Sport

14th July 2019. What a monumental day of sport! Novak Djokovic overcoming a powerful Roger Federer in an epic to win his 5th Wimbledon title, England edging out New Zealand in a historic super over to win their first ever Cricket World Cup, Lewis Hamilton winning the British GP to extend his lead at the top, and make history in the process, and Riyad Mahrez sending Algeria to the African Cup of Nations final with a clutch free-kick in stoppage time v Nigeria.

To sum up in a single word “SPORT”!

Given I’ve been following the recent Netball World Cup, I’ll get onto that

(Note: Apologies for not covering England v Samoa, I wasn’t in the best of moods — on a Saturday, right?!)

Nevertheless, I’ll get onto it! Day three of the Netball World Cup saw the climax of the first group stage with the likes of England, Australia, and New Zealand among others qualifying for the next stage.

The game I watched was Jamaica v South Africa which was the most competitive game I’ve ever watched. I actually enjoyed watching a close game (even though I had it on mute due to watching the Wimbledon final and the Cricket World Cup final). At least it wasn’t a blowout like England v Samoa (90–24) and Australia v Sri Lanka (99–24). I prefer watching games like that rather than absolute demolition matches!

Looking at the other results, Northern Ireland v Zimbabwe was also close (someone please tell me how that went as I didn’t watch).

Monday sees the second stage commence! I’ve been enjoying the tournament so far, and we’re nearly at the business end, I’m intrigued to find out what’s instore…