Rome: Juventus will be looking to cap their undefeated season by adding the Italian Cup to their Serie A title when they meet Napoli in the final on Sunday. The Bianconeri completed the recovery from their darkest period following the 2006 match-fixing scandal as they lifted their first Serie A title in nine years last week, sparking scenes of jubilation in Turin. "On Sunday we will try to win another...
12:01 AM, May 20, 2012
London: West Ham striker Ricardo Vaz Te scored with three minutes remaining on Saturday to take his team into the English Premier League with a 2-1 win over Blackpool in the promotion play-off final. Vaz Te lifted the ball into the roof of the net from close range after a goalmouth scramble to end the Hammers' year-long absence from the Premier League. The victory guarantees millions of Pounds in revenue...
08:00 PM, May 19, 2012
Bayern Munich take on Chelsea in the Champions League final in Munich later on Saturday, with the Germans hoping to become European kings for the fifth time and the English attempting to reach the pinnacle of the game for the first time ever. ...
06:05 PM, May 19, 2012
Munich: Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes has issued a plea ahead of Saturday's Champions League final against Chelsea: No more penalties please.Bayern won a penalty shootout to eliminate Real Madrid in the semifinals and did the same in the German Cup semis against Borussia Moenchengladbach. Heynckes joked on Friday that a third shootout would be too much to suffer through at age 67, although German sides traditionally have a good...
10:04 AM, May 19, 2012
It isnt the final anyone predicted, even when there was only one hurdle remaining. Yet, having defeated Spains, perhaps even the worlds, two best sides, Bayern Munich and Chelsea find themselves on the brink of glory, in the Champions League final in Munich on Saturday. It will also be a night of redemption for one team. While Bayern will be keen to make amends for their loss to Inter Milan...
08:46 AM, May 19, 2012
Munich: For Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben, Saturday's Champions League final against Chelsea in the Bavarian capital is the game of a lifetime and a chance to make amends for 2010. Bayern want to set the record straight with a fifth top European prize after making their second Champions League final in three seasons and losing the 2010 decider 2-0 to Inter Milan. "This is the match of a lifetime," Dutch...
05:49 PM, May 18, 2012
London: Chelsea striker Didier Drogba believes Chelsea deserve their place in the Champions League final this weekend, and hopes they can put the heartache of Moscow in 2008 well and truly behind them by beating Bayern Munich. The 34-year-old is likely to start at the Allianz Arena in what could be his last game for the club, and the striker thinks that a win on Saturday could be the perfect...
05:46 PM, May 18, 2012
London: Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech believes that their opponents in the Champions League final on Saturday - Bayern Munich - "must be the favourites" because of the advantage of the match being staged at the Allianz Arena, their home stadium. The west London side knocked out tournament favourites Barcelona in the semi-finals, but Cech believes that will not be the crucial factor going into the showdown. "No matter what we...
03:18 PM, May 18, 2012
Barcelona: Barcelona defender Dani Alves will be out of action for up to two months after having surgery on a fractured right collarbone sustained during training on Wednesday. "Dani fell after colliding with another player and fractured his collarbone," Barca doctor Ricard Pruna told a news conference. "The recovery period is six to eight weeks, with four weeks completely immobilised, so he will miss the King's Cup final and the...
04:20 AM, May 17, 2012
Birmingham: Blackpool thwarted a late rally by Birmingham City in a Championship play-off on Wednesday, drawing 2-2 to clinch a 3-2 aggregate victory and set up a high-stakes final with West Ham United next week. Goals either side of half-time by Steven Dobbie and Matt Phillips put the visitors 2-0 up in the semi-final second leg, but Birmingham refused to be beaten on the night and fought back through Nikola...
11:40 AM, May 10, 2012
Bucharest, Romania: Atletico Madrid striker Falcao is assured of a title before the all-Spanish Europa League final against Athletic Bilbao in Bucharest on Wednesday. Falcao shares the competition's scoring lead with 10 goals and is the Europa League's top striker for the second straight season, something no player has achieved before. Having scored 17 times in leading FC Porto to the title last season, the Colombian can win his second...
