No favours for favourites in World Cup qualifying

France and Portugal will be made to work hard for their place at next year's World Cup finals, after being given arguably the two toughest draws in the play-off stage.

The 2006 runners up France, were beaten into second place in their qualifying group by Serbia. They now play the Republic of Ireland, who are unbeaten under current boss Giovanni Trappattoni.

Trappattoni's men won a lot of praise for their performances in a difficult group, that also included France's World Cup conquerors, Italy. The Irish drew home and away against the holders and will be looking to take that good form into the World Cup play-off games.

The Football Association of Ireland chief executive John Delaney said: "I've spoken to the manager, he's quite relaxed about it.

"We don't lose games on many goals, we don't win games on many goals. I wouldn't expect that pattern to change."

France boss Raymond Domenech has come under almost relentless pressure since leading the nation to an early exit at Euro 2008 and defeat to the Republic could signal the end of his five year tenure. However, like Delaney, he too seems quietly confident.

"They're a team who have not lost in qualifying, who drew with Italy in their last game after conceding a late goal." said the 57 year old. "We know they're tough, but so are we."

Meanwhile, Christiano Ronaldo's Portugal will be happy just to have reached the play-offs, after a slow start to the group stage, which included an embarrassing draw with Albania, very nearly put paid to any hopes of qualification and ruined their odds of winning the World Cup.

Under pressure boss Carlos Queiroz will have been hoping for an easier time in the play-offs but unfortunately for him, Portugal have been drawn against a highly talented Bosnia-Herzegovina side.

The Bosnians may well have qualified automatically had they not been drawn in a group alongside European champions Spain. Nevertheless, they will fancy their chances against a Portugal team that could be without their World Footballer of the Year, who was injured during a recent qualifier with Hungary.

Play-off draw in full:

Republic of Ireland v France

Portugal v Bosnia-Herzegovina

Greece v Ukraine

Russia v Slovenia

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Heskey considers future as England ring the changes

England striker Emile Heskey may leave Aston Villa during the January transfer window in a bid to cement his place at next year's World Cup.

The 31 year old has been a regular under national boss Fabio Capello but has struggled to break into the Villa first team of late and may now decide that a transfer is the best option.

"I will have to sit down and think about my next move," said Heskey.

"I don't know whether I can get a World Cup place if I'm not playing for Villa."

His concerns appear well founded, with Capello previously stating that his players should be fully fit and playing regular football if they are to make his squad. Heskey is not currently fulfilling the second criterion and fears that he may find his international future in jeopardy if the situation doesn't change soon.

He continued: "I'm happy to be playing for England and, obviously, not playing at club level is difficult,

"It's something I will have to look at when I get back and try to address it."

In the meantime, it does seem likely that Heskey will start England's next match at home to Belarus, as fellow striker Wayne Rooney has withdrawn from the squad with a calf injury.

Rooney picked up the knock in Saturday's defeat to Ukraine and is one of a number of players set to miss the final World Cup qualifying match.

Also sidelined is goalkeeper Robert Green, who is suspended and Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, who is a doubt with a groin problem.

Green was sent off against Ukraine after bringing down Artem Milevskiy and he is likely to be replaced by David James. Manchester United's Ben Foster has also been drafted into the squad.

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Will any of the Premier League's strugglers put together a run and beat the drop?

The three teams currently occupying the relegation places in the Premier League seem to have all but given up hope of survival with three games to go. West Brom could be relegated this weekend if they lose to Wigan and other results go against them but the Baggies have been heading that way all season and never really looked as if they were going to survive. The real disappointments though are Newcastle and Middlesbrough who both have fairly good players yet they still seem unable to put in a decent performance as they attempt to reach survival.

Last season both Fulham and Bolton Wanderers looked destined to go down but they both put together what were frankly amazing runs and retained their Premier League status. With Newcastle and Middlesbrough facing each other on Monday night one of those sides could snatch a victory and start their push while the loser would be all but consigned to relegation. The only saving grace for these two troubled clubs is the equally poor form of Sunderland and Hull City, Sunderland are four points clear of safety with just one win in their last six games while Hull are a precarious three points above the drop zone and haven't managed a win since March 4.

Hull City face Stoke on Saturday in a game that represents their best chance to move away from the drop zone. The game will take place at Hull's KC Stadium and Stoke are a side who do not travel well, winning just once on the road so far this season. If Hull do fail to see off Stoke I would suggest that either Newcastle or Boro may just survive in their place but they also need to make sure they get enough points on the board to overtake the Tigers.

Newcastle's woes have been deepened by the current problem with Joey Barton, who has been suspended by the club following his red-card in the 3-0 defeat to Liverpool last weekend. There are strong rumours to suggest a back-room bust up between Barton and manager Alan Shearer took place after the game and this is exactly the kind of distraction sides battling the drop don't need, especially at this point in the season. Newcastle's final three fixtures see them take on Middlesbrough and Fulham at home before a trip to Aston Villa on the last day of the season, I would suggest they need at least six points to survive but given the way both Sunderland and Hull are performing they may need just a win and a draw, though I'm not convinced they will even manage to get that.

Of the clubs in the mire it is Middlesbrough who have impressed me the most in their recent fixtures. They saw off Hull City 3-1 before a draw with Fulham, however Boro hammered Fulham and were only denied a win by an exceptional performance by Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer - ironically a former Boro player. They suffered defeats at the hands of Manchester United and Arsenal, though this is no disgrace but their remaining games are fairly tough. They face a trip to rivals Newcastle before a home game against Aston Villa and they end the season with a visit to West Ham's Upton Park. Like Newcastle they probably need at least six points but they have a tough run-in and to be honest I doubt they'll do it.

Hull need to make their next two games count as they face Manchester United at home on the last day of the season, despite home advantage I very much doubt they'll get anything out of United and their home game against Stoke City followed by a trip to Bolton Wanderers are now critical ties for the Tigers. As I said ealier Stoke do not travel well and Hull should go into the game with some confidence, they'll need to get at Stoke straight away and not allow themselves to be bullied by the physical nature of the Potters' game. The trip to Bolton will not be an easy one but Hull boss Phil Brown should know all about Bolton having spent a number of years there as assistant manager, the Wanderers have been inconsistent all season but if  Hull can get the first goal it should set them in good stead - Bolton haven't come back from a goal down to win a game all season.

Sunderland also have to travel to Bolton's Reebok Stadium and they will be eager to repay the Wanderers who ran out 4-1 winners in the corresponding fixture in November. Bolton's form of late hasn't been great but then again neither has Sunderland's and it wouldn't surprise me if the game ended in a stalemate, as Bolton are still not mathematically safe themselves yet and will not want to lose to a team below them. They then face an away day at Portsmouth which is never an easy place to go before taking on Chelsea at the Stadium of Light on the final day of the campaign. I don't hold out much hope of Sunderland picking up many points from these fixtures myself and their survival could hinge on whether any of the teams below them can actually put a run of results together and overtake them.

The relegation battle this season has offered little in terms of spectatcle.  In previous years teams have started to put runs together and push away from the bottom three but this just hasn't been the case this year with no one seeming to even want to get out of the bottom three. If Hull and Sunderland do manage to get something out of this weekend's fixtures it will put the pressure on Middlesbrough and Newcastle who will both desperately need to win when they meet on May 11. I'm an optimistic person in general and my great hope is that the game between Newcastle and Boro will indeed be a hard-fought game with both teams playing for their survival, if one side does manage to emerge victorious I would even suggest they might be the ones who beat the drop and upset the football odds by sending Hull City or Sunderland down in their place.

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Could we be set for the ultimate El Classico?

Whatever you're doing this weekend my advice is to make sure you've got the time to tune in to 'El Classico' on Saturday. Barcelona and Real Madrid games are always high-tempo affairs full of passion and Saturday's game will be no different, and could indeed be one of the most exciting encounters between these two Spanish giants for some years.

With five games to go Barcelona's lead has been cut to just four points and should Real emerge victorious at the weekend they will have closed the gap to a single point – so there is a lot riding on this encounter. Real have been on a fantastic run, they've won 17 of their last 18 games and will go into this full of confidence.

Barca have a Champions League semi-final to prepare for but should still throw everything into this game. They've been rocked by Rafael Marquez's season ending injury which is a massive blow for the Catalans as he has been outstanding all season.

Not only does this game have a lot riding on it but there will be some of the world's best talent on display. In Lionel Messi Barca have one of the world's most exciting and skilful players but it is in midfield where Barca really shine. Andres Iniesta is, for me, the best midfielder in the world. He can score and create (he assisted three goals against Sevilla) as well as having excellent vision and passing ability. His partners in midfield Yaya Toure and Xavi are also top-quality and when those three are on song there is little the opposition can do to break down Barca's lightning attacks.

Real Madrid may not be the team they once were but there is still plenty of quality in their side. For Real Madrid their key players will perhaps be Gonzalo Higuain and Raul, the two strikers. Raul has been at the top of his game for well over a decade now. Higuain is the perfect heir to Raul's throne and has flourished alongside the Bernabeu favourite this season, it will be an interesting battle between the Madrid attack and a Barca defence minus Marquez.

Real have home advantage and the crowd will be well behind their team. In a way this is perfect preparation for Barca who face a daunting trip to Chelsea next Wednesday. I'm anticipating a high-tempo game with plenty of attacking football and hopefully plenty of goals. Both Iker Casillas in the Real goal and Victor Valdes between the posts for Barca are decent keepers and both are capable of pulling off a wonder save. I won't risk making a football prediction concerning the winner, Real need the win more but Barca know if they take all three points the title will be all but theirs. One thing is for sure though – the game will provide a great spectacle and should not be missed!

