Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sport

Liverpool will not sell key players, says Hicks - Today, 15:40
Liverpool will not be forced to sell off key players if the club make an early exit from the Champions League, co-owner Tom Hicks said. "None of...

Pedrosa wins in Valencia after Stoner error - Today, 15:39
Spain's Dani Pedrosa took advantage of a Casey Stoner crash on the warm-up lap to win the Valencia Grand Prix on Sunday, his second victory of the...

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Stories from The Times

World Cup 2010 Albania vs Malta - Fired-up Schembri tips Malta to raise game - Kevin Azzopardi, Tirana
"It's a pity that Andrè Schembri can't play," Dusan Fitzel, the Malta coach, told The Times on the eve of Saturday's World Cup...

Football results
Division II/III KO: Pembroke vs Mġarr 1-0; Kirkop vs Għaxaq 2-0; Luqa vs St Andrews 0-0; Gudja vs Siġġiewi 5-2. Youth FA: U-17 - Melita vs St...

Football memories - Rivera's visit to Malta in 1983 - John Andrew Gauci
September 1983 is a special month for the Milan supporters in Malta. Between September 9 and 10, 25 years ago, two influential personalities from...

Athletics - Magri and Hili register first victories in 5K series
The third race in the Birkirkara 5K Road Running Series produced two new winners with victories for Brian Magri and Carmen Hili in their...

Local tennis
The Vittoriosa Lawn Tennis Club will be holding another coaching course starting on October 5. The Lotto Coaching Clinic consists of ten sessions...

Croatia will face a tougher England this time, says Cole - Reuters
England have learnt from their 2006 defeat by Croatia in Zagreb and will not make the same naive mistakes when they meet again in tomorrow's World...

Mexes takes blame for embarrassing defeat - Reuters
Defender Philippe Mexes said he was to blame for France's humiliating 3-1 defeat by Austria in a World Cup qualifier. Mexes added that the...

In South America - Brazil ease pressure on Dunga - Reuters
Brazil gave beleaguered coach Dunga some much-needed respite by making light of a Ronaldinho penalty miss to beat Chile 3-0 in a World Cup...

Heinze and Tevez in the doghouse after comedy of errors - Reuters
Carlos Tevez and his former Manchester United team-mate Gabriel Heinze were both in the doghouse yesterday after a comedy of errors in the first...

Paralympics - Pistorius outsprints Flores in100m - Reuters
Malta sprinter Antonio Flores just missed out on setting a new seasonal best time yesterday when he took part in the 100m-T44 heats at the...

2012 Olympics - Coe plays down stadium fears - Reuters
Sebastian Coe said yesterday he was committed to leaving an athletics legacy in London's 2012 Olympic stadium despite speculation that it could be...

Football news - Reuters
Chris Hughton is the caretaker manager of Newcastle following the departures of Terry McDermott and Adam Sadler. Assistant boss McDermott and...

Hamilton punishment whips up another Formula One storm - Alan Baldwin, Reuters
"This is the worst judgement in the history of F1," fulminated former champion and television commentator Niki Lauda after race stewards...

Raikkonen deserved to win, say Ferrari - Reuters
Ferrari commiserated with their Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen after a Belgian Grand Prix that left his title hopes looking slimmer...

Tennis - US Open - Serena bounces away with women's crown - Pritha Sarkar
The drama queen came face-to-face with the comeback queen at Flushing Meadows on Sunday. Jelena Jankovic provided the on-court theatrics and...

US Open looking to build main court roof - Simon Cambers, Reuters
US Open organisers are considering building a roof over its main court at the cost of around $100 million, officials said. "I would say at...

Sporting briefs - Reuters
Gattuso: Gennaro Gattuso is expected to recover by the end of this month after surgery for his fractured hand. The Milan midfielder was injured in...