Blogs Posts in Sports category; 226 blog posts

The John Terry controversies – a complete list

John Terry on his day is one of the best central defenders in the Premier League, and certainly an important player for Chelsea and England. However, the 31-year-old is in danger of missing out on Euro 2012, after being stripped of his [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Berdych tension set to continue in quarters

It hasn't quite taken on full-scale "bodyline" proportions, but the Australian Open quarter-final between Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych still has a whiff of one of cricket's greatest controversies about it. Berdych c [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Controversies over the years in Pakistan vs England cricket ...

As every doosra and teesra out of Saeed Ajmal’s hand passed the incapable strokes of perplexed Englishmen, the smell of a potential controversy got stronger with every wicket in the packed media centre of an otherwise empty cricket [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

NBA Rumors: Dwight Howard and the Biggest Controversies Brew...

The NBA season is only a few weeks old, but already there are big controversies brewing. Some of them have spilled over from the offseason, and some are developing nightly as players become increasingly frustrated with their team's pe [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Pakistan vs England - conflict and controversy

DUBAI: Pakistan and England face each other on Tuesday for the first time since the infamous 2010 spot fixing scandal which ended with three Pakistani players sent to prison. Since they first clashed in international cricket in 1952, the [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Hope England-Pakistan series is played without controversy: ...

The bitterness caused by the Oval Test fiasco and the spot-fixing scandal notwithstanding, Pakistan's former Test captain Zaheer Abbas is hopeful that the upcoming series against England will be free of any controversies. "Thi [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Controversy is Vida’s middle name

She sparked a trail of controversies in her own country and came under fire. But that did not dowse the fire in the beauty from Afghanistan, Vida Samadzai, who was recently evicted from Bigg Boss Season 5. Vida says sans the everyday b [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Weekend Forecast: Looks like another close game for LSU-Arka...

The penultimate weekend of the regular season brings another huge showdown that will go a long way to decide the participants in the BCS championship game. No. 1 LSU hosts No. 3 Arkansas in a matchup that could make the winner of the SEC [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

City seek to put controversies in the past

Manchester City are looking to move on from their recent off-field controversies and focus firmly on the chase for silverware this season after Carlos Tevez and Kolo Toure yesterday both opted not to challenge disciplinary action taken ag [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Peter Roebuck was a brilliant writer and brave batsman, but ...

What made him consider all outcomes bleak enough to launch himself from the sixth floor of a Cape Town hotel on Saturday night is not yet fully understood, only that the fall ended a life as troubled as it was rich with talent. Suicide is [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Former NHL tough guys stoke controversy

It has been almost eight years since Georges Laraque and Andrei Nazarov fought each other for the last time, but the two former NHL heavyweights have found the spotlight for separate controversies. In Laraque’s case, it’s with [...]

Posted On : Nov, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

CRICKET'S BETTING CONTROVERSIES

Gambling controversies have cast a shadow over cricket for many years. The problem seemed to have halted after the International Cricket Council set up an Anti Corruption and Security Unit in 2000. However former Pakistan Test captain [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Toiling Tiger's winless run closes in on two-year mark

His world ranking has slipped to a mind-boggling 55th and golfing greats Nick Faldo and Greg Norman have both said that Woods is incapable of adding further major titles to his career haul of 14. Woods himself bristles at such notion [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Johnson, Stewart controversies carry over into Martinsville

Martinsville Speedway is the last short track of the Sprint Cup season, and its tight confines might offer the final sliver of hope for Jimmie Johnson. The five-time defending champion's bid for a sixth consecutive title is flagging, [...]