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Indian eves’ disastrous hockey World Cup campaign continued…
Indian eves’ disastrous hockey World Cup campaign continued as they lost 1-4 to Germany to complete a hat-trick of defeats in the quadrennial event. India’s third consecutive defeat in Pool A means the Surinder Kaur-led side is still without points in the tournament and are virtually out of the medal race. The comprehensive victory, however, [...]
Saina Nehwal world No.2 to the third place
Saina Nehwal slipped one place from her career-best position of world No.2 to the third place in the latest international rankings released Thursday. A quarters finish at the recently concluded World badminton Championship in Paris left the 20-year-old one place down the rung at the third position. In the men’s ranking, Chetan Anand, P. Kashyap [...]
College Football Predictions – Ohio State Football Schedule 2010
Ohio State Football Schedule 2010 – The schedule of Ohio State is among the most important in the sport of college football. The team has often been criticized of not taking on opponents of their own skill level, and instead opting to beat up on obviously weaker times. However, the team will be playing against [...]
Most eye-catching Chile, Brazil made them look ordinary in FIFA
Chile have been among the most eye-catching South American teams at this tournament yet Brazil made them look ordinary in Johannesburg, advancing to a quarter-final against Holland and leaving few in any doubt that winning this World Cup is likely to involve knocking Dunga’s or Diego Maradona’s team out of the competition. On current form [...]
Portugal strain too much for Ronaldo – Queiroz
Portugal were eliminated in the second round by Spain on Tuesday night as a David Villa goal secured a 1-0 victory for their Iberian neighbours. It meant Portugal departed the competition having failed to score in three of their four games in South Africa. Former FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldo was a marginal [...]
Paraguay won the first penalty shootout of World Cup 2010
Paraguay won the first penalty shootout of World Cup 2010 5-3 against Japan after a dire game ended goalless after 120 minutes in Pretoria. Oscar Cardozo calmly slotted home the decisive penalty in the shootout after Yuichi Komano struck Japan’s third spot-kick against the crossbar to register the only failure. With both sides bidding for [...]
Fifa World Cup 2010 – Brazil and Chile, meet in Johannesburg
Either Cristiano Ronaldo or his Real Madrid mates on the Spanish team will stay in the competition beyond Tuesday. His new club coach Jose Mourinho will be praying that Ronaldo doesn’t burn bridges the way he did in Germany four years ago. Then, Ronaldo was visibly pleased at Man United teammate Wayne Rooney’s misery in [...]
Netherlands waiting for Japan blitz – FIFA World Cup 2010
Match time: 19 Jun 1:30pm (South Africa Time) The Oranje begin the game as favourites, and coach Bert Van Marwijk says they will adopt the same approach as they did in their 2-0 win over Denmark on Monday. “This is going to be a tougher fight,” he said. “I expect a very aggressive Japan and [...]
World Cup 2010: Argentina 4 – South Korea 1
A late purple patch has seen Argentina triumph 4-1 over South Korea at Soccer City in one of the most enthralling encounters of the tournament thus far. An even affair peppered with dominant spells from both sides finally came to a head when Lionel Messi broke with purpose down Korea’s flank, forcing a good save [...]
Brazil simply beat North Korea in its World Cup opener
To appease the world’s most demanding soccer fans, Brazil had to do more than simply beat North Korea in its World Cup opener on Tuesday. The Selecao had to win with flair, as Brazilians have come to expect from their handsomely decorated national team. Bundled against a frigid Johannesburg night in long sleeves and gloves, [...]