England and India tied a pulsating Cricket World Cup contest in Bangalore on Sunday in just one highlight of a remarkable sporting weekend. Tournament-favourites India posted a mammoth 338 all out thanks largely to Sachin Tendulkar’s sublime 120, but a one-day international-best 158 from England captain Andrew Strauss put his side on course for a […]
The FA Cup provided the major drama of the sporting weekend as non-league Crawley Town almost forced a replay against Manchester United and League One Leyton Orient managed that feat versus Arsenal. United could only muster a 1-0 win at home to Crawley, who spurned several chances to equalise. Orient went one better thanks to […]
Rob Barnett’s Sports Round Up There were goals galore in the Premier League on Saturday – an amazing 41 in only eight games. Leaders Manchester United surrenderd their unbeaten record, losing 2-1 at bottom side Wolves. However, second-placed Arsenal failed to take full advantage, letting a 4-0 lead slip after going down to 10 men […]
Andy Murray suffered the heartbreak of a third Grand Slam final defeat as he lost the Australian Open decider to Novak Djokovic in straight sets. Murray, who also fell at the final hurdle in the 2008 the US Open and last year’s Australian Open – both times to Roger Federer, was defeated 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 […]
Press Association Sports Reporter Rob Barnett has recently joined the CVM writing team. We are very excited about this partnership. Below is his Monday sports round up. Enjoy. Manchester United and Arsenal made emphatic statements about their Premier League title ambitions this weekend with big home wins. United stayed top as Dimitar Berbatov’s hat-trick capped […]
Towards the end of 2010, 4 men and a dog – no, seriously – ran 14 miles from Hooten along the “Wirral Way” footpath to West Kirby and onto Hoylake. The men, all from St. Luke’s Men’s Group, collectively ran more than 50 miles and all in celebration of one of the chaps turning 50. […]
So when people find out what I do, they inevitably want to hear my most gruesome stories of injury, disease or misfortune. Here’s one. This guy comes into my surgery a few months back, he is so obese he can’t see or take care of his feet anymore, and his belly hangs in a floppy apron over […]
Every month for 2011 we will be releasing a study guide based around the codelife initiative. 12 codes; 12 months. The January guide of codelife unlocked is available now! Tackling code I – ‘Jesus is my Captain, Brother, Rescuer and Friend’, codelife unlocked uses Scripture, story and questions to challenge and sharpen our faith. The download is free, although […]
We recently launched our Christmas appeal, you can view that here. I’m writing to ask if you would consider sending CVM a gift of say £10.00 or more towards the ongoing work we are all involved in, of seeing men come to faith in Jesus. My aim is to provide you guys with the very best support, inspiration, […]
We are currently in the midst of the annual 16 days of global action to end violence against women. Last week, Alesha Dixon presented a BBC programme which highlighted the experience of children, including herself, affected by domestic violence. More than 750,000 children in the UK are living in homes where such violence takes place. […]
