Friday, November 20, 2009
Sport
Police expose Europe's biggest match-fixing ring
A match-fixing ring with more than 200 suspected members fixed or tried to fix around 200 matches across Europe, including three in the Champions...
Premier League roundup - Man Utd struggling at the back
Brief news from the Premier League ahead of this weekend's matches:
* Manchester United are still struggling defensively before their home game...
Italy roundup - Milan tackle Cagliari without Nesta
Brief news ahead of this weekend's matches in Serie A:
* Third-placed Milan will be without centre back Alessandro Nesta, who has been in fine...
Spain go top of world rankings
Spain climbed to the top of the FIFA world rankings today, displacing Brazil who had led since July.
Spain, who had been in second position, beat...
Beckham says he never considered quitting MLS
David Beckham, one win away from claiming the MLS title with L.A Galaxy, said that despite the troubles that have accompanied his time in the...
Friday, November 20, 2009
Stories from The Times
Football - Defeat leaves sour taste but Malta improve
Malta have been down this road many times. Wednesday's 4-1 defeat to Bulgaria elicited a sense of déjà vu as the Malta players...
Football - Berbatov dreams of Champions League glory
Bulgaria captain Dimitar Berbatov has set his sights on winning the Champions League after breaking his country's goal-scoring record.
The...
Football - Division One - Gregory backs Melita FC to retain status
Melita FC were in seventh heaven when their team of homegrown, unpaid youngsters secured promotion to Division One at the end of last season but...
Football Anniversary Cup - Hibs face Marsaxlokk in fourth round
Hibernians will meet Marsaxlokk in the fourth round of the National League 100 Anniversary Cup as the draw of last 16 stage of this one-off...
Football - Obituary - Charlie Cassar (Ix-Xlukkajr)
The death was announced on Wednesday of former St George's and Hibernians striker Charlie Cassar. He was 51.
Born in Marsaxlokk on October 31,...
Powerlifting - Mifsud lands world crown with record lift
Mario Mifsud, Malta's leading powerlifter, was crowned world champion in the -125kg category at the Hilton Hotel, Milton Keynes, UK.
Mifsud...
Weightlifting - Maltese youngsters leave their mark in Wales tournament
Five young members of the MCAST club in Naxxar made a good advert for Maltese weightlifting with a spate of positive results in a tournament for...
Motor racing - ASM riders show their mettle in Calabria
ASM Motocross riders achieved excellent results in a difficult Beachcross competition, held in Gioia Tauro, Calabria earlier this month. Competing...
Hockey - Challenge Cup - Rabat prevail on penalties in close final
Ta' Soldi Rabat Depiro 1Pasta Poiatti Qormi 1Rabat win 7-6 on penalties
Contrary to what had been expected, the match did not offer a spectacle...
Horse racing - Eight Maltese drivers in France for Prix de Malte
A Malta Racing Club delegation, led by Mark Vella and Paul Borg, the club's marketing director and secretary respectively, yesterday travelled to...
Table tennis - TTA win clash of title hopefuls
The fifth round of the National League, organised by the Malta Table Tennis Association (MTTA), was held last Friday at the University Complex in...
Swimming - ASA time trials
The next swimming time trials will be held at the National Pool, Tal-Qroqq tomorrow, starting at 2 p.m.
Swimmers from the ASA national squad,...
Scrabble - World challenge beckons Brousson and Delicata
Theresa Brousson (nee Camilleri) and David Delicata are without doubt the two most successful competitive scrabble players in the recent history...
Pool - Tabone, Muscat claim first titles
Chris Tabone won the second ranking event organised by the Malta Pool Association this season. In the final, Tabone had the better of Philip...
Snooker - Bezzina joins Borg in Last 64
Duncan Bezzina has joined Alex Borg into the knock-out stages of the IBSF World Championships currently being played in Hyderabad, India,...
Football - McCoist wants Smith as Scotland manager
Walter Smith should be at the top of the shortlist for the Scotland manager's job, according to his Rangers assistant, Ally McCoist.
Reports...
Football - World Cup play-offs - Ireland call for France replay
Angry Irish football chiefs yesterday called on FIFA to order the World Cup play-off with France to be replayed, after France's Thierry Henry...
Football - World Cup play-offs - Portugal media so relieved after qualification
Portuguese media let out a collective sigh of relief after their national team qualified for the World Cup finals by beating Bosnia in a...
Football - Suspected European match-fixing ring raided
Police arrested several people in Germany and abroad yesterday on suspicion of bribing football players and officials to fix matches in top...
Football - World Cup - Abreu goal sees Uruguay through
Uruguay struggled to tame Costa Rica before booking their place in the World Cup finals with a 1-1 draw at home in the second leg of their South...
Football - World Cup - Rehhagel's tactics pay off again for Greece
Champagne corks flew and cigars were being lit on board the Greek charter flight as the players celebrated their qualification for next year's...
Football - Rampant Spain sound off another warning
European champions Spain sounded off another warning to the other World Cup finalists with their resounding 5-1 win in Austria on...
Football - Slovenian PM turns shoeshine boy after World Cup win
Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor said he had made good on a promise to clean the team's boots after Wednesday's victory over Russia earned...
Football news
Cameroon coach Paul LeGuen has signed a seven-month extension to his contract which will keep him in charge of the team at next year's African...
Motor racing - Formula One - Senna keen to make his own name
Bruno Senna has carried a burden of expectation ever since he first stepped into a racing car and it will only grow heavier when he makes his...
Formula 1 - Raikkonen open to Mercedes offers
Kimi Raikkonen's plans for a one year sabbatical from Formula One lasted less than 24 hours before his manager suggested that he might be open to...
Athletics - IAAF agrees to Semenya keeping world title
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has agreed that South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800 metres world...
2016 Olympics - Ex-IOC executive criticises Chicago bid effort
Chicago's bid leaders "totally missed the plot" ahead of the city's shock first-round elimination in voting to pick the 2016 Summer...
Sports briefs
Ibrahimovic: Barcelona's Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss tomorrow's La Liga clash at Athletic Bilbao with a new thigh strain. The striker damaged a...
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