Angel, The Bull & The Cobra

 Some months it’s a struggle to find enough inspiration for a decent blog post. Not this time, with an action-packed May & June.

Real Madrid did La Decima, Atleti ran out of gas in extra time. Bale & Ronaldo got on the scoresheet but DiMaria was the star player on the night.

The squad strength of Man City showed over the PL season. When Aguero was injured, Dzeko did the business up front.  Liverpool went on a 11 game win streak which in most seasons would have taken the title, but the Reds & Gerrard slipped from the perch starting with defeat by Chelsea.

Jonny Wilkinson joined his fellow legend, O’Driscoll, in retirement, finishing on a high with a European & Top 14 double.

At Roland Garros Nadal was yet again untouchable. Sharapova & Halep produced the best womens final in years, battling for over three hours.

Froch v Groves had an ending worthy of the biggest post-war boxing crowd, with a devastating single punch ko.

England supporters had dreamed that a team with promising youngsters could make the WC quarters. The reality: the pain of an early group stage exit, was softened by being in good company with the old powers of Spain and Italy, as well as CR7.

Cymru Am Byth

Wales win the Grand Slam

Their 29-12 victory gave Wales their second Grand Slam in four years. Wales had too much for France in the last twenty minutes, scoring two tries. England should have tried harder to recruit Shaun Edwards (defence coach) -Wales conceded only two tries in the entire tournament. England's win earlier in the day meant they finished as runners-up on points difference. Prior to that game I had thought dropping Jonny was a mistake. However his replacement, Cipriani, played brilliantly at fly-half, converting all seven goal kicks (3 convs, 4 pens)

Prem title race

Four consecutive draws, & despite losing only once this season, Arsenal have lost top spot. (Under the old system of two points for a win Arsenal would be two points clear). Just like in the 2002-2003 season, Arsenal seem to choking at the run-in, to hand the initiative to Man United. They did play a fantastic game to eliminate Milan from UCL though. Who would have thought the Rossoneri would be outpassed & outplayed in their own stadium ?

Chelsea are still only three points behind, the title race is still far too close to call.

The Hayemaker


As I predicted in my last blog, David Haye knocked out Enzo Maccarinelli last Saturday. Haye will move up to heavyweight, as he's been struggling to make the cruiserweight limit. The heavy

division does not have any exceptional boxers at the moment, but Haye, as a natural cruiser, may struggle against some of the bigger guys.