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Man City look to streak clear with another Wolves win
Manchester City can open up an eight-point gap at the top of the Premier League when they return home to what will be a heroes' welcome in front of almost 50,000 adoring fans for the visit of Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.City, who crushed Manchester United 6-1 at Old Trafford last week to move five points clear at the top, will be meeting Wolves for the second time in four days after their 5-2 win in the League Cup on Wednesday at Molineux.On current form, Wolves will be no match for City, but their manager Mick McCarthy, who made 140 League appearances for City in the mid-1980s, will relish another tussle against his former club, who only won the corresponding League fixture 4-3 last season... Read on
Massa fastest for Ferrari in Indian debut
Felipe Massa was fastest for Ferrari on Friday as Formula One's oldest team set the pace at the sport's newest circuit in practice for the inaugural Indian Grand Prix.If the morning was a tale of Indian pride, stray dogs and Englishman Lewis Hamilton collecting a three place grid penalty for ignoring warning flags after setting the quickest lap, the afternoon ended a red letter day with a red car on top.Massa's lap was the fastest yet in the heat and dust of the barely completed $450 million Buddh International layout, near New Delhi, clocking a best time of one minute 25.706 seconds... Read on
Mad dogs and Englishman steal limelight in India
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton set the practice pace in a hazy first session at India's new Buddh International Formula One circuit on Friday on a morning of stray dogs, quick Red Bulls and fierce national pride.On a historic day for motorsport in the world's second most populous nation, the $450 million facility fired up the country's long-awaited first grand prix weekend with the colours of the national flag leading the way.The first car out of the pitlane was the saffron, white and green Force India, driven by Germany's Adrian Sutil.It was followed closely by Team Lotus's Indian reserve Karun Chandhok, the second Force India of Paul di Resta and then Indian racer Narain Karthikeyan in the HRT... Read on
Mad dogs and Englishman steal limelight in India
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton set the practice pace in a hazy first session at India's new Buddh International Formula One circuit on Friday on a morning of stray dogs, quick Red Bulls and fierce national pride.On a historic day for motorsport in the world's second most populous nation, the $450 million facility fired up the country's long-awaited first grand prix weekend with the colours of the national flag leading the way.The first car out of the pitlane was the saffron, white and green Force India, driven by Germany's Adrian Sutil.It was followed closely by Team Lotus's Indian reserve Karun Chandhok, the second Force India of Paul di Resta and then Indian racer Narain Karthikeyan in the HRT... Read on
Outcast Tevez may sue City boss Mancini
CARLOS Tevez may sue Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini for defamation of character, according to sources in the Argentine striker’s camp.On Tuesday, City fined Tevez four weeks wages - about £1m - for what they say were five separate breaches of contract in a game against Bayern Munich.In a letter, Tevez was told he would be charged with failing to warm up.But a statement on City’s website said he had failed to fulfil his “obligation to participate”.Tevez has been advised that Mancini’s post-match comments, where he said Tevez refused to play, could amount to defamation... 1 comment
Manchester United star quits Serbia national team
Nemanja Vidic has quit the Serbian national team after their failure to qualify for the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine, the Serbian Football Association (FSS) said on Monday.The FSS published a statement by the Manchester United defender, who said media and fan criticism over his recent performances for Serbia had persuaded him to hang up his international boots."The basic reason for my international retirement is that my commitment for the national team has been criticised by the media and therefore by the public as well for some time now," the FSS website quoted Vidic as saying."I've been under fire although I turned up to play for Serbia even when I was injured and sometimes I did so against the advice of my club... Read on
Relaxed All Blacks prepare for date with destiny
The All Blacks looked calm and relaxed at training on Saturday in their final appearance in front of the cameras before they have their chance to claim a place in New Zealand rugby history.Mere mortals as they conducted their final Captain's Run of the World Cup, they have been left in no doubt that victory in Sunday's final against France will elevate them to a place in the pantheon of New Zealand sporting greats.Under the headline "Those Who Went Before", the New Zealand Herald on Saturday published the names of the 192 players who have played in the famous black shirt but failed to win the Webb Ellis Cup since the country's single 1987 triumph... Read on
Pedrosa roars to pole in Malaysia
Honda's Dani Pedrosa blazed to pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix ahead of newly crowned MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner in qualifying on Saturday.The Spaniard clocked a fastest lap of two minutes, 1.462 seconds on a bumpy Sepang circuit to edge team mate Stoner and claim only his second pole of 2011 for Sunday's race.Pedrosa is currently fourth in the world championship standings on 208 points, chasing Italian Andrea Dovizioso (212) with two races left this season."I was trying hard for the pole," Pedrosa told reporters. "In one section I was going faster, but then I had some traffic and couldn't improve my lap time."I was still able to be on pole for the second time (in 2011) and that's good, but I'm hoping to do even better in the race... Read on
All eyes on Old Trafford for Manchester derby
The eyes of the footballing world will be focused on Manchester on Sunday when English champions Manchester United play league leaders Manchester City in one of the most eagerly-awaited derbies between the two for years.According to recent figures from the Premier League, 1.4 billion viewers regularly tune in to watch their matches everywhere from Australia to Zanzibar and Sunday's game will be one of the biggest attractions of the season.The players of both teams have been talking up their chances and, although one match never truly defines a season, victory in a derby usually assumes particular importance for the fans of the winning side... Read on
APOEL: we are not top through luck
APOEL fans could hardly hide their disappointment after the draw for the group stages of the Champions League was made in August.Their side, after qualifying for the group stages of Europe’s premier club competition for only the second time in their history, had failed to draw any of the giants of the European game. What made things even worse was how none of the sides they had drawn, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit St Petersburg or Porto, constituted a particularly appealing holiday destination for a short midweek break in the autumn months, such as Barcelona, Madrid, London or Milan would have been. The overall feeling from the fans was that since the Nicosia side was more than likely to end up last whatever the case, let’s at least enjoy the trip. ... Read on
