tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73805213227685004992011-04-21T12:27:58.297-07:00SHARKnoreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-44895614248529322782007-03-18T09:56:00.000-07:002007-03-18T10:00:55.082-07:00<a href="http://www.espnstar.com/photo/1174183875113sehwag_india_180307.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.espnstar.com/photo/1174183875113sehwag_india_180307.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>Ireland and Bangladesh turned the World Cup upside down on Saturday with stunning victories over Asian superpowers Pakistan and India. </div> <div> Ireland's band of part-timers and foreign imports caused probably the biggest sensation in the history of the tournament by beating Pakistan by three wickets in Kingston to send the 1992 champions crashing out of the tournament. </div> <div> India, considered one of the favourites for the title, were stunned by a five-wicket loss to a youthful Bangladesh but at least have the consolation of still being in the World Cup. Debutants Ireland made it a St. Patrick's Day to remember at Sabina Park. </div> <div> Chasing a revised target of 128 from 47 overs, Ireland held their nerve to hit the jackpot with 32 balls to spare, when captain Trent Johnson smashed Azhar Mahmood over long-on for six. The Irish victory handed Pakistan their second straight defeat in the competition, following their 54-run loss to hosts West Indies. </div> <div> The win also put Ireland on the verge of qualifying for the second round Super Eights. Niall O'Brien hit a one-day international career best 72 from 107 balls after his teammates had earlier bowled and fielded with purpose to dismiss the Pakistanis for a modest 132 in 45.4 overs. Boyd Rankin was the most successful Irish bowler with three wickets for 32 runs from nine overs while only four Pakistani batsmen got into double-figures - Kamran Akmal scored 27, Imran Nazir got 24, Mohammad Yousuf made 15, and Sami gathered 12. </div> <div> "We were outstanding in the field and the way we batted to chase down the runs was fantastic," said Johnston. </div> <div> "We were lucky to win the toss but we bowled well and put the ball in all the right areas. We were always asking questions of Pakistan. All the boys came of age today." </div> <div> Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq, playing in his fifth and final World Cup, was devastated by the defeat which will almost certainly lead to his axing if he doesn't retire beforehand. </div> <div> "It was a very disappointing performance because it means we are out of the World Cup," said Inzamam who played in the 1992 World Cup winning team. </div> <div> "It wasn't easy to bat first but all credit to Ireland. They bowled tight lines and we played too many poor shots. It's my last World Cup, I wanted the team to do well but, sometimes, these things happen." </div> <div> At Port of Spain, Indian captain Rahul Dravid admitted his team face a battle to qualify for the next round after losing by five wickets to Bangladesh. </div> <div> "Our backs are up against the wall," said Dravid who chose to bat at the Queen's Park Oval and saw his much-vaunted batting line-up skittled out for just 191. </div> <div> "It was a disappointing day. We didn't get enough runs on the board. I thought 240 would have been a good score but the wicket surprised us. </div> <div> "We know we've got to win two games now. We've got our backs to the wall and have got to fight pretty hard." </div> <div> India will have to beat Sri Lanka as well as minnows Bermuda to have any hope of making it through to the second round Super Eights. </div> <div> It was only Bangladesh's second win in 15 matches against India, the 1983 World Cup winners and beaten finalists in 2003. </div> <div> Bangladesh teenagers Tamim Iqbal, Saqibul Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim all made half-centuries to lead their country to their famous win. </div> <div> Chasing just 192, Bangladesh wrapped up the Group B match with nine balls to spare. Opener Iqbal, aged just 17, hit 51 off 53 balls with 19-year-old Saqibul making 53 off 86 balls. Nineteen-year-old Mushfiqur Rahim made an unbeaten 56 off 107 balls to see his side home. "I just tried to play my natural game," said Iqbal who collected seven fours and two sixes. Man-of-the-match was seamer Mashrafe Mortaza who collected 4-38 to rock India. </div> <div> Meanwhile, a dramatic day at the World Cup was completed when it was announced that several of England's players had been fined for a "breach of team discipline". </div> <div> The players - understood to be James Anderson, Ian Bell, Jon Lewis and Liam Plunkett - were fined for a late night drinking session at the Rumours Nightclub near England's team hotel in St Lucia. </div> <div> They had been out late ahead of their second Group clash against Canada on Sunday - a match England must win if they are to qualify for the Super Eights.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-4489561424852932278?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-44598843980281149932007-03-17T09:31:00.000-07:002007-03-17T10:00:38.577-07:00<a href="http://www.espnstar.com/photo/1174095510603Herschelle-Gibbs-170307.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 305px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px" height="287" alt="" src="http://www.espnstar.com/photo/1174095510603Herschelle-Gibbs-170307.