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WORLD CUP QUALIFERS West Indies qualified straight in the league stages but everyone expected Zimbabwe to beat the USA which they lost this set up a play off between Ireland and Afghanistan which Ireland lost in the final over. The West Indies will play Afghanistan on Sunday

Night Seven - The SSE Hydro, Glasgow (best of 12 legs) Daryl Gurney 7-3 Mensur Suljovic Michael van Gerwen 7-2 Michael Smith Gary Anderson 7-4 Simon Whitlock Peter Wright 1-7 Raymond van Barneveld Rob Cross 7-1 Gerwyn Price This is Gurneys first win of the season Player Played Won Drawn Points Leg diff Michael Van Gerwen 7 6 0 12 +24 Michael Smith 7 5 0 10 +11 Rob Cross 7 5 0 10 +9 RVB 7 3 2 8 +3 Gary Anderson 7 2 3 7 +1 Simon Whitlock 7 3 1 7 +1 Daryl Gurney 7 1 4 6 -4 Michael Suljuvic 7 2 0 4 -8 Peter Wr...

Rory Mc llroy is a professional golfer from Hollywood County Down, born 4th May 1989. Rory has had help from his father Gerry on his journey. He has had some strong performances as both a professional and as an amateur but the only pro tournament that he has not won is the masters, which takes place from 5th to 8th April. He has shown form coming into the tournament this year but he still would have the wish of having a career grand slam.   Mc Ilroy has represented both GB and Ireland in the Walker Cup. and Europe in the Ryder Cup. He is of average height and a good weight. He has been both number 1 as an amateur and a professional. Mc Ilroy is the youngest player to have earned a tour card. Rory is a big supporter of Mencap and the Rory Foundation. He gave £250,000 to help build the Mencap Children's Center n Belfast.    His world ranking of number 39 in 2008 qualified him for the 2009 Masters Tournament. He was runner-up at USB Hong Kong Open and tied for...

PRO 14 After most teams have played 17 matches Glasgow, Munster and the Cheetas all seem secure in pool 1 Leinster, Scarlets and Edinburgh also seem secure in pool 2 There could be a fight between Leinster and Scarlets for top spot Ulster and Cardiff blues seem to be secure in their playoff spots for a European Cup spot AVIVA PREMIERSHIP With 5 games to go Exeter seem to have won the league with 61 Wasps with 54, Saracens with 53 Newcastle with 50, Leicester with 47 Gloucester with 46, Bath with 45 and Sale with 43 are still in this race and things could change very quickly London Irish are relegated as they are 13 points behind their nearest rivals TOP 14 With 5 games to go Monpellier with 66 Racing with 62 and Tolouse with 61 seem secure in the play offs. Tolon with 58 Pau, La Rochelle Lyon and Castre with 56 are all battling for third spot. Agan and Stade with 32 are in trouble along with Oyonnax with 30 and Brive with 27

After 30 games for some and 31 for others played In the Premiership City have the league wrapped up. United look secure I second while Liverpool and Spurs seem to be fighting for third spot. Chelsea are 5 points behind but in a semi with Southampton in the FA Cup which should make their fans happy a final at Wembley in the other semi Man U play spurs. In the relegation fight WBA seem down but Stoke on 27, Southampton on 28, West Ham and Palace on 30 Huddersfield on 31 Newcastle on 32 and Brighton on 34 are fighting for safety. In the Championship with teams having played 37 and 38   Wolves seem up with 82 and Cardiff have 76 Fulham and Villa both have 69 and are not out of it yet. Derby and   Boro have 62 Bristol City have 61 and Preston have 60 as well as Shef United Milwall have hopes with 58 Sunderland with 30 and Burton with 33 seem down but Birmingham and Barnsley with 33 and Reading with 36 and Bolton and Hull in worrying positions In League 1 teams have...

