Archive for the ‘Sport’ Category
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 by Noelinho (2 Comments)
Tags: Formula 1, Monaco, Spain
Posted in Formula 1, Sport
Noelinho reviews Red Bull’s Spanish Grand Prix domination and looks ahead to the Monaco Grand Prix to see whether they will dominate again, or the rest of the pack have any hope of beating them.
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 by Noelinho (No Comments)
Tags: China, Formula 1
Posted in Formula 1, Sport
Red Bull in Bahrain by Andrew® The Formula 1 circus hits China this weekend, for the fourth round of the 2010 F1 season. So far, we’ve had three winners, but that doesn’t tell the story of the season. Indeed, we have had three different teams win, but again, that is not an accurate reflection of [...]
Thursday, April 1st, 2010 by Noelinho (No Comments)
Tags: Australia, Formula 1
Posted in Formula 1, Sport
The Bahrain Grand Prix wasn’t the most exciting race ever seen, and many felt that, given the rule changes, the Australian Grand Prix needed to produce some good racing. True to form, it did. It produced the usual Melbourne crashes, some changeable conditions throwing things wide open, and people on different pit strategies, resulting in [...]
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 by Noelinho (1 Comment)
Tags: Australia, Formula 1
Posted in Formula 1, Sport
It is less than two weeks since the opening of the 2010 F1 season, but I struggle to remember anything memorable from it. It was the dullest race in recent memory, with only the USGP from 2005 competing. It was, perhaps, inevitable given the hype before the season started – but all the same, it [...]
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 by Noelinho (No Comments)
Tags: Bahrain, Formula 1
Posted in Formula 1, Sport
I realise this review has been a while in coming. For once, it’s not because I haven’t got round to it, or because I forgot to publish. It’s because there’s very little of note to say. On the face of it, the race was set to be a cracker. Four top teams slugging it out, [...]
Friday, March 12th, 2010 by Noelinho (No Comments)
Tags: Bahrain, Formula 1
Posted in Formula 1, Sport
Early on Friday morning, probably before any of you have read this, the F1 2010 season officially kicks off in Bahrain. It promises to be a cracker of a year, with four big teams looking neck-and-neck – Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes. Testing seemed to suggest McLaren and Ferrari may have a slight edge, [...]
Sunday, January 10th, 2010 by Noelinho (No Comments)
Tags: Formula 1
Posted in Formula 1, Sport
For all the controversy we’ve had in Formula 1 over the past 3 years – Spygate, Crashgate, Liegate, the mass manufacturer pull-out, double diffusers – we’ve actually had some pretty good racing too. 2007 was a fantastic fight between the McLaren drivers and Kimi Raikkonen; 2008 featured a great battle between Hamilton and Massa; 2009 [...]
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 by Noelinho (No Comments)
Tags: New England Patriots, NFL, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Wembley
Posted in American Football, Sport
Last weekend, I was in London for the third International Series NFL game at Wembley stadium. The first game, two years ago, was between the hopeless Miami Dolphins and the eventual Superbowl-winning New York Giants. Last year, the New Orlean Saints beat the San Diego Chargers in a closely fought offensive battle. This year, it [...]
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 by Noelinho (No Comments)
Tags: Rangers FC
Posted in Football, Sport
Last week, I had the (dubious) pleasure of watching Rangers play at home in the Champions’ League against Romanian champions Unirea Urziceni. With a prime seat right in front of the away dugout, and within easy shouting distance of the home dugout, I was looking forward to a home win. After all, the team Rangers [...]
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 by Noelinho (No Comments)
Tags: Formula 1, Renault, Singapore
Posted in Formula 1, Sport
You’d have thought that with the announcement of the outcome of the FIA World Motor Sport Council’s hearing yesterday, the Singapore controversy would die down. Instead, another potentially explosive and certainly unhelpful time-bomb has been ignited with the release of the audio tapes from the hearing. The audio tapes reveal an unsettled bone of contention [...]