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BIRTHDAY - 11 June: Joe Montana (American Football)

AMERICAN FOOTBALL - Joe Montana is 56 years old today. Montana was a quarterback that forged a legendary status at collegiate and pro level. In a game against Houston, Montana completed a 22-point fourth quarter comeback to propel the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to a 35-34 victory. Fourth quarter comebacks would become a Montana trademark and his calm demeanour and unparalleled focus soon earned him the nickname “Joe Cool”. He led the San Francisco 49ers to multiple Super Bowls.

Shares birthday with: Richard Strauss, Vince Lombardi, Gene Wilder

Jun 11, 20121 note

#11 June #American Football #Birthday #Joe Montana #San Francisco 49ers

REVIEW: Republic of Ireland v Croatia 1-3

FOOTBALL - Below the review of the Euro 2012 match between Republic of Ireland and Croatia.

Jun 10, 2012

#Review #Football #Euro 2012 #European Championship #Republic of Ireland #Croatia

REVIEW: Spain v Italy 1-1

FOOTBALL - Below the review of the Euro 2012 match between Spain and Italy.

Jun 10, 2012

#Review #Football #Euro 2012 #European Championship #Spain #Italy

REVIEW: Hamilton 7th different F1 race winner (7 races)

FORMULA 1 - The record had already been set in the previous Grand Prix, and now it has been extended. Lewis Hamilton has become the seventh different race winner in seven Formula 1 Grands Prix this season. Previously, no season had featured more different winners than five through the first five. The record for most different winners in an entire season is 11, a mark established in 1982.

Jun 10, 20122 notes

#Review #Formula 1 #Grand Prix #Canada #Lewis Hamilton

PREVIEW: Group C - Republic of Ireland v Croatia

FOOTBALL - On Sunday, 10 June, Republic of Ireland and Croatia will meet in their Group C encounter at Poznan’s Municipal Stadium. It is the sixth match of Euro 2012 and we have assembled some key facts and figures on this match.

Jun 10, 2012

#Football #Preview #Euro 2012 #European Championship #Croatia #Republic of Ireland

PREVIEW: Group C - Spain v Italy

FOOTBALL - On Sunday, 10 June, Spain and Italy will meet in their Group C encounter at Gdansk’s PGE Arena. It is the fifth match of Euro 2012 and we have assembled some key facts and figures on this match.

Jun 10, 2012

#Preview #Football #Euro 2012 #European Championship #Spain #Italy

PREVIEW: Vettel hopes to enter GP winners' Top 10

FORMULA 1 - Sebastian Vettel will start from pole position in Formula 1’s Grand Prix of Canada. The German is looking for his 23rd career GP win, which would see him enter the Top 10 all-time of drivers with most career chequered flags in F1.

Jun 10, 2012

#Preview #Formula 1 #Grand Prix #Canada #Sebastian Vettel

DAILY FOOTBALL QUIZ QUESTION - 10 June 2012

FOOTBALL - At Euro 1996, Thomas Strunz received a red card. What is the last name of the referee who gave this red card and whose father was the head coach of a national team at a European Championship?

Jun 10, 2012

#Daily Football Quiz Question #Football #European Championship #10 June

IN THE NEWS: Heat reach NBA Finals again

BASKETBALL - The Miami Heat defeated the Boston Celtics 4-3 in their Eastern Conference Final showdown to reach the NBA Finals for the second year in a row. Last season, they lost the Finals against the Dallas Mavericks. On 10 previous occasions, a team won the NBA Championship after finishing runners-up the year before.

Jun 10, 20121 note

#In The News #Basketball #NBA #Playoffs #Miami Heat

PREVIEW: Djokovic completes quartet of final berths

TENNIS - By defeating Roger Federer in last Friday’s semifinal, Novak Djokovic earned himself his first final spot at Roland Garros. That makes the Serb only the ninth man since the beginning of the Open Era to appear in all four Major finals (Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open) at least once.

Jun 10, 2012

#Preview #Tennis #Grand Slam #Roland Garros #Novak Djokovic

LONDON CALLING – Countdown to the 2012 Olympics: 47

47 - Medals won by GBR at Beijing 2008, their 2nd most ever but 90 short of their haul of 137 at London 1908. Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today.

Jun 10, 20121 note

#Countdown #olympic games #London Calling #great britain

BIRTHDAY - 10 June: Andy Schleck (Cycling)

CYCLING - Andy Schleck is 27 years old today. In 2009, 2010 and 2011 , he came runner-up in the Tour de France three years in a row, however the 2010 yellow jersey fell into his lap with Alberto Contador testing positive on a drug test. The younger of the Schleck brothers signalled his emergence by winning the TdF Youth Classification in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Shares birthday with: Carlo Ancelotti, Maxi Priest, Kim Deal

Jun 10, 20121 note

#Birthday #Andy Schleck #Cycling #10 June #Tour de France

REVIEW: Germany v Portugal 1-0

FOOTBALL - Below the review of the match between Germany and Portugal.

Jun 9, 2012

#Review #Football #Euro 2012 #European Championship #Germany #Portugal

REVIEW: Netherlands v Denmark 0-1

FOOTBALL - Below the review of the match between Netherlands and Denmark.

Jun 9, 2012

#Euro 2012 #Review #Football #European Championship #Netherlands #Denmark

INFOGRAPHIC - Sharapova completes career Slam

TENNIS - Maria Sharapova has won the 2012 French Open and has thereby won a career Grand Slam, having won each of the four Majors at least once. She is the sixth person to achieve this in the Open era, joining Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Serena Williams.

Jun 9, 20121 note

#Infographic #Tennis #Maria Sharapova #Grand Slam #Roland Garros

PREVIEW: Group B - Germany v Portugal

FOOTBALL - On Saturday, 9 June, Germany and Portugal will meet in their Group B encounter at Lviv’s Arena Lviv. It is the fourth match of Euro 2012 and we have assembled some key facts and figures on this match.

Jun 9, 2012

#Football #Euro 2012 #European Championship #Germany #Portugal

PREVIEW: Group B - Netherlands v Denmark

FOOTBALL - On Saturday, 9 June, Netherlands and Denmark will meet in their Group B encounter at Kharkiv’s Metalist Stadium. It is the third match of Euro 2012 and we have assembled some key facts and figures on this match.

Jun 9, 2012

#Football #Euro 2012 #European Championship #Netherlands #Denmark

DAILY FOOTBALL QUIZ QUESTION - 9 June 2012

FOOTBALL - Who once scored the decisive goal in a penalty-shoot out in the semi-final of a European Championship but then had to miss the final because of suspension?

Jun 9, 2012

#Daily Football Quiz Question #Football #9 June #European Championship

LONDON CALLING – Countdown to the 2012 Olympics: 48

48 - Age of Tebbs Johnson (GBR) when he won bronze at the ‘48 London Olympic Games in the 50km Walk. Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today.

Jun 9, 2012

#Countdown #olympic games #London Calling

BIRTHDAY - 9 June: Miroslav Klose (Football)

FOOTBALL - Miroslav Klose is 34 years old today. He has collected 116 caps and 63 goals for Germany. Klose is the only player that has scored at least four goals in three different tournaments. On 14 World Cup goals, he joins Gerd Müller in second place among FIFA World Cup goalscorers. He is looking to join Jean-François Domergue and Wesley Sneijder as the only players to score at the Euros on their birthday.

Shares birthday with: Michael J. Fox, Johnny Depp, Natalie Portman

Jun 9, 2012

#Football #Miroslav Klose #Birthday #9 June #European Championship #World Championship #Germany