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Its been a busy week for me and so not much time for blogging, but its also been a busy week in the world of sport.

First up England winning, and not only winning but winningwith some style against Russia mid-week.  Due to a complete cock up with keys, which I wont go into, I managed to miss the first half and so both of Owens goals, but it was good to see England pretty much in control of the second half with the exception of a 10 minute spell. 

Who would have thought that Heskey could make such an impact that Gareth Barry would fit in so well and that Owen would hit top form all at once?  You could heap praise on McClaren for finding a winning formula, but we all know that this team was picked due to the huge number of injuries he was faced with.

An interesting dilemma now for Stee McClaren.  Stick with a winning team or go backto the old and tried and tested formula (that’s irony) of playing as many stars in one team as possible regardless of fit and balance.  Tough one that! He might choose to make changes under the guise of people being on yellow cards and trying to avoid suspension.  To my mind though he should stick with this team, and leave the stars on the bench.  e.g. Lampard, Beckham and Rooney.  If somebody is suspended he can bring people back in at that point.  Psychologically it will be good for the team that has just played, give the big names a kick where they need it and go some way to intimidating the opposition when they look at the bench!  

An interesting test of McClaren’s mettle, although no doubt there will be any number of injuries before the next set of fixtures. 

Then there was the decision from the FIA regarding McLaren/Ferrari.  $100M fine - I nearly fell off my seat when I heard that.  No doubt being kicked out of the constrictors championship will hurt more than the money, but it is still a huge sum of money regardless of the amount floating about in the sport. 

The upside from a British point of view though is that they have not penalised the drivers, so Lewis Hamilton who has seen his lead pegged back over recent weeks still has a chance of becoming World Champion.  Credit to Alonso here - he has come back well and shown his true class.  It just goes to show that when he concentrates on racing and stops whining he can do it!

Then today we had a woeful performance from England against the Ozzies in the the Twenty20 World Cup, as they went down by 8 wickets and with 5 overs left. 

With England facing South Africa tonight in the Rugby World Cup this evening, it could be business as usual today for English sport - well we couldn’t expect to have antother day like last Saturday could we?