26.01.15
Top Four:
- Resurgence: Danny Cipriani is back in the 6 Nations Squad for the first time since 2008, having shed his bad boy image and regained some favour with the England management, whilst down under Venus Williams is in the quarter finals of a grand slam for the first time since 2011.
- Ian Bell is England’s all-time leading ODI run scorer after a valiant century in a narrow defeat to Australia, but team-mate Moeen Ali is the cover-boy for Wisden…
- FA Cup Upsets as Chelsea, Manchester City and Southampton, the Premiership top 3, all crashed out
- England in Europe: all four English premiership sides will travel for away games after qualifying for the quarter finals of the inaugural European Champions Cup.
In the relegation zone:
- Periods, after Heather Watson blamed her lacklustre performance in Australia on ‘girl problems’, breaking the so-called ‘last taboo’ in sport by doing so.
- Teeth – Tiger Woods is one short after an altercation with a camera man
- Blackmail – attempts to blackmail England captain Eoin Morgan about a past relationship failed this week as the ECB involved the police.
Sporting Speak 