RUGBY UNION 6 NATIONS ITALY 27-29 SCOTLAND ALLEN DOUBLE KEPS SCOTLAND BACK ON TRACK   Fraser Brown, John Barclay, Sean Maitland and Stuart Hogg scored for the Scots, who earned a try bonus point. Tommaso Allan had booted Italy ahead in a dramatic final 10 minutes, before Laidlaw's decisive strike. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/43401220 MY OPINION I don’t think anyone would have saw a result like this coming after Scotland had done so well this year and looked like they were ready for anyone but you do have hope in this 6 nations that Scotland are moving forward. WALES 14-13 FRANCE WILLIAMS HELPSW WALES GET BIG WIN A Liam Williams try and three Leigh Halfpenny penalties gave Wales a 14-10 interval advantage. Gael Fickou scored France's try and the visitors enjoyed second-half possession and territory dominance. Wales' dogged defence held firm for victory with only three points scored in the second-half. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-u...

FA CUP SWANSEA 0-3 SPURS ERICSON DETROYS SWANSEA You could see this going in from way back, because Swansea allowed it to happen. Lamela, out on the right, flicks a pass inside for Eriksen. The Danish international is allowed to run, and run, and run, and run. He bides his time, and lines up a glorious power curler into the top left from 20 yards. That’s so sweet! But Nordfeldt had no chance, because none of his defenders bothered closing Eriksen down. Lamela dribbles hard down the inside-left channel. He drifts infield a bit, uninhibited by any sort of meaningful challenge from a white shirt. Swansea backing off again, like they did with Eriksen. And the result is the same. Lamela lines up his shot, and curls low and hard into the bottom right. It’s no more than Tottenham deserve for their first-half dominance. This is over. Dier and Moura nearly open Swansea up with some crisp one-twoing down the left. Dier pulls the ball back for Moura, who can’t quite get a shot away f...

WINTER PARALYMPICS FRIDAY BIATHALON WOMENS 12.5 KM SITTING 1 Eskaau Germany 2 Masters USA 3 Hrafeyeva Bulgaria MENS 15KM SITTING 1 Fleig Germany 2 Cnossen USA 3 Cameron USA WOMENS 12.5KM STANDING 1 Minenia Russia 2 Rumyantseva Russia 3 Hudak Canada MENS 15KM STANDING 1 Arendz Canada 2 Daviet France 3 Ulset Norway WOMENS 12.5KM VISUALY IMPARED 1 Lysova Russia 2 Shyshkova Ukraine 3 Klug Germany MENS 15KM VISUALY IMPARED 1 Lukyanenko Ukraine 2 Kazik Ukraine 3 Clalencon France SNOWBOARD WOMENS BANKED SLALOM SBLL1 1 Huckbay USA 2 Herandez France 3 Purdy USA WOMENS BANKED SLALOM SBLL2 1 Mentel Spee Netherlands 2 Coury USA 3 Bomschoten Netherlands MENS BANKED SLALOM SB UL 1 Minor USA 2 Mayrhofer Austria 3 Patmore Australia MENS BANKED SLALOM SBLL1 1 Elliot USA 2 Schultz USA 3 Bosnjak Croatia MENS BANKED SLALOM SBLL2 1 Narata Japan 2 Strong USA 3 Suur-Hamari Finland SATURDAY ALPINE SKIING MENS...

The Europa League draw is to be an interesting one Debutants Leipzig who are known for being associated with an energy drink from Germany play Marcelle from France this could be a tight one Arsenal play CSKA and will have to go as far away as they possibly can. There does look like a miracle result here for Wrenger again Atletico play Sporting and considering how they are playing Atletico look to be unbeatable Lazio play Red Bull and I can see a win here for Lazio

The Champions League has had some interesting ties The first one is the all English tie between Liverpool and Man City both teams will have hope of reaching the semi-finals but you have to worry about how well City have done this season could this one draw create a rivalry Next is Juventus v Real Madrid and we all know what Real can do on a given day but this has not been their season this could be interesting I would be very surprised if Barcelona were too loose to Roma as they seem leagues ahead Bayern should get past Seville but I don’t think anyone saw them beat Man United

