Gentlemen's Singles - Finals

Today 16th July 2009

Soccer

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Roger Federer today admitted the pressure is back on as he attempts to claim a record 15th grand slam title.

Federer has been in a relaxed mood ever since winning his first French Open last month, equalling Pete Sampras' record of 14 grand slam titles and becoming only the sixth man in history to win all four.

Winning on the clay of Roland Garros after losing the previous three finals means he can lay claim to being the greatest player of all time, and he can emphasise that with victory over Andy Roddick in tomorrow's Wimbledon final.

Federer beat Roddick at the same stage in 2004 and 2005 and is a prohibitive favourite to do so again and make it 19 wins out of 21 matches against the American.

But the 27-year-old concedes the nerves will still be jangling now a 15th grand slam title is within touching distance.

"Tension always comes back for any grand slam final, or any final for that matter," Federer said. "Knowing I only have one match to go, it definitely changes your mindset.

"You don't have to think of a match coming after this. I will just try to give my very best. The record (15th title) is part of the match so it's even more of an incentive."

All the statistics point to a comfortable victory for Federer today.

Confederations Cup final USA vs. Brazil

Confederations Cup final

USA vs. Brazil
Sunday 28th June, 2009, at 18:30 GMT
Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg, South Africa


This isn’t the US basketball “dream team”, nor is it one of the Yankees’ most renowned baseball clubs. It’s the USA “soccer” team, and, believe it or not, they have made it all the way to the final of the Confederations Cup in South Africa, a year before the real deal gets under way. Bob Bradley’s team have made it plain and simple for all to see that “soccer” is no longer a marginalised sport in the USA. After brutally putting an end to Spain’s undefeated 35-game streak, they’ll tackle the next big thing in Brazil, and go down as serious players in the 2010 World Cup.

Recent form

United States:

USA 1 – 3 Italy (Group)

USA 0 – 3 Brazil (Group)


Egypt 0 – 3 USA (Group)

Spain 0 – 2 USA (Semi-final)



Brazil:

Brazil 4 – 3 Egypt (Group)

USA 0 – 3 Brazil (Group)


Italy 0 – 3 Brazil (Group)

Brazil 1 – 0 South Africa (Semi-final)



Players to watch


United States - Tim Howard: The former Manchester United keeper had an excellent game against La Seleccion, and silenced his doubters on this particular occasion. Should he prove to be as glittering as he was against Casillas and co, He may prove to be a tough nut to crack for Robinho and the rest of the boys.


Brazil - Kaka: Like his role at Milan, the new Real Madrid playmaker has been at the heart of the national team in this tournament. He didn’t beat a lot of defenders this time around, but keep an eye on him as he will make sure to slide that magical pass to either Luis Fabiano or Robinho.


Team weakness

United States - Charlie Davies: The Hammarby striker lost his glow in the event of Altidore’s brilliance against La Furia Roja, and had to be taken off by Bradley. It will be anyone’s guess if he makes the starting XI against Brazil, but if he does, he better have his shooting boots on this time around.



Brazil - Luisao: Nobody looks good standing next to Lucio, but the Benfica stopper will have to give his all in order to prevent any US attack. Billed as the weakest link of the back-four, Landon Donovan’s team will build on this point.


Match Prediction


It’s not Spain against Brazil, but still should be the thriller everybody expects. The Americans shocked the world by sinking the Spanish fleet, while Brazil needed a last minute individual effort to re-visit the Coca-Cola stadium. Yet, the men from the south may prove to be too much for the current CONCACAF winners and a 3-1 scoreline for the five-times World champions does not seem an unlikely outcome.

Tuesday 14th Apirl 2009 - UEFA Champions Leaguge and Other matches

Chelsea v Liverpool Tuesday 14th Apirl 2009 - UEFA Champions Leaguge

Kick off, 19:45

Chelsea v Liverpool - Chelsea beat Liverpol 3-1 away last week in the first leg of their Champions League fixture.

Liverpool have had their way with Chelsea this season, winning at Stamford Bridge and dominating the return fixture at home. However, both teams are clicking on all cylinders right now, and are playing their best football of the year. Chelsea have been reborn under Guus Hiddink and Liverpool have, suddenly, become the hottest team in Europe.

