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Benfica's Oscar Cardozo scored twice as 10-man Liverpool lost a lively first leg of the Europa League quarter-final. The Reds took the lead when Daniel Agger back-flicked a clever Steven Gerrard free-kick after just nine minutes. Liverpool's Ryan Babel then saw red for pushing Luisao in the face, and Cardozo levelled from the spot after Emiliano Insua [ Read More ]

Arsenal survived a Barcelona masterclass to stage a stirring recovery from two goals down and keep their Champions League hopes alive at the Emirates. Goalkeeper Manuel Almunia produced a string of stunning saves to keep the reigning European champions at bay as they passed the Gunners into submission in a magical first half-hour that had [ Read More ]

Ivica Olic hit an injury-time winner to give Bayern Munich the advantage after the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final with Manchester United. United took the lead after only 66 seconds when Wayne Rooney volleyed in six yards out from Nani's free-kick. But Franck Ribery's deflected free-kick set up a dramatic finale, rounded off by Olic's cool [ Read More ]

Carlos Tevez scored a 12-minute hat-trick as Manchester City beat Wigan at Eastlands to keep their chances of a Champions League spot alive. City had been poor before the break and the second-half sending off of Wigan's Gary Caldwell was the turning point. First Tevez took advantage of a calamitous goalkeeping error from Vladimir Stojkovic to tap [ Read More ]

Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson was last night appointed to lead the Ivory Coast at this summer's World Cup in South Africa. The veteran Swede was last seen as director of football at Notts County, the position which he left in February,but he still has recent international experience having been boss of Mexico until being sacked [ Read More ]

Fernando Torres scored twice as Liverpool swept aside Sunderland to maintain hopes of a top-four finish. Torres opened the scoring with a spectacular strike in only the third minute, cutting inside Michael Turner and curling a shot into the top corner. Glen Johnson added a second with a shot that deflected off Turner then turned provider for [ Read More ]

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has offered the services of his spiritual healer and personal physician to help injured football star David Beckham to get back on the field within three days! Eliyantha Lindsay White, 37, personal physician of the President, told AFP that the former England captain had been invited for treatment involving "faith [ Read More ]

Jenson Button produced a brilliant performance to claim his first win of the season at a fascinating Australian Grand Prix Jenson Button has won his second Australian Grand Prix as he held off Robert Kubica, Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso to claim the chequered flag. Button survived on worn down tires to keep his Renault [ Read More ]

Frank Lampard passed the 150 goal mark for Chelsea as they threw the gauntlet down to Premier League pace-setters Manchester United by destroying Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge. Lampard's four goals made him the third-highest scorer in the club's history eclipsing legends Roy Bentley and Peter Osgood with 151 goals. His efforts, two from the penalty spot, [ Read More ]

The Indian selectors have announced the Indian cricket team for the upcoming ICC World T20 Cricket championship in West Indies in May. There are no major surprises apart from the exclusions of Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Manish Pandey, Virat Kohli and Robin Uthappa - all of them showing great form in the ongoing IPL. The selectors [ Read More ]

Gooooaaaalll! Thumbs Up UK is selling a remote control which is exactly like a football. Pre-programmed to control all brands of TV, VCRs as well as Satellite and DVD systems, armchair footie fans everywhere will love this Football remote. What's more, it is padded and durable enough to be thrown at your TVs when Manchester [ Read More ]

A trip to Italy and Spain sees Juventus beaten at Napoli while the clubs from Madrid - Real and Atletico - win.