Ronald Koeman appointment proving a success at Southampton
November 10, 2014 John Welsh
FIFA, Football, SouthamptonJose Mourinho has claimed the title of Autumn Champions of the Premier League for his Chelsea team while Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger reckons that his London neighbours may be ‘unstoppable’ in the race to clinch the league crown in May. Reigning champions Manchester City are already eight points adrift of the current leaders whereas Liverpool, […]
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Hopkins may still delay retirement despite Kovalev defeat
November 9, 2014 John Welsh
Bernard Hopkins, Boxing, IBF, WBA, WBOJust two months prior to his 50th birthday, veteran American boxer Bernard Hopkins began his 66th professional bout on Saturday evening when the unbeaten Russian Sergey Kovalev challenged him to unification fight for the WBO, IBF and WBA World light-heavyweight titles. Kovalev, who now lives in the United States, had never previously fought for 12 […]
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Slovan Bratislava may yet claim an unwelcome statistic in Europa League
November 7, 2014 John Welsh
Europa League, FIFA, Football, Slovan BratislavaAmid all the high profile matches in this week’s Champions and Europa League encounters, there was one game in Group I of the latter competition which was both symbolic in terms of the occasion and which also completed another chapter in a fairly disastrous set of European fixtures for the beaten team. The meeting between […]
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Rodgers gambles with team selection in Madrid ahead of important matches for Liverpool
November 5, 2014 John Welsh
FIFA, Football, Liverpool, RodgersFielding a team short of several regular starters is not a normal decision taken by many football managers when faced with an away group tie in the Champions League against Real Madrid but Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers will hope that his gamble is justified by eventual qualification for the knockout phase. The 1-0 defeat on […]
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Celta de Vigo shock Barcelona as Suarez, Messi and Neymar all fail to score
November 3, 2014 John Welsh
Celta de Vigo, FC Barcelona, FIFA, Football, La Liga, Luis Suarez, NeymarIn recent seasons the Spanish La Liga has been dominated by Real Madrid and Barcelona with Atletico Madrid ending their monopoly last season. However, after 10 matches of the current campaign, Real lead the table but four other teams are within two points and then Celta de Vigo and Malaga are not too far adrift […]
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Manchester City looking vulnerable after successive defeats
October 30, 2014 John Welsh
FIFA, Football, Manchester City, UEFAIt may have been a season of success for Manchester City during the 2013-14 campaign, having clinched both the Premier League title and lifted the English Capital One Cup at Wembley, but their inconsistent form during recent weeks has raised questions as to whether they can win any silverware in the coming months. A 2-1 […]
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Didier Drogba proves that there is still life in his ageing legs as Chelsea draw at Old Trafford
October 27, 2014 John Welsh
Chelsea, Didier Drogba, FIFA, Football, Manchester UnitedIn the 2012 UEFA Champions League cup final, Didier Drogba headed home a Chelsea corner in the final minutes to equalise an earlier Bayern Munich goal to force the game into extra-time. Drogba had been first to react to a ball arriving at the near post as he out-jumped the opposing defence. Chelsea subsequently won […]
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Domestic crisis looms for Borussia Dortmund
October 26, 2014 John Welsh
Borussia Dortmund, FIFA, Football, GermanyWhen Borussia Dortmund conceded a goal within 10 seconds of their opening Bundesliga match of the current campaign against Bayer Leverkusen, few people would have predicted that it would precede a wretched start to the season for 2011-12 champions with six league games already lost from the first nine fixtures. Borussia lost that opening game […]
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2015 Tour de France route cannot be described as a lap of the country
October 23, 2014 John Welsh
Chris Froome, Cycling, Tour de FranceThe French word ‘Tour’ translates to a ‘Lap’ in English but the course for the 2015 Tour de France can certainly not be described as a lap of that country. It is fair to say that Belgium, Netherlands, the North coast and southern France are the only regions visited with Bordeaux and western area completely […]
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Roma must refocus after being exposed by a ruthless Bayern Munich team
October 22, 2014 John Welsh
Bayern Munich, Football, Roma, UEFAWhen Germany beat Brazil 7-1 in the 2014 World Cup Semi-Final, it was described as an awesome attacking performance against a woeful defence. The Germans were 5-0 ahead at half-time in that match and just three months later, Bayern Munich replicated the display of the national team by winning a Champions League tie 7-1 at […]
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| # | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor AXELSEN | 72,500 |
| 2 | CHOU Tien Chen | 67,190 |
| 3 | PRANNOY H. S. | 66,730 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 64,960 |
| 5 | Kodai NARAOKA | 63,020 |