English Premier League’s clash of the giants December 17, 2007
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England:The top four teams - Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United - battled it out in two of the most exciting clashes yesterday. The Arsenal-Chelsea game was played in Emirates Stadium, London. The Manchester United-Liverpool game was played in Anfield.
The results are in.
Arsenal 1 - 0 Chelsea
Liverpool 0 - 1 Manchester United
The Arsenal’s victory over Chelsea placed them on top of the English Premier League table with 40 points from 17 matches. Manchester United has 39 points at second place. Chelsea with 34 points at third place. Liverpool is at fifth place with 30 points. The forth place is Manchester City with 34 points.
Blogerita says:
The fight for the English Premier League champion is way too close. The top five team have equal chance to win the League title. No one can afford to make mistakes and give away valuable points in any game they place. The team managers like Alex Ferguson, Rafael Benitez, Arsene Wenger and Sven Eriksson have to take good care of the players as any injury may cost them valuable points in the following games.
Nicol David and Liu Xiang - Best in Asia December 12, 2007
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Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s Nicol David has won the Asian Sportwoman of the Year award. Nicol David, Malaysia squash queen and the world No 1, defeated two other nominees to win the inaugural award given by Asian Sports Press Union (ASPU). The other two nominees were Paweena Thongsuk from Thailand and in Sun-Yu from South Korea.
The Asian Sportman of the Year award went to Liu Xiang of China. Liu Xiang is the world record holder for 110m hurdles.
The nominations for the Nicol David and Liu Xiang came from 25 sporting bodies and national Olympic councils in Asia.
Other winners were South Korea’s short track speed skating team for Asia Team of the Year - men award, China badminton women’s double pair of Gao Ling and Huang Sui for Asia Team of the Year - women award, tennis legend K. Ramanathan from India won the Lifetime Achievement award and Pakistani cricketeer Imran Khan won the Humanitarian award.
Blogerita says:
I have the opportunity to see Nicol train since the was a young girl. Her strong will and determination to win has brought her great success. May she continue to dominate the squash scene for a long time.
Congratulations to the rest of the winners. For the rest, your nominations are already recognition of your success. May you perform better in 2008 and win the coverted award.
Ferguson blows his top December 5, 2007
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Manchester: Alex Ferguson, team manager for Manchester United, blew his top when his ace striker Cristiano Ronaldo was booked for diving. He accused Fulham goalkeeper, Antti Niemi, for ‘conning’ the referee Rob Styles into booking Cristiano Ronaldo at Old Trafford.
Cristiano Ronaldo had scored two goals and the third was at his mercy. He had scored the goals through a first-half volley and a second-half header.
Manchester United defeated Fulham 2-0.
Blogerita says:
Not all decisons will go the Manchester United way. Sometimes, Alex Ferguson need to be ready for disappointment too. Alex Ferguson has to accept this decision whether it’s a good or bad decision.
David Beckham in New Zealand December 1, 2007
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Wellington: David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy is touring New Zealand. Los Angeles Galaxy is scheduled to play a friendly game with Wellington Phoenix. The type of reception he received can only be match by New Zealand All-Black rugby team.
Prior to New Zealand, David Beckham and Los Angeles Galaxy toured Australia and played against Sydney FC. Sydney FC defeated Los Angeles Galaxy 5 - 3.
The former Manchester United and Ral Madrid star received the same warm reception is Sydney and Wellington. One of the banner read “David Beckham is Hot. I’m Cold’.
Blogerita says:
Are you guys out there attending a model catwalk show in a stadium or are you there to watch a quality soccer game. Forget about the face. Go for the game. Nothing beats a good soccer match played by real men.
Sixth EPL boss to leave top job November 27, 2007
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London: The sixth team manager from the English Premier League (EPL) has left the league. Derby County, sitting at the bottom of the league with one win and 13 defeats, has parted company with its manager, Billy Davies.
Billy Davies has successfully guided Derby County back to the English Premier League with a 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion in the final play-off at Wembley in May. This is Derby County first time back to English Premier League since 2002.
List of team managers of have left their clubs.
- Sept 20: Jose Mourinho (Chelsea)
- Oct 17: Sammy Lee (Bolton)
- Oct 25: Martin Jol (Tottenham)
- Nov 5: Chris Hutchings (Wigan)
- Nov 19: Steve Bruce (Birmingham)
- Nov 26: Billy Davies (Derby)
Blogerita says:
EPL is going on a team manager sacking season. It looks like this is the best and easiest decision for the board of director to take whenever a team does not meet the expectation. My advice to Billy is to take sometime off to rest and you will be back to top flight soccer soon. Best of luck to you.
England is out of Euro 2008 November 23, 2007
Posted by blogerita in : Sports , add a commentIt was such a shock. England failed to make it into the finals of Euro 2008 in Austria & Switzerland. To rub salt into the wound, they lost to Croatia 2-3 in Wembley, the home of English soccer. I am sure thousands of English fans cried about their team misfortune. Fortunately, we did not show their ugly face of hooliganism.
As in every defeat, someone has to take the brunt. Team manager, Steve McClaren and his assistant Terry Venables were sacked by the English FA. Accordingly to Steve McClaren, he took the full responsibility of the defeat. This is the first time England has failed to enter the final rounds in any major competition since 1994 World Cup.
Steve McClaren was appointed team manager 18 months ago and was hailed as the true saviour for England team. He did many courageous decisions like dropping David Beckham which I fully supported. David Beckham was more of a poster boy of English FA than a true world class player who went all out to play for his country. However, with his current crop of players, talents are lacking and success seems to be evading them.
I am sure Steven McClaren and Terry Venables will land themselves to another job somewhere. They were great players during their time. I am sure they will raise again. All the best to you Steve and Terry!