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Watch out for the Gunners next season

Liverpool and Arsenal's 4-4 draw on Tuesday night truly was a great game. The stakes were high and I think everyone was expecting a fairly tense affair. Instead we were treated to an eight-goal thriller which either team could have won and some truly fantastic football.

Perhaps the best thing about the game was Arsenal's Russian maestro Andrei Arshavin. The former Zenit St Petersburg man was on fire and scored four exceptional goals. His speed on the counter and touch were sublime and in Arshavin Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger may just have acquired the player to change Arsenal's fortunes next season.

This campaign has been a bit of a nothing season for the Gunners, unless they make the Champions League final of course. Their squad has been so decimated by injuries that Wenger has really had to put his faith in his youngsters and even against Liverpool there were a few faces who would get nowhere near the starting line-up if everyone was fit.

For Arsenal to challenge for the title next season I still think they need one or two new faces though. A centre-half is a must in my opinion, Kolo Toure is pure class as is William Gallas but from what I've seen of Gallas sometimes his inclusion is detrimental to the team. Gallas needs to be sold and another world-class defender is needed to replace him. Another top midfielder or centre-forward could also improve the Gunners' chances but I think they'll be a lot closer to the title than they have been this season.

If you think about Arsenal's best eleven it truly is a force to be reckoned with. If Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Diaby, Fabregas, Arshavin, Van Persie, Eduardo and Adebayor lined up every week there would be few teams who could stand up to the test. I've not even mentioned Walcott, Rosicky etc in that line up but rarely have Arsenal been able to field their best side this season. Instead they've had to play Bendtner, Gibbs, Denilson etc and as good a prospect as these players are they shouldn't be getting in the Arsenal first team just yet. I wouldn't use my next football bet to back them to take the title next season but one thing is for sure – they'll mount a far better challenge during the next campaign.

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MOTOR RACING: Apr 26 Bahrain Grand Prix

Bahrain Grand Prix,
26-04-2009
14:00

The Bahrain Grand prix is one of exciting venue for Formula one and it has been providing exciting races of F1 championship since 2004. This race is taken place first time at Bahrain International Circuit on 4th April 2004 and it has some importance in history of Formula One because it was first Formula one grand prix which is started at Middle East. This is sponsored by Gulf Air and provide basis to organize this event at Bahrain and become first Middle East Grand Prix circuit for formula one. Bahrain is honored to host the competition as there are many other contenders who wish to host this particular event like Egypt and United Arab Emirates.

This event is placed at on third place in calendar of Formula one races and also awarded as Best Organized Grand Prix by FIA which is quite a great achievement for this circuit. The Live Formula one will be witnessed on 26th April 2009 and fans of F1 racing will enjoy 57 Laps race with 5.412 km long Circuit length. The distance of this Sakhir formula one Bahrain international circuit is 308.24 km in all and best lap record on this circuit is 1:30.25 by legendary F1 champion driver M Schumacher in 2004.

The first ever formula one result for Bahrain Grand Prix in 2004 had won by Michael Schumacher who is world champion at that time and this circuit provide you real time pleasure of walking near pit and talk to team of drivers and feels like part of this spectacular event. This circuit provide you breathtaking race of 22 cars whose roars of 300 km/h speed throttle at 19000 rpm and what you can expect more with your favorite drivers battle for championship at your desired constructors.

Filipe Massa won Bahrain grand prix in 2008 last year and both Ferrari drivers took first two podium positions. Kimi Raikkonen was other Ferrari driver managed to win second position at last year Grand prix of Bahrain. Robert Kubica was on third position with his team BMW Sauber and Nick Heidfeld is at fourth position with same team. Fernando Alonso who is former driver's champion failing to make any impact last year with 10th position and looking to conquer this year Bahrain grand prix.

Jenson Button is holding number one position his year with 15 points and made his impact in formula one with better start than ever. Rubens Barrichello is at second place with 10 points and both are in team of Brawn-Mercedes. Jarno Trulli and timo Glock are at 3rd, 4th position respectively and both are belong to Toyota team. Both Ferrari drivers, kimi Raikkonen and Filipe Massa failed to get any points this year. Lewis Hamilton just got 1 point and placed at tenth position on driver championship which is not a convincing result for formula one driver champion. All these drivers are fighting for Bahrain Formula one Grand prix to make their position better on table.

The Bahrain Grand Prix formula one action started when people will watch practice session at Friday 24 April and formula one livescore can be witnessed at 26th of April. The qualifying round will be start at 14:00 on 25th April and people will be desperate to know who going to start from top of grid. The formula one Bahrain grand prix will be family entertainment base motor racing event and formula one live will be available at Scorespro.com for crazy fans of motor sport racing.

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TENNIS: Apr 25-26 Fed Cup Semi-Finals

Fed cup tennis
25/26 April 2009

Fed cup is known as competitive tournament on level of Davis Cup and especially came into existence with vision of boosting grand women tennis tournament. Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman was master mind of this idea of tennis tournament for women but her idea was rejected and she turns his attentions to Wightman Cup between two tennis crazy nations, United Kingdom and United States. Her idea was soon rematerialize by Australian Davis cup captains wife Nell Hopman with combine effort of Mary Hardwick which brings International Tennis federation in to support the idea. The Fed cup has reached to semi finals and Tennis livescores of this tournament is long awaited by tennis fans around the globe.

Federation cup was started in 1963 which played with criteria of team championship in special venues but its structure of this cup was changed in 1995 and its name was changed to Fed cup which provide grounds for women to play for their country. What you expect more than tennis matches between one of top rank women players who played at top tennis tournament at places like Parque Ferial Juan Carlos in Spain and flinders park Melbourne. The semi final stage of this year event has reached and people are desperate to know the tennis results for this particular season.

In this popular grand tennis event player like Steffi Graff and Martine Navratilova known as legends in tennis played in with their full dedication for their countries. It's not fair if we miss William sisters and kim Clijsters widely entertainment the audience with their extra ordinary game of tennis. In start it was dominated by USA that is known as tennis loving nation and they are place at number four position but now a day's Russia is on top with more than 37000 points on ITF world ranking. Spain has produced one of finest player in history of tennis and they are placed at 6th position of ITF ranking and statistics shows that Spain and USA didn't won Fed Cup from 1998 and 2000 respectively.

Russia emerged as big tennis loving nation who won 4 titles in last eight years and runner up in 2001 makes them dominant force in fed cup. Russia in this decade won consecutive Fed Cup in 2004 and 2005 by beating France twice with same score of 3-2. Russia once again won consecutive Fed cup in 2007, 2008 against Italy and Spain with clean sweeping score of 3-0 and 4-0 respectively.

Italy will face Russia on 25/26 April at Italy in which Sara Errani, Roberto Vinci, Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone will be leading Italy against Russia. In Russian Camp Vera Zvonareva and Svetlana Kuznetsova will be named for Russian squad in semi finals with Nadia Petrova also successful to gain place in squad. Russia beaten Italy in 2007 and they never lost to Italy in Fed Cup and tennis livescore of semi finals between these nations will be interesting encounter which will be witnessed by millions people around the globe.

Czech Republic will face USA in other Semi finals at their home surface in Brno and other Play offs in world group 1 and world group 2 will be played same day in which Spain is facing Serbia and France will face Slovak republic. In other game Germany is playing against China in third play off with breath taking match between Argentina and Ukraine with live tennis scores of these matches will be shown on Scorespro.com which is ultimate sports site.

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UEFA Cup 2009 - Second Leg 16th April

UEFA cup is has provided its best on first leg of quarter finals between clubs top European nations and always witnessed better football from this particular competition. UEFA cup this season is more action packed and teams are balanced with skills and determination. People has witnessed first leg of quarter final between last eight of top European clubs and second leg of this quarter finals and their soccer livescore will be witnessed on 16th April.

Shakhtar Donetsk faced Marseille which is won by Shakhtar side 2-0 and Marseille that is one of top club faced humiliating defeat. Ukrainian side are well on their way to last four of this competition when Tomas Hubschman provide them opening goal with Rodrigues Jadson doubling their advantage over Marseille and convincing win in first leg took them on track of semifinals of UEFA cup. The inform shakhtar side has already dominated Tottenham and CSKA Moscow in last round and Marseille side was also inform by winning six consecutive wins and their performance in Ligue 1 is un doubtful. The last encounter between these two teams will be on 16th April and people can witness exciting game of football from this fixture.

Hamburg side was successful in Germany as they beat Manchester city in their first leg quarter final match. Hamburg SV has gained advantage in their home game at HSH Nordbank Arena in Germany with 2 goal cushion for next leg of quarter final in England. Mark Hughes side makes impressive start with fabulous goal of Stephen Ireland but Hamburg manage to get victory over Manchester city. Stephen Ireland scored in opening 35 second of match which is shocker for home crowed and pin drop silence made them stunned with unexpected quick goal. Joris Mathijsen scored in response after 9 minutes and give hope to home crowed to fight back and win this match with 3-1 as Piotr Trochowski scored on penalty at 64th minute. Jose Paolo Guerrero add insult to injury with third goal hitting their net with final result remain same in next 10 minutes until end of match.

Werder Bremen scored 3 goals in first leg against Udinese and dominates their side and strengthens their position for second leg match. Udinese who manage to score just once and beaten by German giants with huge margin at Weserstadion in Germany. Werder Bremen side is hoping to step into semi finals and soccer result for their first leg witnessed 3 goals and Diego netted twice with Hugo Almeida. The Udinese side get important goal in away match at last moments of match in shape of Fabio Qualiarella. Udinese side must get their rhythm back for their second leg on 16th April and soccer livescore for this match will be decider for semi final spot for UEFA cup.

