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Valletta goalkeeper banned for three months
Valletta goalkeeper Manuel Bartolo has been suspended from football for three months by the MFA following his sending off in Saturday's semi-final against Hibs. He was reported for inciting supporters after his red card. He was also given an additional two-match ban after being shown a straight red card for kicking Hibs midfielder Zoran Levnaic. The...
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WADA files appeal against verdict
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has filed an appeal against the verdict in Spain’s “Operation Puerto” trial into an alleged doping ring in professional cycling, the agency said. WADA had expressed its disappointment with the judge’s decision...
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Football news
Reports in Italy suggest said that young Parma striker Ishak Belfodil will be leaving the Serie A this summer on his way to the English Premier League. Liverpool have already made their first move to land the signature of the 20-year-old Algeria...
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Dane Hoyer Larsen new BWF head
Badminton’s world governing body (BWF) will create a separate commission to deal with match-fixing problems, Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen said after being elected president, yesterday. Denmark’s 1996 Olympic men’s singles gold medallist Hoyer Larsen beat...
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Sporting briefs
Bad weather: Nice have confirmed their Ligue 1 match at home to Lyon set for last night has been postponed until today because of bad weather. The fix-ture was put back to this afternoon (3pm). The result has implications at the top of the table...
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Nadal reaches final
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Marquez clinches pole
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Team hit by Brincat Thoresen’s withdrawal from GSSE squad
The Maltese women’s basketball team will be without key player Rebecca Brincat Thoresen for this month’s Games of the Small States of Europe as coach Angela Adamoli yesterday finalised her list of players for the Luxembourg tournament. Brincat...
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Fraser-Pryce eases home as Jeter stretchered off
Olympic 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce eased to victory on a damp evening at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting yesterday while world champion Carmelita Jeter was stretchered off the track after finishing third. As low clouds settled...
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Sports round-up
Rugby Union: Toulon were crowned champions of Europe for the first time yesterday when, aided by the boot of Jonny Wilkinson, they came from behind to beat Clermont Auvergne 16-15 in an all-French final at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. After a tentative...
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Ferguson criticises City for Mancini sacking
Manchester United's outgoing manager Alex Ferguson has criticised neighbours Manchester City for sacking Roberto Mancini. The Italian boss was sacked on Monday having failed to retain the Premier League title he won last season and after losing the...
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Hibs in FA trophy final after beating Valletta in scrappy match
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Mourinho, Ronaldo sent off, violence erupts at Atletico stun Real in final
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Zarate’s goal floors plucky Lija as Qormi reach final
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Miller unperturbed by speculation over his future
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Final match of Premier season
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Allegri doubts cloud Milan’s decisive match in Siena
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Stoke City launch training ground probe
Stoke have launched “a full internal investigation” into reports of an incident at their training ground yesterday, the club announced. It has been reported that a pig’s head was left in Kenwyne Jones’ locker, and that the striker was furious on...
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Bayern sell out stadium for cup final screening
Bayern Munich fans queued for more than 12 hours and snapped up all 45,000 tickets to watch a live screening at their Allianz Arena of the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund in London on May 25. Tickets for the all-German final at...
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Ferguson seeks anything but a quiet life after retirement
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Arsenal – no Rooney move Chasing Auxerre striker Sanogo