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Herschelle Gibbs smashed his way into the record books as the World Cup witnessed another heayweight nation deliver a brutal knockout blow to a hapless contender on Friday. Gibbs became the first man to hit six sixes in an over in a one-day international as the Netherlands were bludgeoned into a humiliating 221-run defeat at the hands of world number one South Africa in St Kitts. </span></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial;">South Africa piled up 353-3 off just 40 overs in a rain-restricted Group A tie with Jacques Kallis making an unbeaten 128 and Mark Boucher finishing not out on 75. </span></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial;">Boucher joined Gibbs, who was eventually out for 72, in the record books by making the fastest World Cup half-century reaching the mark in just 21 balls, two quicker than the previous best of Brian Lara. </span></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial;">Skipper Graeme Smith contributed 67 before the Dutch crawled to 132-9 in their 40 overs. "It's up there with the best things I've done," said Gibbs. </span></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial;">"I never thought about getting six in a row, but if it's your day, it's your day." </span></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial;">It was the third embarrassing result of the first week of the World Cup following Sri Lanka's 245-run win over Bermuda and defending champions Australia's 203-run triumph against Scotland. </span></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial;">Meanwhile, New Zealand beat England by six wickets in a crucial Group C clash at St Lucia in a game featuring the two probable qualifiers from that section for the second round Super Eights. The Black Caps' win also means they will carry two extra points into the next round should England, as expected, edge Kenya and Canada to second spot. </span></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial;">Chasing 210 for victory, New Zealand finished on 210 for four with nine overs to spare after having recovered from 19 for three in five overs. </span></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial;">They were still in trouble at 72 for four before an unbeaten stand of 138 between all-rounders Scott Styris (87 not out) and Jacob Oram (63 not out) saw them home. </span></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial;">Earlier, Kevin Pietersen top-scored for England with 60 but England were undone by a middle order collapse which saw them slump from 133-3 to 138-7. </span></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial;">"It's not the ideal start but we will have to pick ourselves up in time to face Canada on Sunday," said England skipper Michael Vaughan. </span></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial;">New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming praised his team. "It was a crucial game and both teams were battling for the points," said Fleming. "Important players put their hands up at the right time - Shane Bond and then Styris and Oram. It's a big win and we're on the board." </span></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial;">Bangladesh, who face India in their first game on Saturday, were in mourning after Test player Manjarul Islam Rana and fellow cricketer Sajedul Islam Shetu were killed in a road accident. Manjarul and Sajedul died when the motorcycle on which they were travelling collided with a bus in the southwestern Bangladesh city of Khulna. </span></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial;">"I am deeply shocked. He was our team-mate and we played together for a long time," said Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar of Manjarul who played six Tests and 25 one-day internationals but missed out on the World Cup squad. </span></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial;">Left-arm spinner Manjarul, who was just 22, made his ODI debut in November 2003 at the age of 19 and took the wicket of England skipper Vaughan with his third ball. </span></div><div> <span style="font-family:arial;">Saturday's other World Cup match sees Pakistan take on Ireland with the Irish buoyed by their last-ball tie with Zimbabwe in their opening game and determined to celebrate St Patrick's Day in style.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-4459884398028114993?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-83371701256535448352007-03-16T00:54:00.000-07:002007-03-16T00:57:33.125-07:00<strong>Srilanka</strong> 328/7 in 50 overs Jayawardena 83 Sangakara 76 <strong>Bermuda</strong> 79 all out malinga claimed 3 wkts <strong>Ireland</strong> 222/9 in 50 overe <strong>Zimbabwe</strong> 223/7 in 49 overs<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-8337170125653544835?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-58427138703016148672007-03-15T01:48:00.000-07:002007-03-15T01:51:52.496-07:00Aston Villa 0 - 1 Arsenal goal scored by Diaby Manchester City 0 - 1 Chelsea pen. Lampard Chelsea mantained the 6 point gap. While Asenal moved up to 3rd place<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-5842713870301614867?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-45625763018540855812007-03-15T01:42:00.000-07:002007-03-15T01:46:50.117-07:00Australia vs Scotland Australia beat Scotland as ponting scored a hundred making a team total of 342 Kenya vs Canada Kenya easily chased the tar get of 200 set by Canada Steve Tikolo made 71 to receive the man of the match<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-4562576301854085581?