Posted on 04-07-2008 04 : 16 GMT +0200 Published By Sports Desk
The Greek Tennis Association of London (GTA) launches today in the city capitalising on the renewed interest of tennis by the 300,000 Greek population.
The GTA which is located at the Bourneside Lawn Tennis club in Soutghate north London, aims to nurture Greek Londoner's talent for
Posted on 22-06-2008 11 : 06 GMT +0200 Published By Michael Pieri
By Michael Pieri - Sports Editor The London Daily News
Can the ‘King of Clay’ beat the ‘Master on Grass’? As Wimbledon fortnight begins in earnest on Monday, the question that is being asked is whether the form of French open winner Rafael Nadal is enough to beat defending champion and the supreme exponent of
Posted on 20-06-2008 01 : 52 GMT +0200 Published By John the Cabby
Predictable, with the exception of Turkey and maybe Russia the group stages have allowed the seeded teams to progress & the weaker to head home.
Holland have won three out of three yet are no nearer the final than Italy who eventually won a match. Surely for the sake of football we need to change the format of these tournaments.
Posted on 16-06-2008 03 : 31 GMT +0200 Published By Sports Desk
How is it every year in June/ July the UK finally remembers its heritage in tennis by watching Wimbledon or Queens, and normally getting disappointed and then in August reverting back to soccer again.
We find tennis in the UK at present at a crossroads, an LTA determined to spend money on coaches
Posted on 10-06-2008 12 : 56 GMT +0200 Published By Michael Pier
While most of Europe’s major clubs are eyeing up the talent on the pitch at this summer’s European Championships in Austria and Switzerland, it seems that Europe’s biggest spenders, Chelsea, have their eye on talent off the pitch – namely someone to take over the Stamford Bridge hotseat.
Posted on 01-06-2008 12 : 25 GMT +0200 Published By John Kaponi
With the start of the European football championships in a few days without the presence of England, and the failure of any tennis players from the UK to make any credible attempt for glory at Wimbledon, are we heading for a miserable summer, and are we once and for all the undisputed dunces in Europe when it comes to sport?
Posted on 30-05-2008 09 : 53 GMT +0200 Published By Michael Pieri
News that the FIFA Congress endorse President Sepp Blatter’s ‘6-plus-5’ ruling and thereby restricting the number of foreign players permitted in any team has sent shockwaves around the world but it will be felt nowhere more than in the Premier League and particularly Arsenal.
What the ruling means is that from 2010 clubs will have to pr
Posted on 22-05-2008 02 : 58 GMT +0200 Published By News Desk
Chelsea fans went on the rampage with over 200 throwing chairs and glasses at Police in the Fulham area.
Callers to BBC London and LBC have reported Chelsea fans charging riot police in the streets near Stamford Bridge. Riot police used CS gas to quell the violence, local residents in Chelsea have said that whole chunks of the area
