This month’s Round Ball Sports Quiz has six questions covering football, golf, cricket, tennis and also a mystery guest to try and identify. Can you answer each and every question and score all seven points available. The answers to last month’s sports quiz are at the bottom of the post. Football Who has new Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas recently appointed as his assistant coach? Golf Which Englishman recently won the...
Russian football authorities are to launch an anti-racism campaign after disgraceful scenes at a recent Russia League match. Brazil legend Roberto Carlos had a banana thrown at him from the crowd during Anzhi Makhachkala’s 3-0 win over Krylya Sovetov and an enraged Carlos promptly left the field of play. Carlos signed for Anzhi Makhachkala in February this year and the dynamic left back has been a huge success in Russia with their...
Years ago it was a rare sight to see a goalkeeper score for his team in any football match but nowadays the man between the sticks does occasionally find the back of the net. Nevertheless most goalkeepers will play their entire career without scoring. So what about a keeper who recently scored his 100th goal as a professional footballer. Surely he’s got to be someone very special. Rogério Mücke...
Michael Owen recently signed a new one year deal at Manchester United on a reputed £90,000 a week and an article in one of the UK’s leading newspapers immediately questioned the ambition of 31 year old Owen in putting pen to paper to seal his contract. The article argued that in staying at Old Trafford, Owen lacked ambition and was content to see out his career sat on...
The post title may seem a bit strange when you recall the emphatic victory by Barcelona against Manchester United in last weekend’s Champions League Final but I think my choice of words sum up the final very well. Tiki-taka (commonly spelled tiqui-taca in Spanish) is a style of football involving short passing and player movement which aims to keep a team in possession of the ball. Barcelona and the Spanish national...
