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This week's Champions League knockout draw was an important event for the four English teams involved.
Ernst & Young Bahrain Cricket Club (E&Y BCC) and Ernst & Young Bahrain Cricket Club 'A' (E&Y BCC 'A') triumphed after a fine all-round display in the IRIS WLL-sponsored Bahrain National Day Seven-A-Side Cricket Tournament winning the Gold and Silver trophies respectively.
Indian cricket faces judgement time with the first Test against Australia now under way.
The year 2007 had its share of the good (like Iraq's Asian Cup soccer triumph), substantial portions of the bad (betting, doping, match-fixing etc) and intermittent doses of the ugly as well (Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer's death and soccer violence). It was bizarre (food poisoning claims against the Russians during a Davis Cup tie) as well as brilliant (some Rugby World Cup matches, a few Formula One races and some sublime performances by Roger Federer, Kaka and Tiger Woods) and occasionally even comical (like the F1 row which was kicked off in a nondescript photo copying shop). Here's the first section of a two-part series on A to Z of sports in 2007 by Vijay Mruthyunjaya.
ONE of the kingdom's brightest badminton stars Jaffar Ibrahim is urging for more investment to be made into his beloved sport.
