Archive for June, 2009
Real Madrid officially presented Kaka as a Real Madrid player in a Hollywood style in front of tens of thousands of fans at the Bernabeu. Director general Jorge Valdano had promised president Florentino Perez’s second spell at the helm would be a “super-production” and they did not disappoint with the presentation of their first sign [...]
Former world champion, Brazil came from two goals down to beat USA 3-2 in the Confederations Cup final. Goals from Fulham’s Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan had put the Americans, who had stunned Spain in the semi-finals, 2-0 up inside half an hour at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. But the South Americans stormed back with [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo will complete his world record £80m move from Manchester United to Real Madrid on 1 July after agreeing a six-year deal. Manchester United confirmed earlier this month they had accepted a world-record bid from the Primera Division side and the two clubs have now finalised an agreement for the Portugal 24-year-old winger’s transfer. [...]
American Lucas Glover stayed cool to survive late charges from bigger names and clinched a 109th U.S. Open that had been plagued by bad weather. Glover claimed his maiden major by two shots from world number two Mickelson, former world number one Duval and third-round leader Ricky Barnes. England’s Ross Fisher was close for much [...]
Gone were the days when a punter would actually have to get up, get dressed, and drive all the way down to the track to place a bet. A lot of people are still engaged in this type of betting, when there is more advance way of betting with latest technology. With the advancement of [...]
North Korea have qualified for the World Cup finals in South African 2010 for the first time since 1966 since they have been playing the for qualification series, they play a goalless draw in Saudi Arabia watched by 66,000 fans. The Iran’s failure to defeat South Korea in Seoul earlier meant that North Korea only [...]
Chelsea were today considering their response to UEFA’s decision to hand lengthy European bans to Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa and fine the club £85,000 following their controversial Champions League exit to Barcelona. Ivorian striker Drogba was given a six-match ban – the last two suspended for two years – for his foul-mouthed confrontation with [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo is set to become the world’s most expensive player when he seals an £80million switch from Manchester United to Read Madrid at the end of this month. The Portugal winger, who looks to be on the way out of Manchester United, claims he wants to “re-write the history of football”. He said in [...]
Roger Federer has joins the live of Fred Perry, Don Budge, Roy Emerson, Rod Laver and Andre Agassi as the only men to have won all four Grand Slam titles. Federer beat Robin Soderling in straight sets to win his first French Open and equal Pete Sampras’s record of 14 Grand Slam titles. The world [...]
Sunderland have confirmed Steve Bruce has been appointed as the club’s new manager. The 48-year-old has signed a three-year contract to succeeed Ricky Sbragia, who stood down at the end of last season. A statement on Wigan’s official website read: “A compensation fee has been agreed between the two clubs, freeing Bruce to move to [...]