But Domestically, Liverpool are still definitely the stronger of the two after a convincing 4-0 weekend victory over Blackburn, whilst Chelsea threw away a four goal lead to end up defeating Bolton by only a single goal in their 4-3 win.

As well as the advantage of having Chelsea skipper and centre-back John Terry absent from the opposition line-up - means that Liverpool have a very good chance of posting a win on Tuesday night.

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Bayern Munich vs Barcelona Tuesday 14th Apirl 2009 - UEFA Champions Leaguge

Kick off, 19:45

Watch Bayern Munich vs Barcelona Live Stream Online Free - Absolutely mouth watering football last wednesday night when Barcelona defeated Bayern Munich 4-0 at the Nou Camp.

Barcelona take a 4-0 advantage to Munich but are wary of Bayern's wounded pride when they face the Germans on Tuesday in their Champions League quarter-final return leg.

Manchester City defeated by Fulham 3 - 1

Sunday's clash at the City of Manchester Stadium underway but it was Fulham who dominated during the opening exchanges of the game. Roy Hodgson's side created several clear-cut chances in the first ten minutes of play but were left to rue a host of missed opportunities when Stephen Ireland earned City the lead after 27 minutes.

The Whites created the first chance of the game after just two minutes of play. Clint Dempsey gained ground down the left flank before firing in an accurate pass from the flank to Zamora on the edge of the area. Zamora produced a deft step-over to set Johnson free on the 18-yard line but Dunne recovered to deflect Johnson's strike clear of goal.

Two minutes later a defensive error by Dunne allowed Zamora a clear strike on goal from 12 yards. City's captain failed to manage a ball into the area from Simon Davies and as the defender lost his footing Zamora capitalised and fired goalwards on the turn. Fortunately for the home side Shay Given was alert and reduced the angle to block the striker's effort.

Seconds later an Andy Johnson penalty appeal was turned down by Referee Mark Halsey after the striker tumbled under pressure from Dunne in the area. Moments later a cross from the left fell to Dempsey in the area but the US international lost his footing as he turned to strike.

Apart from one speculative long-range effort from Bojinov in the second minute of the game City failed to produce any opportunities during the first twenty-five minutes of the game. However against the run of play Stephen Ireland earned the home side the lead with a curling right-footed strike from 20 yards.

Ireland picked the ball up in midfield and as Fulham's defence retreated the midfielder went unchallenged for almost 30 yards before reaching the edge of the area and curling his effort past Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer.

Bojinov almost doubled City's lead before the break after latching onto a stray ball out of defence by Fulham. After collecting the ball 25 yards from goal the striker turned and smashed a thunderous drive just wide of Schwarzer's post. City went into the break with a goal advantage but it didn't take long at the start of the second half for Fulham to bring the game level and earn themselves a deserved equaliser.

The goal came after 49 minutes of play thanks to an accomplished finish by Clint Dempsey. Bobby Zamora chased a long ball into the area and as the striker tussled with Dunne the ball broke free to Dempsey on the 18-yard-line. The midfielder made no mistake with his strike, calmly stroking the ball past Given into the corner of the net. It was a superb finish by the American who then produced his trademark celebration in front of Fulham's travelling army of supporters.

Following Dempsey's goal Roy Hodgson's side visibly grew in confidence as they attacked City in waves. Mark Hughes looked to reverse to trend by revising his attacking options, introducing Evans for Bojinov. The change failed to invigorate City and seconds before the hour mark Dickson Etuhu smashed in a glorious right-footed effort from the edge of the area to give Fulham the lead.

Mark Hughes made a double substitution on 64 minutes. Petrov was replaced by Robinho on the left flank and Kelvin Etuhu made way for Sturridge who led the line alongside Evans in a revised 4-4-2 formation.

Robinho was handed his first sight of goal two minutes after his introduction but the Brazilian's low right-footed shot on goal was smothered by Schwarzer at the far post.

Despite City's revised attacking line-up it was Fulham who threatened to extend their lead with some fine build up play and Hangeland missed a glorious chance to put the result beyond doubt fifteen minutes from time. A free-kick from the left flank was whipped into City's area and Hangeland headed over from eight yards out.

