Lions start season in style

London Lions put on a scintillating show of attacking football in the first half of their opening Herts Senior County League Premier Division fixture, running out 4-1 winners against Sandridge Rovers at Rowley Lane on Saturday.

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Four-midable Wingate start in style

Ryman League Division One North

Great Wakering Rovers 1 Wingate & Finchley 4 

Wingate & Finchley started the 2008/09 season in style with a fantastic away victory at Great Wakering Rovers, scoring four goals in the process. The win however was not as comprehensive as the scoreline suggested as Wakering put up a strong fight, but clinical finishing and composure separated the teams.

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Lions get cuffed

Potter Bar Charity Cup
London Lions 0 Cuffley 1

An unfortunate lapse of concentration at a set-piece, a lack of composure in front of goal and not having any lady luck of their side were all the components compounded together as the Lions lost 1-0 to Cuffley in the Potters Bar Charity Cup.

The Lions played some lovely football at times and were the better side for vast periods of the game but just couldn't turn the excellent possession they had into goals.

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Wingate keeping the faith as Sacks shows his class

Former Manchester United academy player Michael Sacks believes exciting times lie ahead at Wingate & Finchley as the team prepares to start their new campaign in the Ryman League Division One North at Great Wakering Rovers tomorrow.

The 20-year-old centre back recently moved to London due to work commitments. Upon leaving FC United during the summer, he had his heart set on joining the Abrahams Stadium club: "As soon as I found out I was moving to London, my first phone call was to manager Michael Stone, even before telling my old man.

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Lions boss demands good show

London Lions manager Tony Gold believes his troops are well equipped to improve on last season's disappointing seventh place finish as their Herts Senior County League Premier Division campaign kicks off on Saturday.

Gold's men completed their preparations on Tuesday night when they took on Cuffley in the Potters Bar Charity Cup, a competition they reached the semi-finals of last season.

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Greenberg’s fighting chance

Roman Greenberg will be heading for the big time if wins his IBF North American heavyweight title bout against American Cedric Boswell in Atlanta on August 29.

Maidenhead-based Greenberg has been out of the ring since he stretched his 100 per cent record to 27 victories with a points win over Colin Kenna in London last October.

His absence has been partly due to surgery on a troublesome right hand, which Greenberg said had been successful. "I can really punch with it now."

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Windsurfer saves Israel’s blushes in Beijing

Olympics Israeli windsurfer Shahar Zubari has opened up a significant lead in the RS:X windsurfing competition in Qingdao.

In the first four of 11 races, the 21-year-old from Eilat had two wins and two third places. Only a complete collapse of form will deny the Israeli the opportunity of standing on the medal podium after the final race next Wednesday.

The feeling in the Israeli camp is that Zubari will emulate Gal Fridman, who won Israel's first-ever gold medal in the windsurfing event in the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

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Lezak a big help to Phelps

Michael Phelps owed a considerable debt of gratitude to Jason Lezak, the oldest swimmer in the American men's squad, as he this week surpassed Mark Spitz's tally of nine Olympic golds.

Lezak, 32, recorded a superb 46.06 in the anchor leg of the final of the 4x100 metres freestyle relay to edge out the French squad by 0.67 seconds.

The Californian, who took up the sport at the age of five, is competing in his third consecutive Games.

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Barda is priced out of Bolton

Israel striker Elyaniv Barda has slammed his Belgian club Racing Genk for pricing him out of a transfer to the Premier League after demanding a £4 million transfer fee from Bolton.

"I think Genk went over the top," Barda said. "It could be they threw out a price so high I wouldn't leave because they really want me."

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Goldsmith inspires FC Team

FC Team A displayed a gritty workman-like performance in their second pre-season friendly of the campaign. With up to seven regulars not available the squad was threadbare.

Raiders dominated possession for vast periods of the game however when given the chance FC Team looked equally as dangerous going forward with superb performances by the entire midfield and forward line.

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