{"id":2417,"date":"2012-03-27T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2012-03-27T09:00:19","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T09:00:19","slug":"the-bouras-bulletin-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-12\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bouras Bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Crouch put a dent in Manchester City\u2019s title challenge as his outstanding long-range volley helped Stoke to a 1-1 draw at the Britannia Stadium. However, Manchester United went three points clear at the top after winning 1-0 against Fulham last night.<\/p>\n<p>Bolton won a key match in their fight against relegation, beating Blackburn 2-1 on Saturday. It was clear before the match that emotions were running high in what was Bolton\u2019s first match since last weekend\u2019s FA Cup tie against Tottenham in which Fabrice Muamba collapsed and was rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea and Tottenham played out a 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge. Ashley Cole made a goal-line block in the final seconds of a dire first half to keep the Tottenham out and Gary Cahill slid in to deny Emmanuel Adebayor after he had rounded Petr Cech.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic missed out on the opportunity to win the Scottish Premier League title with seven games of the season remaining, losing the final Old Firm derby of the season 3-2 away at Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>Three players were sent off \u2013 two from Celtic and one from Rangers \u2013 as well as Celtic boss Neil Lennon. Rangers made their numerical advantage pay as they took a three-goal lead before Scott Brown and Thomas Rogne scored for Celtic in the dying moments.<\/p>\n<p>Fernando Alonso won the Malaysian Grand Prix in stormy conditions on Sunday. Alonso\u2019s Ferrari built a sizeable lead while the track was wet but he was nearly caught by Sauber\u2019s Sergio Perez as the track dried. Lewis Hamilton finished third for the second time in first two Grand Prix\u2019s of the season. Jenson Button, who won last week\u2019s season-opening race in Australia, finished 14th.<\/p>\n<p>Reigning Super League champions Leeds were humbled at St. Helens on Sunday evening, going down 46-6. Saints ran in eight tries in all in their first fixture since the sacking of coach Royce Simmons. Ade Gardner, Gary Wheeler and Jonny Lomax both scored two tries each.<\/p>\n<p>Warrington now lead the Super League table with a tight 22-20 win away at Wigan. Huddersfield dropped into second after losing 40-22 at Hull KR.<\/p>\n<p>Tiger Woods won his first PGA tour title in two and a half years, finishing five shots ahead of Graeme McDowell to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Murray made it through to the last sixteen of the Miami Masters after opponent Milos Raonic pulled out before the match with an ankle injury. He will face Gilles Simon on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic both progressed to the second week of the competition with wins over Ryan Harrison and Marcos Baghdatis respectively. Federer will play Andy Roddick and Djokovic takes on Viktor Troicki.<\/p>\n<p>The world of darts mourns the death of Jocky Wilson, who died on Saturday evening after battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-12\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Crouch put a dent in Manchester City\u2019s title challenge as his outstanding long-range volley helped Stoke to a 1-1 draw at the Britannia Stadium. 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