Dec 26th 09
Earlier this month Manchester United’s Ryan Giggs was crowned the BBC Sports Personality of the year, followed by Formula One world champion Jenson Button and athlete Jessica Ennis. The winner of this annual prestigious award is determined by a public vote on whose achievements have been most outstanding. The veteran winger’s win came as a surprise and even shocked the bookies. He had been an outside...
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Giggs named UK sports personality of the year
Nov 8th 09
Last weekend’s match between Chelsea and Man U was a battle of the top dogs in the Premier League and resulted in Chelsea now being the clear leader on the ladder by five points. They went in to the match as the slight favourites and in the end the final score was Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United. Captain John Terry scored the second half-goal in the 76th minute with a free kick from Frank Lampard. Man U...
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Premier League: Chelsea Too Strong for Man U
Oct 25th 09
Cesar Delgado scored an impressive last minute goal on 20 Oct for Lyon to seal a 2-1 against the Liverpool Reds which is now their fourth successive defeat. As if the absence of Fernado Torres and Glen Johnston due to injury wasn’t already enough of a blow to Liverpool, they then lost their captain, Steven Gerrard, only 25 minutes into the game with a groin problem. It was all downhill after this point....
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Champions League update: Lyons a late winner
Oct 10th 09
Champions League: Man U defeats Wolfsburg
United came from behind to win the match on 30 Sept with 2-1 victory over Wolfsburg. Ryan Giggs scored his 150th goal for United. They now lead Group B by 3 points. United are still the fourth favourites to win behind Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea and can be backed at 10.0 to win the season. I still can’t work out why Chelsea is favoured ahead of Manchester United. I wasn’t so impressed by... read more
Sep 23rd 09
Champions League has just begun!!
The Champions League football has finally just kicked off!!! Barcelona is the reigning champion at the moment and are again the favourites to win this most prestigious trophy in European football. But then the French side, Lyon, is also a very strong side in my opinion. As for Real Madrid, even though they are the second favourites to win at the moment, I have a bit of trouble taking them seriously and... read more
Sep 20th 09
Manchester United odds cut after beating undefeated Tottenham
It’s no secret that apart from the tennis, I’m a bit of the Premier League fan and in particular Manchester United. So as the season progresses you’ll hear from me from time to time about how they are going and what’s happening with their odds to win. At the moment, their odds of winning the Premier League have been cut from 9/4 to 2/1 following their convincing performance against Tottenham. They... read more
