Category: Other Sports

Tiger Woods Back To Winning Ways at Bay Hill Targets Augusta Masters

| March 28, 2012 | 1 Comment
Tiger Woods Back To Winning Ways at Bay Hill Targets Augusta Masters

Tiger Woods has registered his first PGA tour victory, in two and a half years, at Bay Hills, Florida, beating Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell by five strokes at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. This was his first win since the 2009 sex scandal that left the former world champion battling, off the golf course, to clear [...]

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WBA, IBF To Hear Amir Khan Appeal Over Peterson Defeat In January 2012

| December 21, 2011 | 0 Comments
WBA, IBF To Hear Amir Khan Appeal Over Peterson Defeat In January 2012

The WBA and IBF have informed British boxing icon Amir Khan’s camp that they would hear the boxer’s appeal against the controversial points defeat by Lamont Peterson in mid January. There had been reports in the media that the appeal would not be heard. Contradicting such reports, Richard Schaefer, the Golden Boy Promotions chief executive, [...]

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Amir Khan Loses Appeal Against Referee Cooper, 2012 Rematch With Peterson Likely

| December 19, 2011 | 0 Comments
Amir Khan Loses Appeal Against Referee Cooper, 2012 Rematch With Peterson  Likely

Amir Khan has lost his appeal against his defeat by Lamont Peterson after it was rejected by the International Boxing Federation. Earlier this month, Peterson scored a controversial win against Khan, in Washington DC, the American fighter’s home town. In the process, Peterson took the British boxer’s IBF and WBA light-welterweight titles, after the judges [...]

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Super Six Final Preview: Froch Must Hurt Ward Early

| December 17, 2011 | 0 Comments
Super Six Final Preview: Froch Must Hurt Ward Early

This is the final of an annual contest set up by cable channel Showtime since 1989 featuring six super middleweight fighters fighting to decide the best in the world. On Saturday night, December 17, 2011, Carl Froch and Andre Ward will clash in the final. In the tale of the tape, Froch has a height [...]

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Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand Edge France 8-7 To Become World Champions

| October 23, 2011 | 0 Comments
Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand Edge France 8-7 To Become World Champions

New Zealand made the Web Ellis trophy for the Rugby World Cup their own after beating France 8-7, in a thriller at Eden Park. The All Blacks were favourites to win the tournament that began 45 days ago but France who had lost to New Zealand as well as Tonga in the pool matches came [...]

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Rugby World Cup 2011: Sonny Wool receives Death Threats

| October 16, 2011 | 0 Comments
Rugby World Cup 2011: Sonny Wool receives Death Threats

Sonny the 3 year old match-predicting sheep continues on his All Black rollercoaster ride, after correctly predicting the All Blacks to beat Argentina. Dan Boyd, Star Sheep Agent says  “Last week Sonny first sniffed around the Argentina flag before hoofing into the feed alongside the New Zealand flag suggested that Argentina would be ahead at [...]

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Rugby World Cup 2011: Our Predictions & Actual Results Compared

| October 11, 2011 | 5 Comments

With the rugby world cup on, predictions are the flavour of the season. Particularly with the emergence of Sonny Wool, the psychic sheep. Sonny Wool stunned the rugby world with four successive predictions that were bang on target, as the actual results of the respective matches proved. The ovine oracle chose NZ to win all [...]

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Rugby World Cup 2011 Semi-final Preview: Australia Vs New Zealand

| October 10, 2011 | 0 Comments
Rugby World Cup 2011 Semi-final Preview: Australia Vs New Zealand

The home team and tournament favourites New Zealand have set themselves up for a semi-final clash with Australia, in Auckland, on Sunday, October 16, 2011. They beat Argentina by 33-10 but the match was much tougher than the score-line might suggest. Though New Zealand had some positives from the game, such as Ma’a Nonu and [...]

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Rugby World Cup 2011: Semi-finals Line Up, Schedule & Match Times

| October 10, 2011 | 0 Comments
Rugby World Cup 2011: Semi-finals Line Up, Schedule & Match Times

The absence of any pressure of expectation on France, in apparent disarray, after losing to Tonga in their pool game, worked in Les Bleus’ favour as they beat England, on Saturday, to advance to the Rugby World Cup semi-finals. The French prevailed over the 2003 world champions, by a score-line of 19-12 at Auckland’s Eden [...]

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Rugby World Cup 2011 Semi-final Preview: Wales Vs France

| October 10, 2011 | 1 Comment

Wales and France are set to clash in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals, on Saturday, October 15, 2011, in Auckland, after beating Ireland and England, in the quarter-finals, respectively. In particular, Wales had a brilliant second half and Ireland struggled to get into the game. Soon after half-time, Ireland scored to level the score at [...]

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