Sunday, November 22, 2009
Sport
World Cup 2010 - Malta vs Hungary tomorrow - MFA president calls on fans to rally behind national team
A sense of realism permeated a conference call at the Centenary Hall yesterday as Malta FA president Joe Mifsud and coach Dusan Fitzel spoke about...
Youth Games - Bugeja leads in Pune shoot
The Maltese junior shooters representing the country in the Youth Commonwealth Games, currently underway in Pune, India, had their first day of...
Volleyball - Super Cup glory for Hibs, FDL
The Super Cup matches, played last weekend at the Cottonera Sports Complex, signalled the official start of the Malta Volleyball Association...
Squash - PAR-11 introduced
The Tecnifibre PAR-11 Open, at the Marsa Sports Club last weekend, attracted an entry of 36 players. They were grouped in three categories.
The...
Cricket - Khosla scores 110 for Krishna
The Globalair League continued last weekend with two other matches at the Marsa oval.
In the first game, Krishna won the toss and elected to bat...
New table football season
The Malta Table Football Sports Association (MTFSA) will kick off its new season next Sunday with a series of competitions at the Maria Assumpta...
South America zone - World Cup qualifiers marred by more trouble
Brazil complained of hostile treatment in Venezuela and three players were sent off in Ecuador's win over Chile on Sunday to complete a stormy...
South America zone - Argentina count casualties after bruising Uruguay match
Argentina were counting the casualties last weekend after beating neighbours Uruguay 2-1 in an often brutal River Plate derby.
Coach Alfio Basile...
International football - Pressure eases on Domenech before job verdict
France coach Raymond Domenech, who looked in great danger of being sacked just a few days ago, is set to retain his job when the French Football...
International football - Italy FA chief wants travel ban for Azzurri fans
Italy fans should be stopped from supporting the world champions abroad after minor trouble during their 0-0 draw in Bulgaria, the head of the...
International football - Piturca backed to succeed
Romania coach Victor Piturca was handed a vote of confidence after a 2-2 World Cup 2010 qualifying draw at home to France on Saturday.
Romania...
World Cup - Egypt win completes penultimate Africa qualifying
Continental champions Egypt completed the second round of African World Cup qualification with an easy 4-0 win over Djibouti in Cairo on...
World Cup - Australia to play Japan in Melbourne
Australia will play Japan in their final 2010 World Cup qualifying match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground next June, Football Federation Australia...
Football news
England captain John Terry has been ruled out of the 2010 World Cup qualifier against Belarus in Minsk tomorrow night because of the back injury...
Cycling - Armstrong to race in 2009 Giro d'Italia
Lance Armstrong will race in next year's Giro d'Italia for the first time as part of his cycling comeback, the seven-times Tour de France winner...
Marathon - Cheruiyot and Grigoryeva triumph in Chicago
Kenyan Evans Cheruiyot won the Chicago Marathon on Sunday for his second successive victory since moving up to the distance last year, while...
Basketball - NBA tightens belt in US but eyes expansion
The National Basketball Association is laying off nine per cent of its work force over worries about the US economy, but is looking to expand...
Racing - Arc winner Zarkava retires unbeaten
Unbeaten Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Zarkava has been retired to stud, owner the Aga Khan said yesterday.
The filly, who won all seven races...
Tennis - Players could boycott 2009 WTA Tour, says Safina
The top players could boycott next year's WTA Tour if their questions were left unanswered, world number three Dinara Safina said.
The Russian...
Motor racing - I can still do a Kimi, says Kubica
Poland's Robert Kubica believes he can still pull off a miraculous turnaround and win this year's Formula One world title for...
Motor racing - Alonso now happy to help Massa
Fernando Alonso has said he will do what he can to help Ferrari's Felipe Massa beat Lewis Hamilton to the Formula One title after winning the last...
Briefs
Osasuna: Struggling Osasuna have sacked coach Jose Angel Ziganda after their poor start to the season, the Primera Liga club said yesterday....
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