11:25 AM, May 09, 2012
London: West Ham United edged closer to a Premier League return with a 3-0 home win over Cardiff City on Monday, completing a 5-0 semi-final aggregate triumph to ease into the Championship play-off final. Kevin Nolan and Ricardo Vaz Te scored in the first half and a late Nicky Maynard strike sealed a crushing win for the east London club, who were relegated from the top flight a year ago....
08:35 AM, May 08, 2012
London: Chelsea defender David Luiz is adamant he will do everything he can to ensure he is fit to play in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in two weeks' time. The defender has been sidelined since being stretchered off the field during his side's 5-1 FA Cup semi-final win over Tottenham last month, and missed Saturday's victory over Liverpool in the final at Wembley. However, the former Benfica...
12:20 PM, May 07, 2012
London: Blackpool will take a slender lead into the second leg of their Championship play-off semi-final after beating Birmingham City 1-0 with an own goal by Curtis Davies on Friday. Davies deflected a low shot from Tom Ince past his goalkeeper Colin Doyle a minute before half-time to give the hosts the lead ahead of the return leg next Wednesday. Blackpool had a great chance to double their advantage in...
11:17 AM, May 05, 2012
London: By winning the FA Cup this weekend and achieving the first part of a possible trophy double, interim Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo can make what is already being seen as an irresistible case for taking the job on a permanent basis. Since coming in as a replacement for the fired Andre Villas-Boas at the start of March, Di Matteo has helped transform a Chelsea season that was threatening...
08:20 PM, May 04, 2012
London: Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish sees Saturday's FA Cup final against Chelsea as more than just an opportunity to compensate for his team's dismal Premier League season. While the cup has arguably been relegated to the status of a sideshow by the Premier League and its offer of Champions League qualification, Dalglish still says there is glory in winning football's oldest competition. "There is an obsession with the Premier League...
03:12 PM, May 04, 2012
Estoril, Portugal: Sania Mirza and her partner Anastasia Rodionova crashed out of the Estoril Open after losing to the Kazakh pair of Yaroslava Shvedova and Galina Voskobo 6-3, 7-6 (6) in the women's doubles semi-finals on Thursday. The second-seeded Indo-Australian combo fought hard before going down to third seeds in an hour and 24 minutes. There was, however, little to differentiate between the two teams. While Sania and Rodionova saved...
01:54 PM, May 04, 2012
Kolkata: Promising Indian archer Deepika Kumari has made the final of the women's recurve individual event of the World Cup Stage 2 at Antalya. She will play Korea's Lee Sung Jin in the summit clash on Saturday. The 18-year-old defeated Chinese Taipei's Lin Chia-En 6-1 in the semi-finals. In the quarter-finals, she had beaten Karina Winter of Germany 6-0 on Thursday. However, all the men's recurve archers and men's and...
10:53 AM, May 04, 2012
Estoril, Portugal: Sania Mirza and her partner Anastasia Rodionova overcame a late resistance from Eleni Daniiliidou and Andreja Klepac to progress to the quarter-finals of the Estoril Open on Monday. The second-seeded Indian-Australia pair got the better of their unseeded rivals 6-2, 6-7(5), 10-5 in the opening round of the USD 220,000 clay-court event. It took Sania and Rodionova one hour and 27 minutes to down the Greek-Slovakian combination. After...
10:49 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Barcelona: Rafael Nadal became the first player in the Open Era to win two tournaments seven times after beating David Ferrer 7-6 (1), 7-5 in Sunday's Barcelona Open final. The second-ranked Nadal's 21st straight victory on clay followed up his eighth straight win in Monte Carlo, as Nadal won the 10th all-Spanish ATP final for a 48th career win. The sixth-ranked Ferrer lost his fourth Barcelona Open final to Nadal,...
11:37 PM, Apr 29, 2012
