Andy Murray ended Britain’s 74-year wait for a male Wimbledon finalist on Friday as the world No. 4 clinched a 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 semi-final victory over French fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Murray’s triumph consigned a miserable run of 11 semi-final failures by British men to the history books and emulated the achievement of Bunny Austin, the last home challenger to reach the Wimbledon men’s final back in 1938.
But decades of anguish faded from view in front of a jubiliant Centre Court crowd as Murray booked a showdown with six-time champion Roger Federer in Sunday’s final.
This is an advanced country with a social commitment!
“Sweden‘s Euro 2012 squad playing England tomorrow have been rapped by their country’s prime minister for conducting a bizarre bare-bottomed training session.
A hugely embarrassing film shows reserve goalkeeper Johan Wiland on all fours with his shorts lowered, as players fire off shots at his exposed buttocks.
Sweden Keeper Johan Wiland Uses BUM for Target Practice
The team were playing a game called ‘the pig’ in which players volley the ball to each other.
As ‘punishment’ for letting the ball drop, Wiland was made to get on his hands and knees for the humiliating naked ritual.
Sweden were defeated by Ukraine on Monday and must beat England in Kiev on Friday to stand a chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals.
But instead of a rigorous practice session at their training ground, they were caught playing the oddball game popular in school playgrounds.
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt today lashed out at the national team that now has the hopes of the country on its shoulders.
He told Sweden’s Expressen newspaper: ‘People who carry expectations should be aware of that and act accordingly.
‘It’s important to reflect on how what one does in order to meet expectations.’
Centre Party leader Annie Loof described the game as ‘tasteless’, adding to the paper: ‘They are really not being good role models.’
And Goran Hagglund, leader of the Christian Democrat party, said: ‘I do not think they should be engaging in these types of games.’
The head of Sweden’s anti-bullying group Friends also told Expressen: “They have shown unbelievably poor judgment.
hey are heroes for thousands of boys and girls across Sweden and I don’t think they should send signals that this is okay.
‘These sorts of games happen at schools and at sports clubs, but there are also children who end up vulnerable in these situations.’
But the team’s press spokesman Hans Hultman refused to apologise for the incident, describing it as ‘no big deal’.
He said last night: ‘It’s a game the players play in different ways. There’s nothing else to it.’
ESPN Deportes, the company’s Spanish-language sports network, will lead the three television networks (ESPN and ESPN2) with 106 hours of programming featuring 27 live matches and four tape-delayed telecasts on concurrent match windows. ESPN will present 22 matches and surround programming – pregame, halftime and postgame shows – totaling 62 hours, and ESPN2 will feature 33 hours of coverage with nine matches and surround programming, all live.
All 31 matches will be available in high definition and carried on ESPN3, WatchESPN, ESPN Deportes Radio, and 25 matches live on ESPN Mobile TV. This will be the first time the UEFA European Football Championship will be available on ESPN Deportes HD.
Netherlands vs. Germany (Wed., June 13 at 2:45 p.m.): Traditional European rivals and two of the top teams in the world playing in the second of three matches in Group B – the tournament’s “group of death”.
Spain vs. Italy (Sun., June 10 at 12 p.m.): A matchup between the last two FIFA World Cup champions in their first Group C match, where both teams are favored to advance.
France vs. England (Mon., June 11 at 12 p.m.): Traditional powers in European soccer entering the tournament with a recent history of underachieving in marquee tournaments.
Germany vs. Portugal (Sat., June 9 at 2:45 p.m.): Germany has beaten Portugal in their last two matches – at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2008. Each team needs a result in the first of their three Group matches.
Match schedule (Subject to change):
Date
Time (ET)
Match
Site
Networks
Fri, June 8
12 p.m.
Poland vs. Greece
Warsaw
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Russia vs. Czech Republic
Wroclaw
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Sat, June 9
12 p.m.
Netherlands vs. Denmark
Kharkiv
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Germany vs. Portugal
Lviv
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Sun, June 10
12 p.m.
Spain vs. Italy
Gdansk
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Republic of Ireland vs. Croatia
Poznan
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Mon, June 11
12 p.m.
France vs. England
Donetsk
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Ukraine vs. Sweden
Kiev
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Tue, June 12
12 p.m.
Greece vs. Czech Republic
Wroclaw
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Poland vs. Russia
Warsaw
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Wed, June 13
12 p.m.
Denmark vs. Portugal
Lviv
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Netherlands vs. Germany
Kharkiv
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Thu, June 14
12 p.m.
Italy vs. Croatia
Poznan
ESPN2 / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Spain vs. Republic of Ireland
Gdansk
ESPN2 / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Fri, June 15
12 p.m.
Ukraine vs. France
Donetsk
ESPN2 / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Sweden vs. England
Kiev
ESPN2 / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Sat, June 16
2:45 p.m.
Czech Republic vs. Poland
Wroclaw
ESPN2 / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Greece vs. Russia
Warsaw
ESPN / ESPN3 /ESPN Deportes at 5:30 p.m.
Sun, June 17
2:45 p.m.
Portugal vs. Netherlands
Kharkiv
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Denmark vs. Germany
Lviv
ESPN2 / ESPN3 /ESPN Deportes at 5:30 p.m.
Mon, June 18
2:45 p.m.
Croatia vs. Spain
Gdansk
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Italy vs. Republic of Ireland
Poznan
ESPN2 / ESPN3 /ESPN Deportes at 5:30 p.m.
Tue, June 19
2:45 p.m.
England vs. Ukraine
Donetsk
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
2:45 p.m.
Sweden France
Kiev
ESPN2 / ESPN3 /ESPN Deportes at 5:30 p.m.
Thu, June 21
2:45 p.m.
Quarterfinal I – 1A vs. 2B
Warsaw
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Fri, June 22
2:45 p.m.
Quarterfinal II – 1B vs. 2A
Gdansk
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Sat, June 23
2:45 p.m.
Quarterfinal III – 1C vs. 2D
Donetsk
ESPN2 / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Sun, June 24
2:45 p.m.
Quarterfinal IV – 1D vs. 2C
Kiev
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Wed, June 27
2:45 p.m.
Semifinal I – Winners QF I vs. QF III
Donetsk
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Thu, June 28
2:45 p.m.
Semifinal II – Winners QF II vs. QF IV
Warsaw
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
Sun, July 1
2:45 p.m.
Final – Semifinal Winners
Kiev
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes
*** ESPN Deportes match coverage will begin at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
*** ESPN and ESPN match coverage begins at 11:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Australian behavior is too well known to be worth noticing.
you can’t expect anything more than from people who are immigrants , to put it mildly.
Story:
AN AUSTRALIAN athlete has been sent home from the Commonwealth Games in disgrace for late-night partying.
Australian Commonwealth Games boss Perry Crosswhite today confirmed an athlete had been sent home but refused to disclose their identity
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Indian media reported this morning Australian athletes had gone “berserk” after the Australian cricket team was beaten by India, destroying electrical fittings and furniture.
The Times of India report quoted police sources as saying the athletes shouted slogans against Sachin Tendulkar and flung a washing machine down from the eighth floor of their tower.
“The house-keeping staff tried to stop them but to no avail,” said a senior police officer handling security inside the Village.
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