As the game entered the final ten minutes Clint Dempsey scored his second goal of the game to give Fulham a three-one lead. The goal came from a quick counter attack. Zamora raced free from the half-way line in posession and as he reached the 18-yard line he played in Dempsey, overlapping on the left hand side of the area, with a perfectly weighted through ball. Dempsey produced another clinical finish, low to Given's left, to put the result beyond doubt and earn Fulham all three points.

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Premier League round-up

Top four all win, gain three points each

Chelsea are also still in the hunt, but nearly threw away a four-goal lead at home to Bolton Wanderers, while Arsenal rallied to beat Wigan Athletic.

Alan Shearer gained his first point as Newcastle United manager, but his side remain in the relegation zone after a 1-1 draw at Stoke City.

Middlesbrough are not yet dead and buried after Gareth Southgate's side recorded a rare Premier League win over fellow strugglers Hull City.

West Bromwich Albion let a lead slip in drawing at Portsmouth, and Tottenham Hotspur closed on West Ham United in the race for a Europa League place.

Fresh from scoring an injury-time winner a week ago, Italian teenager Macheda was once again United's saviour as the leaders won 2-1 at spirited Sunderland.

Macheda climbed off the bench to turn home the winner with his first touch on 76 minutes to claim a priceless three points.

Nemanja Vidic almost provided United with the lead on 17 minutes, but the Serbian defender's header was cleared off the line by the covering Danny Collins.

United did make the breakthrough two minutes later when Wayne Rooney, playing on the left of midfield, clipped in a perfect cross which Paul Scholes glanced into the far corner.

Sunderland responded positively and almost levelled before half-time when Carlos Edwards' low cross was deflected on to his own post by Jonny Evans.

The Black Cats deservedly equalised 10 minutes into the second half when Kenwyne Jones stabbed home from close range after an initial poor header from Teemu Tainio's cross.

Sir Alex Ferguson threw on Macheda and got an immediate reward when the striker diverted Michael Carrick's wayward effort past Craig Gordon to deflate a Sunderland side who deserved a point.

Fernando Torres was in deadly form as Liverpool continued to boost their goal difference with an emphatic 4-0 victory over a limp Blackburn side at Anfield.

With Steven Gerrard starting on the bench, it was left to Torres to inspire the title chasers and he opened the scoring after just five minutes with a stunning volley after chesting Jamie Carragher's searching pass under control.

Rovers keeper Paul Robinson denied Javier Mascherano and Dirk Kuyt with smart stops, as Torres and Yossi Benayoun produced glaring misses from the rebound on each occasion.

Torres, though, did take advantage of slack defending to increase the lead on 33 minutes as he darted across the box to powerfully head home a free-kick from fellow Spaniard, Xabi Alonso.

Liverpool cruised through the second half against a Blackburn side devoid of an attacking threat, with centre-half Chris Samba pressed into action as a striker.

Daniel Agger smashed home a left-footed shot seven minutes from time before substitute David N'gog completed the scoring in injury-time as he nodded home from close range.

Source: Sky Sports for more Detail Premier League round-up

Saturday 11th Apirl 2009 - Premier Leaguge and other Soccer matches

Liverpool v Blackburn - Saturday 11th Apirl 2009 - Premier Leaguge

Kick off, 12:45

Watch Liverpool v Blackburn - Liverpool seem likely to be without skipper Steven Gerrard for the clash with Blackburn at Anfield.Blackburn are in a difficult position but they have won some games recently and they have improved.

This will be as big a test for 'Pool as they have had all season. They showed at Craven Cottage that they are now capable of snatching results even when things don't go their way, and they must build upon that performance

How will Liverpool respond? That's all anyone wants to know. Expect them to dominate possession, squander chances and concede a silly goal in a new addition to their ever-growing catalogue of Anfield frustrations.

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Manchester United V Sunderland - Saturday 11th Apirl 2009 - Premier Leaguge

Kick off, 15:00

Watch Manchester United V Sunderland - Manchester United hope to get over their midweek Champions League setback with victory over struggling Sunderland.

