Manchester City should have had a penalty in the first half, West Ham might have had one in the last minute, but in the end they headed off for what had always looked the likeliest outcome, a replay a week on Wednesday.
Bill Belichick
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Bill Belichick spent more time during the weekend studying Jacksonville than his other possible playoff opponents.
It was time well spent.
As the final whistle neared, the patient Vicarage Road fans felt safe to start the chant: “We’re going to win at home.”
Watford’s first victory here since 20 October may have had something to do with the magic of the Cup. It certainly had something to do with the mighty forehead of the 6ft 4in centre half Danny Shittu, who scored two goals to take his side into the fourth round in his last game before joining up with Nigeria for the African Nations Cup.
Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen will test the new Ferrari for the first time on Monday, after the F2008 car was unveiled at the weekend.
The Finn will run the car around the Italian team’s home track in Fiorano and says he is already very optimistic.
On the day Italian Fabio Capello takes over as the new England manager, the head of world football gives BBC Sport his personal take on the state of the English game.
It is “High Noon” for English football. Failure to qualify for Euro 2008 has sparked real debate about the state of the game and I welcome that.
A new starting lineup and an opponent that was, at least on paper, overmatched combined with a long layoff to produce a sloppy performance for the Blue Devils. Still, No. 9 Duke managed to shake off the rust to beat Cornell, 81-67 on Sunday afternoon in Durham.
I had meant to stick this silly video on here a while back, but hey…
It was not only the Blue Dragon chip shop opposite Goodison Park that went up in smoke yesterday. Everton’s FA Cup hopes went the same way as heroic Oldham Athletic pulled off the shock of the third round yesterday. A spectacular goal in first-half stoppage time from the left foot of the midfielder Gary McDonald decided an exciting tie and caused raptures among the players and supporters of League One’s 13th-placed club, who have now registered seven successive away victories.
India’s cricket team has backtracked from its threat to pull out of the Australian tour following the explosive aftermath from the SCG Test.
Members of the Indian cricket team have started leaving their Sydney hotel for the trip to Canberra for this week’s tour match against an ACT Invitational XI.
Reuters have reported that Indian cricket board’s (BCCI) vice-president Rajiv Shukla has dismissed talk the team was considering boycotting the rest of the Australian tour.