Paris Saint-Germain side manage to Draw against Dynamo Kiev and it is most likely to watch Dynamo side in their way to Semi finals and goal less draw at away for Dynamo side is impressive so they are hoping to get advantage on their home game in second leg of quarter final of UEFA cup at 16th April. You can watch live soccer score of UEFA cup second leg quarter final at scorespro.com which is ultimate in providing best European soccer action for fans.

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UEFA Champion league second leg 14th, 15th April at 19:45 UK

UEFA champion league 2009 has reached into final stages where fans are desperate to know the result of quarter finals between top European clubs. As you know quarter finals of UEFA champion league will be played on home and away rule and clubs will face each other in two quarter finals. The first phase of quarter finals are completed where clubs played their first leg matches and people has witnessed breath taking soccer action of UEFA. This champions League always provide better soccer for its fans and people will watch live soccer score of matches of second leg on 13th and 14th April.

Starting from defending champions Manchester United who are in good touch this season despite of losing couple of Domestic league matches they are focused on wining UEFA champions league once again. Manchester United played in first leg of their quarter final against FC Porto on 7th April where these two clubs managed to draw with 2-2 and the deciding second leg will be held on 15th where people will see soccer live scores of that quarter final and know the semi finalist of champion league. Sir Alex Ferguson's Red Devils are playing with Porto and avoided one of favorites and Heavy weights of European soccer nations like Barcelona and Bayern Munich. FC Porto under former coach Jose Mourinho managed to beat Old Trafford side in 2004 when Porto's triumph card Costinha late score took them ahead.

Arsenal one of influential club of Europe and domestic champions are facing Villarreal in second quarter finals where people refreshed the memory of 2006 semi final where Arsenal won 1-0 and advanced to next level. Villarreal side scored in 10th minute of opening game at home and Arsenal equalizing at 66th minute with Adebayor. Match was ended in 1-1 draw and second leg of quarter final will be held on 15th April at Emirates Stadium at 19:45 UK.

Chelsea who is finalist of last season will up against Liverpool who is former UEFA champion, also mentioning at this point these two clubs are also chasing their Domestic league titles till end of season. Liverpool beat Chelsea in 2005 semi finals when majestic Goal of Luis Garcia of Liverpool sacked the ambitious team of Jose Mourinho. Chelsea has already beaten Liverpool in first leg of quarter final with 3-1 where Ivanovic scoring twice with precious goal of Didier Drogba took them to convincing victory. The only goal scored by Fernando Torres in opening 6 minutes of game. Interesting battle between these two Champion league rivals in second leg will be watched on 14th April at 19:45 UK.

Barcelona faced Bayern Munich side at Estadio Camp Nou and thrashing them with 4-0 win where Lionel Messi scoring twice in 9th and 38th minute with Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry also succeed to put their name on score sheet. Bayern Munich failed to dominate in away game and failed to score and found themselves in tough conditions. The second leg of quarter final between these two soccer crazy nations will be witnessed on 14th April at 19:45.

Manchester United and FC Porto will decide in Portugal who will play in semi final against Villarreal or Arsenal because these two also Drawn in their first leg match. Barcelona crushed Bayern Munich side with 4-0 and they are not seen to be lost with such a great margin and most likely they will be on their way to semi final against Chelsea who has won their first leg match against Liverpool 3-1. The exciting UEFA quarter final action of second leg will be witnessed on scorespro.com and soccer results of these matches are exclusively available for people around the globe.

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TENNIS: Apr 20-26 Barcelona: ATP Open Sabadell Atlantico

World number one and home favorite Rafael Nadal will be the man to watch when the curtains are raised for this year's Barcelona Open. The six times Grand slam Majorcan had already confirmed his participation in this year's event after his triumph in this year's first grand slam.

The Spanish left hander has a love affair with the clay courts, with him losing only to the Swiss masterpiece in Roger Federer, and with the Roland Garros to take place in May; the Australian Open, Wimbledon and four times French Open champion would like to continue his clay court season with dominance.

The stylish lefthander, who boosts 21-2 this season and is fresh from his victory in World Tour Masters 1000 in Indians Wells, would be gunning to his fifth straight title on his home turf. The 22 year old sensation became the first player to clinch four consecutive titles in Barcelona in it's over half a century period.

The tournament will embrace some of the best in the sport with French sensations in last year's Australian Open runner-up Jo Wilfred Tsonga (World no.11), Gael Monfils(World no.9) and Richard Gasquet(World no.24)hoping to ready themselves for their home grand slam. The tournament, considered as one of the most attractive in the world will also include Argentine superstar David Nalbandian, Olympic gold medalist Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka along with Russian Igor Andreev (World no.23) and Sweden World no 26, Robin Soderling and their tennis results for this championship will be interesting to watch.

The defending champion has an excellent record here with 21-1, with him losing only to the former champion and compatriot Alex Corretja during 2003, will also have Nikolay Davydenko and compatriot David Ferrer, who would be looking to go one better in the tournament this time after losing in three sets last year, to come across to, if he has to fulfill his dream to return with yet another crown on the road.

The court has the history of producing some of the best players in the world. Some have already forced into the top ten players' rankings. Nadal's appearance in this year's edition makes him the eighth World no. 1 to have made to the lucrative event. The live score of tennis matches for Nadal can be seen on this particular event which people are waiting from long time.

The battle begins on the 20thof this month up till 27thbetween a total of 56 singles and 24 doubles players for an illustrious amount of euro 1,995,000 and as many as 500 ATP points up for grabs
The draws include 43 of the best Spanish players, who are considered among the clay court players on the planet.

Former Spanish star and grand slam winner will begin his term as the head of the organization of the historic event. The draws for the 57th edition was rounded off with the some of the best players from the last year's edition and the half a dozen of 'wild card' entries. You can watch tennis live scores at Scorespro.com which provide you enormous service of sports from around the world.

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EDF Energy Cup Final

Twickenham stadium, London
Saturday 18 April
KO 14:30

Rugby union is always excited to watch and their breath taking games are watched by millions of people around the globe. Rugby union is providing another breath taking encounter this month in shape of EDF Energy Cup final. This EDF final is result of Knock out competition of 12 Guinness Premiership sides and all Welsh regions are involved in it. The livescore of rugby matches are worth to watch and EDF Energy cup finals is long awaited by rugby lovers worldwide.

Cardiff Blues managed to reach finals of EDF energy cup by beating Northampton saints with score of 11-5 and Northampton Saints former National Trophy winner of EDF energy lost their chance to reach final of EDF cup. The match between Cardiff blues and Northampton Saints took place at Ricoh Arena in Coventry which witnessed a watchful semi final between these two rugby loving teams. The rugby results of EDF Energy cup is long awaited by fans of participating teams and people are waiting for final of this competition on 18th April.

The game of Northampton Saints is no doubt entertaining and worth to watch but they missed a penalty with fly half Barry Everitt and they fail to dominate semi final and lost to Blues. They played superbly throughout but fail to convert chances into more points and lost their ambition with convincing victory of Cardiff blues. Northampton Saint's director was disappointed with their team's performance and according to him that was fantastic games and not worth to lose it like that.

Jim Mallinder expressed in his views that the game shouldn't worth to lose and he is grieved and disappointed. Jim Mallinder said they played well and deserve to win but in semi finals and last stages of game it's all about taking advantage of opportunities and availing chance they have but they fail to take chances and lack of luck that day. He is proud of his team from their performance who really done well in recent years.

Cardiff will face Gloucester on 18 April 2009 at Twickenham Stadium in London and rugby live score for this match will be witnessed by millions of people around the globe. Gloucester had reached final of EDF cup by beating Ospreys with 17-0 and dominated toward convincing victory. Ospreys were runner up in 2007 and thrashed by Gloucester side with three penalties and a drop goal and lost semi finals of cup and surrender their quest to win trophy this year.

Cardiff Blues are playing superbly in competition with unbeaten run of five matches and Gloucester is at 2nd place in Guinness Premiership will fight for this triumph of EDF cup. EDF Energy cup final will be played at Twickenham Stadium on 18th April at 14:30 BST and rugby livescores for this match will be exclusively available at Scorespro.com which is ultimate in providing best rugby union action for rugby fans and people who like to watch exciting rugby matches.

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TENNIS: Apr 13-19 Barcelona: Barcelona Open

Barcelona open 2009 is Clay surface WTA tennis tournament which is held at Barcelona, Spain from 13th of April to 19th of 2009. In this tournament women's Draw Size is 32M/32Q/16D with Prize Money of 220,000 and this is organized by WTA tournament Director Jose Luis Rivera and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. The red clay surface game is always loved to watch in tennis but its charm increase if you watch it in Barcelona. Barcelona ladies open is long waited tournament by people around the globe and fans are craving to watch their star players winning.

Barcelona open is always loved to watch by people and Tennis results of this tournament is always excited the fans. Barcelona always provide better tennis for its fans and best example which people witnessed last year final match between Maria Kirilenko and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez. Maria Kirilenko lifts title last year and this 21 year old Russian star that beat Spaniard Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez. This match finished with 6-0 and 6-2 and local girl Maria has to face defeat in hands of Maria Kirilenko. After this match Maria's WTA singles ranking has obtained highest spot of his WTA ranking.

Maria kirilenko is right handed tennis player who inspired tennis fans with her extra ordinary game in Barcelona. She has won five single titles and four doubles which is inspiring record for 21 year player. She was seeded 27th in 2009 and she is looking to achieve more in world of tennis. Maria's first title was achieved in 2005 by wining Chinese open and she is also known as Makiri by her fans. Maria beat L Osterloh in first round and C Suarez Navarro in second round by 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 and advanced to quarter finals. In her quarter final match she inspired the world by defeating E Gallovits straight 7-6 and 6-1 to reach into semi finals. S Cohen-Aloro was beaten by Maria in semi finals by 7-5, 5-3 and put herself in position to face Maria Jose in finals.

