Indian Wells, March 11 (IANS) India’s Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek marched into the quarterfinals of the ATP Indian Wells Masters tournament with a straight-set win over Jonathan Erlich from Israel and Richard Gasquet from France here Monday. The Indo-Czech pair, seeded fourth, beat the wildcard entrants 6-3, 7-5 in an hour and […]
Rome, March 9 (IANS) Antonio Di Natale scored the winner as Udinese beat AC Milan 1-0 at home in the Italian Serie A football Saturday. After a goalless first half, Di Natale scored the opening goal of the game in the 67th minute when he handed Udinese the deserved win, which lifts the Zebrette 10 points […]
Barcelona, March 9 (IANS) Barcelona suffered a potentially disastrous 0-1 away loss to Valladolid Saturday in a result which could have huge significance in the race for the Spanish La Liga football title. Now if Real Madrid win at home against Levante Sunday, they will open up a four-point lead over Barca and the Catalan giants […]
Barcelona, March 9 (IANS) Barcelona football coach Tata Martino said “lack of mobility” was behind his side’s stunning loss to Valladolid in the Spanish La Liga Saturday. Fausto Rossi’s strike in the 17th minute was enough to decide the game. Te Catalans now need Real Madrid to drop points even if they are able to win […]
Bridgetown (Barbados), March 9 (IANS/CMC) West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson is confident his side can come away with a valuable series against England in the build-up to the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh later this month. The West Indies face England in the first Twenty20 International of their three-match series here Sunday, reports CMC. The […]
Bridgetown (Barbados), March 9 (IANS/CMC) West Indies batting star Chris Gayle has been saddened by the manner in which Kevin Pietersen was treated by England’s cricket authorities. Pietersen, the side’s premier batsman, was sacked following England’s recent embarrassing 5-0 whitewash at the hands of Australia. “He’s definitely missed. I’m sad he’s not here and being a […]
Paris, March 9 (IANS) Following are the French soccer standings after Saturday’s games (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against and points), Xinhua reported. Paris Saint Germain 28 20 7 1 67 18 67 Monaco 28 17 8 3 46 22 59 Lille 27 14 7 6 31 18 49 St Etienne […]
Rome, March 9 (IANS) Following are the Italian Serie A standings after Saturday’s games (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points), according to Xinhua. Juventus 26 22 3 1 62 19 69 Roma 25 17 7 1 49 11 58 Napoli 26 15 7 4 51 29 52 Fiorentina 26 13 […]
The Hague, March 9 (IANS) Following are the Dutch soccer league standings after Saturday’s matches (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points), according to Xinhua. Ajax 26 17 6 3 56 21 57 Vitesse Arnhem 27 15 7 5 54 33 52 FC Twente 26 13 10 3 57 27 49 […]
London, March 9 (IANS) Arsenal became the first team to seal a place at Wembley in The FA Cup Semi-Finals, when they knocked out Everton at the Emirates Stadium in Saturday’s only Sixth Round tie. An early opening goal from Mesut Ozil, the German’s first since December, set Arsene Wenger’s side on their way only for […]