fitness a bit better, " stressed Fletcher, who refused to single out those players he believes have arrived below the required standards."They were caught out a little bit when they pitched up here because suddenly they weren't able to get into match fitness as soon as they would have ...
with Scotland entertaining San Marino, Northern Ireland facing Austria, Wales in Albania, and the Republic of Ireland visiting Portugal. The regional variations would also have included the games. Sportsnight also previewed the England cricket team's first test series in South Africa for 31 ...
Two Test cricket grounds are located in London: Lord's, home of Middlesex, in St John's Wood, and The Oval, home of Surrey, in Kennington. The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, home of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships is in Wimbledon in the south. London also hosts the annual...
NotesThe programme also included a look ahead to England's speedway first test match against the United States on the Thursday night at Wimbledon, and a horse-racing preview of the first two classics of the flat-racing season, beginning with the weekend's 2000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket. 561...
England fought their way to the semi-finals, and each struggle along the way brought more support. A total of 25.2 million viewers watched the semi-final. As predicted, twice as many saw it on BBC1 as on ITV. It was the largest audience for a televised football match for twenty years....
due to the massive interest in the game. There must have been a good relationship between the BBC and BSkyB at this time, because the two networks simultaneously broadcast England's next qualifier, in Turkey on a Wednesday afternoon. This was the first England match to appear on the new Sky...