Articles tagged ‘Sports’
Six Nations Rugby 2007
By Chris | January 29th, 2007 |
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This Saturday sees the start of one of the highlights of the annual sporting calendar in Britain, the Six Nations Rugby Championship. Its a competition between the national teams of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France and Italy where each team plays the other once.
It originally started in 1883 as a tournament involving the British ‘home’ [...]
Socceroos back in London
By Chris | January 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Australian football team, the Socceroos, have another game in London coming up, this one against Denmark next Tuesday 6 February at Queens Park Rangers’ Loftus Road stadium. They played there back in November last year drawing 1-1 against Ghana.
Australia are currently 39th in the FIFA world rankings and Denmark are 23rd. The Danes [...]
If you build it, they will come
By Chris | January 26th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
England still waits for a new national football stadium seven years after the old Wembley closed. But there may be light at the end of the construction tunnel after the Football Asociation said today that the new Wembley will be open to local residents of Brent in March for a community day, and a chance [...]
How the UK sees the East End
By Chris | January 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The site for the London Olympics in 2012 is 500 acres in Stratford, a run down part of the East End of London. A new survey has asked people in the UK what they think of when someone mentions the East End and how they see the games working out.
To the typical Brit the East [...]
Making a good game sound better
By Chris | January 23rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Arsenal had a great come from behind win against Premiership leaders Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. Looking at the highlights its even better with some fabulous Portuguese commentary. This guy most have been the most excited person in the stadium.
2012 to be the greenest games
By Chris | January 23rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
2012 days to go to 27 July 2012 and the start of the London Olympics and Tony Blair and the organisers have been trumpeting what a green games London’s will be, better than any previous we’re told. I’m always sceptical when someone like Blair starts waving the flag for something, there’s always a hidden agenda [...]
London football weekend
By Chris | January 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Another busy weekend of football ahead in London starting on Saturday afternoon at Craven Cottage on the banks of the Thames in west London when Fulham host Tottenham in a London derby. Four points separate them in the Premiership, Fulham will be buoyed by new loan signing Vincenzo Montella from Roma and news that American [...]
Tickets available for Brazil/Portugal
By Chris | January 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Tickets for the Brazil v Portugal friendly international at the Emirates Stadium on 6 February are now on sale. Looking at the website it seems that quite a lot have already gone, no surprise with the number of Brazilians in London, so if you fancy this game better book yours quickly.
It should be a good [...]
NFL says yes to London
By Chris | January 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
London is to get a regular season NFL game this autumn, played at the new Wembley stadium. The NFL are set to make the announcement tomorrow and London has beaten a number of German cities to get the game, which the BBC says will be a home game for the Miami Dolphins against the New [...]
Tour route in England finalised
By Chris | January 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The route to be ridden on the UK section of this year’s Tour de France has been finalised. The London Prologue route was announced a couple of months ago and now the 1st Stage from London to Canterbury has been detailed.
The Prologue’s on the 7 July and the 203km Stage One on the 8th, going [...]
