Thursday, December 4, 2008
Sport
Soccer - Burnley look to revive past glories
Burnley, one of the most famous names in English football, are on the march again and promising to bring the glory days back to Turf Moor.
Twenty...
Lazio edge out Milan
Striker Goran Pandev scored early in extra time to give Lazio a 2-1 win at 10-man AC Milan and a place in the Italian Cup quarter-finals on...
Man U, Tottenham reach semis
Carlos Tevez scored four goals for Manchester United against Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday as they joined holders Tottenham Hotspur in the...
Hibs hammer Birkirkara
Hiberians hammered Birkirkara 6-0 to move to the top of the Premier League on Wednesday.
Terence Scerri scored a hat trick, with the other goals...
UEFA CUP results
Group A At Enschede, Netherlands Twente Enschede 2 Schalke 04 1 Scorers: Twente Enschede: Rob Wielaert 3, Kenneth Perez 55 Schalke...
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Stories from The Times
Football - BoV Premier League - Lethal Hibs thrash meek Stripes
Birkirkara 0Hibernians 6Scerri 22, 47, 72; Mbongo 40; Cohen 57; Failla 90
Hibernians gave Birkirkara a lesson in finishing yesterday as they put...
Football - Double Agius blow for Citizens
Champions Valletta have been dealt a double blow in the build-up to their Premier League match against Sliema Wanderers with the news that Gilbert...
Football - GFA Division One - Kerċem score dramatic equaliser
Għajnsielem 1Buttigieg 60Kerċem Ajax 1Nkwocha 90
Għajnsielem: J. Xuereb, F. Buttigieg, M. Cremona, C. Mercieca, L. Tunde, J. Buttigieg (J....
Football - Christmas festival at Ħamrun ground
For the 11th consecutive year, the Ħamrun Spartans FC Youth Nursery is organising the Christmas Football Festival on the artificial pitch of the...
Football Shadows from the past (754) - Politics and sport... the Constitutionals FC of Paola
There are very few people still around who remember how football was played in the 1920s. However, the old-timers who lived through that era will...
Volleyball - South End win top match
Following the five-set thriller between Valletta Mapei and South End Volleyball Club earlier this season, last weekend's match between the same...
Sailing - New dates for dinghy championships
The HSBC National Dinghy Championships 2008, which had been postponed due to inclement weather, have been rescheduled for next Sunday and...
Gymnastics - Gymstars competition
Gymstars Gymnastics Club will close this year's sporting calendar by holding another international competition, between December 13 and 14, at...
Shooting - Giardina first in MAAC event
The Malta Allied Airgunners Club (MAAC) recently held their second Air Pistol Steel Plate Challenge competition of the year.
Despite the strong...
Football - France's Trezeguet considers return to national team
Striker David Trezeguet said he could come back from international retirement, five months after announcing he was quitting the France...
Football UEFA Cup - Udinese reach last 32 despite crowd trouble
Udinese kept their composure to reach the knockout phase of the UEFA Cup after their home tie with Dinamo Zagreb was briefly halted when fans of...
League Cup - United and Tottenham reach semis
Carlos Tevez scored four goals for Manchester United against Blackburn Rovers last night as they joined holders Tottenham Hotspur in the...
In Italy - Lazio edge out Milan
Striker Goran Pandev scored early in extra time to give Lazio a 2-1 win at 10-man Milan and a place in the Italian Cup quarter-finals...
Football - English Premier League (1999-2000) - United's dominance persists at dawn of new millennium
Manchester United dominated the Premier League scene in 1999-2000, practically from start to finish. You only have to look at the 18-point lead...
Football - Foreign players - FIFA to push for quotas despite opposition
FIFA president Sepp Blatter vowed to press ahead with controversial plans to restrict the number of foreign players in club football despite...
Football news
Japan's Yokohama F-Marinos have refused to rule out a bold swoop for Celtic midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura in January's transfer window.
The...
Sporting disputes - CAS oversees record number of cases in 2008
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) heard a record number of appeals in 2008, and expects the new anti-doping code to bring even more...
Motor racing - Alonso says standard F1 engine could make him quit
Double world champion Fernando Alonso said he would think about quitting Formula One if the sport adopted a standard engine from 2010.
"If...
Winter Olympics - Police eye ships for security housing
Canadian police are again looking to use cruise ships to house security officers during the 2010 Olympics, even though their first attempt at such...
Cycling - Armstrong will not get special security
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme said no special security measures will be put in place for Lance Armstrong's return to the race that...
Olympics - EBU says IOC rejects its 2014-16 TV rights bid
The European Broadcasting Union said the International Olympic Committee had rejected its bid for the European broadcasting rights for the...
Sporting briefs
Match-fixing: Vietnam will send a policemen from the country's anti-graft force to ensure its players steer clear of match-fixing at this week's...
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