SPORTS GALLERY

Nadal bows out in Montreal

2011-08-12T03:37:00.000+06:00

Rafael Nadal has been knocked out of the Rogers Cup in the second round by Ivan Dodig. The unseeded Croatian lost the first set 1-6 but came back strongly after a rain interruption taking the second in a tie break. Dodig continued to capitalize on his serve to win the deciding set which too went to tie break. Meanwhile, third seed Roger Federer progressed with a straight set win over Vasek Pospisil of Canada 7-5, 6-3.

Spain suffer double blow

2011-08-12T03:35:00.002+06:00

In the other anticipated encounter, Spain went down to Italy 2-1.
Riccardo Montolivo netted after 11 minutes to cap a good start by Italy, before Chelsea striker Torres was withdrawn, apparently suffering from concussion.
Xabi Alonso levelled from the spot eight minutes before the break, but the night took a turn for the worse for the Spanish as Pique was also withdrawn.
Liverpool misfit Alberto Aquilani grabbed a winner 6 minutes from time to create another upset for the night.

MS Dhoni admits England tour toughest

2011-08-12T03:34:00.000+06:00

India captain MS Dhoni has conceded that the
ongoing series in England is one of the most
difficult tours of his career.

Dhoni admits injuries, fitness and form have combined
together to deal a severe blow to the team.

The 2011 world cup winning skipper says he finds it difficult to remember when he was last faced with a situation with back-to-back defeats with some key players either missing or in poor form.
Dhoni also admitted the tour has placed extraordinary demands on the team to seek comeback measures.

Real round off their China tour in style

2011-08-12T03:31:00.000+06:00

Real Madrid rounded off their pre-season tour
of China with a resounding 6-0 win over
Tianjin Teda at the Olympic Stadium in Tainjin.
Goals from Gonzalo Higuain, Kaka, Angel di
Maria, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema -
who netted twice for the second game in a row -
ensured Jose Mourinho's side would sign off their
Chinese campaign in style.
Real can now look ahead to next weekend's Spanish Super Cup clash with Barcelona with some confidence after seven pre-season friendlies and seven victories.

Violence affects Carling Cup fixtures

2011-08-12T03:28:00.000+06:00

Two football matches have been postponed and questions raised over other sporting events after a third successive night of rioting in London.
Today's games at Charlton and West Ham were called off on police advice.
The FA will be guided by police advice, but at this stage is planning for Wednesday's game to go ahead.
England defender Rio Ferdinand has expressed shock and disappointment at the rioting.
Alongwith team mate Wayne Rooney he has issued an appeal to rioters to stop the violence.

Chelsea back in for Modric: report

2011-08-08T03:42:00.001+06:00

Chelsea will make a third offer for Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Luka Modric early this week and will bid £30million, according to Sky Sports.
Last season's Barclays Premier League runners-up have already failed this summer in approaches of £22m ($A35m) and £27m ($A42m) for the Croatian playmaker.
But Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas views Modric as an integral part of his plans for remodelling his squad at Stamford Bridge and is refusing to give up.

Kiwi Dixon wins mid-Ohio

2011-08-08T03:37:00.001+06:00

Kiwi IndyCar ace Scott Dixon claimed the win in commanding fashion after bad luck struck down all challengers in mid-Ohio.

Points leader Dario Franchitti finished second ahead of Ryan Hunter-Reay, Takum Sato and Tony Kanaan.

will power and Ryan briscoe were among the front runners, but were caught out and unable to pit when the safety-car was called for the spinning car of Graham Rahal.
That left the two Australians mired out on track behind the pace car while the rest of the field pitted, and when they took their turn a lap later, dropped down to 16th and 17th, with Power ending the race 14th and Briscoe 16th.
James Hinchecliffe was another on track for a win until he spun into gravel on the re-start, leaving Dixon virtually unchallenged ahead of teammate Dario franchitti
Dixon claimed the win 7.6 seconds clear of Franchitti who increases his points lead over Power.

