{"id":2690,"date":"2012-07-23T09:39:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T09:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2690"},"modified":"2012-07-23T09:39:07","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T09:39:07","slug":"the-bouras-bulletin-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-27\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bouras Bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win the Tour de France in it\u2019s 109\u2013year history.\u00a0He finished three minutes and 21 seconds ahead of teammate and compatriot Chris Froome as Mark Cavendish won the final stage for the fourth year in a rown.<\/p>\n<p>Ernie Els took advantage of a shambolic final few holes from long-term tournament leader Adam Scott to win the Open, ten years after the 42-year-old he first won the competition.\u00a0Els sunk a 15-foot putt to birdie the 18th hole and finish on seven-under, two-under for the day, and made up seven shots on Scott bogeyed each of the last four holes to end on 75, one stroke behind Els.<\/p>\n<p>Brandt Snedeker and Tiger Woods finished joint-third on three-under, with British pair Graeme McDowell and Luke Donald one behind them.<\/p>\n<p>Fernando Alonso extended his lead at the top of the Formula One drivers\u2019 championship to 34 points as he won from pole at the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim.\u00a0Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button ran Alonso close, but neither really came close to challenging the Spaniard. Last year\u2019s winner Lewis Hamilton, who was celebrating his 100th Grand Prix, suffered a puncture early on to ruin his chances.<\/p>\n<p>In cricket, England go into the final day of the first test against South Africa as they try to salvage a draw at the Oval.\u00a0The visitors declared on 637-2 after Hashim Amla became the first South African to score a triple century to help his side build a lead of 252 runs before England lost four wickets before the close for just 102 runs.<\/p>\n<p>James Tomkins scored four tries as Wigan maintained their three-point lead at the top of the Super League table with a comfortable 44-6 win over basement side London Broncos.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds beat Bradford 34-16 to move consolidate their playoff place and eight and ninth-placed rivals Hull and Hull KR face each other this evening in what could be an important match indetermining who makes the playoffs.\u00a0Warrington stay second after holding off Castleford to win 40-26 and St Helens beat Catalan Dragons 20-15 to move ahead of their opponents into third.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-27\/\"><\/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>Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win the Tour de France in it\u2019s 109\u2013year history.\u00a0He finished three minutes and 21 seconds ahead of teammate and compatriot Chris Froome as Mark Cavendish won the final stage for the fourth year in a rown. 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Federer won his first major title in two-and-a-half years in four sets 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 to join Pete Sampras and William Renshaw on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bouras Bulletin&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2628,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-24\/","url_meta":{"origin":2690,"position":1},"title":"The Bouras Bulletin","date":"2 July 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Spain made history in last night\u2019s Euro 2012 final, becoming the first side to win three successive major international tournaments with a 4-0 win over Italy in Kiev. Italy were outclassed from start to finish by the Spanish, who opening the scoring as early as the 14th minute through David\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bouras Bulletin&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2562,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":2690,"position":2},"title":"The Bouras Bulletin","date":"14 May 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The Premier League season reached it\u2019s conclusion on Sunday and this season\u2019s final day didn\u2019t disappoint as Manchester City scored twice late on to win the title. They very nearly surrendered their lead to Manchester United who kept up the pressure on their rivals with a 1-0 win away to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bouras Bulletin&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3199,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-39\/","url_meta":{"origin":2690,"position":3},"title":"The Bouras Bulletin","date":"15 October 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"England strolled to a comfortable 5-0 win against minnows San Marino on Friday. They had to wait until the 35th minute before Wayne Rooney scored from the penalty spot but England added four goals in the second half to complete the rout. 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