England’s Euro 2012 campaign ended in agony last night as they went out on penalties yet again after drawing 0-0 with Italy. Ricardo Montolivo missed Italy’s second spot-kick to give England the advantage but Ashley Young and Ashley Cole missed consecutive penalties to allow Alessandro Diamanti the chance to win the shootout for his side […]
Graeme McDowell missed a 25ft birdie putt to force a playoff in the US Open in the early hours of Monday morning, allowing Webb Simspon to win his first win in a major. 2010 champion McDowell shared the lead with Jim Furyk going into the final round of the championship at the Olympic Club in […]
We called him Rocky and everyone at the basketball club loved him. Everyone but me. He was older, he was cool, most importantly he was an excellent player. Even though I hated him, I wanted to be as good as him at basketball. The reason for my hate was simple – he never stopped shouting […]
Euro 2012 kicked off in Poland and Ukraine over the weekend, with England preparing to play France this evening. Yesterday saw the Italy frustrate Spain in the most highly-anticipated match so far. Antonio Di Natale scored minutes after coming on as a substitute to give Italy and deserved lead but Cesc Fabregas – playing a […]
Now I am one for camping. I am happy to sleep in a flimsy tent half way up a mountain. I am familiar with tents of all types. The one-man kind that you could carry in a ‘manbag’ (if I used one) right the way up to the 20 person dormitories that come with a […]
You’ve probably heard the statistics: If a child follows Christ his family will also follow in 3% of cases; if a woman follows Christ, 17% of the time, the rest of the family will follow, and if a husband follows Christ, over 90% of the time the rest of the family will join him. The […]
Yet again the debate of a literal Adam and Eve vs evolution has reared its ugly head. Tomorrow I will be working through this debate with a group of young adults and the wisdom that I will be dispensing, the answer to this age old debate? Well my answer is – I don’t care. You […]
England’s cricketers closed in on a series win in the second test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge. James Anderson and Tim Bresnan combined to leave the visitors 61/6 in the second innings, just three runs ahead of England. Anderson took care of openers Kieran Powell and Adrian Barath within his first three overs […]
Chelsea won the Champions League with a nail-biting penalty shoot-out victory over Bayern Munich. Didier Drogba, whose Chelsea future is in doubt as his contract its end, proved his side’s hero, scoring Chelsea’s only goal and netting the winning penalty. Bayern, playing in their own ground, the Allianz Arena, dominated for large portions of the […]
What should our response be when we come under fire spiritually? The Bible is clear, we are simply to ‘Stand Firm’. For many of us the reaction is to retaliate. But the Bible teaches us that retaliation is not what God wants. Jesus who was so tempted did not retaliate, he simply used the word […]
