Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup October 2011
England Beats India In ODI Series ENGLAND beat India by an innings and eight runs at the Oval in the fourth and final Test match to win the series 4-0. England (Ian Bell 235, Kevin Pietersen 175)-6 dec. India 300 (Rahul Dravid 146 not out) and 283. They then beat India by six wickets in [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup September 2011
England Win India Test Series After winning the first Test by 196 runs, England went 2-0 up over India, at Trent Bridge with a 319 run victory. England 221 and 544 (Ian Bell 159). India 288 (Rahul Dravid 117) and 158 all out. India had a two day game at Northampton, that turned into the [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup August 2011
Darren Clarke Wins The British Open IT’S BEEN a great thirteen months for Northern Ireland’s golfers with Graeme McDowell winning the 2010, US Open, and Rory McIIroy winning the 2011, US Open. Last month, Darren Clarke, made it an Irish threesome, when he claimed his very first Major with victory in The British Open. The [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup June 2011
SPORTS FANS REMEMBER “OUR ENERY” HE WAS the most respected and admired British boxer in the post-war era. A man whose fighting weight was around 190lbs and would not be regarded as a heavyweight today, though his persistence and professionalism always shone through. As a seventeen-year-old, he captured the British amateur light-heavyweight crown and represented [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup May 2011
WORLD CRICKET INDIA WON the ICC World Cricket Cup at Mumbai, April 2, beating Sri Lanka by four wickets in the final. Sri Lanka 274 (Mahela Jayawardene 103 not out)-6 at 50 overs. India 277-4 at close. After the tournament, the ICC announced that the 2015 World Cricket Cup would be cut down to ten [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup July 2010
FRANCHITTI IS INDY 500 CHAMPION THE Memorial Day Weekend running of the Indianapolis 500, had a distinctive British feel to it as three Brits filled the first four places. Reigning IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti ran an almost perfect race, leading 155 of the 200 laps, to win his second Indianapolis 500 in grand style. The [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup June 2010
ENGLAND WIN WORLD TWENTY20 CUP AFTER AN unsure start, England gathered momentum in the ICC World Twenty20 Championship in the Caribbean, April 30-May 16, and reached the final to meet Australia. England started off in the Group matches losing to the West Indies in Guyana by eight wickets, after the Duckworth/Lewis method was brought in [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup May 2010
THE HAYE-MAKER RETAINS WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION DAVID HAYE retained his WBA heavyweight crown against John Ruiz at the MEN Arena, Manchester, April 3, after the ref stopped the fight in the ninth round. The Haymaker (24-1) had the American (44-9-1) down twice in the first round, and would send him canvas bound another two times [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup April 2010
ATHLETIC GOLD FOR BRITAIN THE WORLD Indoor Athletic Championships at Doha, UAR, March 12-14, saw world heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis, claim the pentathlon gold for Britain, when she beat the three medallists in the last world championships. The troubled career of Dwain Chambers was put aside in the 60m, where the Briton took the gold [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup March 2010
OLYMPIC GOLD FOR AMY WILLIAMS THE 21st Winter Olympic Games, February 12-28, opened under a cloud in Vancouver, after luge competitor Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia died during a training run. While the rest of North America was under several feet of snow, Canada’s Olympic officials looked hopefully skyward, as the white stuff was not plentiful [...]
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