Madrid: Mallorca's hopes of avoiding relegation from the Spanish league were kept alive by a 1-0 win against Real Betis on Monday. With two rounds left, 19th-place Mallorca are three points behind 17th-place Deportivo La Coruna but with an inferior goal difference.
Mallorca striker Tomer Hemed scored in the 21st minute from close to the penalty spot after goalkeeper Adrian San Miguel saved Victor Casadesus Castano's initial shot.
Betis stayed seventh in the standings on 52 points. Mallorca play Atletico Madrid and Valladolid before the season ends.
Barcelona have already clinched the league title and can match Real Madrid's 2012 record haul of 100 points by winning their last two matches....
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09:10 AM, May 21, 2013
Mumbai: Director Shoojit Sircar's Madras Cafe, a political thriller starring John Abraham and Nargis Fakhri, is set to release on August 30. The movie is co-produced by Sircar's Rising Sun Films and will see him and music director Shantanu Moitra re-unite seven years after 'Yahaan'. Sircar is happy to have reunited with Moitra for the music of the film. "Shantanu and me go back a long way, since our college...
04:50 PM, May 02, 2013
London: WikiLeaks has said it has secured a victory in Iceland's Supreme Court against the financial blockade imposed by Visa and MasterCard on donations for the secret-spilling site. Visa and MasterCard were among half a dozen major US financial firms to pull the plug on WikiLeaks following its decision to begin publishing about 250,000 US State Department cables in late 2010. WikiLeaks has claimed that the financial blockade led to...
06:54 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Kolkata: Director Shoojit Sircar, whose film 'Vicky Donor' has bagged three national awards, says he was happy and surprised to see the film, which deals with the subject of sperm donation, well received by the audiences. "I did not know how a topic like sperm donation would be received well by the audience, but all my doubts cleared once I came to know that the sensitive infertility issue that the...
07:40 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Madrid: A late goal by Giovani Dos Santos gave Mallorca a 1-0 win over fellow relegation struggler Celta Vigo in the Spanish league on Monday. Dos Santos netted from a rebound in the third minute of injury time after Mallorca midfielder Tomas Pina sent a cross toward the far post and goalkeeper Javier Varas saved a header from striker Tomer Hamed. The win lifts Mallorca above Celta into 19th place...
09:22 AM, Apr 16, 2013
Saharanpur: BJP president Rajnath Singh on Friday hit out the SP and BSP for extending support to the UPA government saying the two political parties have cheated the people by backing Congress and its allies at the Centre. "Despite their differences with the Congress, both SP and BSP have cheated people by supporting the UPA government," he said in public rally in Saharanpur. "The UPA government does not have the...
02:55 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Madrid: If Saturday's La Liga match at home to Real Mallorca was a test to see if Barcelona could cope without Lionel Messi, they passed it with flying colours. The World Player of the Year was ruled out with a damaged hamstring, the first league game he has missed through injury since the 2010-11 season, but Barca made light of his absence with a crushing 5-0 victory that maintained their...
02:28 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Barcelona: Cesc Fabregas scored his first hat-trick to shine in place of the injured Lionel Messi, powering Barcelona to a 5-0 thrashing of Mallorca in La Liga on Saturday. The Catalan club's festive night got even better in the 70th minute when Eric Abidal went on for his first game with Barcelona since a liver transplant last year. "Tonight is for Abi," said Fabregas. "Any other night would have been...
03:42 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Mumbai: John Abraham is set to make at least eight films in collaboration with director Shoojit Sircar and says they have a blind faith in each other. Sircar directed 'Vicky Donor', the first film that came out from John's production company, and after that he also did 'Hamara Bajaj' and 'Madras Cafe'. "After that ('Hamara Bajaj' and 'Madras Cafe'), Shoojit and I are making a lot of films together. We...
05:54 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Food policy analyst Devinder Sharma joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the intensity of the Maharashtra drought, its causes, possible interventions and more. ...
06:14 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Actor Annu Kapoor joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on winning the award for Best Supporting Actor at the 60th National Film Awards for his film 'Vicky Donor'. ...
06:44 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Director Shoojit Sircar joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the success of 'Vicky Donor' at the 60th National Film Awards. ...
06:52 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Tigmanshu Dhulia's 'Paan Singh Tomar', that narrates the gritty story of a national athlete forced to live the life of an out-law, was announced the best picture at the 60th National Film awards as its lead protagonist Irrfan Khan shared the best actor trophy with Vikram Gokhale for his Marathi film 'Anumati'. ...
06:29 PM, Mar 18, 2013
An ecstatic Shoojit Sircar did what he described as a 'sperm dance' in his room in Hyderabad after he heard his film Vicky Donor has shared the Best Popular Film for providing wholesome entertainment with Ustad Hotel (Malayalam). ...
04:44 PM, Mar 18, 2013
After a sluggish first half, Cristiano Ronaldo sparked Madrid to life with an equalizer in the 51st minute. ...
04:19 AM, Mar 17, 2013
Depor have 20 points from 28 matches while second from bottom Celta, who have lost 6 of their last 7 games, are on 23. ...
06:52 AM, Mar 16, 2013
Bollywood actress Nargis Fakhri, who will be seen playing the role of a journalist in Shoojit Sircar's upcoming film 'Madras Cafe', says she had a tough time essaying the character on screen. ...
05:05 PM, Mar 09, 2013
The film '21 & Over' has the sensibilities of the west, but at its core, it carries sentimental messages of friendship. It's about three friends bonding, very much akin to Abhishek Kapoora's desi film 'Kai Po Che!'. ...
10:34 AM, Mar 09, 2013
Hybrids aren't just for fuel economy any more. Ferrari and McLaren both on Tuesday unveiled sleek hybrid supercars sculpted from carbon fiber at the Geneva Motor Show. ...
04:37 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Adrian Colunga scored twice to help Getafe to a 3-1 comeback win at Mallorca, breaking a four-game away losing streak in the Spanish league. ...
10:29 PM, Feb 23, 2013
