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Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Sports

Rangers owner sold historic Arsenal stake to Usmanov

Posted on 23 February 2012 - 12:54am

LONDON (Feb 22, 2012): Rangers chairman Craig Whyte sold off an historic shareholding in Arsenal to Alisher Usmanov, the Uzbek-born billionaire who owns almost 30% of the English Premier League club, severing a link that dates back more than a century, it emerged on Wednesday.

The tiny but symbolic stake stemmed from support offered by the Glasgow club to Arsenal when they fell o

Throat infection rules Rooney out of Ajax match

Posted on 23 February 2012 - 12:56am

MANCHESTER (Feb 22, 2012): Wayne Rooney will miss Manchester United's Europa League match with Ajax Amsterdam on Thursday after picking up a throat infection, manager Alex Ferguson said on Wednesday.

Rooney first felt the symptoms following last week's first leg in Amsterdam and although he reported for training on Wednesday, he was sent home so he has a chance of recovering to b

CSKA strike late to draw with Real in icy Moscow

Posted on 23 February 2012 - 12:47am

MOSCOW (Feb 22, 2012): A last-minute strike by CSKA Moscow newcomer Pontus Wernbloom snatched a 1-1 draw for the Russian side against Real Madrid in their Champions League last 16 first-leg match on Tuesday.

Cristiano Ronaldo had given the visiting Spaniards a deserved 1-0 lead after 28 minutes, taking full advantage of a CSKA defensive mix-up and beating nervous-looking goalkeep

Lavezzi makes it Napoli nightmare for Chelsea

Posted on 23 February 2012 - 12:51am

NAPLES (Feb 22, 2012): Ezequiel Lavezzi and Edinson Cavani combined to spark Napoli's 3-1 comeback win over Chelsea in their Champions League last 16 first-leg match on Tuesday that deepened the gloom hanging over the London club.

The South American pair made the difference in a match where the visitors had taken the lead through Juan Mata before squandering two more chances and

Pietersen leads England to series sweep

Posted on 23 February 2012 - 12:40am

DUBAI (Feb 22, 2012): Kevin Pietersen's second successive century led England to a four-wicket victory over Pakistan and a series whitewash after the fourth and final one-day international in Dubai on Tuesday.

Pietersen smashed 130 off 153 balls as England reached their target of 238 with four balls to spare.

Pakistan's 237 was built around half-centuries by Azhar Ali (58) and A

Woods says not fired up by talk of 'Tiger taming'

Posted on 23 February 2012 - 12:44am

ARIZONA (Feb 22, 2012): Tiger Woods has often been fired up by adverse comments in the past but appeared to shrug off claims by Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano that he was beatable at this week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

Woods, whose world ranking has slipped from number one to 20th, will face the 48th-ranked Spaniard in Wednesday's opening round at Dove Mountain.

"I fee

Reds not taking Cardiff lightly, says Enrique

Posted on 21 February 2012 - 06:51pm

Bob Holmes

LIVERPOOL will not be taking Cardiff City lightly in Sunday’s Carling Cup final. The five times European champions are odds-on favourites to beat the Malaysian-owned Championship side but the mighty Reds know it won’t be easy.

Spanish leftback Jose Enrique, who knows all about Cardiff from his second-tier season at Newcastle, says: “We’re going well at the moment but this game will be hard.

Dumped Ponting hopes to cling to test spot

Posted on 21 February 2012 - 06:41pm

MELBOURNE, Feb 21, 2012: Whether it be pulling a short delivery to the fence or plucking a lightning-quick catch in the slips, Ricky Ponting's formidable powers of anticipation have rarely been questioned throughout his storied career.

So it is something of a surprise that the former Australian skipper, who scored just 18 runs in five games in the ongoing Tri-series against Indi

Tiger is beatable, says Fernandez-Castano

Posted on 21 February 2012 - 06:31pm

MARANA, ARIZONA, Feb 21, 2012: Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano fancies the idea of being a 'Tiger tamer' at this week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship where he will meet three-times winner Tiger Woods in the opening round.

Fernandez-Castano, ranked 48th in the world, has never previously played in the company of Woods and said that while it was a privilege to be drawn a

Bayern vulnerable as Basel look for upset

Posted on 21 February 2012 - 06:27pm

BERNE, Feb 21, 2012: Bayern Munich's Champions League visit to Basel on Wednesday has all the ingredients for an upset, with the Bavarians in the middle of a rocky patch.

Bastian Schweinsteiger's injury, Arjen Robben's (pix) loss of form and a dull goalless draw at Bundesliga strugglers Freiburg on Saturday combine to make Bayern look vulnerable.

Basel have already pull