Liverpool unveil new signings

2011-08-06T02:55:00.000+06:00

With 10 days to go until the start of the Premier League season, Liverpool unveiled their four summer signings.

Manager Kenny Dalglish has spent a reported $43 million on three British midfield players: Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam and Stewart Downing.

Brazilian goalkeeper Doni on a free transfer is expected to act as understudy to Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina.

The Reds start their Premier League season with a home game against Sunderland on 13^th August.

Zim show no sign of rust

2011-08-05T17:28:00.000+06:00

Zimbabwe's debutant opener Tinotenda Mawoyo pulls the ball to the midwicket fence en route to an attractive 43 during the first day of the only Test against Bangladesh at the Harare Sports Club Ground yesterday

Barcelona Upset In Friendly

2011-08-05T01:36:00.000+06:00

UEFA Champions Barcelona has been defeated 1-4 in a world football friendly by Mexican football club CD Guadalajara. David Villa put Barca ahead in the third minute.
Marco Fabian tied the match at 1-1 in the 60th minute and then doubled his tally with an overhead kick from eight yards out to move Guadalajara in front 2-1.
10 minutes later the Mexicans were three one up and then put the game beyond the Spanish giants with Ulises Davila converting a corner kick in the 90^th minute.

BEST CRICKET CATCHES

2011-08-03T15:57:00.000+06:00

RONALDO WORLD RECODE IN FIFA WORLD CUP

2011-08-03T03:41:00.000+06:00

DAVID VILLA INFORMATION

2011-08-03T01:22:00.000+06:00

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: David Villa Sanchez
Position: Forward
Place of birth: Tuilla, Langreo
Date of birth: 03-12-1981
Height: 175cm
Weight: 69kg
Debut: FC Barcelona-Sevilla FC (4-0, Spanish Super Cup), 21/08/2010
Personal Website: http://www.davidvilla7.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/David-Villa-Sanchez/20714737025

David Villa Sanchez

David Villa, 28, moved to FC Barcelona on 21st May 2010, just five days after the team won the second consecutive league title of the Guardiola era.

David Villa Sanchez made his first division debut with Zaragoza but really made his name with Valencia. However, his roots are in the mining region of Asturias in northern Spain where his father was a miner. He joined the youth teams of local club Sporting Gijon and soon made his way up the ranks to the first team.

He’s the 11th Asturias –born player to defend the Barca colours – previous famous compatriots in recent years being Quini, in the 80’s and former Barca captain Luis Enrique. Both of them recommended Barca to Villa.

David Villa’s career has been characterized by his unerring ability to score plenty of goals. In his seven seasons in the first division before joining Barca he never scored less than 15 a season.

He joins Barca in his prime – he’s 28 – and is a proven striker. He spent two years with Zaragoza (2003-05) and five with Valencia (2005-10), scoring 140 goals in 239 matches.

Despite his individual talent, he has collected relatively little silverware – two Cup medals and a Spanish Super Cup. So he joins Barca with plenty of hunger for honours.

His honours were dramatically extended after just one year at Barça. In 2010/11, playing on the left side of attack under Josep Guardiola, Villa won the Spanish Supercup, the league and the Champions League. He ended the season with a cracking goal in the Wembley final against Manchester United.

Villa is also a key part of the international team and, after the South African World Cup, has scored more World Cup goals than any other Spanish players. He played a huge role in Spain’s victory. His five goals made him Spain’s top scorer and – together with Müller (Germany), Snejder (Holland) and Forlán (Uruguay) – also the tournament’s top scorer.

PROFILE
He’s not especially big for a striker (1.75 m and 69 kg). His main virtue is his ability to shoot with both feet. As a child, he had a medical problem with his right leg so he focussed on his left, eventually becoming two-footed. In addition he’s an excellent header of the ball – an authentic goal machine.

Apart from his shooting ability, ‘El Guaje’ (The Lad) as he is affectionately known, is amazingly fast and mobile – a player who looks for the pass into space. Unpredictable. Off the ball, he works hard for the team and applies constant pressure to the opposing defence. He’s a charismatic player, a winner, who can turn a game at any moment.

