The Sporting calendar

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 [...]

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 – [...]

Laura 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 [...]

World number one, Rafael Nadal will not defend his Wimbledon men’s singles crown because of a knee injury. As the sporting calendar hots up this month, what a way to start! Wimbledon 2009 will have a new champion, and with Andy Murray in the different half of the draw to Roger Federer, as much as [...]

Ronaldo’s £80 Million pounds transfer to Real Madrid, cannot come soon enough for many Man Utd fans. Whilst some fans will see the sale of their star player as a major blow, Alex Ferguson, I think, has got it spot on. I say this as a Liverpool fan, Ronaldo has been a burden for Man [...]