WINTER OLYMPICS BIATHALON WOMEN'S  12.5 KM SITTING 1 Eksau Germany 2 Masters USA 3 Hfafeyev Bulgaria MENS 15KM SITTING 1 Fleig Germany 2 Cnossen USA 3 Cameron Canada WOMEN'S  12.5KM STANDING 1 Millena Russia 2 Rumyatseva Russia 3 Hudak Canada MENS 15KM STANDING  1 Arendz Canada 2 Daviet France 3 Ulset Norway WOMEN'S  12.5 KM VISUALLY  IMPAIRED 1 Lysova Russia 2 Shyshkova Ukraine 3 Klug Germany MENS 15KM VISUALLY IMPARED 1 Lukyanenko Ukraine 2 Kazik Ukraine 3 Chalencon France SNOWBOARD WOMEN'S  BANKED SLALOM SBLL1 1 Huckaby USA 2 Hernandez France 3 Purdy USA WOMEN'S  BANKED SLALOM SBLL2 1 Mentel- Spee Netherlands 2 Coury USA 3 Bunschoten Netherlands MENS BANKED SLALOM SBUL 1 Minor USA 2 Mayrhofer Austria 3 Patmore Australia MENS BANKED SLALOM SBLL1 1 Elliot USA 2 Schultz USA 3 Bosnjak Croatia MENS BANKED SLALOM SBLL2 1 Narita Japan 2 St...

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BARSALONA 3-0 CHELSEA MAGIC MESSI The visitors fell behind after just 128 seconds as Lionel Messi shot through the legs of Thibaut Courtois from a tight angle. Messi then set up Ousmane Dembele to hammer home the second after Cesc Fabregas lost possession. Marcos Alonso hit the post for Chelsea with a free-kick before Messi's 100th Champions League goal - after a mistake by Cesar Azpilicueta - took the hosts out of sight. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43378543 MY OPINION Barcelona are one of the most dangerous teams in the Champions League at this point and after a performance like that they should be feared. We now that Chelsea can put in better performances than this but this kind of answers the question why they are fifth in the league. BESIKTAS 1-3 BAYERN WAGNER KILLS OF ALL HOPE   Thiago broke the deadlock with a simple tap-in from Muller's perfectly weighted cross, quelling Besiktas' early energy with his se...

There have been no medals given out today in the Winter Paralympics

UEFA CHAMPIIONS LEAGUE MAN U 1-2 SEVILLA BEN YEDER BRILLIANT Substitute Wissam Ben Yedder was the match-winner for the Spanish side, shooting from inside the area just two minutes after coming on and heading in at the back post from a corner. After posing little threat in the goalless first leg, United again looked second best against the La Liga side, though Marouane Fellaini's thumping effort did draw Sergio Rico into a save and the away goalkeeper kept out Jesse Lingard's low strike. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43376849 MY OPINION As United had done to others on many occasions this match was settled by a couple of minutes of magic but it will probably just settle them down for the FA Cup and finishing second in the league. I wonder whether or not United should have tried to play a second string against Liverpool knowing the matches coming up and if they get beat in the cup well I don’t know what the fans will think . Sevilla might be the dream dr...

WINTER PARALYMPUCS ALPINE SKIING WOMENS GIANT SLALOM VISUASLLY IMPARED Kelly Gallaher  improved from last competition to finish in fifth 1Farkasova Slovakia  2 Fitspatrick GB 3 Perrine Australia WOMENS GIANT SLALOM STANDING 1 Bouchet France 2 Rothfuss Germany 3 Jepsen Canada WOMEN'S  GIANT SLALOM SITTING 1 Muraoka Japan 2 Impelen Netherlands 3 Loesch Austria MENS GIANT SLALOM VISUALY IMPARED 1 Bertaagnolli Italy 2 Krako Slovackia 3 Marcoux Canada MENS GIANT SLALOM STANDING 1 Gmur Switzerland 2 Bugaev Russia 3 Guimond Canada MENS GIANT SLALOM SITTING 1 Pedersen Norway 2 Walker USA 3 Sikorski Poland CROSS COUNTRY SKIING MENS 1.1 KM SPRINT SITTING 1 Soule USA 2 Loben Bulgaria 3 Cnossen USA MENS 1.5KM SPRINT CLASSIC STANDING 1 Kolyadin Kazakhstan 2 Nitta Japan 3 Tuomisto Finland 3 Arendz Canada WOMEN'S  1.1KM SPRINT SITTING 1 Masters USA 2 Eskau Germany 3 Zaniullina Russia ...