THERE was this joke that went around dressing rooms whenever a teammate was about to get married: We used to say, the engagement ring comes before the wedding ring, and they are followed, soon after, by suffering.
SOUTH KOREAN forwards Moon Soon Ho and Chang Jo Yoon were the stars for Woodlands Wellington as the Rams ran out 3-1 winners over Balestier Khalsa at the Woodlands Stadium last night.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL, SECOND LEG
BARCELONA 0
BAYERN MUNICH 3
(Robben 49, Pique 72-og, Mueller 76)
*Bayern Munich through to final 7-0 on aggregate.
REGULAR NBA season games are now held in the UK, while the one of the popular league’s pre-season games will come to South-east Asia for the first time this October, when the Indiana Pacers face Houston Rockets in Manila.
THERE were a time when the pain of not being as tall as his friends pushed deep into his soul.
But 1.60m-tall Tyrone Curtis “Muggsy” Bogues persevered, believing that he could be as good, if not better, a basketball player as those who towered over him.
If Arsenal could play as they did for the first 30 minutes of their clash with Manchester United yesterday, they would be strolling triumphantly down someone else’s guard of honour.
Robin van Persie could have no more persuasive argument for his defection from Arsenal than the guard of honour that his former teammates will offer him today.