Sports front- yeah.. Peace Cup got over, and Aston Villa win it! After being unbeaten throughout, Juve manage to lose in the final! I had watched the Real-Juve game online (streaming at justin.tv :( ) coz its not available on tv... Juve just held strong at the defence, and Real showed their frailties from setpieces again - even Cannavaro scored from a set-piece! CR9 showed flashes of brilliance (of course he should do better, considering the money he's earning!), Benz didnt shine much... No one else did anything special. And what else... Other friendlies happened too, interesting ones were Espanyol beating Liverpool 3-1 (who said La Liga was inferior), and other "cups" such as the Audi Cup... Friendlies and qualifiers too, and I tried to follow the Mexico-USA one and the Netherlands-England one, but in vain. Again these two are not shown on TV and I had to resort to our justin.tv where the "bandwidth for my country exceeded its limits" :( England managed a draw from 2-o down, and Mexico remained unbeaten versus the US at the Aztec arena... the shock among the matches was when Spain went 2-0 down versus Macedonia... but they saved themselves and won 3-2... phew!
Now EPL has taken off, and Chelsea eke out a win against Hull with great goals from Drogba and Abu Dhabi F C, oops, Man City win too... But it was Arsenal's win - 6-1 away at Everton which will really silence the sceptics who've doubted our position in the top 4... a dominant display. Bendtner, Song and Fabregas was impressive and Vermaelen had a good debut, scoring as well... Almunia was notable too, even though he wasnt threatened much. Apart from the defence which seemed disorganised once or twice, it was a great start to the season... I only hope the team's performance is consistent through out the season, and we are injury free. ManU have started too with a narrow win against Birmingham City. Other match-ups to look forward to include the Champions League qualification round on 18/19th and the week after that(Arsenal-Celtic!! and Athletico too has an interesting matchup) and Real-A. C. Milan - on August 25 i think... And of course the start of the La Liga!
Ashes, and the Aussies've thrashed England... Indian cricketers are adamant about not meeting the WADA guidelines (while so many other athletes, who have security threats and more guarded private lives have signed on maybe) The guidelines look too strict, in my opinion too, but cricket cant be an exception right, especially when it hopes to be featured in London 2012? Dont know whether footballers under UEFA and FIFA have similar doping tests from WADA...
Tennis, and Rogers Cup looks interesting with all the first 8 seeds into the quarters. But Rafa and Federer lose! Ferrero seemed promising, but finally went down... Del Potro and Tsonga seem to be going strong. Hope NoDjo goes on... Men's tennis seems to be 'decentralising' from FedEx and Nadal!
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