Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sport

Volleyball Christmas Youth Festival
The Malta Volleyball Association, in collaboration with the Kunsill Malti għall-Isport, recently held a Christmas Volleyball Festival at the...

Shooting - Giardina, Spiteri end 2008 on winning note
The MAAC wrapped up its 2008 activities with a bench rest competition at its Victoria shooting range in Ħandaq. The event was split into two...

Boxing - Superior Corito outpunches Jennings
A boxing tournament, organised by John Essex, of the Malta Boxing Board of Control, was held recently at the Ta' Qali pavilion. The event...

International sports calendar 2009 - Spotlight on 2010 World Cup qualifiers, F1 championship
January Jan. 3-11: Darts - World Championship, Frimley Green. Jan. 6-7: Football - English League Cup semi-finals, first legs. Jan. 11-18:...

English FA Cup - Blyth and Barrow lead minor-league assault - Reuters
It is 20 years since a minor league club overcame top-flight opposition in the FA Cup but Blyth Spartans and Barrow have the chance to follow in...

In England - West Ham chief says club would consider all offers - Reuters
West Ham United would consider bids for any of their squad, although they had no intention of selling their best players, chief executive Scott...

In England - Under-fire Gerrard receives Benitez backing - Reuters
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has offered Steven Gerrard his full backing after the team captain was charged with assault, occasioning actual...

Pepsi, Beckham confirm end of endorsement relationship - Reuters
PepsiCo Inc has confirmed it is ending its endorsement relationship with David Beckham after 10 years in a move described as mutual by both...

Financial downturn unlikely to deter transfer window rush - Mike Collett, Reuters
The club most likely to be unaffected by the credit crunch is Manchester City, who may still be serious under-achievers at the wrong end of the...

Football news - Reuters
Nottingham Forest appointed former Derby County boss Billy Davies as their new manager yesterday, with a three-year contract until 2012. The...

Basketball - Los Angeles Lakers stand firm in economic storm - Mark Lamport-Stokes, Reuters
So far, so good for the high-flying Los Angeles Lakers, whose impressive on-court form this season has been matched by their robust resistance to...

Doping - Three Bulgarian athletes banned for two years - Reuters
Bulgarian sprinter Tezdzhan Naimova has been banned for two years for manipulating a doping sample while middle-distance runners Vanya Netova and...

Tennis - ATP calendar - Belgrade tournament replaces Amersfoort - Reuters
Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic has succeeded in his bid to stage an ATP tournament in his home town of Belgrade from 2009. "I am...

Sporting briefs - Reuters
Senna: Villarreal midfielder Marcos Senna has dismissed reports that he is eager to join Manchester City in the January transfer window. "I...