GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AFP) – Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson basked in the 2-0 Champions League semi-final first leg win over Schalke on Wednesday and admitted that his team now face a crucial seven days. United tackle Arsenal on Sunday and fellow Premier League title rivals Chelsea the weekend after with the return European leg against Schalke sandwiched in between. “I hope we get a positive result on Sunday against Arsenal and then from there, depending on that result, [...]
MADRID (AP)—Lionel Messi’s clutch scoring was overshadowed by the loud complaining from the other side. Messi lit up an ill-tempered Champions League semifinal on Wednesday with two goals in the last 15 minutes to give Barcelona a 2-0 victory against short-handed Real Madrid. Messi sent substitute Ibrahim Afellay’s cross through the legs of goalkeeper Iker Casillas to open the scoring in the 76th minute. With three minutes to play, the elusive Argentina forward brilliantly moved past three defenders before slipping [...]
VALENCIA, Spain (AFP) – Real Madrid defeated archrivals Barcelona 1-0 after extra time in a dramatic finale to win the Spanish Cup for the first time since 1993, setting off an all-night party. A header from Cristiano Ronaldo sealed the championship Wednesday night, delivering coach Jose Mourinho’s first trophy since joining the club last May. As the final whistle blew in Valencia, fans in Madrid honked car horns and descended into the streets wrapped in the Real Madrid and Spanish [...]
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said the Copa del Rey final triumph over Barcelona shows his side can compete with their rivals and can come out on top in the clubs’ forthcoming Champions League semi-final tie. Mourinho picked up his first trophy as Real Madrid boss following a hard-fought 1-0 win, which saw his side ride their luck at times before edging out their fierce rivals thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo’s header in extra-time. Angel di Maria, who set up the [...]
One of the famous sports nowadays is paintball. The goal of this game is to defeat the opponents by shot them with capsules fill with paint. Although the game uses weapons, this game is practically harmless if you follow the protocol or the rules in this game. This is an outdoor and indoor game. Lots of rules, strategies, and scenario are used in the game. The game contain of two teams. The number of the players is not important as [...]
MADRID (AP)—Lionel Messi is looking to add to his already impressive list of achievements for Barcelona by making a run at a Spanish record 50 goals in a single season. The 23-year-old Argentina international scored his 48th goal in Tuesday’s 1-0 victory at Shakhtar Donetsk to help Barcelona secure a place in the semifinals of the Champions League. The goal was a record for Barcelona, and Messi still has up to 11 matches to become the first Spanish league player [...]
It was the dream that became a desire, the desire that became an obsession, and it’s now the obsession that is ruining Roman Abramovich’s life. Chelsea saw yet another Champions League campaign go up in smoke on Tuesday, snuffed out by a 2-1 defeat to Manchester United in the quarterfinal second leg, leaving the club with nothing to show for another season and the extraordinary financial investment of its owner. The harder Abramovich tries to win this competition, the more [...]
If you love to play golf or just want to know and practice golf, you need to have its equipments. You should have all golf equipments to be able to practice playing golf. The equipments are the most basic things that you should master. First, you should master how to hold your golf stick. Second, you should learn how to swing the stick and hit the ball. Third, you should know how to direct your ball. To start playing golf, [...]
