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    Nick Kyrgios - the future of Australian tennis

    The half Greek, half Malaysian Nick Kyrgios of Australia has been touted for some time now as the future of Australian tennis and a potential grand slam winner. The 20 year old has had some big victories but he's quickly developing a reputation as the bad boy of tennis. At Wimbledon this year he...
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    Wimbledon 2015

    If it is not bad enough that all the talk at Wimbledon this year is about Serena closing in on the calendar year slam we now have Nadal on the verge of a 2nd round defeat to a black "German" called Dustin Brown.
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    2015 Women's World Cup

    Hope I don't lose my "man card" for starting this.:biggrin: After listening to a BBC radio programme about Roland Garros I left it on for a segment on the women's World Cup which is being played in Canada. What got my attention was that after reviewing the teams they started playing samba...
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    Copa America 2015

    Starting June 11 the 2015 Copa America gets under way in Chile. Four years ago in Argentina the matches were more memorable for bad pitches than good football. The Argentina v Uruguay semi-final was entertaining but not nearly as entertaining as Brazil's hilarious penalty misses against...
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    Euro 2016 (France) Qualifying

    Euro 2016 qualifying is underway. This time 24 teams will go to the finals - a bad idea in my view. Today I watched all-white Northern Ireland come from behind to defeat equally all-white Hungary 2-1 in Budapest. The Hungarians were booed off the pitch by their fans. (Whatever happened to...
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    UEFA Champions League 2014-15

    The teams that automatically qualified from the big countries: Spain - Real Madrid, Atletico, Barcelona, Germany - Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Schalke, England - Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea Italy - Juventus, Roma, France - PSG, Monaco, Numerous playoffs have already started. Celtic...
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    Wimbledon 2014

    The draw has been held for this year's Wimbledon which begins on Monday 23 June. Defending champ Andy Murray, who should now be back to his best after his back surgery, is on the same side of the draw as Novak Djokovic. So if both make it to the semi-final they'll play each other then...
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    World Cup Draw

    Brazil is said to be the future of the United States and much of Europe and it's hosting the 2014 World Cup. Earlier this week three construction workers were killed working on a stadium in Sao Paulo and now the World Cup draw pre-show has begun - with the microphones not working initially. Now...
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    US Open -2013

    The draw has been made for the 2013 US Open. If the top seeds make the quarter finals here's how it will look: Djokovic v Del Potro Murray v Berdych The winner of each would play in SF. So whoever gets through this part of the draw could be worn out by the time they make the final. The other...
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    Anti-Russia boycotts

    Homosexual organisations appear to be having some success getting bars across the USA and Canada to boycott Russian vodka to protest of the country's refusal to implement a homosexual agenda. http://wpmedia.o.canada.com/2013/07/1374783642-dumprussianvodka_square_logo.jpg Meanwhile, South...
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    UEFA U21 Championship

    This week the UEFA U21 championships begin in that famous European country of Israel! There was a campaign to boycott the tournament due to Israel's treatment of the Palestinians with devout Muslim Freddy Kanoute starting his own petition. There are eight teams: Israel (hosts) Spain (defending...
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    Roland Garros (French Open 2013)

    Djokovic is the main story this year as he's going for the career slam. He's got to beat the most impressive newcomer on the tour in Gregor Dimitrov ('Baby Federer') in the third round. Dimitrov beat Djokovic in their last meeting in Madrid and he nearly beat Nadal, also on clay, in Monte...
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    World Baseball Classic

    This is a big deal in baseball-loving countries outside of the US. Japan won the two previous WBCs. On Saturday there was a big brawl between the Canadians and Mexicans after the Mexican skipper told his pitcher to through the ball at one of the Canadian batters. He did this because the...
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    "I just bought OJ's gloves...Now all I need is a white girl named Nicole"

    The Canadian Football League finally makes news in the USA. Nik Lewis, a former Southern Arkansas University All-American now playing for the Calgary Stampeders, has been fined for a comment he made on Twitter. It went like this: I just bought OJ’s gloves on eBay. Now all I need is a white...
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    "English" players crying racism...again

    The latest incident involved Danny Rose in an Under21 match in Serbia. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/euro-u21-serbian-fa-denies-racism-slams-englands-131132434.html I don't know what happened but it seems that no week goes by without such racism accusations. Given that racism is now a...
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    English Premier League 2012-13

    An article reviewing the new players coming to the EPL this year: Santi Cazorla, Lukas Podolski, and Olivier Giroud (Arsenal), Eden Hazard and Oscar (Chelsea), Shinji Kagawa (Man United), Fabio Borini (Liverpool), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham), plus a couple moving to smaller teams...
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    Olympic tennis tournament

    According to a headline in the Washington Times: http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/london-2012-summer-olympic-games/2012/jul/10/2012-Olympics-USA-tennis-Williams-Bryan-Roddick/ I've nothing against the Bryan brothers. Based on what I've seen of them they seem like decent...
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    Michael Johnson: Slave descendants have 'superior athletic gene in us.’

    Michael Johnson says slave descendants from the USA and Caribbean will dominate: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2167064/London-2012-Olympics-Michael-Johnson-descendants-slaves-medals-sprint-finals.html Since there has been no outrage and British TV has aired a documentary on the...
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    New FIFA Rankings (July 2012)

    For the first time since FIFA rankings were compiled Brazil has dropped out of the top 10. According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Rankings As of July 2012 here are the world's top 10 international teams: 1) Spain 2) Germany 3) Uruguay 4) England 5) Portugal 6)...
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    2012 French Open

    The main story going into the French Open this year is Novak Djokovic's quest for a 'Novak slam'. He currently holds the other three major titles. However, the bookies have a resurgent Rafael Nadal as a narrow favourite. He also has a chance to make history as a victory would at Roland Garros...
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    Breaking news - Fabio Capello resigns over John Terry scandal!

    This has just been reported on the radio. No links available yet. (The English FA's website is conveniently down) This is an absolute stunner. More to come.
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    America's most disliked athletes

    Looks like there aren't quite so many DWFs as I thought. In a survey conducted by Nielsen and partner E-Poll Market Research the following are the American public's most disliked athletes: Tiger Woods, Michael Vick, Plaxico Burress, Ndamukong "head stomper" Suh, Kris Humphries, LeBron James...
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    NFL Week 11

    Since this week begins early I thought I'd start the thread. Tonight, Thursday 17 November, it is one of my most hated teams the trash talking (coach included) NY Jets (5-4) up against Tim Tebow's Broncos (4-5). Other games of interest in week 11: Eagles@NY Giants - a loss for Vick's Eagles...
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