Archive for June, 2008
Italy who is well-known for their defense in football history did not show much of that and definitely missed the leadership of Fabio Cannavaro. They missed him marshaling the defense even more.
Ruud van Nistelrooy, Wesley Sneijder and Giovanni van Bronckorst all got goals to beat the Azzuri 3-0 in the ...
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The Boston Red Sox have been hit with injury at more frequent intervals this season than they would have liked and each next time its a big blow. There current record of 40-26 says a lot about the true champion material that is available in the lineup.
It all started with ...
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Rafael Nadal shows who is Boss by beating the world No. 1 Roger Federer in straight sets at the French Open. The final score showed an unbelievable 6-1, 6-3 and 6-0 to close out a disappointing Final for most tennis fans. He is pretty much invincible currently on clay.
It seemed ...
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Paul Pierce and the Celtics got the job done in Game 1 of the NBA Finals 2008 by beating the LA Lakers 98-88. While the game was all about Kobe Bryant missing shots he would make in his sleep and ending with 17 of 26 from the field, I think ...
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Mohammad Asif has done it once again. Just when I had started putting faith on the young fast bowler and that it was the Shoaib Akhtar influence that was spoiling the young lad, Asif has proven to me and I am sure millions of people wrong. He has proven that ...
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EURO 2008 is around the corner and fans awaiting a kick-off of yet another great tournament, its a good time to speak about whats expected from the tournament. The last tournament was filled with surprises with eventual winners Greece as unexpected as it gets. They played their game well of ...
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The top-seeded Sharapova crashed out of the French Open after Dinara Safina, beat her 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2. Two tie-breakers shows a hard-fought match and so it was and it was only Sharapova herself who gave it away in the second set after being 5-2 at one time.
Loss in ...
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Who would have imagined a Celtics and Lakers match-up in the finals at the end of last season? Not me for sure. It's only when big signings of Ray Allen & Kevin Garnett were brought in did it make any sense to put your money on the Celtics.
On the ...
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The 16-man squad for Pakistan's trip to Bangladesh for a Tri-series also featuring India was announced today with no big surprises but surely some disappointments.
Pakistan squad: Shoaib Malik (capt), Salman Butt, Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal (wk), Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir, Rao ...
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Just in...Jose Mourinho has been signed as Inter Milan's new Coach. Talk about making a good switch. After leaving Chelsea early last season, he must have been under bidding around Europe considering his excellent record with Chelsea.
Inter finally signed him up for a 3-year contract and one can surely see ...
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