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1 Year Countdown To London 2012 Begins
Posted on29. Jul, 2011 by Rob Thomas.
With a year to go, preparations for the London Olympics are in full swing. Surprisingly for many, building plans appear to be well on track, with many stadia ahead of schedule and venues springing up all over the place. The few that are finished, including the Aquatics Centre, are looking quite amazing with some stunning [...]
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Ashes Update – 1st Test @ The Gabba
Posted on30. Nov, 2010 by Rob Thomas.
Unless you’ve been really quite seriously out of touch, you’ll know that the Ashes have begun. That’s right, the greatest cricketing competition is back, and after much hype the first test began at the Gabba. In the ususal excellent Autralian conditions, expectations were higher in the England camp than with the Aussies as England went [...]
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England Cricketers Depart For Ashes Defence
Posted on29. Oct, 2010 by Rob Thomas.
As I sit here writing this, the England team are currently high in the skies somewhere around the world, on the way to begin the defence of the greatest cricketing trophy around (in our opinion). That’s right, the Ashes are here again. After England’s last glorious victory on home soil, it’s now time to go [...]
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England Clinch One Day Series
Posted on24. Sep, 2010 by Rob Thomas.
In the midst of what has become a fairly tainted tour, England went on to a comfortable win in the 5th ODI to take the series 3-2. In what was an interesting match, England got off to a poor start with the losses of Strauss, Trott and new boy Davies for only 47, but were [...]
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Comfortable England Win At Edgebaston
Posted on10. Aug, 2010 by Rob Thomas.
Despite some rough patches, both in form and discipline, England wrapped up the second test match at Edgebaston with 9 wickets to spare, and now take a 2-0 lead in the series. Having been completely undone at Trent Bridge, it was much the same story here. Pakistan recorded their lowest total ever against England at [...]
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Red Bull Domination Continues In Hungary
Posted on01. Aug, 2010 by Rob Thomas.
Now that was what I call an interesting race! The Hungaroring isn’t well know for being an immensely interesting course, despite being called ‘Monaco without the armco’, because of the lack of overtaking spots. With the continuing run of Red Bull one two’s in qualifying and their unrivaled pace, many people expected this to be [...]
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Ruthless England Wrap Up 1st Test
Posted on01. Aug, 2010 by Rob Thomas.
After a quiet first 45 or so minutes, it took under two hours to reduce the Pakistan line up from 15-3 to 80 all out (before lunch), their lowest score ever against England. James Anderson added to his wicket tally from the previous days to end up with astounding stats of 11-71, completing his first [...]
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Beckham to West Ham?
Posted on25. Jul, 2010 by Rob Thomas.
Reports have surfaced today that West Ham co-owner David Gold has his sights set higher than people thought, not only going for London’s Olympic Stadium after the 2012 games, but also England talisman David Beckham. He has hinted that locally born Beckham would be the ideal person to help them win the stadium, but also [...]
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French Team Suspended
Posted on23. Jul, 2010 by Rob Thomas.
In the wake of the drab, squabbling non-event that was the World Cup for the French, new coach Laurent Blanc has, with the blessing of French Football Federation, suspended all 23 members of the squad for the upcoming friendly with Norway in Oslo on 11 August. Sadly, this is only the latest in a string [...]
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UK and US Mountain Bike Championships
Posted on23. Jul, 2010 by Rob Thomas.
The summer is always a lively time in the biking calendar, but none more so than last weekend which saw both the UK and the US mountain biking championships held, in Ae Forest in Scotland and Sol Vista Resort in Granby, Colorado respectively. Top honours on the day went to Steve Peat in the men’s [...]
