Welcome to the Premier League! Your honeymoon period got over a long time ago at Chelsea and you’re now feeling the heat, just like the previous managers/coaches. You have been at Stamford Bridge for half a season and well, things are not looking good, at all. And to be fair, I am not that surprised. I saw this coming for some time now. I was excited when you joined Chelsea - to see that attacking based football, but not so much now....
When you, along with your team of youngsters, departed for England three weeks before the 5-match series was to get underway, you proved you were determined to change the outcome of the series this time around after a disastrous tour of the same country in 2011 where you surrendered meekly to go down 0-4. The English team under Alastair Cook had had a torrid 2014, losing the Ashes to Australia and just weeks earlier, going down to Sri Lanka....
An, 27, sits alone atop the leaderboard at 13 under entering the weekend at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. The South Korean shot a blemish-free five-under 65 on Friday with consecutive birdies on his front nine, the 14th and 15th holes, and again after he made the turn from the third through the fifth. His steady play kept him ahead after entering the day sharing the 18-hole lead, and all it took was some impressive putting to separate himself from the field....
After watching Ravindra Jadeja scoring a chanceless 86 not out and taking 4 for 79 in the Oval test, the question on everyone’s mind is why he has not been selected for the Asia Cup? His exclusion from India’s squad for the Asia Cup is baffling. At the Oval, Jadeja showed a lot of application while batting and plenty of patience and persistence while bowling. The Indian Team Management’s call on Jadeja...
After receiving universal praise for their 2004 documentary entitled The Rise and Fall of ECW, WWE decided to coordinate a one-time event for the ECW faithful. This event, accurately portrayed as One Night Stand, continued to build on the love and nostalgia that still existed for the promotion. Held in New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom (one of the original homes for ECW), One Night Stand was deemed a commercial success....
Pune, Dec 31 (PTI) On-court coaching in tennis is a reality which the game’s stakeholders need to accept and embrace the change in near future, advocates Wimbledon finalist Kevin Anderson, The historic US Open title win for Japan’s Naomi Osaka was overshadowed by the code-violation penalty handed to Serena Williams for receiving guidance from her coach Patrick Mouratoglou in the summit clash. There were accusations of sexism even as Wimbledon Chairman Philip Brook said they were open to discussion on the issue....
After being bowled out for 269 in their first innings, England allowed South Africa to recover from a vulnerable 40-3 as Dean Elgar and Rassie van der Dussen piled on 117 for the fourth wicket. But a rush of five wickets after tea allowed England to reassert themselves in the contest, South Africa ending day two in Cape Town on 215-8 and thoroughly rattled. Stokes’ four catches in the innings put him one short of becoming the first English fielder - other than wicketkeepers - to take five in a Test innings....
Well, that is a sum-up of what’s happening at London so far, and as the game progresses over there, here we bring you the top stories from elsewhere, in today’s world of cricket. #5. Pak PM Imran Khan invites “former-colleague” Navjot Sidhu for his swearing-in Former Pakistan all-rounder Imran Khan has been elected the new Prime Minister of Pakistan following the country’s general elections on July 26. As preparations have begun for his swearing-in ceremony scheduled for August 18th, the erstwhile cricketer is busy calling up his old colleagues, inviting them to attend the event....
Andrei Arshavin arrived at Arsenal in the January 2009 transfer window as a superstar. He was to be the final piece of the attacking jigsaw that could win Arsenal the league. He had earned this reputation due to his performances in Zenit St. Petersburg’s victory in the 2008 UEFA Cup and then in Russia’s run to the semi-final of Euro 2008. In both sides he was the mesmeric string puller, shuffling around the pitch at high speed with the ball glued to his foot....
