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Football: UEFA Champions League 2010 Quarter Final and Semi Final Draw

Football: UEFA Champions League 2010 Quarter Final and Semi Final Draw

The Quarter Final and Semi Final draw for this season’s UEFA Champions League 2010 was made this afternoon, at 12 o’clock CET, and has thrown some big fixtures, as expected.
Barcelona, so impressive this week when beating Stuttgart 4-0 at home have drawn Arsenal FC.
Manchester United will relive the Champions League Final of 1999 as they [...]

Football: UEFA Champions League 2010 – Barcelona and Messi Brush Aside Stuttgart to claim place in Quarter Final

Football: UEFA Champions League 2010 – Barcelona and Messi Brush Aside Stuttgart to claim place in Quarter Final

Barcelona became the final side in the Quarter Final hat for the 2010 UEFA Champions League this evening as their Argenitinian superstar Lionel Messi helped them to record an impressive 4-0 home victory over Stuttgart at the Camp Nou this evening.
Barcelona progressed 5-1 on aggregate following a first leg draw in Germany.
Messi proved to be [...]

Football: Inter Knock Chelsea out of UEFA Champions League 2010

Football: Inter Knock Chelsea out of UEFA Champions League 2010

Inter Milan have knocked Chelsea out of the 2010 UEFA Champions League after defeating them away at Stamford bridge by one goal to nil through Samuel Eto’o.
The 1-0 away victory meant Internazionale won through the two legged tie 1-3 on aggregate after the side, which is managed by former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho, had taken [...]

Football: David Beckham Injured

Football: David Beckham Injured

David Beckham this weekend saw his hopes of making FIFA World Cup 2010 this summer cruelly dashed as he tore an achilles tendon playing for AC Milan against Chievo.
The tournament was to be Beckham’s fourth as a player.
Beckham flies to Helsinki today for an operation on the injured ankle, but is expected to be out [...]

Formula 1: Mercedes Impress in Opening Practice Sessions of Bahrain Grand Prix 2010

Formula 1: Mercedes Impress in Opening Practice Sessions of Bahrain Grand Prix 2010

In the first two days of practice, ahead of this weekend’s opening round of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship 2010 in Bahrain, Mercedes have shown that they are to be this years trailblazers with the first and third best times posted in Friday practice.
Nico Rosberg was fastest, posting a lap of 1:55.555, while many [...]

Football: UEFA Champions League 2010 – Man United through as Real Madrid Crash Out

Football: UEFA Champions League 2010 –  Man United through as Real Madrid Crash Out

Alex Ferguson rarely seems to err when it comes to player transfers and, for the casual observer, tonight’s last 16 UEFA Champion’s League matches would seem to underline the Scot’s business acumen. Cristiano Ronaldo and his new teammates at Real Madrid were dumped from the tournament while Manchester United, through Wayne Rooney, were rampant in [...]

Football: Manchester United Host AC Milan in UEFA Champion’s League

Football: Manchester United Host AC Milan in UEFA Champion’s League

This evening, at 7:45 pm, Manchester United and AC Milan will kick off their last 16 match in the UEFA Champion’s League.
While the front page writers of the world will be focusing their attention on David Beckham’s return to Old Trafford, those who open their newspapers the other way around will doubtless be relishing the [...]

Football: Rooney the Difference as Man Utd Lift 2010 Carling Cup

Football: Rooney the Difference as Man Utd Lift 2010 Carling Cup

The introduction of Wayne Rooney led to the winning goal which gave Manchester United the 2010 Carling Cup in this afternoon’s final which took place at a packed Wembley against Premier League Aston Villa. United won 2-1 having trailed 1-0 to a James Milner 6th minute penalty.
The pace of Agbonlahor led to Aston Villa’s early [...]

Football: Manchester United and Aston Villa Prepare for 2010 Carling Cup Final

Football: Manchester United and Aston Villa Prepare for 2010 Carling Cup Final

The League Cup final takes place this afternoon, at 3pm in Wembley, as Manchester United, current Premier League Champions take on Aston Villa, of Birmingham.
The two clubs are both looking to make up ground on their near rivals in the Premier League – United sit one point behind league leaders Chelsea, while Villa, assuming they [...]

Rugby Union: RBS 6 Nations 2010 England 16 – 20 Ireland

Rugby Union: RBS 6 Nations 2010 England 16 – 20 Ireland

Ireland have defeated England in their 2010 RBS 6 Nations rugby union match at Twickenham this afternoon.
In a tight match, which both sides led, the visitors eventually won by four points – three tries to one – lifting the match by 20 points to 16.
Jonny Wilkinson, who had been a little unfairly criticised for his [...]

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