Friday, May 9, 2008
Sport
Malta football, M'Xlokk back in second place
Marsaxlokk regained their position in the second place of the Premier League by beating Hamrun Spartans 4-3 in a tough match at Ta' Qali this...
Hleb set to leave Arsenal, says agent
Arsenal midfielder Aleksandr Hleb
looks set to follow Mathieu Flamini out of the Premier League
club, according to his agent.
The...
Federer falls to unseeded Stepanek at Rome Masters
World number one Roger Federer's
hopes of winning his first Rome Masters were dashed on Friday
when he was knocked out at the quarter-final...
Ferrari quickest in Turkish GP practice
Ferrari set the pace in Turkish
Grand Prix free practice on Friday, with Brazilian Felipe Massa
fastest in the morning and world champion team...
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Stories from The Times
International Friendly - Five-goal Mifsud inspires Malta to massive win
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The few hundreds of home fans, most of them young members of local football nurseries, who ventured to the National Stadium...
BoV Premier League - Madzar, Woods suspended for one match
Title hopefuls Marsaxlokk and Sliema Wanderers will be without one of their key forwards for their next league games after Ivan Woods and...
Shadows from the past - 718. An 'amateur' encounter with the old masters - England overpower Malta
Malta Amateurs XI made their debut in the international scene in 1959 for the qualifying rounds of the 1960 Olympic Games. Three years later, the...
Football in Gozo - Youngsters maintain six-point lead
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Nadur maintained their six-point lead at the top of the standings following this convincing victory over...
Tennis - ITF U-18 Tournament - Maltese trio in QFs
Matthew Asciak, Kimberley Cassar and Elaine Genovese are through to the quarter-finals of the ITF world ranking tournament currently being played...
Handball - EHF Challenge Trophy - Women's national team make international bow in Cyprus
2008 will be remembered as the year the women's national team made its official debut in the international handball arena.
The Maltese girls are...
Rugby - Galea appointed acting MRFU president
Martin Galea has been co-opted as acting president of the Malta Rugby Football Union (MRFU) until the next annual general meeting in September,...
Boxing - Malta vs England bouts set for April 12
Punch Promotions, in association with Challenger Fitness Centre, will be organising a series of bouts involving local and English boxers next...
Volleyball
The Malta U-19 girls national team beat Ireland in straight sets in a match from the European Junior Girls Championships, currently being played...
Ribery penalty spoils Beckham century
A first-half penalty from Franck Ribery spoiled David Beckham's 100th appearance for England by giving France a 1-0 friendly win at the Stade de...
Superb Pato goal hands Brazil 1-0 win over Sweden
Teenager Alexandre Pato marked his international debut yesterday with an astonishing opportunist goal to give Brazil a 1-0 win over Sweden in a...
Laporta denies rift with Ronaldinho
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has moved to quash speculation about a rift between the club and an out-of-form Ronaldinho.
"There is no...
World Cup - Schwarzer's save secures draw for Australia
Goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer saved an 89th-minute penalty to help an injury-depleted Australia side scrape a 0-0 draw against China in their Asian...
UK Soccer - England's four claim record in Champions League last eight
It had to happen after last year England was represented by three teams in the last four of the Champions League. Now, the four that started the...
Football news
Gary Neville has admitted he may not make his return to the Manchester United first team until next season. The United captain has not appeared...
Motor racing - McLaren say they need to raise their game
McLaren must raise their game after losing out to Ferrari in Malaysia at the weekend, the Formula One team's chief executive Martin Whitmarsh...
Qatar to upgrade Losail circuit to F1 standards
Qatar plans to improve its Losail MotoGP circuit to cater eventually for Formula One, the head of the Gulf country's motor sports federation...
British Olympians to be drug tested before Beijing
Every British athlete competing in the Beijing Olympics will be dope tested at least once before this year's Games as part of the country's most...
Doping - WADA slams UCI for lawsuit against former chief
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) blasted the International Cycling Union (UCI) for filing a lawsuit against former chief Dick Pound and said...
Tennis - Ivanovic, Djokovic aim to give Serbia top spots
Serbs Ana Ivanovic and Novak Djokovic continued their surge towards the top of the world rankings after they both captured singles titles at the...
Sailing - America's Cup - Row set to go back to court
Holders Alinghi are preparing to go back to court after again failing to reach agreement with rivals BMW Oracle over the timing of the next...
Sporting briefs
Cagliari win appeal: Cagliari moved off the bottom of Serie A yesterday when the Sardinian side won an appeal over three points deducted because...
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