Maria Kirilenko won prize of tournament with getting higher WTA singles ranking and she defeat Maria Jose by 6-0 and 6-2 and expressed her views that she is better player now despite she was defeat by Maria Jose in 2003 she managed to beat in finals of Barcelona. Meghann Shaughnessy was defending champion that time but she was pulled out of tournament and decided to skip event and now Maria kirilenko is defending champion for Barcelona open. Maria was better in finals and she won almost 2/3 or service points of Maria Jose which shows her class which deserve to win title. Barcelona open is going through qualifying stages and fans are waiting for Draws which will let them know about matches.

Barcelona ladies Open is starting on 13th April after long waiting people are poised to watch this beautiful tennis tournament and you must get connected to Scorespro.com for Tennis Livescores of this event.

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FootballLL: Apr 9 UEFA Cup Quarter-Final First Legs

The 38th Season of UEFA cup is reached in to final phase where eight teams battles in quarter finals for their place in semi-finals. UEFA cup has given unforgettable moments to fans of football who had witnessed one of inspiring clubs of Europe battling for their way to Istanbul. People had witnessed a lot since their draw for group stages in 2008.

Hamburger SV is playing against Manchester City on 9th April and live football scores of these teams is awaited by people since this fixture is decided. Hamburger SV is currently on 4th position in their Domestic league with 48 points sharing these points with number 2, 3 teams of league table. Bayern Munich is on second place and Wolfsburg at third position is on top with goal difference. Manchester City is facing problem in Barclay Premier League because they are at 10th spot despite having one of finest players of football. Manchester City has got 38 points which is not according to their class and they must work hard.

Manchester City has beaten Aalborg BK in group of 16 which makes them in position to play in quarter finals. They won 5 of their last eight games in all competition and wining UEFA cup games inspiringly. Hamburger SV has won last 3 matches and stats shows that it will be breath taking encounter.

PSG Vs FC Dynamo Kyiv will be fascinating match worth to watch as quarter finals of UEFA cup. PSG is on 6th spot in Ligue 1 table with 52 points and Lille is also having same figure with Toulouse. PSG has lost to Toulouse with 4-1 and this crushing defeat gave advantage for Dynamo side to take get to top of them. PSG beat Sporting Braga in round of 16 to secure position at quarter finals. FC Dynamo Kyiv is leading in Premier League Table with lead of 8 points and playing well in UEFA cup from start. Despite defeat in last round match against FC Metalist Kharkiv they are playing best football and looking to dominate on PSG in quarter finals which show interesting football result of this particular match.

FC Shakhtar Donetsk is up against Olympique Marseille on 9th April and people will witness another fascinating match on that day. FC Shakhtar Donetsk is on 2nd place on board at Premier League Table with 43 points and 8 points league leaders FC Dynamo Kyiv which is also playing against PSG that day. FC Shakhtar Donetsk secured their place in quarter finals by beating CSKA Moskva 2-0 and just lost once in last 5 matches in all competition. Olympique Marseille is on 2nd spot in Ligue 1 with 55 points and wining last five matches. They advanced to quarter finals by defeating Ajax in UEFA cup which shows their strength and good form.

Werder Bremen will face Udinese which will be interesting to watch because both teams are not playing well but managed to reach at quarter finals. Werder Bremen is on 10th spot in Bundesliga and Udinese is at 13th place on Serie A which is not impressive for both clubs. Werder Bremen beat Saint Etienne in previous round but loses in domestic league against Borussia Dortmund so they must work hard to get on top. Udinese lost both of their last matches in UEFA and Serie A with only 1 win in last five matches. You must not miss UEFA cup quarter finals on 9th April at 17:30 and football livescore of these matches are available at Scorespro.com.

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FOOTBALL: Apr 7-8 Champions League quarter-final first legs

UEFA champion's league has entered into final stages of this mega event and people are craving to watch breath taking quarter final matches between champion clubs who worked real hard to get there. Manchester united are ready to defend their title as they won last year UEFA Champion's league and they will take on FC Porto in first quarter final of this competition and people will witness live football score of match on 7th April at 19:45. These clubs are on top of their leagues and this quarter final is battle for champions and don't lose a chance to miss this action pack game between these two champions of their Domestic leagues as well as UEFA champion's league.

Man United has 100 percent record of wining at their home in which they played 4 in all by winning 2 and drawn in 2 games. FC Porto is playing away at Old Trafford in first leg so their away record shows pretty impressive stats in which 2 wins, 1 drawn and a loss which justifies their strength of away matches. So Manchester United should work hard to secure their home victories record.

Villarreal will face tough match against Arsenal who has pretty decent reputation in football on 7th April. Villarreal has faced Arsenal in 2006 where first match was won by Arsenal 1-0 and second drawn to take Arsenal a step further. Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger is poised to win this year competition as injuries hit the team but they are confident to recover as Cesc Fabregas is getting well. Arsenal has won last six matches where FC Porto won 3 lost 1 and 1 drawn which makes them little shaky.

Liverpool Vs Chelsea is one of best encounters of football giants of Barclay Premier League and they will be head to head on this quarter final at Anfield starting at 20:45 CET on 8th April. The Football results of these two champions are always waited by people worldwide and Liverpool playing better in their home as they won 3 and drawn 1 in 4 UEFA champions League matches. Chelsea who is playing away in 1st leg will face problems against former champions because their Away record in not much impressive. They drawn in 3 matches and lost one match which is not good enough to win against club like Liverpool.

Liverpool is playing fantastically and their coach Rafael Benitez is confident over his team as they signed Steven Gerrard until 2013. Liverpool already beaten Chelsea in both Premiership games but Chelsea got advantage over them by wining UEFA Champion's league matches last season.

Barcelona is playing with Bayern Munich at Estadio Camp Nou in 1st leg of their quarter finals and these two top clubs of Europe entered 12 times in competition in which Barcelona won twice and Bayern Won 4 times. In 1998-99 Bayern won both of their group matches against Barcelona have their psychological advantage over Catalans. Bayern Munich is in good form with scoring of more than 20 goals in last six matches where they beat Sporting Lisbon in round of 16 with 12-1 Aggregate and crushed them out of Champion's league.

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US Men’s Clay Court Championship 2009

US Men Clay Court Championship have some reputation in history of Tennis which spread in span of whole century. Tennis is attracting people around the globe especially Clay court which has been providing illustrious excitement since 1910. Clay Court championship is superb style of tennis which is played at surface of Clay which is outdoor type of game and this tennis championship is organized in Houston which is situated in Texas, United States of America.

Clay Courts are more easy to work with and economical in nature and they are easily established than grass courts which are costly and hard to maintain. ATP international series last championship will be played at Clay its location would be River Oaks Country Club in Texas which is starting on 6th April. The Total prize if this clay championship is set 500000 Us Dollars which is not worth as much that handsome trophy which is to be offered to champion.

Marcel Granollers won last year US men clay court championship and prove to be promising in world of tennis. He belongs to Spain and managed to beat James Blake of USA and that was not less than a shocker in world of tennis. James Blake is more determined and experienced player but unfortunately beaten by Spaniard Marcel Granollers by 6-4, 1-6, and 7-5. Marcel Granollers lift the trophy of Men Clay Court Championship Trophy as his first ATP title and tennis result of this match is surprising for viewers all over the world.

Men's Clay Court Championship Trophy has witnessed some of player of century like Jimmy Connors and Andre Agassi known as icons for emerging player of tennis. Andy Roddick is current influential player in ATP series and all over the world that is not less than an achievement for a tennis player to be part of it. USTA which is known as United States Tennis Association have transferred the venue to River Oaks Country Club in Houston and championship of 2009 will be played there. The Green Clay and American Clay were previously used in all years of this type of tennis but red clay was used in 2008 which will be used again in 2009 championship.

The most influential ATP player is Roger Federer who is known as champion in all surface and tournament of tennis. He is from Switzerland and this 28 year old player has won 53 single titles which is remarkable result. Rafael Nadal is emerged as better player who has impressed people with strong left handed 23 titles to his name. Andy Roddick has won 25 titles but his peak period was from 2001 to 2005 in which he won 3 trophies and become ATP champion. Marat Safin is Russian player who is playing great tennis and made millions of fans during his current time. All these players are playing this tournament with great commitment and will be playing with great influence.

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Formula one Malaysian Grand Prix 2009

Formula one Malaysian Grand Prix 2009
Venue:-Sepang International Circuit
Sunday 05 April 2009
Time 17:00

Formula one is the most exciting form of motor racing in this era and people are widely acknowledge the exhilarating race between one of top drivers and constructors. Formula one represent series of races which are known as Grand Prix on well organized circuits at pre defined location. Europe is place where formula one is viewed as favorite motor sport but its scope is increasing significantly as out of 18 races 9 Grand Prix are organized outside Europe.
This single seaters form of motor racing mega event is started way back in 1947 and its international form of sport in which 20 drivers participated with 10 teams and those teams are based on engine suppliers like BMW, Ferrari and Mercedes who hired 2 drivers and team for their support and management. Lewis Hamilton of United Kingdom is current drivers' champion with 98 points who beaten Filipe Massa the Brazilian attached with Ferrari got 97 points with different of one point only. Ferrari is constructors champion with 172 points.