United conceded a last gasp goal to draw 2-2 at home to Porto in the quarter-final first leg to leave themselves a tough task of making it through to the semi-finals.However, they are still riding high in the Barclays Premier League and victory would maintain their lead at the top, while denting fourth-from-bottom Sunderland's survival chances. Sunderland desperately need the win, having lost three consecutive games and not having won in their last six.

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Arsenal v Wigan - Saturday 11th Apirl 2009 - Premier Leaguge

Kick off, 15:00

Watch Arsenal v Wigan - Arsene Wenger will be looking to his players to shake off their recent frailties and inconsistencies and really start asserting themselves in the Premier League. They meet a Wigan side on a good run, and Steve Bruce will be keen to cause an upset and derail the Gunners' title hopes once more - while strengthening the Latics' claims to a place in the top half of the table. But surely Arsenal will not allow themselves to slip up again.

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Chelsea v Bolton - Saturday 11th Apirl 2009 - Premier Leaguge

Kick off, 15:00

Watch Chelsea v Bolton - Chelsea will be riding on a high following their weekend win, supplemented by a strong midweek victory - against Liverpool - in an away ground notorious for it's thrilling European nights.

Wanderers travel to stanford Bridge hoping to continue an impressive run of formon chelsea's home patch after denting the west london side's title challenge on the final day of last season with deserved draw.

Manchester United have it all to do to reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League after being held 2-2 at home by Porto.

The holders appeared to have stolen another dramatic Old Trafford victory when substitute Carlos Tevez turned home Wayne Rooney's flick-on at the near post on 85 minutes.

But a minute from time, Porto substitute Mariano Gonzalez was left unmarked at the far post to give the 2004 winners a fine chance of dumping out the reigning champions.

Porto, who knocked out United in the last 16 five years ago, enjoyed a dream start on their return to Old Trafford when Cristian Rodriguez seized on a poor clearance from Jonny Evans to rifle a crisp shot past Edwin van der Sar after just four minutes.

United were level in the 15th minute when Wayne Rooney pounced on a dreadful back-pass from Bruno Alves to lift a shot over the exposed Helton.

The Red Devils had been poor for most of the first half, but improved after the break as they streamed forward in search of a winner.

The breakthrough came five minutes from time when Tevez reacted sharply to Rooney's flick from Gary Neville's throw-in to seemingly give United a vital advantage.

But the hosts reckoned without a plucky Porto fight-back as Lisandro Lopez's cross was helped on to the unmarked Gonzalez and he lifted the ball past the onrushing Van der Sar.

And to become the first team to successfully defend the Champions League, United must also become the first English team to win at Porto's Estadio do Dragao in the quarter-final second leg next Wednesday.

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2008-2009 UEFA Champions League - Quarter-finals Matches

2008-2009 UEFA Champions League - Quarter-finals

The UEFA Champions League will resume on April 7, 2009 as the Quarter-finals get underway! After an tense Round of 16, only eight teams are left in the competition for Europe’s most prestigious club prize! For the second year in a row, all four English teams have advanced to the Quarter-finals, where they’ll be joined by Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Villarreal, and Porto!

In the Round of 16, the lottery gods gave us some great matchups between some of the greatest teams in European history, including several ties between teams that hadn’t played each other in a long time. If novelty was the name of the game in the previous round, then familiarity and revenge are the dominant themes in this round.

All four matchups boast some kind of vengeance factor, epitomized by the fifth consecutive meeting between Liverpool and Chelsea in the Champions League. Familiarity may breed contempt, but it can sometimes breed competitiveness as well. If that’s the case, then each of these Quarterfinal matchups should be an instant classic.

Defending champions Manchester United will look to shrug off their recent slump and avenge one of their most heartbreaking Champions League losses of all time when they face 2003-2004 champions Porto. Revenge will be another subplot as Villarreal will clash with Arsenal in a rematch of the 2005-2006 Semi-Finals. Additionally, Liverpool and Chelsea have battled each other so many times in the Champions League that both sides have a reason to be vengeful towards the other.

Revenge will also be a factor when Bayern Munich will take on Barcelona, even though the two traditional powerhouses haven’t met in the Champions League since the 1998-1999 season, when Bayern defeated Barcelona twice in the group stages. Those losses helped knock the Catalans out of the competition, which was especially painful since it cost them a chance of playing in the Final, which was held at the Nou Camp.

