The Sports Review

Christiano Ronaldo is the most exciting player that the English Premier League has witnessed this season and his superb performances against Aston Villa and Roma recently is testimony to the fact that he is a soccer legend in the making. One of the sports leading icon Ronaldo is close to be called as the best soccer player in the whole world and on an average scores a goal in three games for his national side Portugal.

Ronaldo’s EPL record speaks for itself and he has reached such dizzy heights in the Premiership that cannot be matched by any player in the near future. Even though it is too early for Ronaldo to be compared to the likes of Maradona, Pele, Charles or Best, the rear reviews that he has gathered in this season will place him in close ranks with these soccer legends. Ronaldo has many years of soccer left in him and if he plays with the same form and commitment for a few more years, he will surely become a soccer legend.

Chipper Jones, the no.10 third baseman for the Atlanta Braves, sustained further injury to his already strained right quadriceps while belting out a double, leaving Atlanta Braves to fend for themselves during last Sunday’s game against Los Angeles. Fortunately, his team did not suffer much due to his absence and instead managed to score 6-1, making them the victors.

Previously, Jones injured his right quad during the April 9 at Colorado. He did not fully recuperate and trooped on to play but this proved to be a bad mistake. He successfully extended his hitting streak to 12 games. He took quite a while to get back on his feet after sliding into second base, and that’s when Jones knew that something was wrong. When asked to comment, the Atlanta Braves’ manager Bobby Cox does not know if Jones feels up to it for the following Monday night game. With opponents like Washington, it’s best to be sure, he says. He maintains that Jones’ injury is nothing major and fans should not worry too much.

The American number one tennis player and leading sports personality, Andy Roddick, helped his team to book a place in the semi finals of the prestigious Davis Cup tournament by beating the Frenchman Paul Henri Mathieu 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. USA beat France 4-1 in their five match rubber and will face Spain in the semi finals in September. The semis will be played in the clay courts in Spain and Roddick said that he is looking forward to represent his nation there.

Roddick who did not give any opportunity for Mathieu in the match is currently on a nine match Davis Cup winning streak and has received rare reviews for his Davis Cup performance. Roddick said that he played some awesome tennis and was very much excited about his serves in the game. Roddick fired two aces to close the match and was so dominant on his serve that he only lost 13 points on his serve in the entire match.

The Washington Capitals have agreed to sign on Francois Bouchard and award him with an entry level three level contract. Previously, the nineteen year old right winger was drafted in the second round session by the Washington Capitals during the 2006 NHL Draft.

He obtained a phenomenals 92 points (36-56) in 68 games with Baie-Comeau of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League this season. He also had one goal in four regular-season games with the American Hockey League’s Hershey Bears.

Bouchard led the QMJHL in scoring in 2006-’07, when he recorded 125 points (45-80). He was also known as the younger brother of Pierre-Marc Bouchard, a Minnesota Wild hockey player. Just four years older, Pierre-Marc is a professional hockey forward player is considered to be creative playmaker as well as a resilient team player who is not afraid of utilizing unusual techniques in the ice hockey industry.

At first, Dontrelle Willis thought that his knee was severely injured. Then it turns out that the Detroit Tigers player actually suffered from a hyperextended knee after slipping in front of the mound while churning out a first-inning pitch last Friday night.

Willis was a good trooper and soldiered on enough to let the Tigers regroup to throw a grand total of 14 pitches to beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2, gaining their second win in 10 games this entire season.

He was initially worried that his knee would be the reason behind the Tigers’ impending failure but with plenty of Advil applied to the sore spot, he eventually regained confidence and played on, much to the fans and team’s delight. He has been to a doctor for evaluation but at the present moment the extent of his knee injury is unclear, and fans do not know when he will be able to deliver his finishing moves yet again.

After an 18 day tour to three countries and four cities, the red sox are on their way back home. The team concluded their road trip with a 7-4 defeat by the blue jays this Sunday. The red sox had started their trip from Tokyo. From there they traveled to Los Angeles followed by the trip to Oakland and finally concluding the series with a trip to Toronto.

 The epic road trip covered around 16,000 miles and the players are happy that it has finally come to an end. It was a first trip for the team of such a kind and there was a major adjustment that had to be made. One of the most difficult parts of the trip has been the mental and physical strain it takes on the players. The team had got off to a good start by winning two games in Japan. This was followed by their wins in Oakland as well. Things were however not very smooth after this and some claim fatigue was a major factor which deteriorated the team’s performance.

Red sox nation has been touring 18 days and they are more than eager to come home and play their home matches. The team will return to play the Tigers at their home stadium, Fenway Park. The players of the team are excited to get back home and start playing amidst their home crowd. Daisuke Matsuzaka would be taking the mound for the team. In his last game he permitted only two hits and a run while himself striking out 9 over 6 2/3 innings.

 In Tuesdays’ game the two teams would be trying to get out of the slump. The tigers have not had a good run and though they were the favorites to win the American League Central, they have gone without any win in the first few games. The Red sox too have not had a very successful run in the sports trip and were defeated by the Blue Jays. Many believe that extensive travel over three countries during the road trip and fatigue might have deteriorated the performance of the players in the team but Youkilis did not want to use that as an excuse for his team’s poor performance. The win at their home turf might give them the push that they have been looking for to get over the early season slump.

The New York Knicks were not able to win either of their back to back contests held on Friday and Saturday and were defeated 114-93 by the Minnesota Wolves on NBA Saturday. The Knicks who have been exhibited raw young talent for these games could not get the better of the Wolves young team. The Knicks, one of the leading sports outfit in America, lost the game handsomely in spite of having six players scoring double digits in the game.

The Head coach of Knicks Isiah Thomas said that the Knicks played the America’s favorite sport, basketball, very poorly in the first quarter and gave away 42 points. This is the main reason for their debacle in this game and the coach acknowledged that the team pulled up their socks in the second quarter and played well in the remaining quarters. The Knicks were totally disappointed to loose two games in a row and have vowed to review their present situation in a bid to sail through these trouble waters and come up with a good performance in the remaining games.