Poor Arsene Wenger is having to go through it all again in what is supposed to be a period of festivities around England. As Arsenal knocked themselves out of the EFL Cup through a suicidal lack of desire and drive against Southampton, the club struck “crisis” by the time the ...
Read More »Ligue 1 Review Gameweek 15
Embed from Getty Images A round of midweek Ligue 1 fixtures saw important wins for Nancy, Lille and Lorient as there was a shift at the bottom of the league table. Tuesday 29 November Lille 4-2 Caen Venue – Stade Pierre-Mauroy After scoring just ten goals in their ...
Read More »NFL Week 12 Review – Thanksgiving
This week was Thanksgiving, which meant that for one week in the year, we had a triple header of football on a Thursday night. The Lions and Cowboys both recorded wins in their traditional Thanksgiving home games, while the Raiders and Cowboys continued on their amazing runs on Sunday. And ...
Read More »Arsene Wenger’s Tactical Change Working Wonders for Arsenal
The Reddish side of North London is basking in the joy of Arsenal’s 19-game unbeaten run, which has more or less been a fine melange of blagged victories, snaffled draws and a number of wallopings, the best of the lot being Arsenal’s 3-0 humbling of current league leaders Chelsea at ...
Read More »The Sports Lowdown’s Top 25 of 2016: No. 5-1
As 2016 comes to a close, The Sports Lowdown brings its weekly feature of footballers who have risen to the occasion in the calendar year. After a year filled with high drama, intense action, successes and failures in the biggest and best competitions in the sport, this is the definitive ...
Read More »Top 25 moments for British Sport in 2016 – 25-21
2016 has been a very eventful year for many reasons and the same can be said for sporting events in 2016. There has been some memorable and important moments for British sport in 2016 and in this article I look at the top 25 moments for British Sport from this ...
Read More »Ligue 1 Review Gameweek 14
Embed from Getty Images A Nice slip-up allowed Monaco and PSG to close the gap at the top of the table, while the bottom end of Ligue 1 became incredibly clustered in the latest round of matches. Friday 25 November Rennes 1-0 Toulouse Venue – Roazhon Park Early ...
Read More »The Sports Lowdown Top 25 of 2016: 10-6
As 2016 comes to a close, The Sports Lowdown brings its weekly feature of footballers who have risen to the occasion in the calendar year. After a year filled with high drama, intense action, successes and failures in the biggest and best competitions in the sport, this is the definitive list ...
Read More »Ligue 1 Review Gameweek 13
Embed from Getty Images There were big wins for newly promoted Nancy and Metz as the Ligue 1 campaign is now over a third of the way through. Friday 18 November Lorient 0-3 Monaco Venue – Stade du Moustoir Monaco put pressure on Nice on Friday, comfortably beating Lorient ...
Read More »Murray tops Djokovic to secure No.1 ranking and first London title
Embed from Getty Images Andy Murray has retained his world number one ranking as the Brit saw off long-term rival Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 to clinch the ATP World Tour Finals title in London and conclude a memorable year for British tennis. Murray was clinical throughout and capitalised on a ...
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