Formula one Malaysian Grand Prix is place for enthusiast fans of Motor Racing where they are attracted every season for thrilling racing event. This mega event is most important for every Grand Prix drivers at world-acclaimed Sepang international circuit which is situated 40 minutes away from Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian Grand Prix this year brings you exciting race with one of acclaimed drivers and hordes of international visitors.

Sepang Circuit was built in 1998 and honored its first ever Grand prix a year after and continues to host it every year. The Malaysian circuit provides better Pit garage facilities and it is considered as favorite for drivers because of its smooth corners. Sepang formula one circuit is comprise of 56 laps with circuit length of 5.5 km. the total race length of Malaysian grand prix is 310 km and John MacDonald won this event most time with 4 wins and constructors champions are Ferrari with 5 wins to their name.

Michael Schumacher won 3 times in 2000, 2001 and 2004 with Ferrari after it becomes part of formula one world championship. Fernando Alonso with impressing wins of 2005 and 2007 with wining driver's championship and Kimi Raikkonen in 2003 and 2008. Ferrari has won most of Malaysian Grand Prix events which makes them notable in coming race were they battle with McLaren-Mercedes and other constructer teams for championship title in 2009 formula 1 live score action in Malaysia.

The Malaysian Grand Prix is providing more to motor sport lovers by declaring that they want to built Floodlighting system and become second venue for this night races. They are also producing new trophy for 2009 which shoes their commitment and pride of hosting this event every year. The four trophies are presented to 1st, 2nd, 3rd driver and winner's trophy to constructor who got first position with driver. The formula 1 results for Drivers championship and Constructors position of season are required by people around the globe.

Malaysian Grand Prix in 2008 won by Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari with time of 1:31 time period and followed by Robert Kubica of BMW(+19 sec) and Heikki Kovalainen of McLaren-Mercedes(+38 sec). The qualifying result of this race was pretty much similar because Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari was holding 1st and 2nd position and Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton of McLaren-Mercedes at 3rd and 4th position. The live formula 1 scores action of Malaysian Grand Prix can be witnessed at Scorespro.com which provides you all information you want relevant to motor racing events.

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FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 - 1st April Preliminaries

The FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 is long waited football mega event which organized after 4 year span and nations qualify for this mega event after playing series of round in these years. FIFA World cup 2010 will be organized at South Africa turns to be 19th world cup event which will be held between 11 June and July 2010.

The qualifying matches between nations are always amusing to watch and in these days people are waiting anxiously. The fixtures of 1st April are expected to be breath taking and all these important matches will be witnessed by football fans all over the world. The Live football scores for 1st April matches are waited by fan of football and people are seeking their desired matches this month desperately as FIFA World Cup is going with great pace.

Brazil who is world champions most times than any nation is facing Peru at Porto Alegre. Brazil has enjoyed much success in world cup history not only winning the title but also scored most goals and won most games in this particular competition. Brazil is facing some difficulties in group and former world champions are placed 2nd on table. But it will be easier this time against Peru who has won only one match in 10 games of their group.

France is preparing for playing against Lithuania which will be played at Saint-Denis and France have to work hard beside they are known as football giants of Europe because they are facing difficulties in their group. They are placed at 3rd position with 4 points which are not up to standard performance for former world champions. Lithuania is at better position with 9 points with Serbia sharing points at top of table. France should win this match to strengthen their position in group or they will have fear to drop from World cup.

Spain who is victorious in UEFA EURO 2008 by beating Germany 1-0 and for this major international tournament they have waited half century to become champions. They have some influencing players like Cesc Fabregas, Xavi, David Villa and Fernando Torres they can win World cup with their passion and style of playing football. The success from EURO 2008 gave them boost for winning World cup South Africa 2010. Spain is facing Turks at Istanbul on 1st April with record of 100 percent win in their group which means they have 12 points in their pocket which will be give them confidence to beat Turkey. David Villa the Spanish International has scored 5 times in this competition and shown Spanish strength in attacking line-up.

Turkey is holding number 2nd position in their group with 8 points and challenging Spain in qualification round of FIFA world cup. Their best performance was seen on FIFA world cup 2006 at Germany where they place at 3rd position and also scored the fastest goal of world cup in their campaign. Turkey has won 2 matches and drawn 2 times obtaining 8 points which will be threat for Spain in fear of losing their 100 percent record against them.

Italy is a team which almost qualifies in all competition of FIFA world cup except 1958 when they couldn't qualify and in 1930 which they didn't enter for participation. Italy has played 16 world cup events and always provides legends of football from their elite class League known as Serie A. the first victories of this footballing nation are witnessed at 1934 and 1938 in which they achieved final triumphs against Czechoslovakia and hungary and provide players like Angelo Schiavo, Silva Piola and Giovanni Ferrari.

Italy is on top their qualifying group with Republic of Ireland sharing 10 points each and both teams are preparing to battle in their fixture on 1st April which will be blasting football match. Italy has won 3 matches and drawn one match against Bulgaria who is well away from their way to beat them on table. Republic of Ireland is facing many problems in their last world cup in 2002 with incident of their captain Roy Keane and Manager Mick McCarthy in result Ireland captain was sent back and not allowed to play in world cup. They surprisingly held draw against Germany 1-1 and also advancing in round of 16 but lost to Spain with breath taking penalty shootouts.

Germany is passionate Footballing nation who has tremendous last world cup in 2006 in their home crowed they dominate one of best teams of world. They recently so close to win mega event of EURO 2008 and ending as Runners up. Germany is playing against Wales at Cardiff which will decide the strength of this nation in their group. Germany has won 3 games and gained 10 points holding 1st position on table. Wales are at 3rd place with 6 points and struggling to settle in qualifying round.

Germany has won FIFA world cup 3 times with fantastic win of 1974 as host nation against the Netherlands. Germany lost World cup 2002 finals against Brazil and finished at 3rd place in World cup 2006 where they beat Portugal 3-1. Wales's most impressive result was at 1958 where they were beat by Brazil in Quarter finals and they also suffers a lot in world cup 2002 but they are emerging as better footballing nation.

Argentina has won two world cups in 1978 against Netherlands 3-1 as host nation and emerged as better team in world of international football. The second triumph witnessed at 1986 against West Germany and losing in 1990 against West Germany. The Era of Diego Maradona was best for Argentina and this footballing nation has produced legendary footballers of century. Argentina is at 3rd place in their group under 2nd placed Brazil who are most world cup winners of tournament's history.

Argentina is playing against Bolivia at La Paz on 1st April and footballs results for this match is long waited for fans of Argentina because their team holding position 3rd with a point difference from Brazil and they really wanted to watch their team on top.

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Formula 1 Grand Prix Of Australia - 29th March 2009

MELBOURNE
29-03-2009

Formula 1 racing is premier class racing event which provide you racing with 360 km/h furious driving contest among 20 drivers. This massive event is witnessed by millions of people and it is best known for one of most expensive sports which include engine suppliers from auto giant like BMW, Ferrari, Mercedes and Toyota. This car is specifically built for this type of event and single seaters but expensive than others.

What else you want from a racing event which includes aggressive drivers and world class constructers with high budgeted event watched live by more than 60 million people worldwide. The constructers who can contest in this even can be up to 10 with 2 drivers each to fight for driver's championship as well as constructers are also eligible for ranking for this particular event.

The world motor sport council accepted the idea projected by Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone who has described Olympic criteria of champions as it depend on most gold medal won by a driver will be rewarded as champion instead of current point system. The winner-takes-all system provided real time racing experience for viewers all over the world as drivers and constructer will seek for first position instead of retaining or gaining points so the idea for most win is adopted ignoring medal system.
Formula 1 championship is never too exciting until rule of driver's championship is changes to most race won and rest of the places will decided by regular point system. The drivers now have to fight for title by winning most races in a season and who won the most games will be crowned championship.

Formula One championship is crowned to Lewis Hamilton with McLaren-Mercedes gaining 98 points in 2008. Filipe Massa who is Brazilian icon driver for formula one is placed at number 2nd position with 97 points after battling till last race of season but unfortunately lost to Lewis Hamilton. Kimi Raikkonen is finished third with 75 points and both Kimi and Massa are Ferrari drivers which mean the constructer champion ship goes to Ferrari with most points gained by these two Ferrari drivers. Ferrari crowned constructer champion with 172 points and McLaren-Mercedes got 151 points to finish second.

Lewis Hamilton won the Australian Grand Prix in 2008 gaining crucial 10 points of that game and at 2nd place Nick Hiedfield of BMW Sauber. Filipe Massa of Ferrari got retired due to engine problem and failing to gain points which cost him the driver's championship. Ruben Barrichello former Ferrari driver who is currently attached with Honda team finished at 14th position and have a memory of last Australian Grand prix in which he was disqualified due to exiting Pits stop under red light and at that time he was holding 6th position.

The Grand Prix of Australia is starting 29th march which will witnessed by millions of people across the globe. Australian Grand Prix starting with exciting practice session on Friday 27th (0130-0300) GMT and second practice session at (0530-0700 GMT). The second day will be granted to third practice session at (0300-0400 GMT) and Qualifying for starting position will be held at 0600 GMT on 28th march. After sensational qualifying round you will witness Grand Prix of Australia formula 1 live from Melbourne on 29th of March.

Australian Grand Prix circuit is one delighting place of auto racing where people love to watch this form of sport. The circuit length is comprise of 5.303 km with total race distance of 307 km approximately and best lap record ever on this circuit is named to legend of Formula one M Schumacher with Ferrari in 2004 with 1:24.

