Archive for November, 2008
Rooney sinks City despite Ronaldo sent off
Manchester United earned a 1-0 win over bitter rivals Manchester City at Eastlands on Sunday despite Cristiano Ronaldo’s bizarre sending-off. Cashed-up and confident Manchester City hosted their cross-city rivals in the most keenly anticipated Mancunian derby for quite some time. Mark Hughes’ men, hoping to replicate the first stanza of last season’s double, were buoyed [...]
Four Star Juventus Thrashed Reggina
Despite poor weather conditions, Juventus managed to put on a good show in front of their home fans as they easily dealt with Reggina, who shipped in four goals at the Olympic Stadium of Turin. Veteran forward Alessandro Del Piero bagged his 250th Juventus goal and the Turin giants climbed up to second in the [...]
Magical Messi fires Barcelona pass through Sevilla
Incredible strikes from Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi earned Barcelona a vital 3-0 win at Sevilla on Saturday night… Sevilla lined up as expected, with Tom De Mul replacing the suspended Jesus Navas. Ex-Blaugrana player Fernando Navarro was in for a long night against Lionel Messi and Daniel Alves, while Luis Fabiano and Frederic Kanoute [...]
Madrid Down Again……………….
Getafe Edge Madrid Derby. An inspired performance from Getafe earned a famous win over city rivals Real Madrid in a electric encounter on Saturday night… Getafe shocked mighty Real Madrid 3-1 on Saturday to pile renewed pressure on Real coach Bernard Schuster whose side have now lost two of their last three Spanish league games. [...]
Yousuf challenges Malik
Mohammad Yousuf, famous for his stylish batsmanship, on Tuesday fired verbal volleys on Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik, saying that his attitude was one of the reasons for him joining the Indian Cricket League. Reacting to Malik’s charge that Yousuf was not keen on playing for the country and that he was just making excuses for [...]
Fergi rules City out
City are regarded as the richest team in world football after their September takeover by an oil-rich Arab group. But, pointing out that Mark Hughes’ side are 11th in the table, Ferguson said: “Where are they at the moment? “Excuse me! At this moment in time, our threats are still Chelsea and Liverpool who are [...]
Blues vs Gunners – Old Friends, New Rivalry
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has stressed that the Gunners want to get back into the title race, and that the only way they can do so is by winning their game on Sunday against current Premier League leaders Chelsea, who have a ten-point lead over Wenger’s side. Luiz Felipe Scolari, the Chelsea counterpart for whom [...]
Do You Know – It’s Manchester Derby Tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!
Tomorrow is Manchester Derby. One of the greatest Derbies & Rivalries of all time. Already lots of talking is going around. Fergie has seen Manchester City’s challenge and raised them, putting pride on the table ahead of the Manchester derby.
Spain blazes way to commanding four-shot lead
Superb Spain take World Cup lead. Miguel Angel Jimenez and Pablo Larrazabal gave Spain a four-shot lead after day two at the World Cup of Golf, shooting a surprising 9-under 63 on Friday in the difficult foursomes (alternate-shot) format. Hitting alternate shots in the foursomes in China, the duo carded a superb nine-under round of [...]
Del Piero, Messi Tops Champions League Internet Polls
An internet survey conducted by the biggest sports dailies in Italy and Spain have placed Alessandro Del Piero and Lionel Messi as the two best performers so far in this season’s Champions League. Italy’s La Gazetta dello Sport and Spain’s Marca conducted a joint survey on their respective website, asking readers and fans to vote [...]