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-41790967261386293762007-03-14T00:45:00.000-07:002007-03-15T12:36:28.698-07:00<img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 371px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 373px" height="387" alt="" src="http://www.espnstar.com/photo/1173838992652westindies_140307.jpg" border="0" /> <div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">West Indies, bidding to become the first host nation to win the World Cup, got their campaign off to a dream start on Tuesday with a 54-run win over Pakistan. </span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><div> Brian Lara's side, who were restricted to 241-9 off their 50 overs, bowled out Inzamam-ul-Haq's unpredictable Pakistanis for just 187 in 47.2 overs at a sun-drenched and packed Sabina Park in Jamaica. </div><div> Chasing 242, Pakistan looked on track when Mohammad Yousuf and Inzamam put on 60 for the fourth wicket. </div><div> But man-of-the-match Dwayne Smith then snared three wickets - including Yousuf and Inzamam - for 36 runs from 10 overs. </div><div> Though Shoaib Malik cracked 62 to lead a late charge for the Pakistanis, Dwayne Bravo snuffed the life out of the comeback with three for 42 from nine overs. </div><div> Earlier Marlon Samuels hit 63 to lead the West Indies to a respectable score after they had struggled to 101-3 at the 30-over mark. </div><div> "Players like Marlon Samuels, Dwyane Bravo and Dwayne Smith were really special," said Lara. "The young players showed great spirit. Marlon had a real go and got us to four an over. Then we bowled well, it was a real team effort." </div><div> Inzamam, whose side came into the World Cyp beset by problems following the withdrawal of pace bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, admitted Lara's men were the better side. "They played really well," said Inzamam. "Now we have to take the pressure and try to do well in the remaining games. We have the experienced players to do well." </div><div> Wednesday sees what could be the first of many one-sided encounters in the first round when Scotland take on defending champions Australia in St Kitts. But Scotland's Australian coach Peter Drinnen insists his players won't be intimidated by Ricky Ponting's men. </div><div> "It's an incredible challenge and we've got to be realistic about it. We are not going to stand here and say that we can blow Australia out of the water," Drinnen said. </div><div> "Bat first, bat second, we're not worried. The wickets we've played on recently were a bit tacky so, come what may, we want give it our best shot." The Scots have plenty of experience in their side with Dougie Brown and Gavin Hamilton, both of whom have played one-dayers for England, in their squad. </div><div> South Africa and the Netherlands, who play Friday, make up Group A. Mickey Arthur, the coach of world number one South Africa, admitted that games against the non-Test playing nations are not something he looks forward to. </div><div> "I have always described the games against the Netherlands and Scotland as two scary games and we don't want any slip-ups in these games," Arthur said. Wednesday's other game sees 2003 semi-finalists face Canada in St Lucia. They may be the two minnows in a Group C featuring England and New Zealand, but they will both fancy their chances of beating the other. </div><div> Four years ago Kenya defeated Sri Lanka, the 1996 champions, while, at the same World Cup, Canada beat Bangladesh by a crushing 60 runs in Durban. </div><div> The 2003 tournament also saw Canada's John Davison score the fastest century in World Cup history, off 67 balls, when he smashed the West Indies attack all round Centurion.</div><div></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-4179096726138629376?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-68177045276390913032007-03-13T10:59:00.000-07:002007-03-13T11:05:07.587-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;">First Match</span> <span style="font-size:130%;">West Indies 241/9 in 50 overs</span> M.Samuels 63<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-6817704527639091303?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-28078961481826707602007-03-12T12:16:00.000-07:002007-03-12T12:18:14.167-07:00<a href="http://www.espnstar.com/photo/1173707901773fa_cup_trophy_12032007.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 279px; CURSOR: hand" height="266" alt="" src="http://www.espnstar.com/photo/1173707901773fa_cup_trophy_12032007.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> LONDON (AFP) - The possibility of the top two teams, Manchester United and Chelsea, competing in the FA Cup final became a reality after Monday's draw kept them apart. Blackburn will play the winner of the replayed match concerning Chelsea and Tottenham after they drew 3-3 at the weekend. Watford will play Middlesbrough or Manchester United in their last four fixture and the neutral venues for the April 14/15 matches are yet to be decided. The added incentive that awaits the winners of the semi-final ties will be the chance to play in the new Wembley stadium on May 19. FA Cup semi-final draw Blackburn v Chelsea or Tottenham Watford v Middlesbrough or Manchester United</span> <div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-2807896148182670760?