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World Cup Football 2010 Qualifiers Netherlands Vs. Scotland

Amsterdam
28 march 2009 (kick off: - 3:00pm)

FIFA world cup 2010 is getting closer and qualifying round is in full swing and fan of football is getting crazier to see that action pack games among one of top football playing countries. The dazzling choice of players among nations and impressive way of playing football in world cup qualifier makes it more successful. The FIFA world cup is one of prestigious event which is watched by millions of people after long waiting 4 years. This event is organized after 4 year and 32 nations participate in this particular tournament. It is considered one of top rated and one of big events of any kind of sports these days. The 32 nations which participated in this event are chose among hundreds of teams from different nation after playing in qualifying rounds.

The qualifying round of FIFA world cup is basic qualification phase for qualifying into final 32 of tournament which take place in preceding 3 years. The world cup is most prestigious event in category of sports and it is held for nearly 1 month but the qualifying round is more interesting event because of nonstop action of three years among nation to fight for last 32 final positions of world cup.

World cup 2010 South Africa qualifiers brings you action packed game between Netherlands vs. Scotland which is to be played at 28 march 2009. Both teams has reached to group stages in final year of their qualifying campaign in which they played 3 matches each as they are falling in same group with Iceland, Norway and Macedonia. Netherland is on top by wining all of their group games and they are most likely qualifying for world cup in current scenario. Scotland has won 1 match followed by draw and a lost game to their name and they are fighting for position in final 32. The soccer livescores of these matches are widely available online for convenience of people across the globe.

The enviable record of Netherlands made them eligible firmly to road of world cup south Africa 2010 with five clear points lead on board. The oranje coach Bert van Marwick is fighting for football's Holy Grail in South Africa known as world cup. The schedule shows that they still have to play 5 qualifiers and this group has potential to beat any one against them. The Norway international recently beat Germany in their friendly match which shows their potential and direct threat to this group 9. Scotland play inspiring event at EURO 2008 showing their strength and already tagged as favorites in the group. The Netherland vs. Scotland is not less than thrilling 90 minutes at Amsterdam which will be held at 28 March 2009.

Scotland already beat big guns like France in EURO campaign and they are looking to narrow the gap between group leaders and them. Scotland's Coach George Burley decided to use his aces and experience player and in his strategy to prefer experience over youth in their upcoming game against the Netherlands. The live soccer scores of Scotland's upcoming conquest for South Africa is available for football lovers on website. The addition of Gary Teale in squad is only change still witnessed and he is chose due to his extra ordinary form at Derby County and according to Burley he is fit enough to make difference.

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Rugby Football – How to Play, Rules & Regulations

Rugby is an exciting form of sport that's originated in different parts of England and it resembles with ancient Greek sport played in medieval times somewhere near Wales. These types of games are played in France and Ireland with name of La Soule and Caid. These games are played differently from each other and from time to time it was played with variation in playing style and rules in English schools. This game is emerged as most fascinating sport at global level in which it can be played professionally as well as amateur and different type of competitions is held with variation in rules of games.

The game is rugged and pace of the game require enormous skill and strategies to beat the opponent. The skill is not enough to play rugby but it required mind and require strength up to maximum level for brutal challenges and tackles faced by opponents. This fascinating game requires 15 players on each side who are entitled to perform specific tasks allotted to them. The formation of team is depended upon the strategies of every team but mostly it is broken into two phases which includes forwards and backs. The ball should be passed, or carry by a player or kicked by him to take possession of ball for longer period of time and grounding the ball maximum time than opponent to win the match.

The ground of rugby is consisted of touch lines and goal lines and ground must be covered with grass and rectangular shapes. The players must kick the ball or dribble it with their feet with incessant passing to grounding the ball further than their rival's goal line. The games lasted for 80 minutes in two equal numbers of halves and have to ground the ball more than opponent to win the match. The ball is oval shaped with weight of 440 gm and 30 cm long and player should play the match in 110 yard ground. The players are not allowed to wear any protection and only wear boots and leather studs other than jersey and shorts.

The game begins from centre when a player kicked the ball towards opponent's 10 yard line and at the same time the player who is not offside (a player is offside when he is advancing toward balls direction and he is ahead of ball) can advance the game by kicking or dribbling. If he manage to hold the ball, he can pass the ball to his player or runs with it but he can only pass ball to sides and backward also not allowed to pass it forward. The players run toward opponent's goal lines and with special condition that no player of ball carrier team can run ahead of that player who is carrying the ball. The carrier can be interrupted by opponent by tackle to gain ball procession and if he is cannot succeed to tackle the ball carrier runs forward and keep passing ball literally to sides and backward up to the goal lines.

During the run, the player who is carrying ball is only charged by opponent with tackle and if a player is not having ball in his procession he cannot be obstructed or charged with tackle. If the opponent is engaged with such incident and willfully striking other player is penalized with penalty kick at infringement place to opposite team. The rugby is more attacking game than American soccer and uninterrupted passing and faster game play.

When a goal is scored, game is started again at centre and when penalties or foul occurred it's started with award of scrimmage in which ball is rolled in tunnel formed by forwards of both team who are linked together with arms holding each other's waist in which they are binding with front row of opponents team bending forward so the shoulders are linked to make tunnel and the push each other straight and try to touch the ball and push backward to their team mates behind them.

The method in which ball is gone out of bounds is different from it in which they are lined up against each other horizontally toward touch lines and ball is thrown toward centre of these pack of forwards and they jump to catch the ball for procession. When the ball is ground well beyond the goal lines of opponent, 4 points are rewarded to scoring team in rugby union and 3 is benchmarked for rugby league.

The rugby commonly exist in two sports known as Rugby Union and Rugby League which is played widely all over the world and American football is known as new genre of rugby in modern times. Many competitions are played like World Cup which is played after 4 years and 20 teams are participating in this tournament which is known as one of biggest sporting events of sports category around the globe. The last world cup was won by South Africa in 2007 and next rugby world is scheduled in 2011 venue at New Zealand. Tri nation series between New Zealand, Australia and South Africa which was founded in 1996 are rugby union based series in all games played between these teams since then the New Zealand won 39 out of 56 and Australia won 23 and South Africa won 21 games. The super 14 and six nations are also important and famous tournaments of rugby.

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The Cricket Game – How To Play, Rules & Regulations

Cricket is a game which got its initiative from Southern England. It is being played by two teams with the help of bat and ball. Each team based on eleven players and substitute fielders. You can make as much substitutions from your reserved players in case of illness or injury of current player. The team is lead by a Captain and in case of his absence Vice Captain of the team led his team.

Nowadays, there are three types of cricket matches that are being played normally. First type is known as Test Match, second is One Day International and third type is recently introduced, known as Twenty20 match. Test Match is based on five day play and both teams have two innings to play. Like each would get a chance to bat two innings and to bowl two innings as well. To win the test match, you have to make as much runs as much you can and then you have to take wickets as soon as possible. In case of One Day match, you have only fifty over to bowl and bat respectively.

Then it comes the turn of Twenty20 and in this format you have only twenty overs to bat and bowl respectively. To win a match, the simple philosophy is that you have to make maximum runs and then to take opposition's wickets as soon as possible like before your lead got over. Or in other case, you have to take wickets of opposition team and then to chase the total. In first case you have to defend your total runs and in second case you have to chase your opponent's total.

The place where batsmen have to bat and bowlers have to bowl is known as Pitch. The standard size of a pitch is of 22 yards or 20m in length and 3.0m wide, this criterion is maintained at every ground. The home team uses different kinds of tactics while making a pitch. If they are good at batting then they would go for plain tracks so that batting on them become very easy. If home side is good in fast bowling then they would give preference to hard and bouncy tracks or green tracks. Spin and slow track pitches are only made when home side is good in spin bowling. A cricket match is being conducted on such kind of ground that fulfills the criteria of a standard cricket ground. A standard cricket ground should be of 130-150 yards or of 140-160 yards.

The ball that is being used in the match is of 160 grams or 5.5 ounce. The bowler has to bowl with the help of round arm action and before reaching to the batsmen, bowl usually takes a single bounce on the ground. But in two cases, like in case of full-toss and in case of Yorker, ball goes directly to the batsmen without bouncing anywhere. These kinds of delivers are known as full length deliveries and they are allowed to the belly height of the batsmen. Above that height, bowling is not allowed. The end at which batsmen is facing balls is known as striker's end and the other end at which the other batsmen is staying is known as non-striker's end. One wicket keeper is there at striker's end to save the missed balls and to save the runs as well. Eleven persons are around these two players to field the bowl so that they can stop the batsmen from scoring runs.

The bat that is being used by the batsmen while batting is of blade shape having a top grip on it. The bat is completely made of wood. The blade of bat should not exceed the borders of 4.25 inches in width. And the length of the bat should not be more than 38 inches. The ball that is used for bowling is known as Hard Ball and has a circumference of 9 inches. These kinds of balls could be delivered at more than 90 miles per hour so batsmen should have to use protective wears while bating. This kind of wearing includes batting helmet, pads, batting gloves, thigh pads, arm pads, shoulder protectors and rib protectors as well. The match is being conducted by two field umpires and one third umpires. Third umpire has to give decisions of dismissals or about boundaries but on the request of field umpire only. Third umpire give decisions by using the latest technology and videos so that the decision could be accurate and precise. There is also a match referee who has to see the code of conduct and other issues of the match.

The wicket is being planted at the end of 22 yards at both ends. The height of wicket along with bails is of 28.5 inches and the accumulate width of the wicket is of 9 inches. In this width three stumps are included. Four lines are used to be printed on the pitch and these lines are commonly known as crease. These lines are used to determine the safe area of batsmen and along with that it is also used to determine the bowler's approach while bowling as well. If any bowler delivers the bowl by approaching above the line then the bowl would be declared as No Ball. The bowl would be re bowled by the bowler and one run would be as awarded to the batting side.

