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 [...]
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 [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup July 2012
Euro 2012: England Win Group ENGLAND qualified for the quarter-finals of the European Championships, for the first time since 1996, when they topped Group D with two wins and a draw. The Manchester City duo of Joleon Lescott and Sami Nasri provided the goals in Donetsk, where England and France commenced their opening match, June [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup May 2012
England In Sri Lanka ENGLAND opened their tour of Sri Lanka, March 15-April 17, with an innings and 15 run win over a Sri Lankan Board XI, and then beat a Sri Lanka Development XI at Columbo, by four wickets in another three day match. SLD XI 431(Chamara Silva 163)-6 dec and 199-4 dec. England [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup January 2012
Two For Westwood, Accolades For McIlroy, Donald, And Poulter LEE WESTWOOD turned in some spectacular golf at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa, that concluded December 4. Westwood broke the course record with a 10 under 62, during the third round and went on to claim victory with a 15 under 273, [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup December 2011
A Nose Thwarts Ed Dunlop Of Historic Win THE MELBOURNE Cup is the biggest horse race in Australia, and the nation grinds to a halt as the one-mile-seven-furlong course at Fremington, becomes a national focus. November 1, saw the race run for the 151st time with a record of only four foreign horses ever winning [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup November 2011
Indycar Finale Claims Life Of British Driver Dan Wheldon THE FINAL race of the 2011 IndyCar Racing League at Las Vegas, October 16, was supposed to decide the championship between front-runners, Dario Franchitti and Will Power, but an horrendous pile up of 15 cars on the thirteenth lap brought about the ultimate tragedy in a [...]
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 [...]



