BUDAPEST 2019

The official sports programme for the World Urban Games Budapest 2019 has been unveiled, with one month to go until the inaugural event.

One of the aims of the World Urban Games is to take urban sports to a new dimension and inspire a new generation of athletes around the world by creating a complete festival of urban culture, dance, music and sport.

Reports says that the Games, which will take place from 12-15 September at the Nagyvásártelep (Market Hall) in the south of Budapest is powered by GAISF, and features competitions to showcase sports.

A BIG MISS FOR SOUTH AFRICA

Caster Semenya would be a “big miss” for South Africa because she has been one of the country’s “key medal favorites” ,the South African athlete will not be able to defend her 800-meters title at the world championships in September after the Swiss Federal Tribunal reversed a ruling that temporarily lifted testosterone regulations imposed on her.

According to reports the Double Olympic champion who lost her case against the athletics' governing body in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on May 1, 2019,over her testosterone levels also came out to say that she has not felt supported by other women in sports during a women’s conference in Johannesburg where she was the headline speaker.

However Semenya is appealing the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) ruling that supported regulations introduced by the sport’s governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF),which say that XY chromosome athletes with differences in sexual development (DSDs) can race in distances from 400m to a mile only if they take medication to reach a reduced testosterone level.

Despite the IAAF receiving support from some current and former athletes, the decision to reduce testosterone levels in women’s athletics has also attracted criticism from human rights organizations.

Sadly recurring scepticism surrounding her femininity keeps clashing with her enviable athleticism. 

TOP 5s!

EPL Top 5 out of 100: Ranking of Premier League's Best Players After Match-day 3.

Top 5 Goalkeepers

No1. David De Gea (Manchester United)
No2. Ederson (Manchester City)
No3. Nick Pope (Burnley)
No4. Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City)
No5. Jordan Pickford (Everton)

Top 5 Right-Backs/Right Wing-Backs

No1. Kyle Walker (Manchester City)
No2. Victor Moses (Chelsea)
No3. Matthew Lowton (Burnley)
No4. Antonio Valencia (Manchester United)
No5. Hector Bellerin (Arsenal)

Top 5 Left-Backs/Left Wing-Backs

No1. Andy Robertson (Liverpool)
No2. Fabian Delph (Manchester City)
No3. Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur)
No4. Marcos Alonso (Chelsea)
No5. Ashley Young (Manchester United)

Top 5 Centre-Backs

No1. Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur)
No2. Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea)
No3. Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City)
No4. Ben Mee (Burnley)
No5. James Tarkowski (Burnley)

Top 5 Defensive Midfielders/Central Midfielders

No1.David Silva (Manchester City)
No2.Fernandinho (Manchester City)
No3.N'Golo Kante (Chelsea)
No4.Nemanja Matic (Manchester United)
No5.Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal)

Top 5 Attacking Midfielders/Wingers

No1.Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
No2.Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
No3.Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)
No4.Leroy Sane (Manchester City)
No5.Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur)

Top 5 Strikers

No1.Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)
No2.Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
No3.Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
No4.Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United)
No5.Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City)

Get Well Soon Sir!

Sir Alex Ferguson

Sir Alex Ferguson is still in intensive care after undergoing an emergency surgery for a brain hemorrhage on Saturday.

According to reports the 76-year-old’s family have requested privacy as he recovers in a Salford Royal Hospital in the UK.

Goodwill messages However have continued to pour in
for Sir Alex who managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013, and was the most successful manager in the history of the club.

Wenger's Out!

Arsene Wenger Wrapped up his stay at Arsenal as manager following a final home victory over Burnely.

According to reports Tributes were paid to the Frenchman throughout Sunday’s 5-0 thrashing of Burnley, starting with an appreciative guard of honor from both sets of players and ending with speeches and presentations on the pitch.

At the end of the day Arsenal awarded Wenger with the special trophy the club had been awarded with to commemorate their undefeated  “Invincible” title season of 2003-04.