Over the last few weeks, and across several continents, there has been plenty of international cricket to get stuck into. Pakistan have trounced Australia in the United Arab Emirates and are now taking on New […]
English clubs fail to impress in latest Champions League action
On Tuesday night, Liverpool visited Spain to take on the might of Real Madrid. Despite Brendan Rodgers surprising and alarming fans in equal measure by naming what was definitely not his strongest side for this titanic […]
The Ched Evans argument
In May 2011, Sheffield United striker Ched Evans and several friends were taking an end of season break in the North Wales seaside town of Rhyl. After an evening of drinking, they returned to their […]
Mixed week for English teams in Champions League
This was a week of contrasting fortunes for the English representatives in Europe, with 2 wins, a draw and a defeat. MANCHESTER CITY were in action on Tuesday night, hoping to use their visitors Roma […]
English summer solves some questions but leaves plenty more unanswered
Where to start? This has been the most dramatic, turbulent and downright crazy summer of English cricket since the early 90s, when every summer seemed to be the most turbulent in living memory. From captaincy […]
Sport | Resurgent England hope to keep that winning feeling
After completing a stunning turnaround and winning three Tests on the bounce, England managed (somehow) to take the series against India 3-1. After this triumph, that at some points looked very hard to imagine indeed, […]
Sport | Momentum with England as they look to take a series lead
After drawing level in the Test series against India with a resounding victory down in Southampton last week, England will look to take a 2-1 series lead in the match starting tomorrow at Old Trafford, […]
Sport | England’s Young Lions finally roar
Alistair Cook must have felt blessed, sweet relief when Moeen Ali took the wicket of Pankaj Singh (who, incidentally, must rank as one of the unluckiest bowlers in his first test ever) on Thursday morning […]
Sport | Captain Cooked?
England succumbed to yet another humiliating and painful defeat yesterday at Lords against India, losing a Test match that had been set up almost perfectly for them to triumph in. Against a side that had […]
Sport | Brazil, Germany and France take centre stage
With the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup only hours away, Euan Cunningham previews the action. France v Germany is the first match of the day at 5pm, and both sides will be confident about […]
Sport | European heavyweights survive tests
At least one European side will reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, after Germany and France booked a tantalising quarter-final date against each other on Friday. Both emerged shaken but not stirred from their […]
Sport | England agonisingly close to rescuing draw
Test cricket is a cruel game. James Anderson, not exactly a walking wicket but not Sachin Tendulkar, had blocked 54 balls from Sri Lanka’s attack with relative ease, and was just another two away from […]