Sunday saw two huge matches in the Premier League. Manchester United kept up their seven-point lead ahead of local rivals Manchester City with a 2-1 win over Liverpool at Old Trafford. Robin van Persie turned in Ashley Young’s low cross in the first half and his free-kick was turned in by Nemanja Vidic to make […]
Author: George Bouras
All but one of the 32 ties in the third round of the FA Cup were played at the weekend and most of the big boys made it into the draw for the fourth round. Manchester City and Chelsea both had comfortable win, beating Watford and Southampton 3-0 and 5-1 respectively. Luis Suarez returned to […]
Chelsea were the only team to gain maximum points from their three games played over the festive period so far. They followed up their 8-0 thrashing of Aston Villa with wins over Norwich and Everton. Manchester United fought back from drawing with Swansea to stretch their lead over Manchester City to seven points, coming from […]
There was a grandstand finish to England T20 game in Mumbai on Saturday. Having been set a target of 178 England needed three from the final ball of the game to win but captain Eoin Morgan duly hit a six to add a T20 win their test series win. Rahane and Dhoni quickly smashed apart […]
Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell both scored centuries as England drew the final test against Nagpur to win their first series in India for 27 years. India had declared after an hour of day three, still four runs behind the visitors’ first innings total of 330, in the hope of bowling England out in time […]
Robin van Persie’s last-minute free kick won an exciting Manchester derby for United 3-2 at the Etihad Stadium. United had taken a 2-0 lead into the second half thanks to a brace from Wayne Rooney but the momentum shifted in City’s favour after they capitalised on an incorrect decision to rule out Ashley young’s goal […]
England stunned the New Zealand at Twickenham, ending the year in fine style with a 38-21 win. The All Blacks were heavy favourites but a superb first-half defensive display coupled with the faultless goal-kicking of Owen Farrell meant England led 12-0 at half-time. Their illustrious opponents put up some resistance in the second half, scoring […]
Sebastian Vettel won his third straight Formula One world, fighting back after dropping to the back of the field during the first lap to finish sixth. Fernando Alonso needed to make up a thirteen-point deficit to win the title and his second-placed finish behind Jenson Button wasn’t enough given Vettel’s sixth-placed finish. England captain Chris […]
England lost the first test in India by nine wickets after an atrocious first couple of days at Ahmedabad. England could only manage 191 in their first innings but, after being forced to follow, scored 406 to give them hope of a turnaround. That was snuffed out by the top of the Indian batting order […]
Luis Suarez once again scored a vital goal for Liverpool, heading in the equaliser in his side’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. John Terry had given Chelsea the lead having taken advantage of some slack defending from a corner but Suarez met Jamie Carragher’s flick to rescue a point for his […]
