Monday, October 13, 2008
Sport
Terry ruled out of Belarus match
England captain John Terry has been ruled out of the 2010 World Cup qualifier against Belarus in Minsk on Wednesday because of the back injury...
taly's Gilardino ready to usurp Toni
Alberto Gilardino can take over from struggling Luca Toni as Italy's main striker if he impresses in Wednesday's World Cup qualifying Group Eight...
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Stories from The Times
Floriana leave for Serbia training camp
Floriana left Malta yesterday en route to Serbia where they will have a seven-day training camp.
The Greens, currently level with Sliema at the...
UEFA U-19 tournament - Malta go down 2-0 to Italy
Malta's U-19 team played their second match in a UEFA Mini-Tournament, losing 2-0 to hosts Italy at the Iesi Stadium in Ancona yesterday.
Italy...
Sailing - 2007 Beneteau Cup - Three-race regatta to be held this week
This year's sixth edition of the Beneteau Cup will be held between Thursday and Sunday.
"Forty Beneteaus are expected to participate... this...
Rugby - Cisk Lager League - Overseas' superior pack flays Alligators
Alligators Cisk Exp. 0Globalair Overseas 31
There was an air of great expectation around this game as Globalair Overseas were making their...
Snooker - IBSF World Championships - Borg, Zammit win again
Maltese players Alex Borg and Simon Zammit made it two wins from two matches at the IBSF World Championships, currently being played in Korat,...
Basketball - MBA Shield semi-finals - Luxol oust holders Siggiewi
Siggiewi Smina 77BUPA Luxol 83(11-20, 27-20, 24-20, 15-23)
BUPA Luxol have set up a meeting with rivals Compleet IS SW in the final of the MBA...
Basketball - Peugeot League - Easy for Luxol, Kerygma edge past Sliema
The Peugeot League got underway last weekend with Luxol enjoying an easy outing against St James Hospital while Kerygma came from behind to pip...
Cricket - Chairman's select prevail in 20/20 match
On Saturday, The Captain's select team took on the Chairman's select in a friendly 20/20 game of cricket, being warm-up games for the upcoming...
Table Tennis exhibition at St Monica School
Earlier this month, no fewer than 120 female students of St Monica school tried their hand at table tennis.
Led by coach David Pace, Table Tennis...
Motorsport
The Island Car Club will hold its final event of the season next Sunday at Gnejna Bay. The hillclimb, starting at 9 a.m., is expected to be...
Italian league suspended for a week after riots
Italy's second and third division soccer programme will be suspended at the weekend, the country's federation said yesterday following fan...
Violence leaves scar across Europe
Italian soccer authorities met yesterday to discuss measures aimed at tackling widespread fan violence sparked by the shooting of a Lazio...
Analysis - Italy fails to shrug off hooligan tag
Italy thought it was on the way to combating soccer violence until Sunday's riots were sparked by the killing of a Lazio fan by a police...
Champions League - UEFA council against overhaul
UEFA's influential strategy council has come out against Michel Platini's plans to hand Champions League places to domestic cup winners, sources...
Euro 2008 - Greece drop Charisteas for Malta, Hungary matches
Greece coach Otto Rehhagel has dropped Nuremburg striker Angelos Charisteas for the last two games of the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.
The...
English Premier League - Arsenal beat Reading to go back on top
Classy Arsenal cruised to a 3-1 win at Reading yesterday to maintain their unbeaten start to the season and replace Manchester United at the top...
In England - The Championship - Mifsud sent off as Coventry lose derby
Michael Mifsud experienced a frustrating night as the Coventry striker was sent off during the 4-0 defeat to West Brom in the derby of the...
Football news
German international goalkeeper Jens Lehmann said he would consider a transfer to a Bundesliga team this winter if it would help secure his place...
Motor racing - Formula One - Ferrari to appoint Domenicali as team boss
Ferrari will replace Jean Todt as their Formula One team boss with Stefano Domenicali from January, the world champions said in a statement...
Brawn returns to F1 as Honda team principal
Honda pulled off a major Formula One coup yesterday with the announcement that former Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn was joining them as...
Tennis - WTA Championships - Henin eyes further improvement after dream season
Despite crowning a dream season by retaining her WTA Championships title in a thrilling comeback victory against Maria Sharapova, Justine Henin...
Masters Cup - Federer shocked by Gonzalez in Shanghai
World number one Roger Federer suffered a shock 3-6 7-6 7-5 defeat by Chile's Fernando Gonzalez in his opening match at Tennis Masters Cup...
Cycling - Tour de France - Inquiry says Rabobank right to sack Rasmussen
Rabobank were right to expel Dane Michael Rasmussen from this year's Tour de France because he lied about his training whereabouts, an independent...
Olympics - Beijing lab boosts Games anti-doping effort
China opened a new anti-doping agency yesterday which officials said would strive to be "the world's best" for the 2008 Olympics.
The...
Boxing - Jones and Trinidad to fight in January
Roy Jones Jr. and Felix 'Tito' Trinidad, who have won 13 world titles between them, are to fight on January 19 at Madison Square...
Snooker - Northern Ireland Trophy - Maguire ends three-year title drought
Stephen Maguire secured the third ranking title of his career with a 9-5 defeat of Fergal O'Brien in the final of the Northern Ireland Trophy on...
Sporting briefs
Malouda: Chelsea midfielder Florent Malouda will miss France's friendly against Morocco on Friday in Paris because of a sore left knee. "I...
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