Aug
27
Europa League draw
August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Manchester City face Italian side Juventus in the Europa League group stage, while Liverpool take on Napoli.
Big-spending City have been drawn in Group A alongside Juventus, Austrian outfit Salzburg and Polish side Lech Poznan.
Liverpool, who reached the semi-finals last season, play Napoli, Steaua Bucharest and Celtic’s conquerors FC Utrecht in Group K.
Europa [...]
Aug
27
Cricket: England 2011 schedule revealed
August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The ECB has announced the international fixture schedule for next summer’s tours by Sri Lanka and India.
England will begin the international season by taking on Sri Lanka in three npower Tests, including the first Test to be staged at the Rose Bowl followed by a NatWest International T20 and five NatWest Series [...]
Aug
26
Chad Ochocinco Fined $25K for Tweeting During Preseason Game
August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The NFL has fined Chad Ochocinco US$25,000 (£ 16,000) for possessing an electronic device and posting messages to his Twitter account during Cincinnati’s 22-9 preseason win over Philadelphia last Friday, according to a report on NFL.com.
Ochocinco’s Twitter feed (@OGOchoCinco) was updated prior to kickoff with the message: “Just talk with Kelly Washington , Desean Jackson, [...]
Aug
26
TV Reporter Gets Hit in the head with football
August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
German TV presenter Jessica Kastrop got to suffer for her art during a live cast ahead of the Bundesliga game between Mainz and Stuttgart the other day. The 36-year old was conducting an interview at the same time as Stuttgarts’ Khalid Boulahrouz was quite obviously practicing free kicks. The result was a headache and a [...]
Aug
26
Tiger Woods speaks about his divorce
August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
World number one golfer Tiger Woods has spoken about his recent divorce for the first time:
Video: YouTube
Aug
24
Lewis Hamilton fined for driving stunts in Australia
August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Lewis Hamilton has been fined A$500 (£288) for performing car stunts outside Melbourne’s motor racing circuit before the Australian Grand Prix in March. He was stopped by police under “Anti Hooning” laws after executing “burnout” and “fishtail” tricks in a borrowed Mercedes
The 2008 Formula 1 world champion was not in court to hear his punishment [...]
Aug
24
Tiger Woods and wife Elin Nordegren are divorced
August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren have divorced, the couple said in a statement posted on the world number one golfer’s website:
“Elin Nordegren and Tiger Woods confirmed today that they have divorced. Judgment was entered today in Bay County (Florida) Circuit Court dissolving the marriage. The Judgment provides for shared parenting of their two [...]
Aug
23
ATP Pilot Pen Tennis – Monday Preview
August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Although no main draw matches were completed Sunday due to rain, there were four qualifying matches completed. On Monday, a busy schedule features 16 matches, including American wild cards James Blake, Taylor Dent and Donald Young on Stadium.
Leading off the action is Young against Frenchman Stephane Robert in a completion of their first round meeting. [...]
Aug
23
Phillies Fan’s Amazing One-Handed Catch
August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Managing to catch a baseball at a game, in front of a huge stadium audience and on live TV, is something a lot of fans dream of. Relatively few manage it, and no-one has yet managed to do it while looking as cool as this Phillies fan the other night. A calm on-handed grab secured [...]
Aug
22
ATP Cincinnati – Sunday Preview
August 22, 2010 | Comments Off
The championship of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters on Sunday matches World No. 2/No. 3 seed Roger Federer against wild card Mardy Fish.
Federer has won five of the previous six meetings although the American won the last encounter 6-3, 6-2 in the semi-finals of ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells in March [...]