Source : soccerlens

Sunday 5th Apirl 2009 - Premier League Italy Serie A Spanish Primera Liga German Bundesliga and other

Manchester United V Aston Villa - Sunday 5th Apirl 2009 - Premier League

Kick of , 16:00

Watch Manchester United V Aston Villa Live - Manchester United have numerous key players out, either on suspension or through injuries.

It’s not been easy for both teams in the last few weeks. Aston Villa have dropped out of the Champions League places,Villa have yet to draw an away fixture this season and it's hard to envisage them winning at Old Trafford so a United win is the only logical prediction, unfortunately.

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Everton V Wigan Athletic g - Sunday 5th Apirl 2009 - Premier League

Kick of , 15:00

Watch Everton V Wigan Athletic- Two sides who are battling it out for a European finish go head-to-head this Sunday in what looks a hard game to call. Goodison Park has been a happy hunting ground for Everton in recent games so they just get the nod with the home crown behind them urging them forward.

Wigan won't make things easier for their opponents though so Everton will need to pull out all the stops if they are to carry on their bid for a Champions League finish.

Apirl 2009 - Premier League and other League Matches

Liverpool vs Fulhum - Saturday 4th Apirl 2009 - Premier League

Kick of , 17:30

Watch Liverpool vs Fulhum - Liverpool have the best attack and goal difference in the league, to date, while Fulham have the fourth best defence in the league. This is a match that on paper should be hard-fought away victory, but then again so was United's game last week.

Liverpool can go top if they win, and the possibility is just not one they can afford to let slip.


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Arsenal Vs Manchester City - Saturday 4th Apirl 2009 - Premier League

Kick of , 15:00

Arsenal Vs Manchester City - Arsenal and Wenger, who are now left just with a battle for the final fourth champions league spot.They are 10 points a drift of United and it would take a miracle for them to re-join the title race.

City side have one of the poorer away records in the league and have won just once away from home all season.The main reason for City's poor away form has been their poor defensive record on the road.So, Aresnal have best to increase their points.



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Newcastle United Vs Chelsea - Saturday 4th Apirl 2009 - Premier League

Kick of , 15:00

Newcastle United Vs Chelsea - Chelsea with Newcastle playing some of their poorest football for some time. Everyone looks forward to playing the Toon nowadays but still chelsea can't.

Newcastle really do look a club in serious trouble. Some of their recent performance would indicate that they are going one way, and that's down to The Championship.

Chelsea fans can't see Chelsea dropping any points this Saturday. They keep it lean at the back while look dangerous going forward, Let see how Newcastle can contend with all Chelsea fire-power.


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Blackburn Vs Tottenham g - Saturday 4th Apirl 2009 - Premier League

Kick of , 12:45

Blackburn Vs Tottenham - The weekends early kick-off sees Blackburn entertain Tottenham in what looks a relegation showdown. Tottenham have shown improved form of late and look to be climbing towards safety while Blackburn are still left stranded in 17th position. Both sides desperately need the win to boost their survival bid but you can't help but feel that Blackburn may want it that little bit more.



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West Bromwich Albion Vs Stoke - Saturday 4th Apirl 2009 - Premier League

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Hull City Vs Portsmouth - Saturday 4th Apirl 2009 - Premier League

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West Ham United Vs Sunderland - Saturday 4th Apirl 2009 - Premier League

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West Ham United Vs Sunderland



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Bolton Wanderers Vs Middlesbrough - Saturday 4th Apirl 2009 - Premier League

Kick of , 15:00

Bolton Wanderers Vs Middlesbrough -

4th April 2009 Barclays Premier League and Other soccer matches

Saturday 4th April 2009

Barclays Premier League

team		team		Time
Blackburn	vs	Tottenham	Ewood Park	12:45
West Ham	vs	Sunderland	Upton Park	15:00
Bolton	vs	Middlesbrough	Reebok Stadium	15:00
Arsenal	vs	Man City	Emirates Stadium	15:00
Newcastle	vs	Chelsea	St James' Park	15:00
Hull	vs	Portsmouth	Kingston Communications Stadium	15:00
West Brom	vs	Stoke	The Hawthorns	15:00
Fulham	vs	Liverpool	Craven Cottage	17:30

