Sports Diary 4
Sports Diary
by Patrick O’Connor
THERE’S a new superhero in the sporting world – and he’s a horse!
The racing world is currently marvelling about the achievements of three year old colt Frankel who last week won the St James’s Palace Stakes at Ascot and has now finished first in all of his seven races.
Sports Diary 3
Sports Diary
by Patrick O’Connor
LAST week it was Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton who had a very public tantrum, this week it was the turn of England cricketer Matt Prior to throw his dummy out of the pram.
Wicketkeeper Prior has apologised to a woman spectator at Lord’s after he smashed a window during the second Test against Sri Lanka.
Sports Diary 2
Sports Diary
by Patrick O’Connor
THE British media is already getting its knickers in a twist over Andy Murray.
They got wildly excited when the country’s only genuine tennis star reached the semi-finals of the French Open but then sank back into the usual frenzy of over-analysis when he succumbed to Rafael Nadal.
Sports Diary – Fathoming Out The Rules of Rugby
RUGBY Union has never been a sport I particularly warmed to, mainly because I found it too stop-start and couldn’t fathomed out its rules.
It also has a quirky side to it. Take the decision of Saracens to toss a coin to decide whether Richard Wigglesworth or Neil de Kock would start at scrum-half for last Saturday’s Premiership final against Leicester.
Football Diary – Greed will ruin the game
ONE of the most depressing things about watching the FA Cup Final between Manchester City and Stoke City last Saturday was hearing the TV commentator say that the scorer of the only goal, City’s Yaya Toure, was reputed to be earning £220,000 A WEEK!
City’s win, following their midweek clinching of a place in next season’s Champions League, means that they are guaranteed to splash out even more millions on transfers during the summer as they aim to mop up all the world’s top football talent for themselves.