More and more people are finding new, exciting and sometimes stranger ways of finding entertainment. We all love being entertained, whether by methods such as movies, music, partying and games, entertainment is a way of uplifting and removing ourselves from the daily humdrum of working life and the necessities that come with it. We all like escapism. Removing ourselves from reality for a moment allows us to put our life into perspective and return to it with a more relaxed and open frame of mind.
England empty-handed as Superstars gifted victory
England did not so much lose $20 million last night as hand it gift-wrapped to the Stanford Superstars on a golden platter. In an embarrassing display which demonstrated either that the money on offer – $1m a man – mattered too much or did not matter enough, they were humiliated.
Harry Houdini magic casts spell on Reds
Bottom against top was as one-sided as might have been expected for 70 minutes
in sodden north London yesterday evening, but Liverpool somehow managed to
turn victory into defeat and in doing so, throw away the Premier League
leadership. Chasing a sixth successive win, they led almost from the start
through Dirk Kuyt, only to concede an unlucky own goal by Jamie Carragher
with 20 minutes to play and then suffer a first defeat since March when
Roman Pavlyuchenko scored in added time.
Gunners thrown out of kilter by Delap’s devilish deliveries
Arsenal’s week went from bad to worse yesterday when they meekly succumbed to Stoke City here, blowing a substantial hole in their championship aspirations. By comparison to this, the late collapse against Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday was a night gilded with glory.
Anelka the top dog as goals rain down on Keane’s head
It must be hoped Triggs is in the mood for a good walk this morning. Roy Keane is in the habit of taking his dog for a hike when he has matters to brood on, and after this thrashing there is plenty for the Sunderland manager to contemplate.
Ronaldo double saves United from Hull
It is not just the cracks they have provided in the Premier League hegemony which have made Hull such a welcome breath of east coast air this season. It is the sheer energy that the Yorkshire charabanc can provide on days like this. “We are ‘ull, we are ‘ull” their fans yelled for most of yesterday afternoon and it is a message their players ensured Manchester United will not be forgetting in hurry.
Outside the Box: Berbatov refused to play against Chelsea, says Levy
In a week when Sir Alex Ferguson raved about Dimitar Berbatov’s contribution to Manchester United, consider-ably harsher words were being said about him at his former club Tottenham. The Spurs chairman, Daniel Levy, has revealed the moody Bulgarian refused to play in games against Sunderland and Chelsea, in which the team dropped five points during their worst-ever start to a season, culminating in Juande Ramos being sacked last weekend. Talking about Berbatov agitating for a move to United over the course of more than a year, Levy said: “We had a player that had refused to play two Premier League games for us, was having a detrimental impact on the dressing room and we’d known for a year that this player wanted out of this club.” Levy added: “I don’t think he treated the club with the respect we deserved. We put him on the map. He signed a long-term contract with this club and I think he should have stayed.” Indeed, he would have done had Ramos insisted, but the manager, having used him only briefly as a substitute at Middlesbrough on the first day of the season, decided to cut his losses. It should all add further spice to United’s visit to White Hart Lane on 13 December.
Ronaldo deal on offer as Ferguson fears buy-out
Manchester United will attempt to prevent Cristiano Ronaldo buying himself out of his current contract and leaving for Real Madrid by offering him an extension to it next summer. By the end of the season he will have served three years of his existing five-year deal, and at that point any player aged under 28 is allowed to break his contract by paying his club a sum equal to the wages on the remaining period. Estimating his salary at £120,000 per week, that would mean a fee of £12.48 million, well within Ronaldo’s capabilities as well as Real Madrid’s.
Andrews strike saves Rovers red faces
For one reason and another, the Hawthorns is becoming associated with stirring Premier League afternoons. In a game in which it was going to take something special to divert attention away from the referee Mike Jones, West Bromwich Albion and Blackburn Rovers achieved that feat.
Turnbull stands tall to frustrate Zola’s mini men
West Ham United brought a stop to their four-game losing run yesterday yet the dejection on their players’ faces at the end spoke of another loss. Having taken a grip of the game from kick-off, led through an early Hayden Mullins goal and dominated for almost the entire 90 minutes – to the extent where Middlesbrough goalkeeper Ross Turnbull was forced into a brilliant double save in injury-time – West Ham still drew. It felt like points dropped. Justice it was not.
Saha opens account as Everton cash in to end barren home run
Everton are not yet playing well enough to look like the side who finished fifth in the Premier League last season, but they can look back on a satisfactory week with grounds for optimism after Louis Saha’s late goal sent his former club back to London unluckily empty-handed.
Heskey rides Wigan’s luck to give Adams back trouble
Tony Adams is a methodical man but after two games in official charge of Portsmouth he will hope to soon have a bit more good fortune than he has currently enjoyed. For the second consecutive match, after defeat at Liverpool last Wednesday, Pape Bouba Diop gave away a penalty, converted here by Amr Zaki.
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