Early skirmishes offer prospect of open Premier League
September 18, 2013 John Welsh
Chelsea, Everton, Football, Liverpool, Premier League, Premier League 2013After just four weekends of the new Premier League campaign, only Liverpool and Everton remain undefeated in what is threatening to be the most competitive race for the title in many years. Liverpool currently lead the table with 10 points with Swansea denying them maximum points after a stirring Monday night draw at the Liberty […]
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Fresh legs help Chris Horner claim Vuelta prize
September 16, 2013 John Welsh
Chris Horner, CyclingJust a month short of 42nd birthday, American Chris Horner defied his age to win the Vuelta a Espana by 37 seconds from Italian Vincenzo Nibali. Over a demanding course featuring a considerable number of summit finishes, Horner perhaps proved that fresh legs at this stage of the professional cycling season matter more than reputations. […]
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UEFA World Cup groups reveal the stronger European teams
September 11, 2013 John Welsh
Football, UEFA, UEFA World CupWith the final set of fixtures earmarked for October, the UEFA World Cup qualifying groups are rapidly gathering shape as the stronger European teams build seemingly impregnable leads at the head of their tables. Although Spain need to win their remaining two home fixtures to qualify, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Italy are also reinforcing their […]
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Nadal US Open victory extends current monopoly in men’s tennis
September 10, 2013 John Welsh
Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Tennis, US OpenWhen Argentinian tennis professional Juan Martin del Potro won the US Men’s Singles title in 2009, it is difficult to imagine that he would be last player outside a group of four other names to win a grand slam tournament. Such has been the dominance of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray […]
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Transfer window circus not a great advert for football
September 4, 2013 John Welsh
FootballWhen the official transfer window closed at 23:00 GMT on Monday 31st August 2013, it followed a crazy night of transfer speculation, deals and blame accusations. The entire charade of last-minute offers and negotiations was played to a combined media and twitter audience and begs the question as to whether we need such a window. […]
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Ashes series in Australia should be a closer affair
September 3, 2013 John Welsh
Ashes series, Cricket, Cricket Australia, England CricketNow that the dust has settled following the controversial ending to the recent Ashes series, it may be time to reflect on the team selection and potential outcomes for the forthcoming series starting in November between Australia and England. When the umpires declared that the light was sufficiently poor to prevent the last four overs […]
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Champions and Europe League draws provide fascinating clashes
August 31, 2013 John Welsh
Barcelona, Champions league 2013, Chelsea, Europe League 2013, Manchester City, UEFAThe draws have now been completed for both the Champions and Europa League group stages and as per usual there is the apparent ‘Group of Death’ and those where two clear favourites are emerging for qualification to the next knockout phase. Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea appear to have a fairly easy passage in Group E with […]
Read moreFootball transfer fees remain high despite Eurozone problems
August 27, 2013 John Welsh
Barcelona, Chelsea, EPL, Football, Gareth Bale, Manchester City, Transfer newsAt a time when the Eurozone in general has just emerged from recession, but with some member states still struggling with negative growth, football transfer fees show no sign of abating and if anything, transactions during the summer have eclipsed previous seasons. While protests at the expenditure on stadiums and infrastructure abounded in Brazilian cities […]
Read moreMo Farah: A tactical genius but not quite an all-time great
August 18, 2013 John Welsh
Athletics, IAFF, IAFF World Athletics Championship, Mo Farah, Olympics, Running, World Athletics Championship, World ChampionThe IAFF World Athletics Championship may now be over and during a week in which no new world records were witnessed on the track, both Usain Bolt and Mo Farah repeated their double individual gold medal performances from the London Olympics. Usain Bolt is the World’s fastest ever sprinter while Farah is also being described […]
Read moreA wave of uncertainty greets the new Premier League season
August 15, 2013 John Welsh
Chelsea, Football, Manchester City, Manchester United, Premier League, Premier League 2013, Wayne RooneyRarely has a Premier League season commenced against a background of so much uncertainty and speculation, with so continual attention being devoted to the transfer possibilities of Wayne Rooney, Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez in particular. With the welcome return of the football action, maybe it is now time to concentrate on which team might […]
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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 | Anthony Sinisuka GINTING | 62,100 |