HONOURS

FC Barcelona 2010/11 Champions League
2010/11 Liga
2010/11 Spanish Super Cup

Valencia 2007/08 Kings Cup

Zaragoza 2004/05 Spanish Super Cup
2003/04 Kings Cup

Spanish national team 2010 World Cup 2008 EURO 2008

Individual honours 2010 WC Silver Boot
2010 WC Bonze Ball
2009/10 Zarra Trophy
2009 Bronze Boot Confederations Cup
2008/09 Zarra Trophy
2008 Top scorer EURO 2008
2006/07 Zarra Trophy
2005/06 Zarra Trophy

CAREER
2010-11 FC Barcelona
2009-10 Valencia CF
2008-09 Valencia CF
2007-08 Valencia CF
2006-07 Valencia CF
2005-06 Valencia CF
2004-05 Real Zaragoza
2003-04 Real Zaragoza
2002-03 Sporting Gijón
2001-02 Sporting Gijón
2000-01 Sporting Gijón

OUR CRICKET TEAM

2011-08-02T04:49:00.000+06:00

THE M.C.C (Minors cricket club)
This cricket team that find out new poor faces
and build them up. 70 up members in this cricket
team. Whole team divided by three category . This is
Team-A (No age limit )
Team-B (Under 16 )
Team-C (Under 13 )

If you want to know about our cricket team.
Go this link - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=94689336544&v=info

Fasted Century in The World

2011-07-28T03:05:00.000+06:00

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi create this world recode . He is very good attacking Batsman. So, Every one call him BOOM BOOM Afridi.

Adam Cilchrist Infomation

2011-07-27T14:57:00.000+06:00

Adam Gilchrist
Australia

Full Name: Adam Craig Gilchrist
Date of Birth: Nov 14, 1971, Bellingen, New South Wales
Major Team: Australia, Deccan Chargers, ICC World XI, New South Wales, Western Australia
Playing Roll: Wicket Keeper Batsman
Batting Style: Left
Bowling Style: Right-arm offbreak
Nick Name: Gilly, Churchy
Height: 1.86 m

International Debut: 1996

Batting and fielding records

	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St

Test	96	137	20	5570	204*	47.61	6976	79.85	17	26	677	100	379	37

ODI	287	279	11	9616	172	35.88	9922	96.92	16	55	1162	149	417	55

T20I	13	13	1	272	48	22.67	192	141.67	-	-	27	13	17	-

Cristiano Ronaldo Information

2011-07-27T04:01:00.001+06:00

Full Name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro

Birthday: February 5, 1985
Birthplace: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Height: 1.85 m
Weight: 76kg
Nicknames: Ronnie, Rocket Ronaldo, CR7,
Position: Right Winger
Current Club: Real Madrid
Previous Clubs: Andorinha, CD Nacional and Sporting
Hero: Maradona
Actor: Jean Claude Vandamme
Actress: Angelina Jolie
Movies: The Sixth Sense, The Rock
Music: Dance Music

Cristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5th 1985, on the Portugese island Madeira to parents Josï¿½ Dinis and Maria Dolores. He was named after US president Ronald Reagon, but not for political reasons; he was his father's favourite actor. He started to show an interest in playing football at the age of 3, and by the time he was 8 he was already playing for his local side, Andorinha.

Sporting Lisbon came in for Ronaldo after seeing him play for Nacional at the age of 11. It was here when his talents and ability soon progressed, and he was soon called up to the Portugese under-17 squad. His displays also attracted the attention of then Liverpool manager Gerrard Houlier, but he declined to sign Ronaldo as he felt he was not yet the complete player.

