Diego Maradona’s contract as the national coach of the Argentine football team will not be renewed. The decision to drop Maradona was unanimous, and an announcement was made Tuesday afternoon, after Maradona’s meeting with the Football Association president, Julio Grondona on Monday night. Maradona’s team was knocked out of the Football World Cup at the [...]
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Canada – Scott Dixon has taken first place in the Honda Indy Edmonton in Edmonton, Canada, even though he crossed the finish line in second place. In a controversial move, Brazilian Helio Castroneves, from Team Penske, was charged with blocking his teammate, Will Power, and given a drive through penalty on lap 92. Castroneves failed [...]
Galle, Sri Lanka – Muttiah Muralitharan’s test career came to an end on Thursday in classy style when he took his 800th test wicket. The match ended with Sri Lanka winning by ten wickets, and was a fitting end to an exceptional playing career. “Galle is my favourite ground and this is the opportunity I [...]
Silverstone, England – Mark Webber has won the British Grand Prix for Team Red Bull, however, there’s some controversy within the team that has Webber feeling very unappreciated. The driver was heard saying on the radio of the slowing down lap, “Not bad for a number two driver”. What Webber was referring to was how [...]
Spain defeated the Netherlands to win their first World Cup this morning. It is Spain’s first World Cup championship. The Netherlands, forever the bridesmaid but never the bride have now lost three World Cup finals but have never won. Cesc Fabregas kicked the only goal of the game from a Andres Iniesta pass four minutes [...]
Paul the Octopus has continued his rich vein of tipping form by picking Germany to beat Uruguay in the third/fourth place play off in the FIFA World Cup. Germany beat the top South American team at the World Cup, Uruguay. Germany prevailed in an exciting, come from behind victory, beating Uruguay 3 goals to 2. [...]
GREENWICH, Connecticut – LeBron James is leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers after seven years and heading to the Miami Heat. James wants a championship, and the best way he thinks he can do it is Miami, after they pulled off the seemingly impossible coup of signing Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Even James didn’t think it [...]
DURBAN, South Africa – Spain have won their semi-final against Germany 1 – 0 this morning. They will contest the final against Netherlands, who on Wednesday beat Uruguay 3-2 in Cape Town. While the only score in the Spain, Germany semi-final came from a Carles Puyol header, it was clearly Spain who was the dominant [...]
Using the modern platform of twitter, Cristiano Ronaldo announced to the world that he is now a father. This is good news for Ronaldo, who’s Portuguese football team was knocked out of the World Cup by Spain last week. Impending fatherhood seems like it might be a good reason as to why Ronaldo’s head wasn’t [...]