The Aston Villa child mascot who appeared to refuse the handshake of the opposing team mascot of Manchester City was not mimicking Luis Suarez the club has stressed. The boy aged 7 yrs appeared to decline the outstretched hand of his opposite number as the teams lined up to exchange greetings before Sundays game in [...]
The return on loan of Thierry Henry to the Arsenal team last night cost bookmakers an estimated £1 million as fans took up the generous offer of 14/1 for the french international who is on a short loan from New York Red Bulls in their seasonal break to score the only goal in the match, [...]
Rory McIlroy dedicated his astounding win in the U.S. Open Golf Championship to his dad on Fathers Day. The 22 year old Northern Irish golfer yesterday became the youngest winner of the tournament for 88 years, he is the only player ever to go below 12 under par in the history of the U.S. Open. [...]
The much hoped for and bookie busting victory of the Queens horse Carlton House was not to be, every thing that could go wrong went wrong. An injury scare earlier in the week started the chain of misery for Her Majesty and although this was overcome to the trainer Michael Stoute’s satisfaction, the race just never [...]
As the FIFA controversy rumbles on with accusations of bribery and corruption involved in the recent bidding process for 2018 and 2022, a new twist is revealed today. Blatter who is the President of the world ruling authority has been told he must himself face the ethics committee to answer charges that he knew about [...]
As the British public wait patiently for their Olympic tickets to be allocated in a lottery style distribution system, it is revealed that people living on the European mainland can buy theirs now. Dertour who is the Olympic Committee approved ticket agent for Germany and Switzerland are one of the main sellers and they are [...]
The Ryder Cup, to be contested between the USA and Europe in 2018 will be played at Le Golf National in France, one of the country’s top courses which is situated on the outskirts of Paris. Popular opinion expected the contest to be awarded to Spain in a mark of respect for Seve Ballesteros who died of brain cancer recently, [...]
The city of Manchester was celebrating this evening as both of its football clubs became winners. Manchester United clinched the point that made them Premier League Champions, Wayne Rooney scored from the penalty spot as they limped to a draw at lowly Blackburn Rovers. Blackburn had taken an early lead when Brett Emerton (20 min) scored [...]
Accusations of bribery were revealed yesterday as the ex-Football Association chairman Lord Triesman gave answers to a parliamentary committee for Culture, Media and Sport as they questioned him on England’s failed World Cup bid. Lord Triesman told how four prominant FIFA members headed by vice president Jack Warner had asked for favours from the English [...]
Belgian cycling star Wouter Weylandt 26 was thrown from his bike yesterday and died seconds later with a fractured skull. Weylandt was taking part in Italian cycle race Giro d’Italia when the tragic accident happened. TV footage showed the rider during a stage of the race where he was sprinting down Passo del Bocco, a dangerous mountain [...]