Clydesdale Bank Premier League

team		team		Time
Dundee Utd	vs	Hibernian	Tannadice Park	12:30
Celtic	vs	Hamilton	Celtic Park	15:00
Hearts	vs	Kilmarnock	Tynecastle Stadium	15:00
Inverness CT	vs	St Mirren	Caledonian Stadium	15:00
Motherwell	vs	Aberdeen	Fir Park Stadium	15:00

The Coca-Cola Football League Championship

team		team		Time
Sheff Utd	vs	Ipswich	Bramall Lane	15:00
Barnsley	vs	Nottm Forest	Oakwell Stadium	15:00
Southampton	vs	Charlton	St. Mary's Stadium	15:00
Norwich	vs	Sheff Wed	Carrow Road	15:00
Coventry	vs	Reading	Ricoh Arena	15:00
Derby	vs	Burnley	Pride Park Stadium	15:00
QPR	vs	Crystal Palace	Loftus Road Stadium	15:00
Doncaster	vs	Watford	Keepmoat Stadium	15:00
Blackpool	vs	Plymouth	Bloomfield Road	15:00
Bristol City	vs	Preston	Ashton Gate	17:20

Japanese J League

team		team		Time
Gamba Osaka	vs	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Expo '70 Stadium	05:00
Kashima Antlers	vs	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Kashima Soccer Stadium	06:00
Kawasaki Frontale	vs	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium	07:00
Urawa Red Diamonds	vs	Oita Trinita	Saitama Stadium	08:00
Albirex Niigata	vs	Yokohama F. Marinos	Niigata Stadium	08:00
Jubilo Iwata	vs	FC Tokyo	Yamaha Stadium	11:00
Kashiwa Reysol	vs	Omiya Ardija	Hitachi Stadium	11:00

German Bundesliga

team		team		Time
Hertha Berlin	vs	Borussia Dortmund	Olympiastadion	14:30
VfL Bochum	vs	VfB Stuttgart	rewirpowerSTADION	14:30
Wolfsburg	vs	Bayern Munich	Volkswagen Arena	14:30
Hamburg	vs	TSG Hoffenheim	HSH Nordbank Arena	14:30
Eintracht Frankfurt	vs	Cottbus	Commerzbank Arena	14:30

South Korean K-League

team		team		Time
Jeonbuk Motors	vs	Seongnam Chunma	Jeonju Worldcup Stadium	07:00
Pohang Steelers	vs	Ulsan Horang-I	Steelyard	07:30
FC Seoul	vs	Suwon Bluewings	Anyang Stadium	09:00
Daejeon Citizen	vs	Daegu FC	Daejon Worldcup Stadium	09:00
Busan I'park	vs	Gwangju Sangmu	Busan Asiad Stadium	12:00

Dutch Eredivisie

team		team		Time
FC Utrecht	vs	FC Groningen	Nieuwe Galgenwaard	17:45
Heracles	vs	Heerenveen	Polman Stadion	18:45
AZ	vs	ADO Den Haag	DSB Stadion	18:45
Sparta	vs	PSV	ENECO	19:45

French Ligue 1

team		team		Time
Le Mans	vs	Lyon	Leon Bollee	18:00
Monaco	vs	Le Havre	Stade Louis II	18:00
Grenoble	vs	Lorient	Stade des Alpes	18:00
Nantes	vs	Lille	La Beaujoire	18:00
Bordeaux	vs	AS Nancy	Chaban-Delmas	18:00
Valenciennes	vs	Auxerre	Stade Nungesser	18:00
Caen	vs	Toulouse	Michel-d'Ornano	20:00

