Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup June 2012
England Welcomes The West Indies THE WEST INDIES arrived in England rather disheveled with injuries, visa problems and a missing Marion Samuels who was due to arrive after playing in the Indian Super League. The tour, May 4-June 24, opened at Hove against Sussex, where the visitors were unsure if they would actually have eleven [...]
Cyclist Hoy Retires After Winning Six Olympic Golds
SIX-TIME gold medalist Chris Hoy retired from cycling last month, saying he had expended “every last ounce of effort and energy” in becoming Britain’s most decorated Olympian and spearheading the country’s rise to the top of the sport. Hoy decided to quit now rather than compete in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in his native Scotland, [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup January 2012
Cricket – England Beat India ENGLAND grabbed an historic victory in India, winning their first Test series on the sub-continent in 27 years prevailing 2-1 in the four match series. After losing the First Test by nine wickets, Kevin Pietersen’s digressions were forgiven and he was brought back for the second Test at Mumbai, where [...]
Lance Armstrong Jibe At Library
Aussie Humour – Better Still, Aussie Librarian Humour LIBRARY visitors to an Australian library last month were smiling when faced with a sign notifying them that all Lance Armstrong books were soon to be reshelved in the ‘fiction’ section. The sign was posted in Manly library in Sydney just days after Armstrong confessed to doping [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup December 2012
Cricket; England Tour India ENGLAND began a tour of India, running October 30-January 30, which includes four Test matches and a series of five match ODIs to be played after the Christmas break. England commenced the tour at Mumbai with a three day draw against the India A side. India A 369 and 124-4 at [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup November 2012
West Indies Win World Twenty20 Championship AS REIGNING World Twenty20 Champions, England got off to a mixed start at the 2012 World Twenty20 Championships in Sri Lanka, September 18-October 7. In the preliminary group matches, England beat Afghanistan by 116 runs but lost to India by 90 runs. England 196 (Luke Wright 99) -5 at [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup October 2012
Andy Murray Makes History NOVAK DJOKOVIC had won his last eight encounters with Andy Murray, but in the final of the US Open Championships at the Arthur Ashe Stadium last month, the Dunblane Scot and his Serb opponent produced some spectacular tennis that witnessed Murray win his very first Grand Slam event. The Scot won [...]
Peerless Wiggins Roars To Record
HAMPTON COURT, England (Reuters) – Bradley Wiggins basked in glory, and a bit of sun, as Britain’s most decorated Olympian after he hammered the field in awe-inspiring fashion to claim the London Games cycling time trial on Wednesday. Wiggins, the first British Tour de France champion, surpassed rower Steve Redgrave’s record of six Olympic medals [...]
Wiggins Becomes Britain’s First Tour De France Winner
PARIS (Reuters) – Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win the Tour de France when he claimed the 99th edition of the greatest cycling race on Sunday. Wiggins finished safe in the bunch on the 20th and last stage, a 120-km ride from Rambouillet won by Sky team mate and fellow Briton Mark Cavendish, [...]
Wiggins Will Not Let Sceptics Spoil His Party
PEYRAGUDES, France (Reuters) – Bradley Wiggins sported a broad smile of contentment at the end of the last mountain stage of the Tour de France on Thursday and, with victory in sight, was not ready to let anyone spoil his party. Three days from Paris, the finale on the Champs-Elysees and probably the first victory [...]
