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Tevez, Tour de Farce, Twenty20 finals and a new Welsh wizard

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by Sportingo Staff on 02 August 2007

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Football

It seems that West Ham are treading on thin ice in the Carlos Tevez affair. If they settle out of court what does it say about their stubborn stance that Tevez is under contract to them, not to mention the club's consideration towards its fans? Will they escape without further punishment?

At which point of the season, or after how many games, will a title and relegation pattern start to emerge in the Premiership?

Who will be the first manager to be shown the door?

Tennis

Andy Roddick is looking good leading up to the only Grand Slam he has won, the US Open. Can he recapture the title by overcoming Roger Federer?

The other Andy, (Murray) in tennis continues to be plagued by his wrist injury. Is this something that he should be worried about?

Cricket

On Saturday we have the crash, bang, wallop of the Twenty20 finals with Lancashire, Gloucestershire, Sussex and Kent. Who do you fancy to win this cup of instant cricket?

Can India manage a draw at the Oval in final Test? Or will England fight back to win and level?

Will England risk Andrew Flintoff or is his presence in the team alone worth a punt?

There was plenty of needle at Trent Bridge in the second Test. Should cricket be immune from such banter?

Cycling

German doping expert Werner Franke said he has documents from last year's Operation Puerto doping investigation in Spain showing that Spaniard Alberto Contador who won the doping-marred Tour de France, had taken HMG-Lepori as a testosterone booster. Is this a surprise?

Should the World Road Championships be held in Stuttgart?

Main sponsor Rabobank want to carry out an independent investigation of the Rasmussen affair. How independent can an event's sponsor's investigation be?

Rugby

England play Wales at Twickenham on Saturday in a World Cup warm-up. How much relevance will the result have on both teams' prospects in France.

Wales are facing the possibility of going into the World Cup without first-choice fly-half Stephen Jones, who suffered a torn groin muscle in training camp last week. They will definitely be without glamour boy Gavin Henson, who took the Six Nations by storm a couple of years ago but has since been hit by form and injury problems. Do they have the resources to succeed in France without Jones and Henson? Could this be the opportunity new whiz-kid James Hook needs to become a star in his own right?

The All Black haka has become part of Rugby Union culture over the years - and recently there has been talk of the Springboks introducing a haka of their own based on an old Zulu war dance. Is it time that the Northern Hemisphere jumped on the bandwagon and if so, what would you suggest might be a suitable haka for England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and France?

Comments (4)

by Patrick Clohessy on August 03, 2007

Andy Roddick could have a good chance at winning the U.S Open this year but the man in questioning is Roger Federer. It is such a shame about Andy Murray being out for such a long period of time. He is such a talented player and he would have made an impact in Wimbledon if he had played there this year. Realistically he has to stay focused and look after his injury. He is a brilliant player and has a great future ahead of him. Hopefully 2008 will be his year.

by Airrot on August 03, 2007

With the #1 & #2 seeds seemingling unbeatable, unstopable and relentless, Has the U.S. Open lost its swagger. I watch a lot, a lot of tennis and have grown bored with Roger Federer. Rafael Nadal is more exciting to watch with his speed, determination and all out hustle. With that said, James Blake nor Andy Roddick will make it to the U.S. Open Finals. James Blake is in denial. He really needs to re-think that whole "loyality" to his coach thing. Its not winning him majors. Its time for Blake to step up and place frienship and loyality on the table, and get a NEW coach. Maybe Pete Sampras or Andre Aggassi. (I know that's wishful thinking but its sounds good.) Andy Roddick on the other hand has the great Jimmy Conners and we see how that is turning out. So, what are the Americans to do? No sweat my pet, Sam Querry is quickly becoming America tennis hope. But can he live up to the hype? Oh yeah, when does the "young" Donald Young, step up with the big dawgs. I can't wait for that to happen.

by yorthae on August 04, 2007

Andy Roddick doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the U.S. Open. It will all, as it usually does lately, boil down to two top seeds, Federer and Nadal. A shame really, cause it takes that something out of the whole competition; it has simply become too predictable. When you look at grand slam titlist in general, in the past couple o seasons, we had only two names in the Men's competitions (Nadal and Federer), while women produced much more drama and suspense (Mauresmo, Henin, Sharapova, Williams sisters). I believe that we will see something similar at this year's U.S. Open. I hope to God that I'm wrong, but seriousy doubt it.

by mariand on August 13, 2007

i wonder if as many players would find themselves in their high ranked positions should there be a limit on how many ace's they could use to score cheap points.What message are we sending to the up and coming soon you wont need an opponent?