in-form Tyson Gay stormed to victory in the Diamond League meet in Stockholm ahead of a lethargic, yet still under 10 seconds Usain Bolt, in a time of 9.84secs.

The long awaited return of the Premier League will arrive on Saturday noon, with an epic battle, with plenty of unfinnished business in it's backstory between Manchester City and Tottenham, followed (for ESPN viewers) with Chelsea's opener against West Brom. Then to Super Sunday which sees the mouth-watering fixture of Liverpool vs Arsenal, hopefully with, Torres, Gerrard, Reina, Cole, Van Persie, Nasri, Fabregas and Arshavin all on show. Then to round of Week 1 of the League, a match with plenty of history, Manchester United vs Newcastle Utd in the return of Monday Night Football on SkySports.