Uzbekistan reaches quarter-finals of AFC Asian Cup

By Aditi | January 16, 2011 8:27 am |

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New Picture (3) At the AFC Asian Cup, Uzbekistan make it to the quarter-finals of the by defeating Kuwait 2-1 at the Al Gharafa Stadium. The free kick by Maksim Shatskikh’s that was shot at the 41 minute of the game helped the Uzbeks to set their position right into the quarters.

Bader Al Mutawa’s penalty was a hit back by Kuwait in the second half. However, the 65th-minute strike by Server Djeparov’s finally gave Uzbekistan the much intended victory in Group A. Now the Central Asians will go to the second round of the tournament and fight for their third successive edition.

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Former champion Italy out of World Cup 2010

By Aditi | June 27, 2010 11:59 am |

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Defending champions and one of the sides that was highly likely to win this year’s World Cup, has crashed out the tournament. Italy was shown the door by Slovakia, who displayed tremendous composure and skills to beat the defending champions. The Slovakians, who were younger, faster and more determined deserved to win and they did, that too in style. Although Italy did find its touch during the last stages of the game and came pretty close to drawing level with Slovakia, it wasn’t good enough.

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Beckham’s World Cup dream turned out in vain

By Aditi | March 31, 2010 8:28 pm |

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David Beckham suffered a serious injury in the dying moments of the match between AC Milan and Chievo, which ended with the score of 1-0 in favor of AC Milan. Beckham was almost certain of making it to the World Cup squad in South Africa. His attempt at proving his fitness to Fabio Capello, the England coach was foiled by the injury which had Beckham in tears as he limped to the touchline.

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Manchester United retained the Carling Cup

By Aditi | March 7, 2010 4:18 pm |

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A massive crowd present at the London Wembley Stadium witnessed Manchester United retain the England’s League Cup as they defeated Aston Villa 2-1. The header by Rooney was his 28th goal of the season and also proved to be decisive in the end. Rooney was relieved to have scored the winning goal although he admitted that he had some difficulty with his sore knee.

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Chelsea moves into FA Cup Quarter-Finals

By Aditi | February 21, 2010 7:59 pm |

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It was a cakewalk for the Chelsea team as they defeated Cardiff by 4-1 in the FA Cup quarter-finals that was played on Saturday. The team was at its brilliant best in the second half of the match. The fifth round match of the Premier League leaders ended with a score of 1-1 at the first half when the Michael Chopra scored the equalizer to the second minute goal of Didier Drogba. However, Chelsea took full control of the match with Ballack, Sturridge and Kalou all coming to the party and scoring a goal each to extend the club’s undefeated homerun to a total of 37 matches.

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Togo Disqualified from the African Cup of Nations

By Aditi | January 18, 2010 12:21 pm |

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The unfortunate attack on the convoy of Togo’s team on Friday has led to the disqualification of the national football team from the African Cup of Nations. The deadly attack happened in Cabinda. The assistant coach and the media officer of the team were killed and Kodjovi “Dodji” Obilale, the goalkeeper of the team was gravely injured.

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Manchester United knocked out of FA Cup

By Aditi | January 10, 2010 3:14 pm |

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Sunday saw one of the biggest upsets of the FA Cup when Leeds knocked Manchester United out of the competition. Leeds thanks to the 19th minute goal by Jermaine Beckford won their first game at the Old Trafford after 1981. No other team had been able to knock Manchester United out of the third round apart from Bournemouth who achieved the feat in 1984. Alex Ferguson took charge of the Manchester United in 1986 and since then the club has been able to get their hands on the trophy on as many as five occasions and hold a record 11 FA Cup triumphs overall.

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France miss out on World Cup seedings

By Aditi | December 6, 2009 7:03 pm |

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France miss out on World Cup seedings

The Winner of the World Cup 1998 and also the finalists in 2006, France team is not among the top eight seeded teams for the draw that was held this Friday. The news was announced by FIFA and Jerome Valcke when its general secretary made it clear at a news conference that it was due to the world rankings that France missed out a place and not because of the controversy that has been surrounding the side since the infamous handball goal against Ireland.

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Uzbekistan reaches quarter-finals of AFC Asian Cup

Former champion Italy out of World Cup 2010

Beckham’s World Cup dream turned out in vain

Manchester United retained the Carling Cup

Chelsea moves into FA Cup Quarter-Finals

Togo Disqualified from the African Cup of Nations

Manchester United knocked out of FA Cup

France miss out on World Cup seedings

Manchester United knocked out of FA Cup

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