Nominees Saeed Ajmal Gareth Bale Danny Welbeck Neil Robertson Branden Grace The first test match between Pakistan and England started on Tuesday in Dubai and one man stole the show on the opening day. Saeed Ajmal is a controversial figure in the cricket world due a questionable action. However, the England batsmen, always [...]
January, 2012
SPORTSPERSON OF THE WEEK 16TH – 22ND January 2012
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SPORTSPERSON OF THE WEEK – 9TH – 15TH JANUARY 2012
It’s been a quiet week for sport in general. There have been no outstanding performances to speak of and so I had difficulty in compiling the nominees. However, these are the five up for this weeks award. Nominees Thierry Henry Monty Panesar Paul Scholes David Warner Brendan Rogers Thierry Henry is a [...]
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CAN ANYONE STOP THE YOUNG MASTER TRUMP?
The second biggest snooker tournament on the calendar starts tomorrow at the Alexandra Palace with all eyes on the bright young superstar that is Judd Trump. Trump, who was the surprise package of last years world championships, finishing a close runner up to John Higgins, has gone from strength to strength this year. The [...]
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A BRAVE NEW DAWN. OR SCRAPING THE BARREL?
Yesterday, Stuart Lancaster named his England squad for the forthcoming RBS 6 Nations Championship, a side still reeling from the debacle of the World Cup on New Zealand Soil. With the next World Cup on British shores, the demand for a strong home team increases and the road to 2015 starts with this years 6 [...]
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PREDICTIONS FOR THE SEASON
It is the time of the season where everybody has a good idea of how things will look at the end of the campaign. The hectic Christmas period is over and the New Years fixtures have now passed. With the introduction of the FA Cup, the extra games play a part in shaping the season, [...]
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SPORTSPERSON OF THE WEEK 2nd – 8th January
Nominees Tim Howard (Everton Goalkeeper) Michael Clarke (Australian Cricketer) Demba Ba (Newcastle striker) Martin O’Neill (Sunderland manager) Michael Carrick (Manchester United Midfielder) These five candidates for my first sportsperson of the week award have all contributed something very special to the efforts of their teams this week. We will start by looking [...]
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UNITED HOLD OFF CITY FIGHTBACK
It was the headline clash of the third round of the FA Cup. The two top teams in the country going head to head in knockout football. It was a clash built up to be a classic. So often such games disappoint. This one did not. The first exciting news of the day came about [...]
