England as a nation need to try in 2016 to follow women’s sport – here’s the reasons why.
The New Year is usually followed by hastily broken resolutions and attempts at trying new things or outlooks that gradually fade away into memory. However, one new outlook England as a nation (and English people) need to try this year is following women’s sport. Continue reading “England Should Embrace Women’s Sport”
Happy New January Transfer Window! I’m Christian and this is my first post for My Ignorant Opinion. Here’s my ignorant A-Z of what Premier League clubs need this month to achieve their ‘goals’.
So, I’ve finally found a bit of time out of my studies to write for My Ignorant Opinion. Happy New Year to My Ignorant Opinion’s readers – this is my first post for the site so be gentle!
Without further ado, here are my thoughts on what all 20 Premier League teams require in January’s transfer window. Let’s start with the league leaders. Continue reading “January Transfer A-Z of what Premier League clubs need this month to achieve their ‘goals’.”
We are officially over the halfway point of the Premier League season – who will be crowned champions at the end of the season?
Now that it’s January, the 2015/16 Premier League title race is in full swing, with three main contenders competing for the title. Currently in Week 20 of the season we are officially over the halfway point – with just 18 weeks left of this season! So here’s my ignorant opinion on who will be crowned champions at the end of the season, and who else will finish in the top four. Continue reading “New Year Premier League Winner Predictions”
The long anticipated UFC featherweight title fight between Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo made history tonight.
Conor McGregor has made UFC history tonight, defeating Jose Aldo Jr. by KO in just 13 seconds. After months of build up, smack talk and insults, the most talked about UFC match-up ever finally happened! But for all of the build up it was McGregor’s second punch which ended the fight and saw him crowned UFC featherweight champion of the world. The shocking result came as Aldo charged forward throwing a wide hook, McGregor countered with a strong cross followed by a hammer fist to the grounded former champion to end the match. Continue reading “Vegas sees green white and orange as McGregor becomes UFC featherweight champion”
The snowboarding legend Shaun White won the Dew Tour men’s super-pipe in style.
In an outcome that comes as very little surprise to viewers, the Dew Tour men’s snowboarding super-pipe has been won by Shaun White. As one of the most dominating athletes arguably in any sport, White has won all of the big snowboarding competitions and taken the sport to new levels by inventing new tricks. White has been competing on the professional scene since the age of 13, and was the first athlete to achieve a perfect score of 100.00 in a competition. The boarder has become a household name with both avid viewers of the sport and even viewers who have a fleeting interest in the Winter Olympics. White has won a winter X Games medal every year since 2002 and is the only competitor ever to win medals in both the summer and winter X games. Continue reading “Shaun White takes gold in Dew Tour snowboard superpipe”
British and Commonwealth champion boxer Anthony Joshua is now 15-0-0. Winning once again by KO.
Anthony Joshua increases his professional record to 15-0-0 with 15 wins by knockout, retaining his British and commonwealth heavyweight titles, following his victory over Dillan Whyte. Although putting up more of a fight than many predicted, Whyte was finally defeated by a big uppercut in the 7th round. And what a knockout it was, Whyte fell into the ropes appearing to be out cold! This was Anthony Joshua’s longest fight and he looked as though he dominated the score card for the first 5 rounds. Joshua is a very strong, aggressive fighter and did not disappoint; hitting Whyte with some big punches. The fight however was not always one sided and Whyte did returns some big shots and appeared to rock Joshua a couple of times. In the end, Joshua’s superior fitness and adaptability appeared to be what won him the fight. Continue reading “Joshua makes it 15 KOs in 15”
Gasser was a cut above the rest in the Dew Tour’s Women’s slopestyle competition.
The 2015/16 snowboard season has begun in style with the (Mountain) Dew tour in Breckenridge Colorado. Kicking things off was the Women’s slopestyle competition, with a final six comprising of; Spencer O’Brien, Hailey Langland, Anna Gasser, Cheryl Maas, Katie Ormerod, Klaudia Medlova and Anna Gasser. The roster for the final was strong, with all competitors putting in strong performances and no competitor achieving a score lower than 73.60. The top three justified their places on the podium, achieving scores greater than 85, however Anna Gasser was a cut above the rest with a mighty score of 91.20. The 24 year old Austrian won her first ever major competition putting on a master class in spinning tricks, stomping a frontside 540 , a cab 540, a switchback 180 and a frontside 720 to finish her strong run a full 4.80 points ahead of Spencer O’Brien in second. Hailey Langland who finished top in the semi-finals with a score of 93.60 finished in third.
Continue reading “Anna Gasser spins to victory in women’s slopestyle”
Tyson Fury is stripped of IBF title belt after a breach in contract allowing him a rematch with former champion Wladamir Klitschkov
In a shock result, Tyson Fury beat heavyweight boxing champion Wladamir Klitschko winning the IBF, WBO, WBF heavyweight and WBA super heavyweight world titles. Fury won the match on a judge’s decision, beating the former champion: 116-111, 115-112 and 115-112. The newly crowned champion is now 25 wins for 0 losses with 18 wins by knockout. Continue reading “Tyson Fury stripped of IBF title”
The Aldo vs McGregor card of UFC 194 is shaping up to be one of the most highly anticipated MMA fights of all time.
The Aldo vs McGregor card of UFC 194 is shaping up to be one of the most highly anticipated MMA fights of all time. With the popularity of the sport fuelled by personalities such as Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor who have embraced their new found celebrity, the UFC is one of the fastest growing sports franchises. 490 000 viewers tuned in to watch Rousey vs Holm (UFC 194), arguably one of the biggest upsets in the history of any combat sport. After the defeat of Ronda Rousey, one of the most prolific fighters in her category in the UFC, it is clear that in MMA, anything can happen making the sport all the more engaging to the viewer. Continue reading “UFC 194, Aldo vs McGregor”
Russian Athletics has taken heat for their doping policy – however, they are not the only country or sport with a problem.
After the recent announcement that Russian Athletics has been banned from competing at the 2016 Olympics due to accusations of state sponsored doping there has been much debate online about how prevalent the practice is in various sports. The main topic of conversation seems to be whether Russia are in-fact the only nation to have a state sponsored doping regime, with many arguing that Russia have been singled out for political reasons. Obviously, I am not involved in professional sport, nor am I part of any anti-doping agency. I am, however, pretty in-tune with sports news and media – so here’s my ignorant opinion on how prevalent doping and performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) are in different sports. Continue reading “How common are Performance Enhancing Drugs and Doping in Sport?”
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