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The honour, voted for by professional footballers from all over the world, was widely expected after Ronaldo scored 42 goals for United last season. Ronaldo was also named in the FifPro team of the year, alongside his United team-mate Rio Ferdinand. “To be recognised by my fellow players is amazing,” said the 23-year-old.

It was a shock result. Specially when one considers Chelsea’s form at the Stamford Bridge in last few years. But the fact is Liverpool surged three points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League after ending Chelsea’s 86-game unbeaten home league record with a 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge.Xabi Alonso struck the only [...]

The partnership between Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov looked enigmatic and Rooney’s red hot form continued as United thrashed Celtic 3-0 in their champions League fixture. Dimitar Berbatov looked offside when he flicked home a close-range finish to put United ahead after 30 minutes. And there were similar doubts about his second, turned in on [...]

Mohammad Ashraful’s two misses – one to run Jacob Oram out and other to get Flynn caught, are going to hurt every Bangladesh supporter as the end provided more than little drama. Irony is the winning run was also scored from a miss-field! Earlier Bangladesh paid the price of being over defensive as usual. Daniel [...]

Australia had the upper hand in this match for two hours in the first day but that is about it. The rest belongs to India. Be it Tendulkar’s record breaking 88, Saurav’s full of character 102 in his last series, Amit Mishra’s 5 wicket haul or Harbhajan Singh – Zaheer Khan show in the second [...]

The fourth day has been flop for Bangladesh but winning the first big one is still on the cards. Bangladesh still can pull off a famous test victory against the New Zealand in Chittagong in the fifth and final day. Kiwis have only lost two wickets in the second innings but the pitch condition is [...]

The European qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup are on the move. The qualification process in Europe always provided enough drama for the record books. Here are the teams’ positions as of now: FIFA World Cup European Qualifying : Group One Table 15 October 2008 22:41 P W D L F A GD PTS 1 [...]

Newbies Dhaka Warriors finally got a victory in the ICL and that too with a commendable performance. They outplayed Delhi Giants in every department of the game to commence a thrashing victory. The 13th match of the ICL 20s Indian Championship featured the Delhi Giants take on the debutants Dhaka Warriors at the sparkling new [...]

Just how is this possible! Yes, this Australia team is a lot different and newer than the previous few generations but what that has to do with a team’s character and efforts? Moreover, they were at the front foot in the first test too. A Ricky Ponting, a Brett Lee, or a Mathew Hayden still [...]