It was never right, not from the very first bowl, not at all. Australia was totally seized by Pakistan’s bowling attack in the first One Day International, as the greens damaged the Australian batting line-up so easily that at times it looked like the team was playing the Australian under 16. This is Australia’s second  lowest […]

Sebastian shines the brightest Sebastian Vettel claimed his second win of the Formula One season yesterday after a thrilling Singapore Grand Prix that saw Fernando Alonso maintain his championship lead. The reigning World Champion was running a close second to Britain’s Lewis Hamilton when the unfortunate Mclaren driver suffered a […]

Formula One races this weekend under the bright lights of the Marina Bay street circuit in Singapore – the only night race on the F1 calendar. The event will be a slightly saddened affair after the death earlier this week of F1 doctor Professor Sid Watkins who pioneered many of the […]

A spectacular floodlit qualifying session ahead of tomorrow’s Singapore Grand Prix was dominated by Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel as they went head-to-head for that all-important pole position in the colossal struggle for the 2012 world championship crown. Vettel topped Friday’s practice sessions and was fastest on Saturday morning, and […]

England’s 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign has begun. Confidence is quite rightly high for this campaign, but should it be for the actual tournament in two years time? The extremely experienced Roy Hodgson is the current boss and he has his work cut out to attempt to bring some success […]

You know, England weren’t actually THAT bad in the Euros. It’s no disgrace to go out in the quarters on penalties (again) against Italy. No disgrace at all. Not that Italy are that much better than England, they’re not – aside from Pirlo, de Rossi and possibly Balotelli, who gets […]

He who would fear thorns should not attempt to gather flowers. And yet from all the jeers that barraged the struts of the newly completed stadia, you might be forgiven for doubting our resolve to host the greatest show on Earth. There were always going to be prickly obstacles in […]

Lewis Hamilton cruised to victory in today’s Italian Grand Prix ahead of an equally impressive Sergio Perez as several big names were removed from the equation. Hamilton took an early lead and drove a faultless race despite worries that his Mclaren may be harbouring a problem after the demise of […]