Padova have had a disastrous campaign in the ECS so far, winning just once in five games. That win came against Royal Cricket Padova. Padova were recently beaten by Lonigo by five runs and would look to exact revenge. Lonigo, meanwhile, have played only two ECS games so far. They opened their ECS campaign with a victory over Padova before succumbing to Royal Cricket Padova. ECS Venice: Squads to choose from Padova Damith Kosala, Nuwan Sameera Arachchige (c), Cresley Fernando, Salinda Kodikara, Ghulam Abbas, Tharuka Rodrigo, Nissanka Kuda, Prabath Marasingha, Asad Ali Akash Handun, Sampath Ungamannadige (wk), Kalum Warnakulasuriya, Anton Costa, Ramesh Silva, Nishendra Rodrigo, Ranil Fernando....
Clinton may now wish he’d spent that time doing something else. The Democratic National Committee has already been forced to return $1.5 million in improper contributions. It may have to give back even more. And much of the tainted cash can be traced to a single event: the May 13 fund-raiser at the Sheraton Carlton Hotel. The dinner was the brainchild of John Huang, the DNC’s controversial fund raiser. Friends say Huang complained he was under pressure from the party to come up with cash, and quick....
MACKINNON: How did you feel when Veerappan and his armed bandits burst into your home? RAJ KUMAR: It was a surprise that he came and took me at gunpoint. But I went very casually. I wasn’t frightened. I never thought I was in danger. The bandits treated me with respect and assured me they wouldn’t harm me. Later, Veerappan always addressed me as periaware [great elder man]. What kind of conditions were you held in?...
How does it feel to be in that Manchester United dressing room right now? I can’t imagine anything other than being downright distraught. It should hurt, should definitely hurt somewhere deep down inside after that humiliation from our neighbors. Not to mention what happened a couple of weeks ago against our fiercest rivals. We thought that mauling against Liverpool would have ignited some fire inside all of you. But here we are just two weeks down the line and we have gone even worse against Manchester City....
It was the most beautiful day of 2009 when you were presented at Santiago Bernabeu. I still remember your ramp walk and wondered if any other player had been received by the fans in such a grand manner. With each time I have seen you play since then, I have realised that that grand reception was not for a normal player. When you arrived as a Galactico, we were in shatters....
He was a 17-year-old junior at Burke County High School in Waynesboro, Ga., an offensive lineman on the football team and a member of the concert band. He was a jokester, the one who always made those around him laugh. He was loved by his friends, family and peers. MORE: Notable sports deaths in 2015 | Spurrier may coach high school football | Most incredible college plays “He was just your all-American high school kid,” Burke County football coach Eric Parker told Sporting News....
Like karate, everything in Life requires balance. Some achieve it almost effortlessly, while others have to strive hard to attain and sustain that equilibrium for a considerable period of time. Yet, others do not achieve it fully, or only in short bursts. The Indian ODI squad, based on their performance in the recently concluded series against Australia, fits quite nicely into the final category. The reason is simple: There’s no Keisuke Miyagi to teach the former world champions how to learn and maintain balance – and keep it....
Mourinho: I’ll never sell Rooney The 57-year-old enjoyed a successful spell at the Santiago Bernabeu between 2013 and 2015, ending the club’s 12-year wait for its 10th Champions League title in 2014 while also claiming the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Super Cup and the Club World Cup. Ronaldo thrived in Ancelotti’s 4-3-3 system, scoring 51 goals in 47 appearances in a Decima-winning campaign, and he publicly called for the Italian to stay in charge shortly before he was sacked and replaced by Rafael Benitez....
Ancelotti will have to explain his team selection and tactics to president Uli Hoeness and chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in the wake of the Champions League loss. Bayern 13/2 to win CL with dabblebet The decision to leave Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery and Mats Hummels on the bench and Jerome Boateng out of the squad, despite no indication of any injury problems, prompted criticism of the coach. German media outlet Sport Bild claim that they could sack the former Chelsea and Real Madrid head coach as a result of recent results and performances, although Goal understands that nothing has been decided ahead of Thursday’s meeting....
“Don’t get caught up in trying to prove anything. Just be yourself,” King said about their email conversations this summer. “Shoot the basketball. We know you can do that and do what you do well. I think his teammates have said the same thing.” MORE: Kobe and 8 others facing the most pressure this NBA season For a player whose flashes of brillance were tempered by a seemingly constant series of injuries, that sales pitch was enough....