American MLS League

team		team		Time
Toronto FC	vs	Seattle Sounders FC	BMO Field	21:00

1st April 2009 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Matches

Wednesday 1st April 2009

FIFA World Cup European Qualifying

team		team		Time
Kazakhstan	vs	Belarus	Ortalyk Tsentralnyi Stadium	14:30
Bulgaria	vs	Cyprus	Vassil Levski Stadion	16:00
Estonia	vs	Armenia	A. Le Coq Arena	16:00
Latvia	vs	Luxembourg	Stadionas Skonto	16:30
Hungary	vs	Malta	Ferenc Puskas Stadium	18:00
Georgia	vs	Montenegro	Lokomotivi Stadium	18:00
Liechtenstein	vs	Russia	Rheinpark Stadion	18:30
Turkey	vs	Spain	Ataturk Olympic Stadium	19:00
Denmark	vs	Albania	Parken Stadion	19:15
Austria	vs	Romania	Ernst Happel Stadion	19:30
Poland	vs	San Marino	Slaski Stadium	19:30
Greece	vs	Israel	Karaiskakis Stadium	19:30
Czech Republic	vs	Slovakia	Sparta Stadium	19:30
Andorra	vs	Croatia	Estadi Comunal de Aixovall	19:30
Switzerland	vs	Moldova		19:30
Wales	vs	Germany	Millennium Stadium	19:45
Northern Ireland	vs	Slovenia	Windsor Park	19:45
Holland	vs	FYR Macedonia	PSV Stadium	19:45
Bosnia-Herzegovina	vs	Belgium	Olympic Stadium	19:45
Italy	vs	Rep of Ireland		19:50
England	vs	Ukraine	Wembley Stadium	20:00
France	vs	Lithuania	Stade de France	20:00
Scotland	vs	Iceland	Hampden Park	20:00

FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifying

team		team		Time
Australia	vs	Uzbekistan		11:00
South Korea	vs	Korea DPR	Seoul World Cup Stadium	12:00
Bahrain	vs	Qatar	National Stadium	15:15
Saudi Arabia	vs	United Arab Emirates	King Fahd International Stadium	18:30

FIFA World Cup South American Qualifying

team		team		Time
Venezuela	vs	Colombia	Jose Encarnacion 'Pachencho' Romero	01:30
Bolivia	vs	Argentina	Estadio Hernando Siles	20:30
Ecuador	vs	Paraguay	Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa	22:20

Van der Vaart denies Blues link

Real Madrid midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has refuted reports linking him with Chelsea, insisting his future remains undecided.


The 26-year-old denied saying he wanted a move to Stamford Bridge, adding that he wants to see what happens at Madrid this summer before making any decisions.

"I hear there are rumours about me wanting to go to Chelsea," the Holland international said on his official website.

"I have never said that. I have not yet decided on my future. I don't know anything about it.

"At Real Madrid a lot of things are gonna happen in the summer. A new president and maybe a new coach. So far I'll just wait and see."

Mourinho: Hard to reject Red Devils

Jose Mourinho can't see Sir Alex Ferguson quitting Manchester United in the near future - but admits he could not 'say no' to replacing him.


Mourinho's name has consistently been linked with the United post as interest increases as to when current United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will finally decide to call it a day.

That interest was intensified last week when the Scot's son, Darren, currently in charge of League One Peterborough, revealed that he believed his father could retire at the end of next season if the club overhaul Liverpool's overall title successes.

Red Devils director and club legend Sir Bobby Charlton has expressed a reluctance to appoint the former Chelsea boss as Ferguson's replacement - but the self-proclaimed 'Special one' is confident that the 67-year-old will be around for a while yet.

"Which is the manager that says no? Nobody can say no," Mourinho told ESPN. "Manchester United belongs to a small group of clubs from around the world where nobody can say no.

"But first of all I don't believe in 2010 he is leaving - I don't believe.

"I think year after year he is the same, he's exactly the same person; healthy, happy, so I don't see a reason for him to quit.

"And in a very fair way, I hope he still goes. I hope he still goes on, because he's good."

South Africa Should host IPL- Indain Permier League

Due to sercuity matter in India IPL - Indian Permier League is going to be held in South Africa. The SA city Durban Should hosting the semifinal and the final of the IPL.
The tournament will now run a week later than initially planned, from April 18 to May 24.It will be a great fun here. The South African public love Twenty20. So, player would going to recieve an excellent response from viewers.

But on the other side, due to one week delay in the tournament the England cricketers were missed there games for two or three.

The other big issuse of IPL is the participation of Pakistani player. PCB has almost ruled out the participation of pakistani cricketer in the secound edition of ht IPL. Lets see what happened next !!!!!!

