American Football players at some of America’s top college teams got a makeover from Nike with ten special edition uniforms revealed on 1st September 2010. The 2010 Nike Pro Combat kits have special significance for each team: Alabama: Houndstooth check pattern incorporated into the uniform in tribute to legendary coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. Boise State: [...]
The Royal Australian Mint have launched three commemorative coins in partnership with the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) to celebrate the 150th running of the Melbourne Cup. Designed by Wojciech Pietranik, the three 50 cent coins feature some of the great heroes and iconic references that define the Melbourne Cup legacy. VRC Chairman Rod Fitzroy said: [...]
Kentucky Speedway will host a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Saturday night, July 9, 2011. The new Kentucky Speedway race replaces the March race traditionally hosted by Atlanta Motor Speedway and will be accompanied by a NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Friday night, July 8, 2011. The race weekend will mark the first time [...]
Men’s 100 metre World Record holder, Usain Bolt of Jamaica, has today announced that he is to miss the rest of the 2010 season following a medical consultation regarding a lower back injury. The news comes just four days after Bolt was beaten for the first time by American Tyson Gay in Stockholm. Bolt will [...]
The new football season begins this weekend, with a full roster of Barclays Premier League matches due to take place. Below are the Barclays Premier League opening weekend fixtures for 14-16 August 2010. Barclays Premier League Fixtures – Saturday 14 August 2010 Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City 12:45 White Hart Lane Aston Villa v West [...]
Last season’s Barclays Premier League top half finishers, Birmingham City, will begin the new term this weekend without their veteran centre forward Kevin Phillips after it was confirmed the player will face a lengthy absence because of a torn thigh muscle the player picked up in Saturday’s friendly match with Real Mallorca. Phillips, who scored [...]
With just days remaining before the start of the 2010/2011 Barclays Premier League season, Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill has this afternoon announced his decision to resign from the club “with immediate effect.” The announcement comes after weeks of speculation and negotiation regarding a transfer of Villa’s England star James Milner to Manchester City, though [...]
English top-flight football returned to the fore yesterday as last season’s Barclays Premier League Champions, double winning Chelsea, took on league runners-up Manchester United in the 2010 FA Community Shield at Wembley. The football match, often a good early indicator to forthcoming league fortunes, was won by Manchester United 3-1. Chelsea started perhaps the brightest, [...]
15,472 spectators – more, even, than the official capacity – crammed into the stadium in Stockholm, Sweden, for the much anticipated final of the Samsung Diamond League 100 metres today. American record holder, Tyson Gay, caused an upset by beating World Record holder Usain Bolt. The USA sprinter recorded a time of 9.84 seconds. Speaking [...]
As lunch was called at Trent Bridge on the first day of the four test series between England and Pakistan, England, who had won the toss and elected to bat, came in with their score sitting on 104 for 2 wickets, from 34 overs of Pakistan bowling. This situation might have been worse for England, [...]
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