Manchester’s big two laid bare their Premier League title credentials with crushing victories over strong opposition. United responded to City winning 5-1 at Tottenham by thrashing Arsenal 8-2 at Old Trafford. Wayne Rooney scored a hat-trick for the defending champions after Edin Dzeko bagged four for their city rivals. They are the only teams to […]
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Manchester City and Wolves were top of a fledgling Premier League Football table after making it two wins from two. City won 3-2 in an entertaining game at Bolton and Wolves beat Fulham 2-0 at home. Defending champions Manchester United would join the duo on nine points with victory in their Monday evening game with […]
Rob’s Round Up: England are the best Test Cricket team in the world thanks their unassailable 3-0 series lead over previous top dogs India …
Manchester United came from 2-0 down to beat Manchester City 3-2 in the Community Shield at Wembley thanks to Nani’s 94th-minute winner. The FA Cup holders led 2-0 at half-time through Joleon Lescott’s header and Edin Dzeko’s long-range effort. Chris Smalling pulled one back before Nani rounded off a fine move to equalise. The Portuguese […]
This Round Up comes straight from the pen of Mr George Bouras (Filling in for Rob Barnett) England built a commanding lead in the Second test against India at Trent Bridge on Sunday. After a shaky first innings from the home side Ian Bell led the England recovery in the second innings, scoring 159, but […]
Lewis Hamilton won the German Grand Prix to go third in the Formula One driver’s championship. The Englishman snatched the lead from Mark Webber at the start but lost it and regained it before holding off Webber and Fernando Alonso. Championship leader Sebastian Vettel finished fourth but still holds a 77-point advantage over second-placed Webber […]
England’s cricketers came from 2-1 down to beat Sri Lanka 3-2 in the 50-over series between the sides. New one-day captain Alastair Cook led his charges to a thrilling 16-run win in a tight final game at Old Trafford to seal the series victory. Many had questioned Cook’s selection as skipper, which saw him recalled […]
Novak Djokovic won his first Wimbledon Tennis title, preventing Rafael Nadal from winning three in a row with a 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3 victory. Djokovic took over from Nadal, who beat Britain’s Andy Murray in the semi-final, as world number one the next day. The Serbian had done enough before the final to knock the […]
Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy led from the first round as he stormed to Golf’s US Open title by a mammoth eight shots at the Congressional Club in Maryland. The 22-year-old, who squandered a similar position in the final round of this year’s Masters, won his first major and set a dozen records in the process. […]
Jenson Button overtook Formula One Championship leader Sebastian Vettel on the final lap to win the Canadian Grand Prix. Vettel spun his Red Bull under pressure from Button, who recovered from a collision with McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton and Fernando Alonso failed to finish a severely rain-affected race in which Mark Webber came third. […]
