The Sporting calendar

Are England about to open up and finally smash their way to an Ashes win?
So many times we have seen the promise, so many batting innings have been good, only to fall making silly shots in a moment of madness.
At Edgbaston, in this the third Ashes test match, England’s batting is starting to click.
Whilst not [...]

Football legend Bobby Robson has lost his long battle with cancer.
A true hero of the modern game, Robson was and remains a firm favourite with everyone involved in the sport, fans and players alike.
With Ipswich Town, Robson took on and beat some of the best Liverpool teams, winning the FA CUP, UEFA cup, and were [...]

How many times must the humble English cricket fan despair at the tactics used, in their attempts to wrestle the Ashes from the Aussies?
Due to hospital visiting here, I only managed to catch brief highlights and some of the final days play in Cardiff, during the first Ashes test match.
The fielding during Australia’s first innings [...]

Thomas Haas is currently playing Djokovic on court number one, at Wimbledon.
Haas is sporting-calendar’s tip to win Wimbledon this year.
Why the confidence in the 29th seed?
He has a great serve and an excellent grass game, but most of all, he serves and volleys, which since the days of Borg – Connors – MacEnroe, right up [...]

aura Robson has been knocked out of Wimbledon in the first round, going down in 3 sets, 6-3 4-6 2-6.
Laura is 488 in the world rankings and her opponent was a former world number 5 ranked player and the current world number 32.
In her first appearance in the senior tournament, Laura held her own, smashing [...]