The FA Cup provided the major drama of the sporting weekend as non-league Crawley Town almost forced a replay against Manchester United and League One Leyton Orient managed that feat versus Arsenal. United could only muster a 1-0 win at home to Crawley, who spurned several chances to equalise. Orient went one better thanks to […]
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Rob Barnett’s Sports Round Up There were goals galore in the Premier League on Saturday – an amazing 41 in only eight games. Leaders Manchester United surrenderd their unbeaten record, losing 2-1 at bottom side Wolves. However, second-placed Arsenal failed to take full advantage, letting a 4-0 lead slip after going down to 10 men […]
Andy Murray suffered the heartbreak of a third Grand Slam final defeat as he lost the Australian Open decider to Novak Djokovic in straight sets. Murray, who also fell at the final hurdle in the 2008 the US Open and last year’s Australian Open – both times to Roger Federer, was defeated 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 […]
Press Association Sports Reporter Rob Barnett has recently joined the CVM writing team. We are very excited about this partnership. Below is his Monday sports round up. Enjoy. Manchester United and Arsenal made emphatic statements about their Premier League title ambitions this weekend with big home wins. United stayed top as Dimitar Berbatov’s hat-trick capped […]
They worked hard, stuck together, gave it their all, made mistakes but can be proud of their achievement. I’m talking of course of the USA football team that exited the World Cup this weekend. I watched the last-16 game between Ghana and USA with interest. Partly because I wondered what it would be like if […]
By now the jokes are all over the place … “Before he got into football, Robert Green was a bus driver. But he got fired because he couldn’t make any stops.” … or … “At least that’s one British spillage the Americans won’t be moaning about…“ And so on and so on. Suffice to say […]
Lots of guys have been calling and writing in asking about how to show the World Cup on a big screen. It turns out that it’s not quite as straight forward as gathering a group of guys, setting up a projector and settling down for a couple of hours of tension … Below are a […]
New from CVM and Sorted Magazine! Scorchio! is an exciting new World Cup mini mag to celebrate the world’s greatest footie festival. Full of facts, stories, expert opinion, it is the ultimate guide to next summer’s event. Become a fan on Facebook and watch out for more. Scorchio! is coming soon …