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-75753925632661433142007-03-12T11:14:00.000-07:002007-03-12T11:22:56.690-07:00<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"><strong>Quarter final round</strong></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"></span> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">middlesbrough 2-2 man utd</span> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">chelsea 3-3 totenham</span> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">plymouth 0-1 watford</span> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">blackburn 2-0 man city</span> <span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> <span style="font-family:Arial;">So far only watford and blackburn are through to semi finals others will play again for their semi final place</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-7575392563266143314?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-27465404467655477352007-03-10T11:43:00.000-08:002007-03-10T11:45:52.389-08:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;"><strong>middlesbrough 2-2 man united </strong></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;"><strong>at riverside stadium </strong></span> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>SO they are going to play again</strong></span> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-2746540446765547735?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-18497367067738989862007-03-09T09:11:00.000-08:002007-03-09T10:40:17.441-08:00<p align="left"><a href="http://media1.santabanta.com/full/cricket/shane%20bond/sha1v.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 382px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="240" alt="" src="http://media1.santabanta.com/full/cricket/shane%20bond/sha1v.jpg" border="0" /></a></p> <a href="http://media1.santabanta.com/full/cricket/shane%20bond/sha0a.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 387px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 298px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="240" alt="" src="http://media1.santabanta.com/full/cricket/shane%20bond/sha0a.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Shane Bond</span></strong></div> <div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-1849736706773898986?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-63677269760216918622007-03-09T08:20:00.000-08:002007-03-09T08:25:16.745-08:00<strong><span style="font-size:180%;">QUARTER FINAL FIXTURE</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">CHAMPIONS LEAGUE</span></strong> <p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chelsea</span> VS<span style="color:#999999;"> Valencia</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff9900;">PSV Endhivon</span> VS <span style="color:#ff0000;">Liverpool</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#990000;">AS Roma</span> VS <span style="color:#ff0000;">Manchester United</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;">AC Milan</span> VS Bayern Munich</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Three English clubs, two Italian clubs,One german club,One Spanish club and One Dutch club BUT WHO WILL BE THE CHAMPION</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-6367726976021691862?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-11845813972296406242007-03-09T01:24:00.000-08:002007-03-09T01:28:09.672-08:00<div align="center"><a href="http://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/photo/competitions/ucl/504080_mediumsquare.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/photo/competitions/ucl/504080_mediumsquare.jpg" border="0" /></a> The olympic stadium in Athens where Champion league final going to held </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-1184581397229640624?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-34519578159400645302007-03-09T01:21:00.000-08:002007-03-09T01:23:33.343-08:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">uefa.com users' Team of 2006</span> </strong> <strong><span style="color:#009900;">Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) Gianluca Zambrotta (FC Barcelona) Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid CF) Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona) Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München) Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC) Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal FC) Kaká (AC Milan) Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona) Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC) Samuel Eto'o (FC Barcelona) Coach: Frank Rijkaard (FC Barcelona) </span></strong> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">uefa.com users' Team of 2005</span> </strong> <strong><span style="color:#cc66cc;">Petr Čech (Chelsea FC) Cafu (AC Milan) John Terry (Chelsea FC) Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona) Paolo Maldini (AC Milan) Luis García (Liverpool FC) Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC) Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona) Pavel Nedvěd (Juventus) Samuel Eto'o (FC Barcelona) Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan) Coach: José Mourinho (Chelsea FC) </span></strong> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">uefa.com users' Team of 2004 </span></strong> <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) Cafu (AC Milan) Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea FC) Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan) Ashley Cole (Arsenal FC) Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United FC) Maniche (FC Porto) Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona) Pavel Nedvěd (Juventus) Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC) Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan) Coach: José Mourinho (Chelsea FC) </span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-3451957815940064530?