Gerrard Hit Hat trick

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The Online Trend - TeamPages

By Evan Carmichael on February 10th, 2009

My name is Evan Carmichael and every week I preview episodes of CBC’s Fortune Hunters television program and give my advice to the business owners who are featured on the program.

This weekend my wife and I watched the most recent episode of Fortune Hunters. I must admit that I’m more than a little biased on this one as I’m featured as one of the experts on the show. I also make my living online so I’m likely going to be more difficult on TeamPages than the other entrepreneurs that have been featured. Here is the official CBC intro:

“People are connecting on the web through all kinds of websites. It’s called social networking and it’s exploding in popularity. “Facebook Factor” features Mike Tan as he tries to turn his website Teampages into the Facebook for amateur sports. Web experts Leila Boujnane of Idee Inc and Evan Carmichael weigh in on Mike’s chances of success. Plus, learn the story behind the huge success of Lavalife - how Bruce Croxon attracted people looking for love.”

My Thoughts : Great Concept, Poor Execution

TeamPages is a great concept which allows amateur sports teams to be able to manage all the admin work that goes along with running a team. As many of the coaches are volunteers, I could see the TeamPages tool being a great value add to allow them to focus on having fun and working with their teams instead of being backlogged with admin work. The service allows you to set up a page in under four minutes, easily post schedules, rosters, scores, news, and photos, and send out messages and announcements with one click of a button. Sounds great right? Unfortunately the company isn’t making money.

The company has relied on advertising up until recently and are having a hard time staying afloat. In the past year, advertising rates for social media websites have plummeted. The main reason is that it’s the same people who come back to the site over and over again. They get to know where the ads are and they ignore them. It’s called “banner ad blindness”. If people aren’t clicking on your ads then you’re not going to make money.

The company wisely decided to introduce a premium service to try and charge for additional features. I love the concept! There are two problems with the company’s execution, however.

1. Not Enough Value - The company is giving away so many great features that the extras don’t seem worth it. I already get 50 photos to upload in my free package - do I really need 300? I already have the ability to upload 5 documents to share with my team members - do I really need unlimited documents? Unless you’re a hardcore user of the service, I don’t see the value in going to the pro version. Until they increase the value of the pro offering, they won’t bring in much additional revenue.

2. Not Enough Money - The pro version costs just over $50 / year. If you do the numbers, that would mean that 20,000 teams would need to sign up for the company to make $1 million. 20,000 teams! They would need 200,000 teams to pay them in order to build a $10 million business. If they want to raise the $1.5 million in venture capital they are looking for they will have to show how they can get at least 200,000 teams not only to sign up for the free version but to put down money for the subscription. To make their business more attractive they need to figure out how to charge $50 / month for their service. Keep adding in value until you’re able to charge more.

The company has also raised $650,000 plus another $200,000 for the business which has almost entirely gone into the development of the site. This number blew me away. TeamPages is an online business with no need for overhead or physical costs. It’s just the time of your programmer(s) to create the website and build the tools. Gentlemen, it’s called sweat equity. You need to put in the hours yourself and show you have something people are willing to use and pay for before you go for financing to expand. I’ve run three different software companies and we always put in our own time and effort to get through the startup phase before taking on money and burning through it. There is no excuse for having gone through $850,000 and not having a profitable business to show for it. Work from home, don’t take big salaries, use guerilla marketing, and chase after a profitable business model.

A good company for TeamPages to look at is Takkle.com. While TeamPages is trying to be the Facebook for amateur sports, Takkle.com is already the Facebook for high school sports. They got that way in part due to a partnership with Sports Illustrated. Sports Illustrated is an investor in the business and helps promote the website. TeamPages should save their money and partner up with a big brand who wants to have an online presence and has a sports based brand.

As for the coach of the year suggestion to partner up with Boston Pizza and do a search for the best coach in amateur sports in Canada, it’s a great idea… but it’s already being done. Chunky’s and TSN have already begun their promotion of the Most Valuable Coach contest.

Tune in to watch the show this Saturday at 6:30pm EST on CBC. Check all show times.

Categories: Online
Tags: Bruce Croxon, Facebook Factor, great concept, Idee Inc, Lavalife, Leila Boujnane, Mike Tam, online trend, poor execution, TeamPages