England’s cricketers closed in on a series win in the second test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge. James Anderson and Tim Bresnan combined to leave the visitors 61/6 in the second innings, just three runs ahead of England. Anderson took care of openers Kieran Powell and Adrian Barath within his first three overs […]
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Chelsea won the Champions League with a nail-biting penalty shoot-out victory over Bayern Munich. Didier Drogba, whose Chelsea future is in doubt as his contract its end, proved his side’s hero, scoring Chelsea’s only goal and netting the winning penalty. Bayern, playing in their own ground, the Allianz Arena, dominated for large portions of the […]
The Premier League season reached it’s conclusion on Sunday and this season’s final day didn’t disappoint as Manchester City scored twice late on to win the title. They very nearly surrendered their lead to Manchester United who kept up the pressure on their rivals with a 1-0 win away to Sunderland. QPR, down to ten […]
Fernando Torres finally found form in front of goal with a hat-trick against QPR on Sunday. His Chelsea side cruised past local rivals Rangers 6-1, with Daniel Sturridge, John Terry and Florent Malouda scoring the other goals before Djibril Cisse pulled one back for the visitors. Blackburn gave a poor account of themselves against Tottenham, […]
The race for the Reimer League title took yet another twist yesterday. In the lunchtime kick-off, Manchester United twice gave up a two-goal lead to draw 4-4 with Everton. They lead 3-1 and 4-2 thanks to a brace form Wayne Rooney and one each form Nani and Danny Welbeck but Everton kept coming back. With […]
Chelsea will meet Liverpool in the FA Cup final on 5th May after they won their semi-finals at Wembley this weekend. Andy Carroll scored a late winner for Liverpool against Everton in a 2-1 win on Saturday. His side had initially gone behind to a Nikica Jelavic strike but Luis Suarez levelled things up on […]
Manchester City’s stuttering form continued against in their 3-3 with Sunderland on Saturday, allowing Manchester United the opportunity to open up a five-point gap at the top of the league if they beat Blackburn this evening. Sebastian Larsson scored either side of half-time for Sunderland to help his side to a 3-1 lead but City […]
Peter Crouch put a dent in Manchester City’s title challenge as his outstanding long-range volley helped Stoke to a 1-1 draw at the Britannia Stadium. However, Manchester United went three points clear at the top after winning 1-0 against Fulham last night. Bolton won a key match in their fight against relegation, beating Blackburn 2-1 […]
Wales completed a third Six Nations grand slam in eight years after beating France 16-9 at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. Wales took a first-half lead through an Alex Cuthbert try which proved to be the only one of the match. Two second-half penalties from Leigh Halfpenny helped Wales to maintain their seven-point lead with […]
Wales beat Italy 24-3 to set up a potential Grand Slam-winning match against France at the Millennium Stadium next weekend. Their opponents were stern in defence in the first half, restricting Wales to a 9-3 half-time lead before Jamie Roberts and Alex Cuthbert scored second half tries. England and France contested an exciting match in […]