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-89244397160321525352007-03-09T01:18:00.000-08:002007-03-09T01:20:47.399-08:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">uefa.com users' Team of 2002</span></strong> <strong><span style="color:#993399;">Rüstü Reçber (Fenerbahçe SK) Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona) Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan) Cristian Chivu (AFC Ajax) Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid CF) Clarence Seedorf (AC Milan) Michael Ballack (FC Bayern München) Zinédine Zidane (Real Madrid CF) Damien Duff (Blackburn Rovers FC) Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC) Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF) Coach: Senol Günes (Turkey) </span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-8924439716032152535?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-91853149688929132072007-03-09T01:15:00.000-08:002007-03-09T01:18:25.728-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>TEAM OF 2001</strong></span> <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Santiago Cañizares (Valencia CF) Cosmin Contra (Deportivo Alavés) Sami Hyypiä (Liverpool FC) Patrik Andersson (FC Barcelona) Bixente Lizarazu (FC Bayern München) David Beckham (Manchester United FC) Patrick Vieira (Arsenal FC) Zinédine Zidane (Real Madrid CF) Kily González (Valencia CF) Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC) David Trezeguet (Juventus) Coach: Gérard Houllier (Liverpool FC) </span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-9185314968892913207?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-12968948587526200362007-03-09T01:00:00.000-08:002007-03-09T01:04:19.035-08:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Phase Last 16</span></strong> <div align="left"> <strong>AC Milan 1 Celtic 0 </strong></div><div align="left"><strong> Arsenal 1 PSV Eindhoven 1 </strong></div><div align="left"><strong> Bayern Munich 2 Real Madrid 1 </strong></div><div align="left"><strong> Manchester United 1 Lille 0 </strong></div><div align="left"><strong> Chelsea 2 FC Porto 1 </strong></div><div align="left"><strong></strong> </div><div align="left"><strong></strong> </div><div align="left"><strong>TEAMS TROUGH TO QUARTER FINAL</strong></div><ol><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>AC Milan </strong></span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#009900;"><strong> PSV Eindhoven </strong></span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Bayern Munich </strong></span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Manchester United </strong></span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Chelsea </strong></span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Liverpool</strong></span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>As Roma</strong></span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Valencia</strong></span></div></li></ol><div align="left"> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-1296894858752620036?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-27006555716752636122007-03-07T11:24:00.001-08:002007-03-07T11:38:34.665-08:00<p><span style="font-size:130%;">BEST 11 FOR WORLD CUP 2007 is</span></p><ol><li><strong>Saurav Ganguly</strong></li><li><strong>Chris Gayle</strong></li><li><strong>Ricky Ponting (capt)</strong></li><li><strong>Mohammed Yusuf</strong></li><li><strong>Mike Hussey</strong></li><li><strong>Mark Boucher (wkt)</strong></li><li><strong>Andrew Flintoff</strong></li><li><strong>Yasif Malinga</strong></li><li><strong>Muthaih Muralitharan</strong></li><li><strong>Mohammed Asif</strong></li><li><strong>Shane Bond</strong></li></ol><p><strong>Extras: (literally waterboy or audience)</strong></p><ol><li><strong>Sachin Tendulkar</strong></li><li><strong>Brian Lara</strong></li><li><strong>Stephen Flemming</strong></li><li><strong>Inzamam</strong></li><li><strong>C Vaas </strong></li><li><strong>Glenn Mcgrath</strong></li><li><strong>Shaun Pollock</strong></li></ol><p><strong><span style="color:#000099;">THIS IS CALLED THE CHANGE IN GENERATION . YOUTH HAS TAKEN OVER THE MASTERS WHICH IS GREAT FOR CRICKET</span></strong></p><p> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-2700655571675263612?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-75600780783879259492007-03-07T10:09:00.000-08:002007-03-07T10:14:31.415-08:00<span style="font-size:180%;">Round of 16 Latest champions league updates </span> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Liverpool</span> beat Barcelona 2-2 (win by away goal) </span></strong> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="color:#cc9933;">Valencia</span> beat Inter Milan 2-2 (win by away goal) <span style="color:#3333ff;">Chelsea</span> beat FC Porto 3-2 <span style="color:#ff0000;">AS Roma</span> beat Lyon 2-0</span></strong> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-7560078078387925949?