Cricket Updates

I will be posting recent news and updates of the cricket matches all over the world. I will be providing the cricket tournaments and the recent matches between the cricket nations.

There will be fixtures of future matches and also the scorecard, team statistics, players ranking, the results of the cricket series and many more.

The current international Cricket tours:

India v New Zealand
Pakistan v West Indies
South Africa v Australia
Bangladesh v Afganistan

The recent series of Pakistan v West Indies:
Pakistan whitewashed west Indies with a easy eight wicket win that made the series 3-0

Bangladesh v Afganistan series:
Bangladesh won the first ODI vs Afghanistan by seven runs

The outstanding knock of Tamim Iqbal scored 80 runs and Mahmadullah with 62 run brought them the victory. Bangladesh currently leads the three-match series 1-0

English Premier League Week 2

This week's matches were full of excitement and surprise, with a various clubs showing new promise and highlighting their past performances. A key highlight was Arsène Wenger's side proving they're still a strong fighting club with their 3-0 win over Chelsea on Sunday at Emirates Stadium. It has been a rough road for the North London club with increasing criticism being thrown at the manager and players. However with some brilliance from Sanchez, opening the scoring and a beautifully worked goal by Theo Walcott, Arsenal were able to leap ahead early and remain in control. 

On the other side of things, Paul Pogba has seen to redeem himself with scoring his first goal for Manchester United against Leicester City. His performance in last weeks game against Watford was considered dismal and non-existent, however the 23yr old was able to find space off a Daley Blind corner and head the ball with precision into the bottom right corner of the net. 

Image sourced from http://worldsoccertalk.com/ 

NRL Introduction and Weekly Update

I will be posting news and updates regarding the NRL. Information posted will include in-depth match analysis, upcoming games, venue reviews and player statistics.

Rivalry is intense at this stage of the competition as teams are separated by the slimmest margins. Currently leading the tournament are the Melbourne Storm with 42 points. Coming in at 2nd place are the Raiders and the Sharks who are tied at 2nd with 39 points each.

Recent matches have provided mixed results, with teams winning by both small and large margins. For example, on Sunday the 11th of September, the Panthers beat the Bulldogs 28 - 12. This is unlike the close game between the Cowboys and the Broncos on Friday the 16th of September which the Cowboys won, 26 to 20.

Stay tuned for further updates.

Abhishek_K

Week 1 - Tennis

Welcome to the Tennis section of our blog!

I will be covering important topics in the field of Tennis, especially those that are related to Australia. In specific, I will be posting tournament and match news, including rankings and miscellaneous tennis news.

Most important in Tennis news at the moment is of course, the 2016 Davis Cup. The 105th edition of this tournament is in progress at the moment (2nd  March - 27th November) and consists of major national teams, sponsored by BNP PARIBAS. The first round of the tournament eliminated numerous teams including: Australia, Japan, Poland, Canada, Germany and Belgium. Pitting teams such as Great Britain, Serbia, Argentina, USA and Croatia against each other in the Quarterfinals. The Semi-finals were between Great Britain and Argentina and France and Croatia. The finals, to be hosted between the 25th and 27th of November will be Argentina versus Croatia.

Table taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Davis_Cup

In other important news, Australia has secured itself a place in the 2017 Davis Cup Group through its 3-0 Win against Slovakia at the Sydney Olympic Park. "We expect that we can go deep. This group wants to try and get our hands on the Davis Cup." - Lleyton Hewitt (Australian former no.1 professional tennis player).

The EPL side of our Sports Blog

Welcome to our sports blog!

The sport I'll be covering is the English Premier League. My aim is to identify and discuss the key events that are occurring amongst all teams, players and managers as they progress through the season. Each week match/matches among other transfer news will be posted in regards to the previous week of competition.

As a little introduction, I'd like to dedicate my first post to the Manchester United Vs Manchester City derby. I believe those who follow this blog will have already watched or heard news upon the respected game. As such I will comment directly on crucial points of the match (SPOILER ALERT).

The rivalry between the two massive clubs with a newly appointed managers of heavyweights Mourinho and Guardiola, formed this fixture to be the match of the week. While Zlatan Ibrahimovic was able to open the scoring for United (42'') just before half-time, Paul Pogba seemed to be distant and not apart of the game causing anger amongst fans. However all eyes were on the City squad who progressively took the match in their grasp having started with a bang with goals from Kevin de Bruyne (15'') and Kelechi Iheanacho (36'). Guardiola was able to walk away with a win and cement his club's position at the top of the leaderboard.

Intro Post

This is an introduction post to kickstart our blog.

Our blog is dedicated to the discussion of sports. Each group member will have a dedicated sport that they will talk about on this blog which they will introduce shortly.

We have created a wikispaces page in which we will plan the future direction of our blog, as well as to discuss the ongoing progress of our assignment. We have also created a twitter handle which we will use to promote our blog and keep up to date with important news and events relevant to our specific sports. Our twitter can be found here: https://twitter.com/isys100_sb05

I will be talking about the NBA (National Basketball Association). I will be discussing important news around the NBA, trade rumours, provide player highlights and discuss the upcoming NBA season (which begins at the end of October) as well as provide recaps of key moments from last season.