Articles tagged ‘Sports’
England World Cup winner dies
By Chris | April 25th, 2007 |
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Alan Ball, one of England’s 1966 World Cup winning team died today at the age of 61. He was the youngest member of that team and went on to have a 22 year playing career with clubs like Blackpool, Everton, Arsenal and Southampton. He also managed seven clubs including Southampton, Manchester City and Portsmouth in [...]
The Queen loves the Arsenal
By Chris | April 23rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Its in The Sun and that’s about as official as it gets in the UK, the Queen is an Arsenal fan and has been for over 50 years, just like the former Queen Mother who was also a mad Gooner and a big admirer of legendary player Denis Compton who played for Arsenal in the [...]
London Golf Show 2007
By Chris | April 23rd, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Golf as a participation sport is bigger than ever, more players and more courses springing up all over the place. This week the London Golf Show 2007 takes place at ExCel London and features a huge number of exhibitors, stands and activities.
There are over 250 exhibitors offering golf equipment, accessories, fashion, apparel, golf courses, golf [...]
Female Football Commentator
By Chris | April 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The BBC had a sporting first yesterday when they used a female commentator for the Premiership football match between Fulham and Blackburn. Jacqui Oatley was the lady who got the call and the press today have been saying what a good job she did and anybody who disagrees is a knuckle dragging sexist.
The highlights of [...]
Tottenham v Arsenal London derby
By Chris | April 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Its the big North London derby at White Hart Lane tomorrow lunchtime between Tottenham and Arsenal. Absolutely no love loss with these two clubs and sets of fans, hopefullly there’s only minor skirmishes. If trouble did kickoff I doubt Roger The Nouveau Football Fan (below) would be much help. Here’s hoping for an Arsenal win, [...]
London ANZAC Sports Challenge
By Chris | April 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
There’s a big sporting contest in London tomorrow between two close neighbours and fierce opponents on the sports field. This one’s not the Tottenham v Arsenal Premiership derby taking place at lunchtime on Saturday, but the 2007 ANZAC Sports Challenge, a day of competition between Australians and New Zealanders living in the UK in the [...]
Boa viagem Baptista
By Chris | April 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Julio Baptista, Arsenal’s Brazilian player on loan for the season from Real Madrid, seems to be reading from the Jose Antonio Reyes script of blaming the lifestyle in England and the weather for his own lousy form.
Baptista’s nickname is The Beast and he’s a big old boy but he doesn’t have the ability to match [...]
London Marathon
By Chris | April 18th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This Sunday 22 April sees the 26th London Marathon take place through the streets of the capital, with almost 50,000 runners entered to take part. The race begins in Greenwich Park/Blackheath and ends on The Mall just down from Buckingham Palace, and on the way goes past many of London’s most famous landmarks on both [...]
David Dein leaves Arsenal
By Chris | April 18th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
News coming in this evening that Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein has left the club with immediate effect, which I think is a bit of a disaster for the club and could have a longer term impact.
As well as being vice-chairman, he’s one of the major shareholders in Arsenal, the man in charge of the day [...]
London Marathon exhibition
By Chris | April 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This Sunday is the London Marathon and in the run up to it ExCel London is hosting for the next four days the Flora London Marathon Sports Exhibition, which describes itself as ‘the country’s biggest and best running show.’
The exhibition features dozens and dozens of exhibitors including all the major sports manufacturers, as well as [...]