Manchester United played Sporting in a pre-season friendly, losing the game 3-1. After the game, the Man.Utd players all spoke of their high regard of the young midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, stating that they found it really hard to play against such a good talent and that they would rather playing with him then against him. Alex Ferguson took this on board, and having already shown an interest in Ronaldo the views of his players backed up his feelings that Cristiano was a player with a lot of potential. Sporting Lisbon already had an agreement with Manchester United which would see Sporting act as a feeder club for United, with the best young talent at Sporting often coming over to train at Manchester. Manchester United would also send out their youngsters to Portugal, to gain them vital playing experience to help them mature whilst out in a foreign country. Manchester United struck an agreement with Sporting Lisbon regarding the future of Cristiano Ronaldo, and during the summer of 2003 United announced the signing of Sporting Lisbon midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, at the age of 18. Ronaldo turned out to be the perfect replacement for David Beckham, who had recently fallen out with Alex Ferguson and was sold to Real Madrid for ï¿½24.5million.

In his early days as a Manchester United player Ronaldo was often criticised for ï¿½over-playingï¿½ in certain occasions, with many of his flicks and tricks being used in wrong moments during the match. Eventually Cristiano Ronaldo started to show glimpses of the real talent that he was, turning on some classy performances as he turned defenders inside out during Premiership matches.

Cristiano Ronaldo was not the most popular premiership player, not only for the fact that he was a Manchester United player (a club hated by most football fans, except Man.Utd fans of course), but because he was starting to gain a reputation for diving, as some people felt he went to ground too easily during matches.
This ill-feeling from the English fans and general public soon turned into hatred, when at the 2006 World Cup in Germany Ronaldo was involved in an incident between Man.Utd team-mate mate Wayne Rooney which saw the England striker sent off after stamping on a Portugese defender. Ronaldo became involved in a dispute with Rooney, asking the referee to get Rooney sent off for the stamp. This incensed Wayne Rooney, along with the English public, who then pushed Cristiano. Rooney was red carded, and it is believed that the red card was shown for the push on Ronaldo, not for the original stamping offence. Cristiano Ronaldo was then seen winking at the Portuguese dugout, implying that he had succeeded in getting Wayne Rooney sent off.

After the event, and after seeing all the bad press and ill-feeling in England, Ronaldo was quoted saying that he cannot return to Manchester United because of the surrounding events. It was believed that Real Madrid were ready to snatch Ronaldo from United, and it appeared that Ronaldo was happy moving to the Spanish La Liga giants. However Alex Ferguson had other ideas, and talked Ronaldo into staying at the club.

In the 2006/2010 season which has seen United and Ronaldo in top form, Cristiano was awarded both the PFA young player of the year award and the PFA player of the year award. This was a double achievement which hasnï¿½t been achieved since 1977 when Sky Sports pundit Andy Gray won both the awards too.
The season has seen Cristiano Ronaldo grow in to a real world class player, and he has had his performances rewarded with a new 5 year contract worth ï¿½120,000 a week.

ABOUT MESSI

2011-07-27T01:26:00.000+06:00

Lionel Andres Messi (born 24 June 1987 in Rosario) is an Argentine international football player who currently plays for FC Barcelona in the Primer Division, and appears on Argentina's national team. Often touted in the media as New Maradona, Messi has been publicly named as his "successor" by Diego Maradona himself. Lionel Messi was born in Santa Fe Province on 25 June 1987. At the age of five, he started playing football for Grandoli, a club coached by his father. In 1995, Messi switched to Newell's Old Boys. At the age of 11, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency. River Plate showed interest in Messi's progress, but did not have enough money to pay for the treatment of the illness that cost over £500 a month, as Argentina's economy was collapsing. Carles Rexach, then sporting director of FC Barcelona, was made aware of Messi's talent, and Barcelona signed him after watching him play, offering to pay for the medical bills if he was willing to move to start a new life in Spain. His family moved with the young player to Europe and he starred in the club's youth teams.

He soon found himself starting for the Barcelona B team, averaging more than a goal per game, by scoring 37 goals in 30 matches. He now often finds himself the favourite in the online football betting markets for being top scorer in the La Liga each season. If you are wondering though what the latest online betting odds are on Messi - you can find out at bet365(external review)!

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2011-07-26T01:07:00.000+06:00

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