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Lyon Takes On Milan Sans Talisman
Posted on: March 29, 2006
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Lyon takes on Milan sans talisman
PARIS: Lyon will have to stop the most prolific strike-force in European tournament history without midfielder Juninho when it hosts AC Milan in a Champions League quarterfinal on Wednesday. The French club plays six-time European champion Milan in the first leg at Stade Gerland as it bids to reach the last four for the first time.
Coach Gerard Houllier will need to change tactics as Juninho dictates Lyon’s speed of play.
Juninho was booked in the round of 16 game against PSV Eindhoven and is suspended. But Houllier does have defenders Claudio Cacapa and Anthony Reveillere returning.
Houllier is likely to need defensive options as Milan forwards Shevchenko and Filippo Inzaghi share 106 goals in European competition. No pair of strikers has scored more, and Inzaghi is the first Italian to reach the 50-goal mark in Europe.— Agencies
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Keane Guides Tottenham To Victory
Posted on: March 29, 2006
Keane guides Tottenham to victory
LONDON: Robbie Keane converted a penalty with two minutes remaining to rally Tottenham past relegation-threatened West Bromwich Albion 2-1 on Monday.
It was the Irish striker’s second goal of the game and came after Albion’s Polish goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak lost control of the ball just outside his penalty area and brought down Jermain Defoe, who was racing toward the goal.
Keane struck home the penalty for his 13th goal of the season and Tottenham strengthened its hold on fourth place, while West Brom remained just above the relegation zone. Spurs have 55 points, three more than Blackburn and five more than sixth-placed Arsenal.
West Brom remains three points ahead of Birmingham and Portsmouth in the struggle to avoid relegation, but has played one more game.
The visitor, which beat Tottenham 2-0 at home in December, went ahead through a well-worked freekick in the 21st minute.
Michael Carrick was harshly judged to have felled Nathan Ellington on the left and, when Jonathan Greening swung in a well-judged free kick, Curtis Davies won the ball in the air to glance a header inside the far post.
Tottenham created few chances in the opening 40 minutes, but Kuszczak had to thwart Spurs twice just before halftime.
Keane stepped over a through ball from Edgar Davids that went to Defoe, who controlled the ball and fired a rising, right-footed shot, which Kuszczak had to push around the post with a diving save.
The result: English Premier League: Tottenham Hotspur bt West Bromwich Albion 2-1.
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Mystical Catches The Eye
Posted on: March 24, 2006
Mystical catches the eye
Mumbai: Mystical, Flashing Star and Accessible caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (March 23).
Outer sand:
600m: Intrinsic Value (Hamir) 40. Easy. Degas (F. Irani) 38. Moved freely.
800m: Zroom (Belose) 54, 600/41. Moved well. Flying Glory (T. S. Jodha) 57, 600/42. Easy. Return Of The King (Bernard), Choya (A. R. Mani) 52.5, 600/40. They were urged and ended level. Nectar Jewel (N. Jodha) 51, 600/38. Shaped well. Queen Of The Turf (P. S. Chouhan), Faster Than Light (J. Chinoy) 55, 600/41.5. Former finished six lengths ahead. Paris Hilton (Neeraj) (1,400-600) 54. Handy. Proteus (Kamlesh) 52, 600/38. Urged. Forces Of Destiny (C. Rajendra) 49 600/37. Impressed.
1,000m: Empire Star (M. R. Singh) 1-12, 600/44. Did easy work. Petronella (Rupesh), Jubilation (R. Pandey) 1-7, 800/53, 600/40. Former finished five lengths ahead. Mystical (B. Prakash), Silken Star (M. R. Singh) 1-6, 600/39. Former is in good shape and easily finished three lengths ahead. Oriental Express (Kharadi) 1-6.5, 800/51, 600/39. Pushed in the last part.
1,200m: Golden Circle (B. Prakash), Orlando Bloom (M. R. Singh) 1-22, 1,000/1-6, 600/39. Former strode out well and finished eight lengths ahead. Amorina (C. Alford), Andreas (Maseyk) 1-19, 600/41. Former trounced the latter. Flashing Star (B. Prakash), Star Hopeful (M. R. Singh) 1-18.5, 600/38. Former was well in hand and finished six lengths ahead. Constantia (Zameer), Mister Fixit (rb) 1-24, 600/42. They ended level.
Inner sand:
600m: Siebel (Ruzaan), Severriano (Abhishek) 39. Former superior.
800m: Enaksi (Kamlesh), Keytothevaults (rb) 53, 600/40. Former maintains winning form and finished four lengths ahead. Romantic Liaison (C. Alford) 53.5, 600/41. Moved freely. Colour Bearer (Abhishek) 58, 600/43. Shaped well. Celestrella (Ruzaan) 57, 600/43. Handy. Councilofthegods (M. Narredu), Art Of War (Kamlesh) 52, 600/38.5. Former has improved a lot.
1,000m: Chagall (Ruzaan), High Opinion (Abhishek) 1-7.5, 600/40. Former easily finished a distance ahead. So Perfect (Ruzaan), Royal Hunt (M. Narredu) 1-6, 800/50.5, 600/38. Former beat the latter by six lengths. Saangre Azul (Ruzaan) 1-9, 600/42.5. Moved fluently.