Similar is the case with wide bowl hat if bowl goes to leg side, right side of the batsmen, without touching bat or batsmen then it would be declared as wide. And if bowl goes away from the off side line, left side of the batsmen, then it would also declared as wide. In the case of wide, one run is also awarded to the batting side. The other two types of extra deliveries are termed as "Byes" and "Leg Byes". If the ball is being miss-fielded by keeper or run through the fielders without touching bat or batsman and batsmen take runs then the ball is termed as "Bye". Similar is the case with "Leg Bye" that if ball hits the body or legs of batsman and he take run safely then it would be named as "Leg Bye Run".

The batsmen can play any kind of strokes with the help of his bat. The strokes which he played are commonly termed as cover drive, off drive, cut shot, pull and hook. When a batsman plays a shot, he go for runs and tried to take as much runs as he can by running or by hitting boundaries. When a batsman hits the ball and crosses the boundary line without touching any fielder or ground then it is named as "Six" and 6 runs are added to the scorecard of the team and to the individual score of the batsman as well. And if ball crosses the boundary line after touching ground or any fielder then it is named as "Four".

As a result of this boundary, batting line got 4 additional runs. Except both these batsman get runs by running singles, doubles and triples and if batsman take four runs by running even then he would get four runs. The batsman can get dismissed by ten ways only. The first way in this category is "Bowled". In this case, bowler hits the bowl to the stumps and stumps got down. Second type of dismissal is "Caught". In this category, batsman hits the ball and before ball touches the ground, it would be caught up by any player of the fielding side. The third common dismissal is Leg before Wicket. It is little bit complex but in simple you can narrate it as the ball hit the stumps if the legs of batsman wouldn't come between ball and stumps.

The fourth kind of dismissal is Run Out. It would happen only when the stumps are broken b any fielder at such time when the batsman is not in his secure area or not in his crease. The next kind of dismissal is of "Stump Out". It is same as the run out but the difference is that this out is operated by the wicket keeper of the fielding side. There is another kind of dismissal that is named as Hit Wicket. Batsmen declared as out if he hit the wickets by himself and ball remained away from the wickets. There are other kinds of dismissals as well like, hitting the ball twice, obstructing the field, handled the ball and timed out but these kinds of dismissal are not in common practice. The result of the match could be a win, loss or a draw. There is another kind of result that is termed as "No Result" but this kind of result is practiced in One Day Internationals Only.

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American Football

The word Football is attributed to the all team players who are involved in the kicking of ball with the force of their foot to make an effort of scoring a goal. Football is considered as the most famous sport of the world. English name "football" is also applicable to gridiron football associated with the North America football known as American football. This game involves players 11 to 18 which are selected on their skill and talent. This game is played in open field where both teams fight over a ball and try to hit the goal area with the ball. If a team is successful to score more goals over their opponent team, they are awarded the winning title. It seems quite interesting that almost twenty players are mad in getting the command on ball into their side. Players are only allowed to move their bodies and they can only touch ball with their foot.

Mostly, there are some rules defined restricting the movements of the players in the team like offside where players in their attempt of scoring a goal put the ball over or under the cross bar. Other features include to the football are points scored by players and fouls, in the result of it, players get an edge of free kick. In ancient time, people used to play this type of game which involved carrying or kicking the ball. Therefore, most of modern coded of football game is derived from the origin of these games. Today, this game is played in various forms in the Great Britain as the public schools of this game are credit due to their marvellous achievement in the creation of some modern codes for the game of football.

Today game of football is adopted by number of people as a way of competition to keep people fit and healthy. Each school or club is drafted its own codes and rules that are changed over time. In some football schools, this game is played like the style of rugby while some other common way of hitting the ball is by tier foot. American football is a competitive sport team that is known for competitive team sport with physical activity. The objective of the game is to make a goal score to get dominance power over time.

The movement of the ball is controlled by throwing it to the team mate until it reaches to the end zone. In this way, players can get the points 6 points if he is succeeded to carry ball in end zone. There are several ways of getting points like kicking the ball uprights of opponent's goalpost after winning touchdown and in this way he can get 1 extra point. Another way is to score a safety which means player which tackles opponent's player in their end zone he will be rewarded free kick and can score 2 points. The winner team is able to get more points in following these strategies.

The offense line is consisting of almost five players whose task is to protect the passer and try to clear the way of runners by blocking the members of the defence. The player standing in the centre is the line man. Outside of the centre of the ground, there are guards and some tacklers. Except from the centre of the field, there are some players who try to snaps the ball to backlines.

Players at centre back get the pass from centre positions players on most plays. Then this pass is handed to the running back player or throws it to back to the receiver who is running behind it. The quarterback is considered the leader of the side of the offense and is responsible to call the players signalled from the side lines.

Running back is the position behind the QB where players have specialized training of running behind the ball. If there are two running back players in the team, one is standing halfback and other is on full back who has the duty of blocking the passes of the opposition team.

These are some of the details that give you insight of football which is regarded as the most favourite game of the world. American Football is also becoming very popular outside of the United State in form of different leagues names existed in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Mexico, Spain, Austria, and many other pacific island nations. These foot players have many specialized role assigned to them to their training manager. At the NFL – National Football League and collage level, most players play for defence or offense side.

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The Luckiest Cricket Captain Became Unlucky

28th Feburary, a T20 match was being played between India and New Zealand. If you want to see that how much luck matters into a game then you should watch that match. It was a kind of match in which you would not come to know that which team is going to win. It's a T20 match that was held at Westpac stadium in Wellington. New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first and forced India to Bat first.

The start of Indian innings was just ok as Sehwag got out in third over by just scoring 24 blasting runs. That was the first shock that Indian team had to bear. After the dismissal of Sehwag, it was turn of SK Raina, also known as Youngster. Indian team had many expectations from him but he failed to fulfill the hopes of Indian Fans. He also got out by facing just 4 balls and scored no run. Both these Indian Batsmen didn't contribute in the score and the end cricket results are that total score of Indian team remained at 36.

After adding just 6 runs to the total score, Gambhir got edged on the bowl of Butler and the catch was taken by McCullam. Indian team was getting into deep troubles as they had lost 3 wickets on the total of 47. At the other end, Yuvraj was scoring runs by playing blasting strokes. He hit 4 sixes and 3 four's. By scoring 50 blasting runs, Yuvraj got out and YK Pathan came to bat along with his Captain MS Dhoni. Dhoni who has been considered as the luckiest captain in the history of cricket became unlucky in that match. He scored 28 runs by consuming 30 deliveries.

At a t20 match, such kind of batting is known as wicket saving innings. YK Pathan, once again flopped and got out on zero. RA Jadeja, scored 19 runs on sixteen balls and IK Pathan scored 15 runs on ten balls. This was the whole story of Indian Batting line up. The live cricket scores of Indian Players are quoted above and any one could see the performance of each player easily.

New Zealand got the target of 150 runs to win. To chase this target JD Ryder and BB McCullum came to opened the innings. They both together gave a solid opening stand to their team and gave a 53 runs opening stand. At seventh over Ryder got out on the ball of Zaheer Khan. But BB McCullum continued his battle with Guptill who came to bat after the dismissal of Ryder. Guptill got out after scoring just 10 runs and it was turn of LRPL Taylor to give support to BB McCullum.

Taylor gave support to his partner and scored 27 runs. When he got out New Zealand required 25 runs to win on just 15 balls. All the hopes were on BB McCullum and he gave his hundred percent to the team. On the very next ball Oram, who came in place of Taylor, got out and one more ball reduced. The next over, 19th over, was of Yuvraj Singh and New Zealand taken out more then the 70 percent of the targeted runs from that over. It was a big blow for India at that time.

The last over was of IK Pathan, he bowled very well as on last ball New Zealand need 1 run to win. Pathan took the match to such extent on the base of his brilliant bowling. On Last Ball, BB McCullum played the shot in the air and the catch was drooped in the circle. In the meanwhile, a single has been taken by
the Batsmen and New Zealand won the match by 5 wickets. The Luckiest Captain has to face the defeat just because luck goes in the favor of New Zealand.

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Two Major Final Results Of Tennis Championships

Emerging tennis star Venus William had successfully won the second title of her career in seven days as she defeated tennis player of Italy named Flavia Pennetta in the final match of the Mexican Open in Acapulco last week. This American player followed up last week win with lead of 6-1 and 6-2 of the second seed in the Dubai championship. Venus William has been regarded as the player of emerging talent since the start of her career. She has won 41 titles in her whole career and 20 of them; she gained in the last 21 matches. It is a sign of excellent career that will definitely lead to the list of top ranked tennis stars. Livescore help you more to get lasts details of this final match.

She is presently enjoying top ranking position in the tennis ranking table. She remarked about her last time victory in these words "In my opinion, I deserve this victory tonight; I worked hard and played hard last week. It was the results of such hard labour that my game and my serve both came together tonight" she also said "I loved to visit Mexico and the victory for 41 title of my career gave me more delight and cherishing hopes for coming matches. I hope to be back again here to defend my title." In keeping view the consecutive victories of Venus William, it is quite obvious that she will also play well in the French tennis championship.

Online reviews and tennis results of final match will tell you more about this tennis star. The opponent of Venus William, Pennetta was playing her sixth straight Acapulco final as she had already won tile in 2008 and 2005. In this time, she needed to defend this title but she looked helpless before striking strokes of Venus William. As Pennetta said "if I was unable to discover what has happened to me, Venus Williams, I did not know what has happened to me" "Venus Williams played well, as she looked strong in front of me serving so well that made me helpless to reply her in the same power and ability"
It was really very hard to fight against her power. But I did not feel any time that I was playing badly, anyhow she had tried to overpower me so that she won"

In another match of French open championship, Spain tennis star Nicolas Almagro beat the player of France, Gael Monfils in the second seed with 6-4 and 6-4 points successfully to defend the title of the man finals.

