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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Seventh Heaven? Federer The Favorite At Wimbledon
By Steven Wine WALKING the Wimbledon grounds Sunday, wearing a stylish white jacket with gold trim, his collar turned up for protection from a biting wind, the tournament’s six-time champion looked like the same old Roger Federer. True, there have been signs of slippage this month. Federer lost at the French Open in the quarterfinals, [...]
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 [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup February 2010
NEW YEAR’S SPORTING HONOURS LIST BRITAIN’S sporting competitors were amongst the chosen in this year’s New Years Honours list. The new Formula One champion Jensen Button received the MBE, and the Brawn team-owner that made it possible, Ross Brawn, gets the OBE. Button, 29, scored six grand prix victories to give him the 2009 title. Scottish rugby [...]
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