1,200m: Asiatique (Ruzaan), Some Time (Abhishek) 1-22, 600/40.5. They moved level freely. Royal Princess (C. Alford), Illica (M. Narredu) 1-25, 600/45. Former better.
Race track:
600m: Attention Seeker (rb), Rave On (V. Walkar) 37. Former superior. Beaming (R. Pandey) 38. Moved freely.
1,000m: Accessible (C. Alford), Native Strategy (C. Rajendra) and Spade Of Ace (S. M. Johnson) 1-2, 600/34. Accessible was well in hand and finished three lengths ahead. Note. Algeciras (T. Mahesh), Gaea (M. Narredu) 1-2, 600/35. Former was easy while the latter was pushed to end level. Capriani (Ruzaan), Benfica (Merchant) 1-4, 600/36.5. Both were level. Star Of The Season (S. Chinoy) 1-3, 600/35. Pushed. Incroyable (Baandal), Vena Amoris (S. Chinoy) 1-3.5, 600/35.5. They finished level.
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Inter pips Ajax to enter quarterfinals
MILAN: Dejan Stankovic scored in the 57th minute and Inter Milan beat Ajax 1-0 on Tuesday to take the last spot in the Champions League quarterfinals.
Inter advanced on 3-2 aggregate and will face Spain’s Villarreal in the last eight.
Inter dominated the first half but was starting to cede control when defender Walter Samuel intercepted an Ajax pass and launched Stankovic on a counterattack. Upon entering the area, Stankovic dribbled around midfielder Hedwiges Maduro and drilled in a hard, angled shot to the far corner of the net.
Stankovic also scored in the first leg, when Inter conceded two first-half goals before rallying to draw 2-2.
Inter joined Juventus and Milan to give Italy three teams in the quarterfinals for the second season in a row.
Inter will host the first leg against Villarreal on March 29 and travel to Spain for the second leg April 4. — AP
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SINGAPORE : Albirex Niigata defeated Geylang United 3-0 in an S.League match at Bedok Stadium on Monday.
Albirex’s goals came from Hiroyuki Yamamoto in the 5th and 20th minutes, and Keiji Uchino in the 24th minute.
With the victory, Albirex leads the table with four points. – CNA/de
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SINGAPORE : Noh Alam Shah struck twice as Tampines Rovers edged Gombak United 2-1 in an S.League match on Sunday.
Tampines led 1-0 before half-time and in the 80th minute.
Substitute Jalal scored the consolation goal for Gombak just before the final whistle. – CNA/de
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SINGAPORE : Balestier Khalsa held Woodlands Wellington to a 2-2 draw in an S.League match at Jurong Stadium on Wednesday.
Balestier opened accounts through Kengne Ludovick in the 40th minute.
But Woodlands went ahead with goals from Laakkad Abdelhadi (52nd minute) and Park Tae Won (58th).
However, Balestier managed to grab a draw through Mohamed Mardani in the 68th minute. – CNA/ch
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Mido Nets Tottenham’s Match Winner
Posted on: March 7, 2006
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Mido nets Tottenham’s match winner
Samaras scores twice as Manchester City gets past Sunderland
LONDON: Mido scored the winner for Tottenham in a 3-2 victory over Blackburn in the English Premier League on Sunday.
Mido’s 70th-minute goal and two Robbie Keane strikes ensured Spurs cemented fourth place in the standings.
In Sunday’s other match, Georgios Samaras scored twice in as many minutes for Manchester City in a 2-1 win over bottom club Sunderland.
Spurs is five points from third-place Manchester United and five points clear of fifth-place north London rival Arsenal.
Blackburn stays in sixth, one point behind the Gunners.
The top four clubs in England qualify for the Champions League. The only time Tottenham has played Europe’s top club competition was when it reached the semifinals of the European Cup in 1962.
Keane, who this week signed a new four-year deal and was named Ireland captain, scored in the ninth and 22nd minutes at White Hart Lane. Blackburn pulled one back through Florent Sinama Pongolle in the 44th and levelled with Craig Bellamy’s goal in the 67th.
The results: English Premier League: On Sunday: Tottenham bt Blackburn 3-2; Manchester City 2-1 bt Sunderland 2-1.
Spanish League: On Sunday: Celta Vigo bt Osasuna 2-0; Real Sociedad lost to Zaragoza 1-3; Getafe bt Real Betis 1-0; Racing Santander 0 drew with Mallorca 0; Sevilla bt Athletic Bilbao 2-1; Malaga 0 drew with Valencia 0; On Saturday: Villarreal bt Alaves 3-2; Cadiz bt Espanyol 2-0; Real Madrid bt Atletico Madrid 2-1; Barcelona bt Deportivo La Coruna 3-2.
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SINGAPORE: Football fans can cheer once again as the 2006 S.League season kicked off on Monday evening.
The first match saw the Young Lions hosting Albirex Niigata at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
The match finished at 1-1, with both goals coming in the second half.
In keeping with the celebratory mood, officials and players from both teams literally got the ball rolling.
And then the real action started, much to the delight of the 4,000 fans who turned up.
The two teams were cautious with their play on the new artificial surface.
But there were still moments when the deadlock could have been broken.
Goals or not, the fans had a ball of a time. – CNA/ir
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