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Why World-Class Wayne Rooney’s 100th Cap Demonstrates that the Blame for England’s failure Lies Collectively and not Individually

By Melosport on November 15, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

On Saturday evening, England host Slovenia at Wembley and Wayne Rooney will become the latest Three Lions centurion. Despite a hugely successful club career where the Manchester United forward has accumulated five […]

Why Champions League qualification is the be-all and end-all for Manchester United this season

By Melosport on September 12, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

In July, Manchester United announced a record-breaking £750m 10-year kit deal with Adidas. One of the world’s richest clubs became even richer but it was also noted that the colossal £75m annual […]

Commonwealth Games 2014: 41-shot rally in Men’s Table Tennis

By Melosport on July 28, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Nigeria’s Segun Toriola battled away superbly to win a 41-shot rally against Singapore’s Ning Gao during their semi-final clash.

World Cup Final 2014: Mario Gotze Delivers the Midas Touch as Die Mannschaft Tops the World for a Fourth Time

By Melosport on July 14, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Germany 1-0 Argentina (AET) After contesting both the 1986 and 1990 World Cup final, familiar foes Germany and Argentina met again in their third World Cup final. La Albiceleste won the first encounter […]

World Cup 2014: Semi-Final Round-Up—Brazil Butchered by the Brutal Germans and Messi’s Dream is Kept Alive after Penalties

By Melosport on July 10, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Brazil 1-7 Germany For over 60 years, Brazil has been tormented by the memory of El Fantasma (The Ghost). It was at the Maracana in the 1950 World Cup Final when Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguay’s […]

World Cup 2014: Quarter-Final Round-Up—Brazil Progress but Lose Neymar as Germany Sets a New Record

By Melosport on July 7, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

The feverish excitement surrounding the group stages and last-16 led to arduous claims that 2014 was well on its way to becoming the ‘best-ever’ World Cup. So, in response to the overly used ‘best-ever’ […]

World Cup 2014: Extra-time Drama as Argentina and Belgium Both Scrape Through to the Quarter-Finals

By Melosport on July 2, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

It was a night for history. A first for the up-coming quarter-finals and a first for a goalkeeper. Five of the eight second-round matches went into extra-time. Already more than the entire […]

World Cup 2014: The Germans Book a Quarter-final date with Les Bleus

By Melosport on June 30, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

France 2-0 Nigeria Late strikes from Paul Pogba and a Joseph Yobo own-goal were enough to take Les Bleus into the World Cup quarter-finals. Given the entertaining matches both teams had previously […]

World Cup 2014: Holland Leave it Late to Topple Mexico and Penalties Take Costa Rica to the Quarter-Finals

By Melosport on June 30, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Holland 2-1 Mexico Mexican hearts were broken by Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben in Fortaleza as the Dutch left it very late to beat Mexico. #MEX Round of 16 results the last 6 […]

World Cup 2014: Last 16 Round-up—Brazil’s Prayers are Answered and James Rodriguez Announces his Arrival onto the World Stage

By Melosport on June 29, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Brazil 1-1 Chile (Brazil win 3-2 on penalties) The first knock-out match at the 2014 World Cup took place in Belo Horizonte and went the distance with Brazil prevailing in dramatic fashion against […]

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