June 2011

#RaiseYourGame – David Haye (27th June 2011)

Each week SC1 Sports will bring you a video of what we believe is sporting excellence. #RaiseYourGame will display an athlete, or team, who has stepped up to the plate and delivered the goods when they needed it most. Can David Haye raise his game to defeat Wladimir Klitschko in the Imtech Arena, Hamburg, 2nd July 2011? #RaiseYourGame – David Haye (27th June 2011) from SC1 Sports on Vimeo.

Top 10 Unusual Sports (Part One)

This is the first in a two part feature from SC1 Sports, bringing you 10 of the most outrageous and unusual sports played around the world. In this first part, we bring you some sports consisting of inflatables, trampolines, and even a headless goat carcass. Also, the most physical and mental sport there is… According to the British Octopush Association, “Octopush is underwater hockey and is a supreme aerobic game. It was invented in the early 1950s by sub-aqua divers in Southsea who got bored just swimming up and down pool lanes to get fit. The game is now played worldwide. Underwater hockey is fast, furious, and fun …”. Players wear basic underwater … Continue reading →

Messi vs Ronaldo

For the last 4 years now, one of the most frequently asked football questions is generally: Messi or Ronaldo? (Well, that and “Why Emile Heskey?”) I, personally, have always sided with the former United powerhouse after watching him make mince meat out of the Premier League for 6 seasons. People call him selfish but I would call him a winner. And it is this desire to be the very best footballer the world has ever seen which makes me want to pick the explosive Portuguese man ahead of the Barcelona attacker whom Pelé refuses to acknowledge as a legend just at the minute. I always said that Cristiano would cope much better … Continue reading →

Blasphemy! Pele Questions Messi

When it comes to dishing out criticism, I’m right up there with the most controversial of sports fans. Show me the perfect player and I’ll point out the most dramatic flaw. My own blunt self-analyses have, in my biased opinion, improved my performances on and off the field and they have also given me a green light to suggest that it’s okay that I nit-pick at other sportspeople’s contributions – especially those lauded as the greatest talents of their generation (or even further back). My critique habits had gotten so bad (well, I prefer ‘precise’) that even football’s very own golden boy Lionel Messi was not spared. In fact, I had actually … Continue reading →

Team GB – Reunited?

Football was introduced as an Olympic sport for the 1908 games. In those games, Great Britain won and defended their title four years later in Stockholm. The 1972 games were the last in which a united Great Britain football team competed. London 2012 looks like it may be seeing a comeback from the home nations side, as long as the Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales FA’s agree. If they don’t, Team GB will consist of English players only. The rules for the Olympic medal game are that it is an under-23 event, but each squad can name 3 over-age players. Argentina were the winners in Beijing 2008, and looking at their squad … Continue reading →

#RaiseYourGame – Andy Murray

Having featured in only 3 Major finals, playing just 9 sets in total, 24 year old Andy Murray has a lot of stepping up to do if he is to finally fulfill his potential and move back into the world top 3. However, after reaching the final and semi-final of the tennis season’s last two Opens, and after clinching the most recent grass tournament, maybe the Scot agrees with the rest of the UK that it is high-time that he puts his gifted talent to use. Rafa Nadal took home his tenth major last month (just one year older than Murray). If Andy is to begin the long catching-up process in the … Continue reading →

Skinned & Lynched

Shame on me. Just two days ago I spoke on our second podcast discussing why I couldn’t see anything other than an Armagh victory today at Clones. Our defence was weak; our key players were missing; Armagh had just too much in the tank for our relatively inexperienced outfit. Shame on me. I spoke volumes about this Armagh team. Charlie Vernon, Jamie Clarke, Steve McDonnell’s superlatives had bells hanging off them. What about the aptitude of Ciaran McKeever, Aaron Kernan, Andy Mallon? Need I go on? Shame on me. Because what I did briefly brush over, rather abruptly and disrespectfully in hindsight, was that Derry’s forward line had potential to hurt the … Continue reading →

Randy Lerner Meets With Stuart Pearce

SC1Sports uncover footage that Aston Villa held eleventh hour talks with Stuart Pearce regarding their recently vacant managerial position. Villa chairman, Randy Lerner, seemingly spoke with the England under 21 boss immediately prior to their approach for Alex McLeish.    

On Your Marks…

August 13th sees the start of a brand new Barclays Premier League season. New teams, new signings, new managers, new kits, new heroes, new villains. It promises to be an exciting one with Northern Irishman Brendan Rodgers’ Swansea side entering the league as the first ever Welsh side in the Premiership. Alex McLeish has a mountain to climb as new manager of Aston Villa, where he will have to first of all win over basically every single fan. Martin Jol has a point to prove at Fulham after his unfair dismissal at Spurs. Can Man City take another step forward and mount a serious title challenge? (Hopefully not) Since the fixtures for … Continue reading →

Bring It Home Rory

Last year, Kenny McDowell became the proudest father in the world after his boy, Graeme (@Graeme_McDowell), won the US Open in Pebble Beach. “You’re something, kid!” he said. Northern Ireland is on the edge of welcoming home another national hero, as Rory McIlroy has stormed into a magnificent lead at this years US Open in Maryland. In fact, the whole world finds itself repeating the ecstatic words of Mr. McDowell from that momentous occasion, except this time it is directed towards the boy wonder, Rory McIlroy (@McIlroyRory). After Day 2 at Maryland, McIlroy finished with a score of 66, leaving him -11. He had a lead of 7 shots on his rivals … Continue reading →