UK SPORTS This does not really explain either the excitement or the brilliant golf played by both players. What does explain both is the scorecard of both players; Stenson finishing the day 8 under par and Mickelson 6 under. To start a final round, one shot behind the leader, hit a 6 under par final round, and lose by 3 shots is unimaginable – but that was what poor Phil Mickelson had to endure! Stenson finished 20 under par and set a new Open record, beating Tiger Woods 19 under in 2000. Next up in the golf world will be the Ryder Cup to be played at Hazeltine in the United States. Will the two captains pitch Stenson and Mickelson together in the singles? That would be worth watching again.
Cricket England hosted two countries in the summer, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Sri Lanka are in transition with a number of experienced players retiring, and it showed in the early summer results with England winning two of the three Test matches, the first by an innings and 88 runs and the second by 9 wickets. The third was drawn with rain delays. England then won all three One Day Internationals, the first by 6 wickets, the second by 122 runs and the third by 8 wickets. Two
Twenty 20 matches also resulted in wins for England, the first by 6 wickets and the second by 10 runs. Next up was a much stronger touring side from Pakistan, but England’s young team again played well. The four Test series was drawn 2-2 with Pakistan winning the first and fourth Tests and England the second and third. Each game was surprisingly one sided, England’s wins being by 330 and 141 runs and Pakistan winning by 75 runs and 10 wickets; strange results. However, England dominated the five One Day Internationals winning the first four by 44 runs, 4 wickets, 169 runs and 6 wickets before being denied a whitewash as Pakistan won the fifth by 4 wickets. Pakistan did finish with a flourish in the one and only Twenty20, winning by 9 wickets. England are next off to tour Bangladesh with our ODI captain, Eoin Morgan, and opening batter Alex Hayles, withdrawing from the tour on security grounds. Let’s hope their fears will prove to be unfounded.
Soccer Well it’s all been pretty good news for British summer sport so far but now we come to our usual chestnut, England’s soccer team in the finals of an international tournament and do
you know what – same result. After England’s dreadful performances in the 2014 World Cup finals in Rio, when we drew two matches and lost one and failed to get past the Group stage, England emulated that non-achievement in the Euro 2016 finals in France. This time England achieved an even bigger blow to their reputation losing 1-2 to Iceland!! The manager and his assistants resigned. Therefore, no further reports on soccer until our next issue by which time, hopefully, our memories of Euro 2016 will have faded!!
NFL in London Back to more positive news and three NFL games will be played in London and Middlesex this October. On 2 October the Indianapolis Colts will host the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium. On 23 October Twickenham Stadium will be the venue for the Los Angeles Rams hosting the New York Giants. Finally, on 30 October the Cincinnati Bengals will host the Washington Redskins at Wembley Stadium. The NFL has extended its commitment for a further five years to play at least two matches in London, so our readers can look forward to at least some home town sport in the UK for some time to come – enjoy.
Dear American Friend, As you may be aware Tentazioni Restaurant has now moved to sunny Notting Hill Gate after almost 19 years trading in an upcoming area in South London. We are very pleased to introduce ourselves in our new venue offering a quality Italian cuisine through the work of our chef’s brigade led by yours truly Chef Patron Riccardo Giacomini (Grand Hotel Rimini, Grano (Chiswick)). Most of the menus offerings are hand made daily in our kitchen (all breads, fresh egg pastas, all sauces, cakes, biscuits, petit fours). We only offer one pasta course made with dry pasta, available usually at lunchtime but also on request; it is from quality pasta maker Columbro (which is based in the Marche) and it is a dry pasta made with flour obtained from a quality Italian grain variety Senatori Cappelli: you will be able to taste the difference! Please know that at Tentazioni we celebrate Thanksgiving Day, this year on Thursday 24th November, as we have done now for 11 years for our loyal American guests. Note that you might also want to consider our ad hoc promotion: quote code AME101 and you will receive a complimentary aperitif drink of your choice at arrival (valid until 30th December 2016). We look forward to seeing you at Tentazioni.
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