Dec 31

bet 365.com – Golf is the latest Sport I think to join the ranks of having a World Cup and with this year’s tournament being held at the beautiful setting of the Mission Hills golf course in China in which the reigning Champions Scotland who have a team of represented by Colin Montgomerie and Alastair Forsyth have really struggled on and find themselves way down the field.

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The surprise leaders so far are Germany who has two players that are way down the World rankings in Martin Kaymer and Alex Cejka but you would never have guessed because the two players have been playing brilliantly and fully deserve to be leading at this stage.

Australia currently occupy 2nd place going into the four balls and I expect them to overtake the Germans after this round because I would think they would be more experienced in this format of the game. The United States team who are represented by former Open winner Ben Curtis and Brandt Snedeker lay alongside Spain and Canada in three-way share of third place on eight-under-par, but like Australia I expect them to make head way in the four balls in the next round because of the amount of times they have played this version of the game compared to the lesser known countries currently at the top of the table.

My tip for the Cup is Australia though closely followed by The USA and Spain with the English team which includes Ian Poulter to make headway to get in to the top 5 in the latter stages.

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Dec 25

Stephanie Gilmore has sealed her second World Surfing Title with a stunning last minute win at Sunset Beach in Hawaii.

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The twenty year old from Tweed Heads in New South Wales has cemented her spot as the world’s dominant female surfer, claiming back to back titles in closely contested final in meager one and a half meter waves.

Gilmore faced up against Brazil’s Silvana Lima in the final and didn’t seal the victory, and the world title, until the dying moments when she managed to carve out the highest score of the day with an eight point five.

According to Gilmore, when she awoke on the final day of competition to the less than impressive swell, she was not overly confident of grabbing the world title ahead of main rival Sofia Mulanovich and seven-time world champion Layne Beachely.

However, much to her delight, the two were eliminated in the semi finals of the competition, leaving Gilmore needing victory in the finals to claim the title.

The second world title came as justification for her first, proving it was no fluke.

She one her first title last year – becoming the first female rookie in history to win a world title but the raw talent she displayed as a youngster early in her career meant she was not without pressure to succeed.

Brimming with the confidence of a second world title and another tour win, Gilmore will head into the Billabong Pro Maui in Honolulu Bay as a red hot favourite to put her supremacy in women’s world surfing well and truly beyond doubt.

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Dec 18

www.vip.com - It’s official – Ben Cousins will don the Black and Gold in 2009 after the Richmond Tigers chose the disgraced former West Coast Eagle with their number six draft pick.

Yesterday the Richmond administration did an about face following the AFL Boards’ decision not to allow Graeme Pollack to be placed on the rookie list – freeing up an extra pick and $310, 000 in the salary cap.

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It looked like the Tigers were going to snub Cousins ahead of younger up and comers but pressure from fans and Club Legend Kevin Sheedy tipped the scale in the Brownlow Medalists favour.

Richmond fans and members of the offical cheer squad marched down punt road singing ‘Cousins for Christmas’ and the team song, demanding Richmon Administration re-consider selecting Cousins with their number six pick.

Sheedy is believed to have been instrumental in the bid to secure the thirty year old – arranging meeting between Cousins and the Richmond Administration as well as a one on one meeting between Coach Terry Wallace and Cousins.

In what could prove to be one of the greatest gambles in the AFL’s history, Richmond supporters have welcomed the decision though the Administration will be quite nervous ahead of the ‘festive’ season and a hectic pre-season schedule.

Cousins has not played competitive football since he tore his hamstring in a preliminary final against Port Adelaide in 2007 but there is no doubting his credentials as one of the greatest players of the modern era.

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Dec 9

www.vip.com – After last week’s horrific terrorist attack on Mumbai in India England’s Cricketers have agreed to head back over to Asia to finish off their on-off tour of India. The Two Test match series will now take place after a new venue was found instead of Mumbai and after both the England and Indian Cricketing authorities gave assurances that the security that follows the teams around will be heightened considerably both on and off the Cricket field which should deter anymore mindless attacks.

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The England team will prepare for the series at the beautiful resort of Abu Dhabi which will give the players time to acclimatize to the heat again and give them time to practice without any chance of any distractions.

The Test series itself should be a lot closer affair then the one day fiasco in which India dominated from the first ball till the last until the terrorists struck ending the chance of the two teams finishing off the intended 7 one day match series.

With players in the England side like Captain Kevin Pieterson, Andrew Flintoff and bowler Steve Harmison being more accustomed to the five day game instead of the one day version I can see a better battle between the two teams but at the end of the day I still think India will win the series 2-nil and with big bookmakers such as Ladbrokes and William Hill’s in particular giving out many prices such as the final score, highest scorer (batsman) and highest wicket taker (bowler) you can be sure Cricket fans out there will be able to have a flutter on whatever you wish.

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Dec 8

www.ladbrokes.com – England’s much documented disastrous tour of India got a lot considerably worse on Wednesday but this time it did not involve how badly the team was performing on the pitch during their seven one day international games series against home nation India.

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On Wednesday morning people in Mumbai awoke to the sound of gunfire and hand grenades as scores of crazed gunmen that were believed to belong to a consistent terrorist organisation in India who have already owned up to the attacks began attacking different buildings that were situated around the tourism part of Mumbai including all the major hotels that the England team was in only two weeks ago the train station and even the Police station did not escape the tirade of bullets and bombs which the terrorists were using.

Because of this and the perpetrators clearly looking to kill only British and American nationals that was inside any of the buildings attacked the ECB (English Cricket Board) have been left with no other choice than to cancel all remaining one day games (with the series already been lost anyway) and give the Indian authorities time to try and restore calm around Mumbai and apprehend those responsible which could then lead to the English team returning to play their planned two match test series against India, but with so much tension in the middle east at the moment I feel there is little chance of the test series happening and if the authorities cannot control these maniacs I feel that the test match nations from the other parts of the World will stop travelling to Asia full stop.
We cannot let these mindless people that are only out for trouble win though surely not.

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