Sport
Drama, controversy as Milan snatch Champions League spot
AC Milan scored twice in the last six minutes, the first a hugely controversial Mario Balotelli penalty, to beat relegated Siena 2-1 in Serie A and snatch the Champions League playoff spot. Furious Siena, who went ahead in the 25th minute through...
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Update 2: Milan held, Palermo down, Siena relegated
Milan's hopes of Champions League football next season lie in the balance after they had Sulley Muntari dismissed before halftime and drew 0-0 with Roma in a match briefly halted for racist behaviour in the crowd. Visitors Roma's 36-year-old captain...
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Indomitable Birkirkara roar back to capture title
Hibernians 1Failla 32 pen;Birkirkara 3Herrera 56; Vukanac 67; Z. Muscat 73; It’s been a hard, nerve-wracking journey but Birkirkara have reached the promised land. Their title decider against Hibs yesterday churned out up enough twists and turns to...
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Collective effort wins it for Stripes
Paul Zammit (Birkirkara coach): “This is incredible... I just can’t believe that we won this league championship. We have worked hard throughout the campaign and this success is the fruit of a collective effort. “Today we didn’t start the match very...
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Inheriting the hairdryer
I have long suspected that when Sir Alex Ferguson hung up his hairdryer it would be sudden and without warning. A short, sharp shock was always going to be the best way of limiting disruption at the club, especially after what happened last time he...
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Wigan stun Man. City
Wigan Athletic claimed one of the greatest FA Cup final upsets of all time when a 90th-minute header from substitute Ben Watson gave them a 1-0 win over highly-fancied Manchester City at Wembley Stadium yesterday. Wigan, still threatened with...
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Two-goal Lampard breaks record
Frank Lampard broke Chelsea’s all-time scoring record with two goals as the European champions all but secured a top-four finish in the Premier League with a 2-1 win in an incident-packed game at Aston Villa yesterday. Christian Benteke put Villa in...
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Celtic crowned Scottish champions
Celtic confirmed their status as Scottish Premier League champions on the day they received the SPL trophy with a thumping 4-0 win over St Johnstone at Parkhead, yesterday. Skipper Scott Brown (picture), who returned for the first time in three...
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Ibarbo gatecrashes Juve party with a wonder goal
Champions Juventus drew 1-1 with Cagliari in Serie A yesterday, a result that means they can no longer beat their points record. Mirko Vucinic came off the bench to save a point for Juve with an easy tap-in just after the hour after Victor Ibarbo...
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Marseille victory keeps PSG waiting for title
Andre Ayew scored his first double of the season as Olympique Marseille beat Toulouse 2-1 yesterday to secure Champions League qualification and delay Paris St Germain’s ex-pected coronation as Ligue 1 winners. Ayew put the home team in front with a...
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Bayern lift the trophy after win over Augsburg
Champions Bayern Munich lifted the Bundesliga trophy yesterday after a comfortable 3-0 win over Augsburg as they prepare for the all-German Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund in two weeks. In front of German football chiefs, 22 former...
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Football news
West Ham manager Sam Allar-dyce has ended speculation about his future by signing a new two-year contract. Hammers co-owner David Gold announced the 58-year-old would stay on at Upton Park on his personal Twitter account. “I am delighted to announce...
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Sporting briefs
Keller: Schalke 04 have decided to stick with coach Jens Keller and agreed to a new deal until 2015. With Schalke battling for a Champions League qualifying spot after a poor first half to the season, Keller, whose contract expires at the end of the...
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Local sports results
Swan KO final: Lija/Iklin vs Valletta SP 1-0.Industries Soccer Association Cup quarter-finals: Methode vs Toly Products 5-2; Trelleborg vs Play-mobil 1-2. Handball Women’s KO SFs: Luxol vs La Salle ZT Developments 9-29; Aloysians Zmerc vs Phoenix...
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Maltese tennis team at Chisinau Fed Cup matches
The Maltese Federation Cup team at the Euro/African zone Group Three completed their Pool A commitments in Chisinau, Moldova, with a 2-1 win over bottom-placed Armenia and a 0-3 loss to top seeds Egypt. The joint effort of Helen Asciak’s girls –...
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Today’s sport
Siġġiewi: Youth FA U-17 9 a.m. Naxxar vs Tarxien; 11 a.m. Balzan vs St Andrew’s.Rabat: Youth FA U-17 9 a.m. Rabat vs Qormi; 11 a.m. San Ġwann vs Hibs.Ħamrun: Youth FA U-17 11 a.m. Pietà vs Valletta.Mellieħa: Youth FA U-17 9 a.m. Mellieħa vs Żebbuġ.
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Mercedes sweep front row
Germany’s Nico Rosberg handed Mercedes their third pole position in succession yesterday with team-mate Lewis Hamilton sealing a front row lockout at the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix. The pole was Rosberg’s second in a row after Hamilton, the 2008...
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‘Boring’ Serena to face Sharapova in Madrid final
Serena Williams’s tactic of staying in her hotel room and being “boring” appears to be paying off after the world no.1 swept past Sara Errani yesterday to set up a Madrid Open final against rival Maria Sharapova. Chasing a 50th career title at the...
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America’s Cup performing full review
The death of British yacht-racing champion Andrew “Bart” Simpson in an America’s Cup training accident cast a cloud of doubt over the immediate future of the renowned race, as the event’s top official refused on Friday to rule out possibly...
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Rudisha keeps his cool to see off Aman in Doha
Kenya’s world record holder and Olympic champion David Rudisha had to work hard to secure victory over Ethiopian teenager Mohammed Aman in the 800 metres at the opening Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha on Friday. London Games sprint...
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Olympiakos-Real in basket final
Olympiakos Piraeus will defend their Euroleague basketball title against Real Madrid in the final today after both teams recorded victories at London’s 02 Arena late Friday. In a rematch of the climax to last year’s European season, Olympiakos...
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