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Giant killer kill giants | France have a point to prove 2008-06-13 08:19:01 May be Croatia is the team to look for in Euro 2008. They eliminated England in the qualifiers of the championships and now they defeated the tournament favorites Germany in their second match and became only the second team to qualify for the quarter finals.Croatia defeated Germany 2-1 after a first half goal from Darijo Srna who trickled german goal keeper Jens Lehmann.Later in the second half C Read more:France
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Portugal qualifies for quarters| Turkey stunn swiss 2008-06-12 08:02:28 Portugal became the first team to qualify for the Quarterfinals of Euro 2008 as they defeated czech republic 3-1 in their second match.“We are among the best eight squads in Europe,” Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said. “Of course, we want more than that.”At the end of the first half the match was equally poised at 1-1. Scolari said "I was unhappy with that"After a brilliant save from Read more:Portugal
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sweden spain register victories | Greece defeated 2008-06-11 08:31:26 Coach Otto Rehhagel defended Greece
’s cautious approach after their 2-0 Euro 2008 defeat by Sweden on Tuesday.The champions fielded five defenders in a bid to keep Swedish strike pair Henrik Larsson and Zlatan Ibrahimovic quiet.“If we had not played the way we played it would have been 5-0 against us in the first half,” Rehhagel told reporters.Greece next meet Russia here on Saturday before
Euro 2008 picture gallery 2008-06-11 08:25:00 Spanish delightSpanish fansGermany wins 1 roundCroats wins openerNetherland defeat ItalyNetherlandsEdwin starFrance held in first round
India win agains rivals Pakistan | Sehwag slams 2008-06-11 07:59:22 The much speculated 12 match victory of Pakistan
came to a end by a thrashing defeat by their oldest rivalsIndia
. Pakistan who never had any togh fight for the past 3 month or so were out classed by a better team India.Pakistan conceded their worst ever defeat against India by margin on runs (140) which as many say "brought Pakistan down to earth".gambhir had a great start scoring half centuries
Group of Death produce shocks | France held to a draw | Italy defeatedI 2008-06-11 07:33:33 The major shock of the tournament came yesterday night as the world champions Italy
were defeated by Netherlands in 3-0 manner. The World champs were without their inspirational caption Cannavaro and their main hope Luca toni was not performing well.The Netherlands handed Italy its worst loss in tournament history, a 3-0 rout Monday that left the World Cup champions in danger of elimination in the Read more:France
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Headlines Today 2008-06-11 07:32:30 Group of death produce shocks!The major shock of the tournament came night as the world champions Italy were defeated by Netherlands in 3-0 manner. The World champs were without their inspirational caption Cannavaro and their main hope Luca toni was not performing wellHamilton costs Raikkonen | Kubica is the Winner! Poland's Robert Kubica, driving a BMW Sauber, won a drama-filled Canadian Grand Pr Read more:Today
Kubica thrumps | Hamilton costs Kimi 2008-06-10 08:01:35 The Canadian Grand prix was full of mysrtical changes as the most unlikely things happened in the field. The leader of championship points Lewis Hamilton
costed his rival Ferrari's Kimi raikkonen the finish when he hit him in the pit lane which resulted him 10 spots in the next race. Mclaren has admited Hamiltons penalty and has said that thry have nothing to appeal for.Poland's Robert Kubica, dri
Germany wins opener | Hosts defeated 2008-06-09 09:57:23 Lukas poldalaski scored both the goals as germany opened their Euro 2008 with a strong show over weaker Poland.Bayern Munich team-mates Miroslav Klose and Podolski - two of three Poland-born players in the Germany
