Houston: Martin Alund of Argentina wore down Lleyton Hewitt of Australia 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday in the US Men's Clay Court Championships before rain washed out the rest of the day's schedule. Play was suspended at 2:47 p.m. local time at River Oaks Country Club after continuing rain left the clay courts too wet to continue. Top-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain and No. 2 Tommy Haas of Germany had...
08:34 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Turin: Juventus coach Antonio Conte has predicted a long wait before another Italian team wins the Champions League, saying there was a huge gap between Serie A sides and the "European superpowers". In an astonishing outburst following his team's quarter-final elimination by Bayern Munich, Conte added that Italians were only interested in futile controversies and said that former European champions Ajax Amsterdam "do not exist anymore". Conte had emphasised before...
08:26 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Barcelona: Paris St Germain's performance in this season's Champions League gives them a strong base on which to build for another attempt at winning a first European crown next season, according to coach Carlo Ancelotti. Narrowly denied a place in the last four by Barcelona on Wednesday after giving the favourites a mighty scare at the Nou Camp, PSG are closing in on the Ligue 1 title and a place...
08:18 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Turin: Bayern Munich weathered an early Juventus storm before Mario Mandzukic headed a second-half goal to help the Germans to a 2-0 win at Juventus on Wednesday and send them into the Champions League semi-finals. Juventus, chasing a 2-0 deficit from the first leg of the quarter-final tie and backed by a raucous crowd, huffed and puffed but were not quite creative enough to cause the newly-crowned Bundesliga champions more...
02:30 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Barcelona: Barcelona needed a Pedro equaliser to draw 1-1 with Paris St Germain on Wednesday in their Champions League quarter-final, second leg and advance to the last four on away goals. The favourites started the match at the Nou Camp with Lionel Messi on the bench after he damaged a hamstring in last week's 2-2 first-leg draw in Paris. Without the World Player of the Year Barca, lacked cutting edge...
02:11 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Barcelona: The first half of the second leg of Barcelona vs Paris St Germain Champions League fixture ended with score on 0-0 with two sides playing attacking football early on. Lucas Moura and Andres Iniesta were the key men for their respective sides, but failed to force any real chances. Barca were clearly missing Lionel Messi who started on the bench with the host team's pace dropping considerably. The pace...
01:02 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Manchester: Malaga owner Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Thani could face disciplinary action from UEFA after Tweeting that his team's Champions League elimination was due to "racism." The Qatari was angry that Borussia Dortmund scored from what looked to be an offside position in stoppage time on Tuesday to reach the semi-finals with a 3-2 win. Al-Thani hit out at UEFA on Twitter after the match, and went further on Wednesday by...
06:22 PM, Apr 10, 2013
London: Dynamo Kiev must play their next UEFA competition home game behind closed doors due to the racist behaviour of their fans at a Champions League game in November, European soccer's governing body said on Wednesday. The Ukrainian club has appealed against the sanction, which relates to the racist conduct of their fans at a Group A match with Paris Saint Germain on November 21. UEFA has also put Kiev...
05:53 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Houston: Fifth-seeded John Isner beat Ryan Harrison of the United States 7-6 (4) 6-4 in a first-round match at the US Men's Clay Court championships on Tuesday. Isner had three aces in the tiebreaker, including a 125 mph shot at set point. His other aces were clocked at 137 and 138 mph. Harrison broke Isner's powerful serve in the ninth game of the second set, but Isner broke right back...
09:05 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Dortmund: Borussia Dortmund's dramatic 3-2 Champions League quarter-final win over Malaga on Tuesday left the Germans dizzy with success while their opponents were fuming over the late winner. Former European champions Dortmund scored twice in stoppage time, including a controversial winning goal from defender Felipe Santana, that saw them complete a sensational comeback and advance to the last four for the first time in 15 years. Several Dortmund players in...
09:00 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Istanbul: Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho saluted the passion of the Galatasaray fans on Tuesday after his team scrambled past the Turkish side into the Champions League semi-finals. Mourinho's men had to weather a second-half storm to go through 5-3 on aggregate even though Galatasaray scored three second-half goals in quick succession to win the second leg 3-2. "I had no time to be nervous," Real's coach told reporters. "I...
08:39 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Barcelona: Paris St Germain's strategy for Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final, second leg at Barcelona will not depend on whether Lionel Messi features for the La Liga leaders, PSG coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Tuesday. The Argentine World Player of the Year strained a hamstring in last week's 2-2 first-leg draw in Paris but trained normally on Tuesday and it looks likely he will be available. The buildup to the clash...
03:29 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Dortmund: Borussia Dortmund completed a dramatic comeback Tuesday by scoring twice in stoppage time to defeat Malaga 3-2 and advance to the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in 15 years. Trailing 2-1 as three minutes of added time began, Dortmund equalised through Marco Reus but Malaga still held the away goals advantage. That all changed, however, when Felipe Santana scored from what looked to be an offside position...
02:56 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Istanbul: Real Madrid reached the Champions League semi-finals for the third straight season on Tuesday despite losing 3-2 at Galatasaray following a second-half resurgence by the Turkish team. Madrid needed a double from Cristiano Ronaldo to advance 5-3 on aggregate, but only after conceding three goals in a 16-minute span to raise Galatasaray's hopes of pulling off what would have been a remarkable comeback. Ronaldo looked to have wrapped up...
02:39 AM, Apr 10, 2013
New Delhi: Jamjang Deru gave India the first medal in the World Youth Weightlifting Championships as he won a silver in the 50kg boys category on the opening day at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Deru won the silver in clean and jerk with an effort of 110 kg and finished fourth in the total lift with 195kg. He lifted 85kg in snatch. In the same category, Deepak Lather finished 12th in total...
08:48 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Barcelona: Lionel Messi has gone from being the first name on Barcelona's team sheet to the last, as they await a late fitness test ahead of Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg at home to Paris St Germain. The World Player of the Year is recovering from a hamstring strain picked up in Paris last week, when he scored in the 2-2 first-leg draw, though Barca proved they could survive...
08:37 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Turin: Antonio Conte made an uncharacteristic hash of his team selection against Bayern Munich last week and the Juventus coach cannot afford to get it wrong again as his side chase a two-goal deficit on Wednesday. The Serie A champions and leaders, lucky to escape with a 2-0 defeat after they were hopelessly outclassed in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final, must also overcome the absence of suspended...
08:27 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Houston: Gael Monfils of France served 15 aces to beat John Blake of the United States 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the first round of the US Men's Clay Court Championships on Monday. Blake, once ranked No. 4, played his 51st match at River Oaks Country Club where he is a crowd favourite but Monfils won cheers for his performance in his first match in the city. Monfils, who played in...
08:21 AM, Apr 09, 2013
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08:14 AM, Apr 09, 2013
