Articles tagged ‘Sports’
London’s sporting weekend
By Chris | January 12th, 2007 |
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What does the weekend hold in London for the sports fan who wants to catch some live action? Well on the football front there are four Premiership games in the capital on Saturday afternoon, Watford have an early (12.45) kickoff against Liverpool at Vicarage Road. With Liverpool still groggy from two beatings by Arsenal last [...]
Those pesky Arsenal kids are at it again
By Chris | January 10th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you missed it last night the future’s bright, bright red. Arsenal were away to Liverpool in the quarterfinal of the Carling Cup and kicked off the game with six teenagers in the starting lineup, the average age of the outfield players was 20. They then went on to hand Liverpool their biggest defeat at [...]
London’s Sports Calendar
By Chris | January 9th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’re a sports fan and are coming to London this year, what can you expect to see apart from the regular season football, rugby and county cricket games. Here’s a run down of some of the major games and tournaments in London this year.
3 February Rugby Union England v Scotland at Twickenham
10 February Rugby [...]
Home field advantage for all the London clubs in FA Cup
By Chris | January 8th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’re coming to London at the end of the month and are looking to catch a football game, the 4th round of the FA Cup offers a good possibility of getting a ticket to a London teams match.
The 3rd round was this weekend just gone and nine London teams were still in this afternoon’s [...]
Brazil to play Portugal at the Emirates
By Chris | January 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Brazil and Portugal will play a friendly international at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium on February 6, a Tuesday night at 8pm. That’s an international week with a lot of games going on, England play Spain at home the following night. The Arsenal website says ticket details and prices will be announced next Tuesday, 9th January.
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Stadium tours in London
By Chris | January 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
There’s a lot of sport that goes on in London throughout the year and many of the major venues offer stadium tours. I should probably include the Circus Tavern in Purfleet after Monday’s epic world championship final between Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld, one of the greatest matches in darts history, but [...]
Outdoor swimming in London
By Chris | December 18th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
If you’re looking for a little physical activity to sharpen your appetite on Christmas morning, why not take a walk around Hyde Park and watch the members of the Serpentine Swimming Club in their annual Peter Pan Christmas Day Race.
This is a race on the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park that has been on [...]
England on the brink Down Under
By Chris | December 15th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Australia look like they could regain The Ashes by Sunday, they’re 2-0 in the five Test series and are on well on top in this current Third Test in Perth. England just haven’t shown up in this Ashes series and the thousands of England fans who are heading to Sydney for the Boxing Day Test [...]