squad - combined in the 20th minute for the latter to put the 1996 European champions ahead, before Podolski sealed the win midway through the second half.Micheal Ballack is confident of Read more:Hosts
Truly The King of Clay ! |Nadal wins french open for the 4th time 2008-06-08 11:59:06 Nadal Defeats Federer for the third consecutive time in the finals of the French open.Case 1 (Record 1): John McEnroe said "If Federer wins this time he'll be the greatest Ever". Yes, Federer was looking to complete a career slam by winning this year's Roland garros which he failed in the past two finals in the past two years. Case 2 (Record 2): Rafael Nadal- the king of clay, The three time defen Read more:Nadal
Ronaldo goes to spain for madrid? 2008-06-08 07:32:14 Manchester united winger Portugals Cristiano ronaldo has reported to be intrested in playing for the spanish giants Real madrid.Ronaldo
was speaking in what the Terra website claims was an exclusive interview with the Portugal international."I would like to play for Real Madrid but only if it is true they are ready to pay what Manchester United ask of them. However, it does not depend on me," he s
Drogba open for sale! | Milan opens talk with the ivorian 2008-06-08 07:31:18 "Playing in Milan
is my dream" revealed Didier Drogba
a few weeks before and now, his dream is coming almost true as chelsea have given permission for The serie A team to talk with Drogba. But the Champions league runners up are not willing to sell Andriy Shevchenkho to MilanMilan's vice president Adriano Galliani said "chelsea have authorised us to open negotiations with Drogba" in a interview he
Pathway to glory | Ana Ivanovic wins her first grand slam 2008-06-08 04:41:32 Exhibit 1 2007 French open championships Justin henin, the three time champion destroys the young serbian Ana ivanovic 6-1 6-2. The young serbian seems to no match for the world no.1. Will this serbian hold good in the upcoming tournaments?Exhibit 2Ana Ivanovic
faces the powerful russian Maria sharapovain the 2008 Australian open finals. Maria has had a couple of powerful weeks she has defeated th Read more:Pathway
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Canadian Gp Qualifying | Hamilton hails 2008-06-08 01:00:52 The only race in north america this year is the canadian GP. It started with loads of excitement as Lewis Hamilton
of Britain raced a awesome last minute lap to take the pole position from Robet kubica.Alonso will be followed by BMW's Robert Kubica who will be followed by the current world champion Kimi Raikkonen.Raikkonen was the first of the big guns to hit the track in Q1, but both Kazuki Nakaj Read more:Canadian
Czech republic win the opener | Portugal wins 2008-06-07 16:49:26 The opening day of the mega football event had no surprises as the two favourite countries won their respective matches.In the first match of the A group Czech
s were victories by a second half strike from Vaclav Sverkos. The swiss lost the match but they had the upper hand all throught the match. the have bow lost a striker Alexander Frei due to a first half injury. It had all began so well for Ko Read more:Portugal
Rafa vs Fedex once again | The top seeds face for the third time in a row in the clay major 2008-06-06 16:53:20 A much speculated Rafael nadal vs Novak djokovicended as a cake walk for Nadal while the not much anticipated federer semifinals seemed to be an intresting one . However the top seeds cruised through to their Third consecutive finals in a row. But will Federer make some difference this time? again, by the end of the day, Roland Garros once more produced the likeliest of all championship matches: N Read more:third
Top 10 cricketers of all time | Sportstoday exclusive 2008-06-06 06:23:39 10.Sir Jack hobbs
The sole Englishman to make the Wisden list, Jack Hobbs may not be as famous with the modern cricketing public as the likes of Botham, Boycott, Compton and Cowdrey - but his reputation within the game remains huge.
Hobbs was renowned for his improvisational skills and his ability to hold an innings together once the wickets started to fall around him.
