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.

SPORTING NEWS OF THE WEEK 7

CRICKET

• England lose the 3rd ODI to Pakistan - Pakistan 241allout (49.4overs) Alam 64, Shafiq 40, Bresnan 3-51, Anderson 3-26.
•                                                             England 218allout (45.4overs) Morgan 61, Strauss 57, Wright 48, Gul 6-42.

• They then lost the 4th ODI -  Pakistan 265-7 (50overs) Hafeez 64, Razzaq 44*, Swann 4-37.
•                                              England 227allout, Straus 68, Davies 49.
• PAKISTAN WIN BY 38 RUNS!

• Clydesdale Bank Final - Somerset 199allout, Compton 60, Tahir 5-14.
•                                       Warwickshire 200/7, Bell 107.

• England won the deciding 5th ODI convincingly at the Rose Bowl.
• England 256-6 (50overs) Morgan 107, Collingwood 47, Akhtar 3-40.
• Pakistan 135allout (37overs) K. Akmal 41, Swann 3-26, Broad 3-25.

2010/11 Australia Ashes Tour Squad - Andrew Strauss (capt, Middlesex), Alistair Cook (vice-capt) (Essex), James Anderson (Lancashire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Paul Collingwood (Durham), Steven Davies (wkt) (Surrey), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Monty Panesar (Sussex), Kevin Pietersen (Hampshire), Matt Prior (wkt) Sussex), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), Chris Tremlett (Surrey), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire).

England Performance Programme squad: Jimmy Adams (Hampshire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Danny Briggs (Hampshire), Michael Carberry (Hampshire), Maurice Chambers (Essex), Jade Dernbach (Surrey), Andrew Gale (Yorkshire), James Hildreth (Somerset), Craig Kieswetter (Somerset), Adam Lyth (Yorkshire), Liam Plunkett (Durham), Ajmal Shahzad (Yorkshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), James Taylor (Leicestershire), James Tredwell (Kent), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)

FOOTBALL

• Carling Cup 3rd Round -  Birmingham 3 - 1 Milton Keynes Dons, Brentford 1 - 1 Everton (AET)
  (Brentford win 4-3 on penalties), Burnley 1 - 0 Bolton, Millwall 1 - 2 Ipswich, Peterborough 1 - 3 Swansea, Portsmouth 1 - 2 Leicester, Stoke 2 - 0 Fulham, Sunderland 1 - 2 West Ham, Tottenham 1 - 4 Arsenal (AET), Wolves 4 - 2 Notts County (AET), Aston Villa 3 Blackburn 1, Chelsea 3 Newcastle 4, Scunthorpe 2 Man Utd 5, Wigan 2 Preston 1, Liverpool 2 Northampton 2 (Northampton win 4-2 on pens), West Brom 2 Man City 1

BOXING

• James DeGale stunned the Birmingham crowd at the Magnificent Seven with the 1st Round Stoppage of opponent Carl Dilks.
• Matthew Hall could retire after being stopped in the 6th round by Lukas Konecny to lose his European Light-Middleweight belt.
• Nathan Cleverley defeated Karo Murat in 8 rounds to end Murat's unbeaten run and continue his own.
• "Dellboy" Chisora beat Sam Sexton for the 2nd time in the Heavyweight divison, knocking him out in 9 rounds.
• Enzo Maccarrinelli was fiercely KO'd by two firm left hooks from Alexander Frenkel in a loss that will likely bring an end to "Macca's" career.
• Kell Brook continued to impress as he cut Jennings to cause a 5th Round Stoppage.
• Matt Macklin regained his European Middleweight Title with a stoppage of Shelva Jomardashvili in the 5th Round.