With the current Swans job vaccant. Who would you like to be the next manager?
Jul
13
Next Swansea City Manager?
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Jul
13
The 2010 world cup is over. There have been a lot of ups and downs throughout the tournament, but the favourites won. However, there were some unusual surprises elsewhere in the tournament.
2010 WORLD CUP WINNERS: Spain
Runners-up: Holland
3rd: Germany
4th: Uruguay
GOLDEN BALL AWARD (Player of the Tornament): Diego Forlan (Uruguay)
GOLDEN BOOT: Thomas Muller (Germany)
BEST YOUNG PLAYER: Thomas Muller (Germany)
GOLDEN GLOVES: Iker Casillas (Spain)
Who would have thought, at the start of the World Cup, Diego Forlan would be player of the tournament and Thomas Muller would win the golden boot and best young player; this can only benefit the both of these players careers. With the world’s attention on the likes of Messi, Rooney, Ronaldo and Kaka, the superstars of the footballing world, who would have thought that some players that we had never heard of would have caught our eyes. This goes to show that in the World Cup you can never under-estimate anybody.
Jul
06
SWANSEA CITY have already made the first moves to replace Leicester-bound Paulo Sousa – but early favourite Gareth Southgate has distanced himself from the Liberty Stadium vacancy.
Since the leaving of Paulo Sousa from Swansea City FC the Liberty has been awash with rumors on who will be the right man to take on the job of being Swansea manager for the up and coming season.
This is a list of the bookies bets and favorites.
- Tisdale, P 4/1
- Jones, G 4/1
- Southgate, G -
- Adkins N 6/1
- Coleman, C 6/1 Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
06
Jul
06
After the confines of the Valencian streets, the Formula One calendar moves to the wide open spaces of Silverstone for the British Grand Prix. With a new circuit layout that has drawn almost universal praise from those drivers lucky enough to have sampled it, the teams cannot wait to begin their on-track preparations at what is for many their home race.
This weekend is the very first F1 race for the all new Silverstone F1 GP Circuit and promises to be an entertaining race with many of the drivers eying up the first win on the all new circuit. Jenson Button comments on the up and coming race in an interview on Formula 1.com.
As for Silverstone, yeah, Lewis and me are one-two in the title fight, so hopefully we can give the British fans something to cheer about, particularly as we’ve been knocked out of the football.
Mark Webber’s comments in a BBC article said.
Silverstone’s been a good track to me in the past, I’ve won there in most categories, except Formula 1, so I’m looking forward to trying to add a Formula 1 victory to my other victories there.
If you are planning to head down to Silverstone for the race and are still looking for accommodation then here is a site with all the different hotels and Bed + Breakfast places to stay during the weekend. the site is called Active Hotels.
Also here is a map with the some different camping sites in the area and also locations of some hotels.
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Jun
30
England cricketer Graeme Swann has stated that he believes that the country’s cricketers rather than footballers should be classed as the “Golden generation”. While it’s true that England’s overhyped soccer players departed South Africa looking less like 24 carat Cartier and more like QVC 9 carat gold-plated, Swann might want to think twice before grasping the mantle that has fallen, if indeed it was ever there to drop.
However, there may be a salutary lesson in the current fortunes of the cricket team for English football fans, players, coaches and administrators alike. Two years ago England were a rabble following an attempted coup by Kevin Pietersen. Less than twelve months ago England salvaged the last of 7 one day internationals against Australia at Durham to stave off a 7-0 whitewash. In May they unexpectedly, but extremely impressively, vanquished all cricket’s leading nations to become World T20 champions. Last Saturday as England’s footballers departed the World Cup to catch up on their shopping, England secured a narrow victory to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in this year’s Nat West International series. The turn around has been nothing less than remarkable. Swann has undergone a similar renaissance having been bought out of the International wilderness in 2007 to become an essential cog in this England side, in all varieties of the game.
England have put in place a coherent structure under the strong leadership of coach Andy Flower, former Zimbabwe international, and captain Andrew Strauss. They have found a winning formula in the short form of the game, picking specialist players, on form rather than reputation, and have prospered. They have a fine balance between youth and experience and have also taken advantage of overseas players in the English county game. No fewer than three of England’s four top order batsman in the T20 competition hailed originally from South Africa, but hold English passports. Strauss, who didn’t play in the T20, was also born there. Additionally, they had the foresight to appropriate the remarkably talented Eoin Morgan from Ireland.
There are still question marks obviously. Some doubts remain about the personnel in the middle order of the short game; whether they can sustain their success; and can a place for England be found for Morgan’s unique abilities in test cricket? Most importantly can the formula, and the momentum gained from it, be applied to the very different technical demands of a five-day test match. Only time, and an Ashes series this winter in Australia, will tell; but the future of English cricket currently looks far rosier than that of football.
Jun
29
Lance bids adieu to France.
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has announced that the 2010 race will be his last.
The 38-year-old American made a return to the race last year after first announcing his retirement in 2005.
“This will be [my] final Tour de France. It’s been a great ride. Looking forward to three great weeks,” he announced on his Twitter page.
He came back from advanced testicular cancer to win the race a record seven straight times between 1999 and 2005.
He will ride for his RadioShack team in the race which begins in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Saturday.
Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
An inspirational character, both in his sporting and incredibly courageous personal life, Lance Armstrong is one of an elite few, whose retirement is a genuine loss to his sport and whose achievements may never be replicated.
Good luck one last time in France, Lance; not that you need it!
Jun
29
In World Cup history there have always been a large amount of goals scored. It remains to be seen just how many goals will be in this World Cup but here is a graph to show how many have been scored in past world cups. From this, you should be able to draw your own conclusions on which you think has been the best to date.
Information found on FIFA.com
Let me know which one you think was the best (out of the ones you rember of course).
The group stages of this world cup may have been slower than any before it but the last 16 is starting to correct that. It remains to be seen if this world cup can beat any in history.
Jun
29
Congratulations to MARTYN Rooney on the men’s 400m title at the European Trials and UK Championships in Birmingham. 
Same goes to our local lad, Davd Greene, on successfully defending his 400m hurdles title and confirming his spot on the team by running 48.77 – lowering his own European-leading time by 0.19secs.
“It’s always good to defend your title and I ran faster this year than last year and it’s a season best,” said Greene. “It’s pretty windy out there but it was a very good performance, I’m very pleased.”
Jun
29
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