Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Sport
Serie A veteran trio set to follow Nedved's lead
Serie A old-timers Paolo Maldini,
Luis Figo and Cafu have hinted they will follow Juventus
midfielder Pavel Nedved and reject retirement to...
Top seed Ivanovic crashes out to qualifier in Rome
Top seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia
crashed out of the Italian Open in her first game on Wednesday,
losing 6-4 5-7 6-2 to Bulgarian qualifier...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Stories from The Times
Malta vs Liechtenstein friendly (National Stadium, today, 7.30 p.m.) - Fitzel looks for positives
Malta's preparations for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers continue this evening when the national team plays Liechtenstein in an international...
Today's other friendly internationals - Trezeguet seeking to leave his mark
Resigned to being omitted from Euro 2008 a week ago, David Trezeguet will have an unexpected chance to force his way into France coach Raymond...
Division Two-Three KO SFs - Galea goal floors Rabat in tight tie
Rabat Ajax 0Melita 1
Melita will play Balzan in the final after edging past Rabat thanks to a solitary goal scored by Julian Galea in a balanced...
Division Three - Knights hit back to beat Mtarfa in derby
Mtarfa 1Mdina Knights 2
Matthew Francalanza came off the bench and scored two late goals to help Mdina Knights hit back from a goal down and beat...
Volleyball - Junior Championship - Luxembourg top team in qualifiers at Cottonera SC
The men's Junior European Championship qualifiers for Small Countries came to a close last weekend with Luxembourg emerging winners at the...
Table Tennis - HSBC and Flutisat secure promotion slots
The two play-off matches to decide the final promotion spots in the national table tennis championship resulted in a successful night for the...
Table Football - MTFSA divisions decided after last circuit event
The last circuit event held by the MTFSA this season determined the players rankings for all three divisions ahead of the national championship to...
Athletics - Russian Orlava to conduct IAAF course at Marsa
Athletics Malta will be organising an IAAF course for technical officials between April 5 and 12.
This course, referred to internationally as the...
Italian Football - Inter in crisis?
Inter, currently marking their 100th year of existence, were always regarded as top favourites to retain the title crown ever since the season got...
Match at Stade de France - Ferdinand to captain England against France
Rio Ferdinand will captain England in today's Paris friendly against France but coach Fabio Capello will not select his permanent skipper until...
Spain out to learn from Italy about competing at the top
Spain should try and take a leaf out of Italy's book if they want to cast aside their reputation as perennial underachievers at major tournaments,...
Ballack says German players can rediscover form
Germany have to quickly rediscover their form to challenge for the Euro 2008 title, captain Michael Ballack said yesterday.
Injuries and poor...
Domestic turmoil affecting Romania's plans - coach
Romania coach Victor Piturca said this week that turmoil in the domestic game was affecting his team's preparations for Euro 2008.
Trouble in two...
In Spain - Images of attack heighten concern over fan violence
Film of an Atletico Madrid fan being kicked and beaten with a stick by Sevilla supporters before last Saturday's league match has heightened...
Capello due to give court evidence in Rome next week
England manager Fabio Capello will be called to give evidence next Monday in a Rome trial in which former Italy coach Marcello Lippi's son is...
Award for Tottenham's Berbatov
Tottenham Hotspur striker Dimitar Berbatov was handed his fourth Bulgaria's Footballer of the Year award in a ceremony held on Monday...
Football results
U-21 Qualifiers: Azerbaijan vs Italy 0-2; Ireland vs Montenegro 1-1; Germany vs Luxembourg 6-0.
U-21 Friendlies: Georgia vs Latvia 4-0; Belarus...
Football news
Ronaldinho needs a bit of affection from the rest of the squad if he is to return to top form at Barcelona, according to team-mate...
Swimming - Europeans in record rush for the Olympics
Frenchman Alain Bernard led the charge as Europe threw down its challenge for the Beijing Olympics with six world records in seven days of...
Motor racing - McLaren have rebuilt Kovalainen - Dennis
McLaren have rebuilt Heikki Kovalainen's confidence and turned him into a Formula One driver who can push team-mate Lewis Hamilton all the way...
Horse racing - Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches retired after injury
Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches was retired yesterday after re-injuring her right front leg, the filly's trainer said.
Rags to Riches beat...
Swimming - Australian Olympic trials
Australian teenager Stephanie Rice broke her second world record in three days at the national Olympic trials yesterday. The 19-year-old added the...
Sporting briefs
Asia tour: Manchester City are set to unveil plans for an Asian Tour in May during which they could become the first English Premier League club...
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