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-72261517116692952762007-03-05T10:56:00.000-08:002007-03-05T10:58:45.272-08:00<a href="http://cricketworldcup.indya.com/UserFiles/Image/cricket/MainPics/March2007/ganguly.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://cricketworldcup.indya.com/UserFiles/Image/cricket/MainPics/March2007/ganguly.jpg" border="0" /></a> TOO DAZZLING TO BEHOLD: West Indies captain Brian Lara shakes hands with India's Sourav Ganguly at the team hotel in Montego Bay. Prakash Singh, Getty Images <a class="whitetext" href="http://cricketworldcup.indya.com/DisplayArticleDetails.aspx?xf=news,Cricket,2007,March,News_20070305_52">Report: Venues for warm-ups are ready</a> <div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-7226151711669295276?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-21237666760814734992007-03-05T10:29:00.000-08:002007-03-05T10:38:15.841-08:00<strong><span style="color:#990000;">Seeded teams</span></strong>: Australia (A1), South Africa (A2), Sri Lanka (B1), India (B2), New Zealand (C1), England (C2), Pakistan (D1), West Indies (D2) - top two from each group progress to Super Eight phase. <strong><span style="color:#990000;">MARCH</span></strong> <strong><span style="color:#990000;"></span></strong> <span style="color:#990000;">Group A, St Kitts (all start 1330 GMT)</span> <span style="color:#990000;"></span> 14 Australia v Scotland 16 Netherlands v South Africa 18 Australia v Netherlands 20 Scotland v South Africa 22 Netherlands v Scotland 24 Australia v South Africa <span style="color:#990000;">Group B, Trinidad (all start 1330 GMT except *)</span> <span style="color:#990000;"></span> 15 Bermuda v Sri Lanka 17 Bangladesh v India 19 Bermuda v India 21 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka 23 India v Sri Lanka 25 Bangladesh v Bermuda (*starts 1430 BST) <span style="color:#990000;">GROUP C, St Lucia (all start 1330 GMT)</span> <span style="color:#990000;"></span> 14 Canada v Kenya 16 England v New Zealand 18 Canada v England 20 Kenya v New Zealand 22 Canada v New Zealand 24 England v Kenya <span style="color:#990000;">Group D, Jamaica (all start 1430 GMT)</span> <span style="color:#990000;"></span> 13 West Indies v Pakistan 15 Ireland v Zimbabwe 17 Ireland v Pakistan 19 West Indies v Zimbabwe 21 Pakistan v Zimbabwe 23 Ireland v West Indies <span style="color:#990000;">Super Eight (all start 1430 BST)</span> <span style="color:#990000;"></span> If any seeded team does not finish in the top two in their group, the non-seeded team qualifying will take their allotted place in the Super Eight fixture list. 27 D2 v A1, Antigua & Barbuda 28 A2 v B1, Guyana 29 D2 v C1, Antigua &amp; Barbuda 30 D1 v C2, Guyana 31 A1 v B2, Antigua & Barbuda <span style="color:#990000;">APRIL</span> <span style="color:#990000;"></span> 1 D2 v B1, Guyana 2 B2 v C1, Antigua &amp;amp; Barbuda 3 D1 v A2, Guyana 4 C2 v B1, Antigua & Barbuda 7 B2 v A2, Guyana 8 A1 v C2, Antigua &amp; Barbuda 9 D1 v C1, Guyana 10 D2 v A2, Grenada 11 C2 v B2, Barbados 12 B1 v C1, Grenada 13 A1 v D1, Barbados 14 A2 v C1, Grenada 15 B2 v D1, Barbados 16 A1 v B1, Grenada 17 A2 v C2, Barbados 18 D1 v B1, Grenada 19 D2 v B2, Barbados 20 A1 v C1, Grenada 21 D2 v C2, Barbados <span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Semi-finals</strong></span> <strong><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></strong> 24 Super Eight 2nd v 3rd, Jamaica (start 1545 BST) 25 Super Eight 1st v 4th, St Lucia (start 1445 BST) <span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><strong>FINAL</strong></span> <span style="font-size:180%;">28 Winner SF1 v Winner SF2, Barbados (start 1445 BST)</span> <span style="color:#ff6600;"></span> <span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-2123766676081473499?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380521322768500499.post-16994569947028396042007-03-05T10:25:00.000-08:002007-03-05T10:29:11.462-08:00<strong>Group A : St Kitts & Nevis</strong> <ol><li><div align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">Australia</span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">South Africa</span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">Scotland</span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Netherlands</span></div></li></ol><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><strong>Group B : Trinidad & Tobago</strong> <ol><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Sri Lanka</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">India</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Bangladesh</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Bermuda</span></li></ol><p><strong>Group C : St. Lucia</strong></p><ol><li><span style="font-size:85%;">New Zealand</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">England</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Kenya</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Canada</span></li></ol><p>Group D : Jamaica</p><ol><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Pakistan</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">West Indies</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Zimbabwe</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Kenya</span></li></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7380521322768500499-1699456994702839604?l=heroesinsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SHARKnoreply@blogger.com0