Kieran Beckles Archives: 06/2009

England senior boss, Fabio Capello can take heart from the display of England’s younger crop of players.

Hughes seems to have decided to invest heavily in attacking players while ignoring his teams obvious defensive vulnerabilities.

Possibly one of the most highly sought-after players in world football, David Villa has constantly hit the headlines this summer.

Juan Martin del Potro, currently ranked at number five in the world, was fancied as a potential winner of this year’s tournament at SW19.

It appears that Portsmouth are close to new ownership with Abu Dhabi billionaire Sulaiman Al Fahim near to sealing a deal for the South coast club.

Laura Robson proved yesterday what genuine tennis talent she is, pushing former world number five, Daniela Hantuchova, in their first round tie at Wimbledon.

Ever since Mark Hughes left Blackburn Rovers to join the Manchester City revolution, Paraguayian striker Roque Santa Cruz has been regularly linked with a move up north.

Arguably the biggest story of Wimbledon 2009, will be the absence of world number one and last year’s Wimbledon winner Rafa Nadal.

In 2002, the BBC aired a children’s programme called ‘Zero to Hero’. It was based on a young boy who wanted to play football, with his idol being England sensation Michael Owen.

Phil Mickelson is undoubtedly the fan’s favourite to win an elusive first title at the 109th US Open.

It seems that Portsmouth right back Glen Johnson is set for a big money move to Liverpool.

After an exhausting 59 games, Xavi, the man of the match during last month’s European Champions League final, would be forgiven for needing a couple of months break from football.

The Scottish ace will be sending Britain into a frenzy with his fine form in the lead up to the summer’s premier sporting event at Wimbledon.

In the lead up to this summer’s Under-21 Championships in Sweden, the talk has not been about the performances of the squad in the pre-tournament friendlies.

The departure of Cristiano Ronaldo has paved the way for Sir Alex Ferguson to revamp an already successful squad.

South Africa is on the horizon and after six successive victories, England are in the driving seat to make it to four consecutive World Cup tournaments in a row.

Setanta’s aim was to compete with Sky Sports as the main pay-per-view sports broadcaster in the United Kingdom.

It appears Kaka is on the verge of making the trip over the Mediterranean sea to Madrid in a deal believed to be costing Madrid around £56 million.

The Italian revolution is firmly under away in the British Isles. Since the arrival of two of the greatest products to emerge from Italian football, the fortunes of English and Irish football have flourished.

With the Twenty20 World Cup being held on home turf, the English nation could be forgiven for having high hopes of England producing a good performance in the competition.

Marat Safin’s younger sister is bracing herself for the third Grand Slam final of her career tomorrow.