Test record
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Ivanovic shatters jankovic's hopes-becomes No.1 seed | Mens semis today! 2008-06-06 04:27:29 The all serbian semifinals which took place yesterday between the No.2 Ana Ivanovic
and 3rd seed Jelena Jankovic was one firece battle between the two serbians which resulted in favour of the higher ranked serbian. The winner was assured to take over the No.1 ranking in the world and get a grandslam final ticket. Ivanovic was very rusty the day and fortunate for her that she overcame her compatrio
Big blow for Italy | Cannovaro ruled out of Euro 08 2008-06-03 17:30:54 Italy's Inspirational captain Fabio cannavaro has been ruled out of the entire Euro 2008 tournament Defender Alessandro Gamberini has replaced him. Cannavaro teared a knee ligament while practising with Giorgio Chiellini in Italy's first training session in Austria.Over 6000 people watched this incident. Cannavaro as soon as injured was taken to a hospital and suddenly shifted to another hospital Read more:Italy
All serb semifinal | Birthday boy celebrates in grand style 2008-06-03 17:14:15 Two Power packed semi finals No.2-No.3 await us on the French open 2008one deing in the womens draw where world no.2 Ana Ivanovic faces world no.3 Jelena Jankovic another in the mens draw Where world no.2 rafael Nadal faces world no.3 Novak Djokovic So, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic what do you find in comman between these two women? They are from serbia obviousley, The are two Ravishing bea Read more:Birthday
Knocked out -Top seed Maria sharapova gets a shock | Federer sails| Bryans out 2008-06-02 17:04:28 Russia's Top seed Maria
sharapova was crashed out of the tournament by compatriot Dinara safina in a 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5), 6-2 defeat. The match can be called as a thrilling one with lots of noise made by sharapova, her stroke-accompanying shrieks, her self-loathing shouts between points and the spectators’ hearty boos and high-pitched whistles that ushered the No. 1-seeded woman to the exit.Sharapo
IPL dhamaka | The Best finish to a Super hit tournament 2008-06-02 10:04:31 Indian premier league the cricketing tournament which spoiled the sleep of crores and crores of people all around the world for almost 50 days came to an end yesterday at the D.Y Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai.The So called underdogs at the beginning of the tournament Rajasthan royals battled with Mahendra singh Dhoni's Chennai super kings. Before the match intially begun, a colourful closing ceremo Read more:Super
Ivanovic -The Queen | 25-0 for Nadal 2008-06-01 16:22:55 Ana Ivanovic
pulled out the most satisfying fourth round victory over Petra Cetkovska. Ivanovic never allowed the opponent to get her name in the score card as she over whelmingly became victories by a 6-0 6-0 margin. Ana will be joined in the quarterfinals by No. 3 Jelena Jankovic, No. 10 Patty Schnyder and qualifier Carla Suarez Navarro.25-0 for Nadal
| Djokovic one step closer to meet NadalThe Read more:Queen
Netherlands defeat France | Shell shocked as the dutch defeat both W.C finalists 2008-06-14 03:23:03 The Netherlands
are shaping up to be the team to defeat in the Euro 2008 competiton as they defeated the World cup champions Italy in the first round and yesterday they defeated the World cup finalists France
in a sounding 4-1 displayThe Dutch the best counter atttacking team in the world were one step ahead of france in all departments of the game. Dutch recieved a furthur boost as their hero Arj Read more:Shell
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Spain defeat Sweden | Villa scores a last minute goal! 2008-06-14 19:11:54 David villa has had two terrific matches in this tournament as he scored a Hat Trick in the first game and Now against the strong Swedish side he scored in the Injury time to go one goal ahead of sweden and win the match 2-1Earlier in the match Star players of both teams Zlatan Ibhrahimovic and Fernando Torres scored ad the match was equally poised.Torres, rumored to be unhappy with his early subs Read more:Spain
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Pakistan defeats India | Too near yet too far for Dhoni's Boys 2008-06-14 18:42:51 No body not even Pakistan
i people would have predicted that Pakistan would have bettered India
in the Kitply cup final at Bangladesh. But Pakistani squad pulled off a great display against their arch rivals. Pakistan who were defeated in the League stages by India were great in all department of the game and scored a man of 315 runs but once again Dhoni
's young brigade have nothing to be ashamed o
Portugal defeated-Switzerland end as winners |Turkey through! 2008-06-16 09:54:09 A Eight man rested Portugal
team suffered a loss in the hands of the Jubiliated Switzerland
squad yesterday. Portugal team without Cristiano Ronaldo or Deco looked like a good squad but it was too high to hope for a win.Hakan Yakin scored twice Sunday to give Switzerland a 2-0 victory over Portugal, helping the co-host end its European Championship with a first-ever victory at the tournament.“We Read more:Turkey
Germany through | Croatia win yet again ! 2008-06-17 08:24:51 When Germany
is in trouble it has always been Oliver Kahn who has been supporting them now there is no Oliver but there is yet another Captain who has been supporting them its Micheal Ballack. The German captain yesterday made it clear that the once favorites of the tournament still remain in contention for wining the cup.Their big-time player came through against Austria, scoring on a thunderous Read more:Croatia
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