Archive for April, 2008

2008 Euroleague Final Four Winners

Euroleague Basketball’s 2008 Final Four tournament was held Friday, 2 May 2008 in Madrid, Spain. Game One, between Montepaschi (Siena, Italy) and Maccabi Elite (Tel Aviv, Israel) tipped off at 18:00 CET; the second game, between Tau Ceramica (Vitoria, Spain) and CSKA Moscow, began at 21:00 CET
Montepaschi Siena, a relative newcomer to Euroleague Basketball, met […]

2008 Ice Hockey World Championship Winners

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship played out in two venues in Canada, May 2 through 8, 2008: at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City, Quebec.
The field of 16 ice hockey teams played a number of qualifying games through the first two weeks of […]

2008 Wachovia Championship Winner

The Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, was host to the Wachovia Championship April 28 through May 4, 2008. The Pro-Am tournament kicked off the sold-out event; players teed off for the first round of championship play on Thursday, May 1, beginning at 7:00 a.m.
Alabama native Stewart Cink emerged victorious in the 2008 Wachovia […]

London Mayoral Election 2008 Results

The election for the Mayor of London was held 1 May 2008 in London. Londoners select a mayor every four years.
Ken Livingstone, the Labour Party’s candidate, was declared the winner of the 2008 London Mayoral Election. Mayoral election prediction: Ken Livingstone wins the 2008 London Mayoral Election.
The slate of candidates for the 2008 mayoral […]

2008 Open de Espana Winner

The 2008 Open de Espana was held between May 1 and May 4, 2008 in San Roque Golf Club in southern Spain.
The winner of the 2008 Open de Espana (our golf prediction) is Colin Montgomerie, the British Golf player who is currently ranked at the 75th place world wide. He won so far 31 […]

Open Sabadell Atlantico 2008 Winner

The Open Sabadell Atlantico 2008 was held between April 24 and May 5, 2008 in Barcelona, Spain.
The tournament hosted the seven top ranked Tennis players on the ATP world ranking headed by Rafael Nadal who was also the winner of Open Sabadell Atlantico for the last three years. Nadal succeeded beating Nikolay Davydenko the Russian […]

2008 Byron Nelson Championship Winner

The EDS Byron Nelson Championship 2008 was held Monday, April 21 through Sunday, April 27, 2008 at the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas in Irving, Texas.
The week started with practice rounds for the professional golfers and the Champions Pro-Am tournament.
The field included top-ranked golfers vying for the winner’s share of $1,152,000. The winner of […]

2008 NFL Draft picks

Round 1 of the NFL Draft 2008 started Saturday, April 26 at 3:00 p.m. in New York. There were few surprises among the first picks in the first round.
Miami – The Dolphins’ management looked at their options and decided that, although they were awful against the run last season, their greatest weakness was their offensive […]

Masters Series Monte Carlo 2008 Champion

The Masters Series Monte Carlo tournament presented by Rolex was held at the Monte Carlo Country Club, April 21 to 27, 2008.
The official entry list for the 2008 event included the best men’s tennis players from around the globe. Tennis prediction: Rafael Nadal of Mallorca, Spain was the 2008 winner of the Masters Series Monte […]

2008 Fed Cup Semifinal Winners

The Russian women’s Fed Cup tennis team competed against the USA at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on April 26 and 27, 2008. These two teams met in 2007 and 2005, and although the USA leads the match-up overall, the Russians came out on top in each of their last two meetings.
Playing for defending champion […]