Weekly Sports Roundup #4 (20/02/23)
Last Weeks round ups
Soccer
- PSG lose 1-0 against a 10 man side Bayern Munich
- AC Milan win at home against Tottenham
- Chelsea lose 1-0 away from home against Tottenham
- Barcelona draw 2-2 at the Camp Nou against Manchester United
- Manchester City beat Arsenal 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium
Basketball
Team Giannis beat team Lebron to win the 2023 All Star Game. It was labeled the worst match by Lebrons Coach and resembled more of a shooting practice rather than a competitive basketball game.
This Weeks round up
Boxing
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury (Sunday 26th Feb)
- The two boxers are set to fight in Saudi Arabia with both reputations on the line.
- The youtube star, Jake Paul, has won all 6 of his professional fights.
- The Love island star, Tommy Fury, is a professional boxer who has also won the last 8 of his professional fights and comes from a family of boxers which includes heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. He should easily win this fight against the youtuber - Shouldn’t he?
- Jake Paul's trainer has claimed that Jake has a harder punch and a higher fighting IQ, we will have to see if this stands true on Sunday.
Soccer
This week is another big week of soccer. Coming up we have the Carabao Cup final, Champions League and of course the Premier League.
Manchester United vs Newcastle United (Sunday 26th Feb)
- The magpies face United on the 25th of February in what will be their first final since 1969.
- Newcastle face problems at the back after Nick Pope was sent off against Liverpool last Sunday. Dubravka is also ineligible to play as he featured in the cup as a United player towards the start of the season. As a result, we may see Loris Karius, who has not yet played for the club, step up.
Chelsea vs Tottenham (Sunday 26th Feb)
- London Derby
- After last week's result Tottenham have reached the top 4 spot and they face a poor Chelsea side.
- However the stats are against the North London side who haven’t won against the blues in there last 10 matches.
Liverpool vs Real Madrid (Tues 21st Feb)
- This is another historic game
- The two sides met in last year's final in Paris where Liverpool lost 1-0.
- Real Madrid have lost both Toni Kroos and Tchouameni to injury who are two significant midfielders to the side.
- However Karim Benzema will be traveling with the squad on Tuesday.
- Having won back to back games, Real Madrid will have to face an inform Liverpool who have seemed to turn their season around just at the right time.
Rugby
This is a very important week for Scotland who face a tough France side. They are in incredibly good form this year having won all their matches in the championship so far. An out of form Wales are experiencing some real difficulties in their camp.There might be a potential strike from the players who are in a dispute with Welsh rugby bosses over contracts with a deadline on Wednesday set to resolve the issues. Despite all the troubles, Warren Gatlin (head coach) is certain that the game against England will still go ahead.
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