Googlympics

Bleah. It’s half-time, Arsenal are down by a goal and Chelsea look like they aren’t letting any in. I think Arsenal fans need to hang in there for a few more years, until the Emirates Stadium is built and they can actually start spending more money on players. £357 million was raised for the construction…

Since our subscription to the World Cup channel on cable TV hasn’t been activated yet, we watched the French Open and saw Justine Henin-Hardenne beat Svetlana Kuznetsova in a nervy final. I’ve generally supported Henin when it comes to women’s tennis. However, her hunger to win has proven on a few occasions that she’s willing…

What glorious news – my favourite football team will be meeting the Queen. Funny that she will be meeting more Frenchmen than Englishmen, though 🙂 A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: “The Queen was disappointed about not being able to officially open the new Arsenal stadium due to her back strain, especially as so much effort…

Yeah!! A four-nil score from Arsenal, away at Middlesborough. Poor Juninho. The Brazilian national tried his best, but was outrun by taller, faster Gunners and never quite made it to goal. As for the rest of the team, well, they could very well not have played, it wouldn’t have mattered. They weren’t crass, but they…

Many people didn’t expect the unseeded Gaston Gaudio to clinch the French Open title. I said they should look back to Wimbledon 2001, when another guy I was rooting for, Goran Ivanisevic, decided not to become second best again. Ah, if I were a betting woman… Now, who would’ve thought red-hot favourite Guillermo Coria would…

Remember that old joke about the world going topsy-turvy? When the best golfer in the world was black (Tiger Woods). When the best rapper in the world was white (Eminem). When the best female tennis players in the world, were black (Williams sisters). Well, the football world is definitely upside down because the USA is…