April 30th, 2009 by admin
Former Aussie captain Steve Waugh believes Australia are favorites in this year’s Ashes series, but feels bowling selections will be crucial to the outcome. Waugh was a major part of four triumphant Ashes tours between 1989 and 2001, leading Australia to victory in his last series in England.
“We’ve got a very good squad, no matter who is going to be put on the park,” said Waugh after addressing some NSW Olympians at an SCG function this week.
“Our top 11 players will compete against anyone. I don’t see why we can’t win, but England will probably feel the same. There’s probably a bit to go regarding team selection and fitness before that, so I’m not sure who our first XI is going to be and whose England is going to be in the first Test, the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Waugh, as saying.
In the real world though it is clear that the Aussie cricket team simply do not have the talent they use to have. I’m sure going to stick a few quid on England although I think is will be close.
Sorry Waugh, but you are highly deluded!”
April 22nd, 2009 by admin
Hiddink’s main focus when he took over at chelsea was simply qualification for next season’s Champions League but with Chelsea’s current form Hiddink has been forced to rethink his aims.
Chelsea are in final of the FA Cup, the semi-finals of the Champions League and still in the Premier League title race, so as you can imagine he is ruling nothing out.
“Mathematically, the treble is possible. In February, we had to make sure we qualified for next year’s Champions League but you can’t just be satisfied with that,” the Daily Express quoted Hiddink, as saying.Everybody has done what is expected of them, so you push your targets higher and we are doing that. If you had told us in February we would be playing the FA Cup final, people would have raised their eyebrows. But, for the moment, the most important game is tonight,” he added.
Chelsea are in great form and have won 10 of Hididnk’s 13 games in charge with Hiddink claiming his team are relishing the challenge of trying to catch Manchester United and Liverpool.
April 16th, 2009 by admin
100M superstar, Jamaican Usain Bolt, has told Sky News that he can beat his own world 100m record. The 22-year-old Jamaican – who has been recovering after a car crash, said: “I think I can go 9.50-something. My coach said that in Beijing I probably would have gone 9.54.”
“My coach has never been wrong about a time yet so I think, with me getting back on form, anything is possible.” I smiled when I heard he had a project (Project Bolt) named after me. I think everyone wants to be the best. It’s not a problem, doesn’t matter who,” Bolt added.
He said the ultimate aim this year is the track and field world championships in Berlin in August.
Bolt has perhaps made a strange choice for his latest training sessions as he has been training with his footballing heroes at Manchester United as the club prepares for a potentially title-winning Premier League game against Arsenal.
Looks like we will all have to look forward to Bolt producing something very special in Berlin!
April 16th, 2009 by admin
Shy & retiring Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted his sensational winner against Porto on Wednesday was the best goal of his career.
Ronaldo’s 40-yard strike pushed Manchester United past Porto and into a mouth-watering Champions League semi-final against old foes Arsenal.
“That’s the best goal I’ve ever scored. I didn’t know it was from 40 yards and flew at 65 mph until I saw the television replay after the game. Wow! It was a fantastic strike,” the Daily Express quoted Ronaldo, as saying.
“This victory will give us confidence. We didn’t play well in the previous five games, but I’m hoping this will change all that. Arsenal play great football, we know them well and they are going to be two great ties. But we are confident that we can reach the final,” Ronaldo added.
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was also very impressed, saying: “I’ve got to dig deep into the memory banks to remember a better goal – it was a sensational shot and gave us the perfect start.”
April 11th, 2009 by admin
I’m not a big fan of United but always admire how Ferguson can get at other managers with mind games. His latest ploy is to suggest that the Liverpool coach was guilty of taking his eye off the ball ahead of clubs Champions League defeat to Chelsea in midweek by talking about him rather than the task in hand.
Ferguson though did not stop there as he stuck the boot by claiming that Chelsea, fuelled by their win at Anfield, were now the biggest threat to United’s hopes of completing a hat-trick of Premier League titles.
He suggested that relegation-haunted Blackburn – managed by his close pal Sam Allardyce – could pull off a shock result at Anfield today, The Daily Express reported.
Ferguson could not resist the invitation to answer Benitez’s midweek claim that the fact he spent so much time talking about Liverpool suggested he was “scared” of them.
“The interesting thing as far as Rafa Benitez is concerned is that he’s got a European tie, and he’s talking about Alex Ferguson. Fantastic! I didn’t know I was that important,” Ferguson said.
Benitez there is no point trying to mix it with Ferguson because you will never win!
April 4th, 2009 by admin
New research shows that boozing does take it toll and that sportspersons should not drink. I for one do not know how much this research has cost but I’m sure I could have saved them a lot of money by telling them this bloody years ago! The repost states that boozing does take its toll as it may take more than 60 hours to physically recover from.
Kenneth Graham, the chief scientists at the institute, has revealed that this suggestion is based on the findings of a study conducted at Massey University, New Zealand, and presented at the European College of Sports Science annual conference last year.
We have used this research report to calculate how long it will take Andrew Flintoff to recover and we have calculated that the drink he has comsumed will be effecting his performance until he is 87.
Only joking Freddie!
