eal Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been given the Overseas Sports Personality of the Year award by theBBC. Ronaldo was presented with the accolade by teammateGareth Bale for his performances throughout the calendar year, and the ex-Manchester United man said that it was an honour to have been chosen. Ronaldo moved to Los Blancos for a fee of £80m back in 2009. Lewis Hamilton has been voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014. Hamilton becomes the fifth racing driver to win the award in its 61-year history, with Damon Hill (94 & 96) and Nigel Mansell (86 & 92) triumphing on two occasions and Stirling Moss (61) and Sir Jackie Stewart (73) claiming the prize once.Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy was runner-up, with athlete Jo Pavey third. Rodgers has conceded that his team are lacking in spirit, but feels that there is resolve to improve their situation this season after they slumped to 10th in the table. Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has been dropped indefinitely, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed. The Belgian was replaced by Brad Jones for Sundays 3-0 defeat against Manchester United, and the Australian will retain his place for Wednesdays Capital One Cup tie at Bournemouth. Rodgers made the decision to drop keeper Simon Mignolet for the match, and revealed that the Belgian could be out for a lengthy period. Rodgers has conceded that his team are lacking in spirit, but feels that there is resolve to improve their situation this season after they slumped to 10th in the table. Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has been dropped indefinitely, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed. The Belgian was replaced by Brad Jones for Sundays 3-0 defeat against Manchester United, and the Australian will retain his place for Wednesdays Capital One Cup tie at Bournemouth. Rodgers made the decision to drop keeper Simon Mignolet for the match, and revealed that the Belgian could be out for a lengthy period. Louis van Gaal refused to be drawn on whether his Manchester United side are now title contenders following Sundays 3-0 victory against Liverpool. The Reds are third in the table, five points behind second-placed Manchester City and eight behind leaders Chelsea. Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Robin van Persie were all on the scoresheet in a convincing victory for United against their biggest rivals. Christian Eriksen struck a late winner against Swansea City to move Tottenham within four points of the Premier Leagues top four. Spurs now sit seventh, two places and two points above the Swans. BOXING: The national boxing team is set to receive training and competition gear from undefeated American boxer Floyd Mayweather, who holds 10 world titles in different categories.Through his Floyd Mayweather gym in Las Vegas, the boxer is set to send to the Uganda national boxing team-commonly known as The Bombers, an assortment of boxing kit every year to help them improve their talents and prepare for different competitions.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:22:34 +0000