Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sport

UEFA Cup - Marsaxlokk target satisfactory result against Slaven - Valhmor Camilleri
Marsaxlokk want to leave a good impression this evening when playing Croatia's Slaven Koprivnica in the UEFA Cup first qualifying round, first leg...

UEFA Cup - Buttigieg urges Stripes to keep composure at the Poljud Stadium
Birkirkara play famous Croatian team Hajduk Split in the first leg of the UEFA Cup first qualifying round tonight, looking to produce a creditable...

UEFA Cup - First qualifying round
Southern regionCherno More Varna (Bulgaria) vs Sant Julia (Andorra)Pelister (Macedonia) vs APOEL (Cyprus)Vaduz (Liechtenstein) vs Zrinjski...

Shadows from the Past (734) - Goal deluge - Carmel Baldacchino
Goals were never scarce in Maltese football. A careful study of league football in Malta will reveal that there has always been a healthy total...

FISEC Games - Futsal, basketball teams start with a win
There was an auspicious start for the Maltese teams in Futsal and basketball yesterday as the 60th edition of the FISEC Games got underway in...

Elmo Insurance win five-a-side league title
Elmo are the winners of the annual five-a-side league for Malta-based insurance companies. This year's competition, organised by Saviour Debono...

Mosta cycling school nursery
The Mosta AF Sign Studio Cycling Club, the country's oldest and largest cycling club, is organising the first ever cycling school nursery in Malta...

Young goalkeepers attend Italy training camp
A group of 15 aspirants from the Mario Muscat Goalkeepers' School are currently doing a training camp at the Scuola Numero Uno in Italy. The...

Tennis - Team tournament at TCK
The Tennis Club Kordin will be holding the sixth edition of the Simpatia Crai Team Tournament. The competition, which will be played between...

UK football Review of 2007/08 - Champions Man. Utd dominate scoring scene
Champions Manchester United, whose wingers and midfielders find the opponents' net as often as their team-mates in attack and, perhaps, even more...

Arsenal chief says players cannot ignore credit crunch - William Kemble-Diaz, Reuters
Soccer players and clubs in Europe need to wake up to the realities of the global credit crunch by reining in their wage and transfer fee...

Football transfers - Ronaldinho arrives in Milan to a fanfare - Reuters
Ronaldinho put a year of troubles behind him yesterday when he breezed into Milan's training ground to be greeted by around 4,000 screaming...

World Cup qualifying Portugal's priority - Queiroz - Reuters
New Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz said yesterday his first major priority was for the country to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South...

Serie A - Inter need midfielder says Mourinho - Reuters
Inter still need a midfielder and the door remains open for Frank Lampard, coach Jose Mourinho said yesterday. Mourinho won two Premier League...

Midfielder Hleb completes move to Barcelona - Reuters
Alexander Hleb last night completed his 15 million euros (£11.8m) move to Barcelona from Arsenal. The 27-year-old Belarus midfielder, who...

Football news - Reuters
Real Madrid forward Julio Baptista is not against a move to Roma who are looking to reinforce their squad to try and wrest the title from Inter...

Beijing 2008 - China says Olympic sailing venue now algae-free - Reuters
A massive algae bloom that threatened the Olympic Games sailing venue at the Chinese coastal resort of Qingdao has now almost been cleared, state...

Athletics - Graham banned for life by USADA - Reuters
Former elite athletics coach Trevor Graham has been banned for life for violating anti-doping rules, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said. The...

Athletics - Amputee Pistorius fails in Olympic qualifying bid - Reuters
Double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius failed in his final attempt to qualify for the 400 metres race at next month's Beijing Olympics. Needing...

Cycling - Norway's Arvesen gives CSC first Tour stage win - Reuters
Norway's Kurt-Asle Arvesen gave the CSC team their first stage victory on this year's Tour de France when he prevailed at the end of a 167.5-km...

Sporting briefs - Reuters
Leao: Former Brazil captain Emerson Leao has taken over as coach of 11-times Qatari champions Al Sadd. Leao, who coached Brazil between 2000 and...