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Saturday brought about about day 2 of the second test between England and India with the battle for control of the test still finely in the balance. India looked to be on their way to a commanding total with a lead of 46 runs and 6 wickets in hand at 267-4. However Stuart Broad had other ideas when he took the 12th Hat trick by an Englishman in Test Cricket. Stuart Broad with his 3rd ball of the over got India captain MS Dhoni to play out side his off stump and edged a catch to the slips. With his next ball he trapped Harbhajan Singh LBW and then clean bowled Praveen Kumar to send the English fans crazy at his home ground.

The Stuart Broad hat trick set about a collapse by the Indian batting order and they were bowled out for 288 which gave India a lead of 67. Broads bowling spell was simply sensational with his spell of 16 balls collecting 5 wickets and costing zero runs to leave Broad with figures of 6-46.

After England had bowled out the tourists there were 10 overs left in the day which the English Batsmen would have to see out. England would finish the day on 24-1 after losing Alastair Cook to a leading edge. Day 2 belonged to Stuart Broad with his sensational bowling and he was Englands best player on Day 1 with the bat. The match is finely balanced and will very much depend on the England batting performance on Day 3 to see who has the best chance of winning the second test.

Moving away from Cricket News and onto to some football news and news of the World Cup 2014 qualifying draw. The highlights include Wales & Scotland being drawn together in Group A, Spain & France have been drawn in the same group and England have been handed a relatively easy draw with Ukraine & Poland their main group Rivals. The European nations are given 13 places into the World Cup finals with the group winners guaranteed a place and the 2nd place teams going into a play-off to qualify.

In other football news the SPL continued into its second week and Rangers managed their first win of the season with a 2 nil win over St Johnstone. A 31st minute header by Steven Naismith opened the scores on 31 minutes with Rangers second coming 5 minutes after half time with Nikica Jelavic scoring from just inside the area. It was a much needed win for new Rangers manager Ally McCoist who has struggled in his opening games as Rangers manager. Rangers will be hoping they can continue their winning form when they travel to Malmo on Wenesday where they will need to over turn a 1 nil deficit.

In transfer rumours Tottenham are appearing to be going head to head with fierce rivals over Valencia winger Juan Mata. Both appear to be battling for the 23 year old winger with a bid in the region of £22million likely to capture his signature. Staying in London and looking at Chelsea Transfer Rumours and Andre Villas Boas appears to have been unsuccessful in obtaining the signature of Javier Pastore. In what has been a quiet window so far for Chelsea especially with the actions their Premier League and European Rivals have been making.

Sebastian Vettel appeared to be back on form at the Hungarian Grand Prix when he qualified in pole position ahead of the 2 Mclaren drivers Lewis Hamiliton & Jenson Button. Vettel qualified with a time of 1:19.815 which was just 0.163 seconds ahead of Hamilton in second. The German Vettel will hope he can hold his pole position and extend his already huge lead at the top of the drivers standings.

In a round up of the latest NFL Trades & NFL free agency signings we will begin with the news that the Philadelphia Eagles have signed vince Young as their back up to Michael Vick. Young who is looking to revive his career after a couple of torrid season at Titans will take the move to lean from Coach Andy Reid and Micheal Vick.

The race to sign Plaxico Burress now appears to be down to his two former teams the Giants & Steelers. Both clubs have said they have had talks with the player who spent the last 2 years in Jail on a weapons possession violation and would be eager to sign the Wide Receiver. Burress who was part of the 2008 Super Bowl winning Giants team appears to have the choice of the 2 teams and it will be ultimately his decision of who he will sign for.

Well that wraps up our look at Saturdays stories on sporting events and be sure to check back for more sports news at Real Sporting News.

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