Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sport

Independence Cup - Third time for Hotspurs
Qala St Joseph 0 Victoria Hotspurs 2F. Bassi 40, 90 The first honour of the football season in Gozo went to Victoria Hotspurs as the team from...

GFA Division Two KO final - Second-half goals see Xagħra through
Xagħra United 3A. Bajada 47; E. Bezzina 54; M. Buhagiar 68Oratory Youths 0 Xagħra started their Division Two campaign on a positive note. This...

Tough opener for Malta U-17 in Krasnodar
The Malta U-17 national team is in Russia for the UEFA Championship qualifying tournament, in Krasnodar, between tomorrow and Tuesday. Malta are...

Basketball - Schembri, Micallef best players for 2007/08
Dirk Schembri, of BUPA Luxol, and Kirsten Micallef, the Hibs Medsea player, have just been named players of the year for season 2007/08 by the...

Bowling - Fina, Tabsat break away at end of first round
Week nine marks the end of round one in the current Middlesea League at the SuperBowl, and sees leaders Fina and chasers Tabsat break away from...

Correspondence - Cachia for player of the year
Tony Pisani and Richard Saliba write: We would like to congratulate the Sliema waterpolo team for securing the 12th double by winning this year's...

English Premiership - New owners outline 10-year vision for Manchester City - Mike Collett, Reuters
Manchester City's chairman-designate Khaldoon Al Mubarak said yesterday the club's new owners plan to build a dynasty over the next 10 years, with...

In England - Sheffield United win compensation in Tevez case - Reuters
An English FA arbitration panel has ruled in favour of Sheffield United's claim for compensation against West Ham United in the Carlos Tevez...

Wenger more interested in business than football - Platini - Reuters
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been criticised by UEFA president Michel Platini for caring more about business than football. Platini, in an...

World Cup 2010 mascot - Reuters
The mascot for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa was unveiled in Johannesburg on Monday, with FIFA opting for a leopard for the showpiece...

World Cup - FIFA unable to shake off Emerson controversy - Martin Petty, Reuters
FIFA has found itself tangled in a legal mess after the authority absolved Qatar of any blame for fielding an ineligible player in a World Cup...

In Italy - Inter take on Mourinho's self-assured style - Mark Meadows, Reuters
Italian champions Inter are quickly matching new coach Jose Mourinho's confident style with promoted Lecce next in line for a soccer lesson...

Italian football - Roma look not to fall off the pace - Antoine Dalli
The 3-0 victory at the Olympic Stadium last weekend gave Roma coach Luciano Spalletti some respite after starting the season rather shakily. In...

Football news - Reuters
Paul Jewell, the Derby County manager, said that midfielder Robbie Savage is free to leave on loan after losing his place at Pride Park. Savage,...

New rules likely for Bledisloe Cup - Reutrers
New Zealand and Australia's rugby players might have to adapt to another set of rules when they play their Bledisloe Cup match in Hong Kong under...

Cricket feature - Immigrants fire up Italian interest - Mark Meadows, Reuters
James Richardson Spensley became known as one of the fathers of Italian football and the sport swept the nation, leaving cricket with little...

Formula One - McLaren lose Hamilton appeal - Alan Baldwin, Reuters
Lewis Hamilton said he was disappointed but not depressed yesterday after a court rejected McLaren's appeal to have the Formula One leader...

Davis Cup - Federer's Switzerland to visit US - Reutrers
Roger Federer's Switzerland team will travel to face the United States in the first round of the 2009 Davis Cup World Group, after the draw in...

Sporting briefs - Reuters
Abuse of power: Prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into a senior official with the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU), accusing him of...