Almagro remarked about this defeat in the following words "I was quite lucky to win this title as my mind was very strong to get overpower on my opposition player. It supported my shoulder in the game which I had been craving to boost up for few weeks. It gained me more self-confidence that I was able to retain after six months"

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Overview Of Top Ranked Football Teams Of This Season

It is the start of new week that will bring some exciting results for your action sports heroes due to opening of many tournaments this season. But last time end of the week brought some thrilling and surprised livescores. While compensating from your famous celebratory drowning of sorrows, disappointment, catch up this Sunday excellent performance and be happy that you find your action heroes fit in your expectations. There are few highlights that will give you precise view of the activities of top actions football teams for coming days and also tell you about their last match victory.

Victory of Manchester United carling matches of Final Cup in Scotland: Manchester United were successful to win their third trophy of this season on this Sunday, as they had defeated Tottenham this Sunday in exciting manners. They have played well and moved to win on penalties in the match. They have already gained three trophies and they need three more to go on!

Manchester United is expecting more victories in the coming matches. Their last victory also brought some massive trophy haul for them but they felt it with reciprocal and fully joyous mood. But no everyone is jumping for joy as they still have long distance to cover the road of progress and success. You can review football results of this match live online.

In another match, Madrid defeated the Barcelona by making title race quite wide. Madrid seemed in vigorous form as they had defeated their forceful rivals in excellent style and performance. Atletico Madrid just did it, coming back from superb defeat with 2-0 and 3-2 over Barcelona last week. After this defeat, the race of wining title for Barcelona seems as an impossible dream due to unassailable leads of Madrid over them.

Turkish magical performance is also continued till their run to the Euro 2008 semi-finals. Their performance in these matches featured a dramatic finishes in form of their magic coming back in the Thursday evening in UEFA Cup. In their previous matches of this season, Bordeaux and Galatasaray staged a thrilling performance that would easily nominate them players of week. These are few teams that are considered favourite for the coming final matches.

Their fans are expecting good results from them as they are working hard to show what they have already decided to do for the good ranking and future of their clubs. The beginning of the new month means, it is the time for the new opportunities for football clubs and teams. In the next month, all teams will able to evaluate their performances in the previous league matches that will help them to learn a lot from their mistakes. March 2009 is regarded as the month of WAG, you will also able to catch live actions of football teams in the final of Coca-cola and Premier Leagues. Whatever happens, we just hope for best for your favourite heroes.

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Chelsea Got New Hope For Title - Late Winner For Blues

Chelsea is facing trouble this season as they are down to 7 points lead from league leaders Manchester united and sacking of their world class coach luiz Filipe Scolari after 6 month of his services at Stamford Bridge. Some people say it was the biggest blunder to sack world class coach of his caliber but he has shown one of worst record of his career and Chelsea's ex-coach Scolari said that there is nothing special in Chelsea players and I didn't find any special player who makes difference. In response former Chelsea's successful coach Jose Mourinho who is currently managing Inter Milan furious on Scolari's statement and quoted that with these players he has won two consecutive Premiership title.

Chelsea has won their match against Wigan Athletic in stoppage time which makes them alive in hope for title in this season. Chelsea already beaten Aston Villa Chelsea in their previously and poised to win premiership title once again. Chelsea played against Wigan Athletic at Stamford Bridge and Guus Hindink's side inspired once again in campaign for wining premiership title. Chelsea found net first at 25th minute when Oliver Kapo scoring tremendous goal for his side. Chelsea got shocked at Stamford Bridge with late equalizer goal in 82nd minute which makes silence at Stamford Bridge. The football livescore of this match and analysis on match report is especially provided online for people who missed this exciting fixture of premiership giants.

Chelsea had gone above to second place on goal difference as their points are same as Liverpool and these both teams are behind Manchester united who has game in hand on them. Chelsea started match with attacking challenges and match referee Lee Probert found himself in tough condition where he had to take tough decision and in this match he is fond to favor one of premiership side. The harsh conversation between Michael Ballack and Lee Probert make the atmosphere stricter when he engaged a tackle with Michael Brown. Chelsea is saved by their keeper in seventeen minute when he saved goal failing Wigan player's strike for net. John terry who is Chelsea's backbone in defense booked on his tackle in match. The football result of this clash is most exciting for Barclay's premiership title race and top three teams which saw Chelsea regaining second spot on table.

Chelsea is now chasing Manchester united for title and playing well under their new coach Guus Hiddink which keeps their hope for title alive. Chelsea is not having convincing season and their class of game is not seen under Luiz Filipe Scolari who was sacked recently. This fixture was most crucial for Chelsea because they need to win more matches than ending in draw and they can't afford to lose any of its games if they dream to win premiership title.

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Live Golf Action - The Return of Tiger Woods

Life as a professional golfer has been good to Tiger Woods. He plays the sport he loves the most and is remarkably great at it and is earning money while doing so. His talent remains unsurpassed until now and he can even win the US Open even when his knee joint is broken. He remains to be the top ranked golfer in the world for a few years now that other golfers seem to be battling for second place. And when other golfers do win majors it is because he did not enter the field and join the competition may be the best reason to explain why other golfers do win.

Tiger Woods went into an eight month sabbatical to have the anterior cruciate ligament on his left knee repaired through surgery and rehabilitation. And during this time, he also expanded his family when his wife Elin gave birth to his second child, a boy named Charlie Axel. His eldest daughter is named Sam Alexis.

The new season has begun and Woods has entered his first tournament after his hibernation at the Accenture Match Play Championships. And skeptics who thought that Woods shall lose his awesome touch were wrong as he impressed the crowd with his shot making ability, as he overcome a wobble at the front nine and win his match  at the WGC Accenture Word Match Play Championships.

He was playing against Australian Brendan Jones in the first round of the 64 man event hosted at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club and tallied a 3 and 2 win. Sergio Garcia, the second ranked golfer in the world at the moment lost his match 1-up to Charl Schwartzel while Padraig Harrington was defeated by Pat Perez.

The world number one started his round displaying his determination to shoot a great score of golf. And the crowd that eagerly awaited for his return sheered him on when he made his first tee shot which parlayed into a birdie on the first whole.

Woods described his first day like as if he was not away from the sport fo so long, that it felt good. He expected his knee to be stiff at some point but was relatively surprised that it felt good. It was Tiger's way of saying that he did not feel any adverse reaction in his rehabilitated knee. And his first victory after a long layoff really showed just how much Woods' talent in the sport of golf really is.

His next match against Tim Clark the next day momentarily halted the euphoria the sporting world experienced with Woods' return. He faced a very determined and in form golfer who matched Woods' shot making prowess on that day. He eventually defeated Woods 4 and 2 in the second round.

As much as everybody did not know what to expect with Woods' performance on the day of his return, most of the organizers that he shall somehow overcome his long layoff and stay in the tournament a little longer by winning his matches. There is no doubt that his comeback was the biggest golfing news at that point and  his presence would definitely draw in the crowds to watch the tournament live.

Too bad though, that did not materialize.

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SriLankan Cricket Team Under Attack In Pakistan

Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Sri Lankan players on its way to veneue at Lahore. During this counter attack, five policemen were killed and several were injured along with 5 Sri Lankan players. Chaminda Vaas, Thilan Samaraweera, Kumar Sangakkara, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Thusara and Tharanga Paranavitana are amongst the players who got injured, while captain Mahela Jayawardene and Muttiah Muralitharan are said to be safe.

According to PCB officials 12 terresoits attacked on bus with heavy weapons including grenades and rocket launchers. Officials said the attack was bore the hallmakrs attack of mumbai in India in novermber 2008. Indian government balmed pakistan based Islamic groups.

This attack will become a big blow to pakistan cricket as already ICC and other countires cancelled their tour to Pakistan because of security concerns and this attack might be end of international cricket in Pakistan for a short term.

Sri Lankans are touring pakistan after India's cricketer pulled out of a scheduled tour of 3  test matches and 5 one day matches.

Tour Has Been Canceled

Terriost attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team when they were just couple of miles away from Gaddafi Stadium, venue for the second test match. Witnesses reported, a heavey brust of gunfire and explosions, as terrriots first aimed the policemen who were gurading the team.

During this attack atleast five policemen were killed. According to PCB officials Thilan Samaraweera and Kumara Sangakara were admited to Services hospital in Lahore.

Former Sri Lankan Captain Sanath Jayasuriya said, "The Players are shocked. They have never gone through anything like this before". Sri lankans players were evucated from stadium with help of Pakistaini air force helicopters.

A Pakistani air force helicopter has now evacuated members of the Sri Lankan team from Gaddafi Stadium, after Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse condemned the "cowardly terrorist attack" and ordered the players' immediate evacuation. Inspector General punjab police Habibur Rahman said, 10 to 12 attackers came to scene in Auto Rickshaws and opened fire with Ak47, gurnades and rocket launchers. SL Sports Minister confirms players' injury Sri Lankan Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge has confirmed the players injury in this terriable attack. Sanaraweera and Sangakara remains in hospital after being shot in thigh.

Punjab Governor Salmaan Tahseer told a news channel, "The team is shaken, but I can confirm that there are no serious injuries to the players. None of them are critical. "This was an organised attack. They were terrorists. They used sophisticated weapons. Five Pakistani policemen have been killed. "Obviously the tour has been cancelled. We have arranged for the Sri Lankan players to be taken out to the airport and they will fly out of the country this afternoon."

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