Tag: Spain

Champions league 2012-13 quarter-final draw

| March 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

The draw for the quarter-finals of the the 2012-13 edition of the Champions league was held in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday, March 15. For the first time since 1996, no English team has qualified for the last eight. Ironically, the final of this edition of the Champions league is scheduled to be played at the Wembley [...]

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Australian Open 2013 – Results and Summary

| January 14, 2013 | 0 Comments

Day 12: The semifinal match between second seed Roger Federer and third seed Andy Murray could have gone either way. What ensued was an epic five setter that lasted over four hours at the end of which the third seed emerged victorious with the scoreboard reading,  6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2. Murray dominated for [...]

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Champions League 2012-13: Round of sixteen draw

| December 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

The battle lines have been drawn as the Champions league moves to the knock-out stages. The top two teams from each of the eight groups waited with bated breath as the draws were announced. The process was conducted with two seeding pots: the group winners and the group runners-up. The group winners include Paris Saint-Germain [...]

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FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifier Schedule & Match Times

| September 6, 2012 | 0 Comments

The FIFA World Cup 2014 which will be held in Brazil will feature 32 teams. While hosts Brazil will get an automatic spot, champions Spain will have to rough it out in the qualifiers to be among the remaining 31. The final list of 32 will have 13 teams from Europe, five from Africa, four [...]

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Premier League 2012-13 Team Preview: Arsenal

| August 3, 2012 | 0 Comments
Premier League 2012-13 Team Preview: Arsenal

Hardly anyone remembers seeing a Gunner lift a major trophy. It has indeed been seven long years since Arsenal won silverware – the FA cup victory in 2005 being the last of them. Every season they flattered to deceive and the promises remained unfulfilled. Critics had written off the club last season after they failed [...]

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London Olympics 2012 : Tennis Results

| August 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

Less than a  month after an eventful grand slam, the world’s top players return to the luscious grass to compete for the coveted gold medal at the London Olympics. The Olympics promises to be just as unpredictable as the Wimbledon, if not more. Novak Djokovic appears to be in the peak of his form. After [...]

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London 2012 Olympics: Results and Summary

| July 31, 2012 | 0 Comments

London Olympics was high on controversies as four badminton women’s doubles teams were disqualified from the event. The four teams, who have already qualified for the knock-out stages, deliberately tried to lose their matched in order to avoid tougher opponents in the quarters and semis. The eight athletes belonged to China, Korea and Indonesia. Yu [...]

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Olympics 2012 Tennis Draw: Federer, Murray Could Meet in Final

| July 26, 2012 | 0 Comments

Top seed, Switzerland’s Roger Federer, and third seed, Britain’s Andy Murray, could meet in the final of the London Olympics 2012 Tennis Event, after the players will drawn in opposite halves of the men’s singles draw. While Federer will start his campaign with a match against Colombia’s Alejandro Falla, while Murray’s opening match will pit [...]

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Olympics Tennis Seeding: Federer, Azarenka Top List

| July 26, 2012 | 0 Comments

Federer and Azarenka are at the top of the list of seeds for the London 2012 Olympics Tennis Event announced by the International Tennis Federation. Tennis at the Olympics will be held at the All England Club, at Wimbledon, and will run from July 28 to August 5. The draw is due to be held [...]

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US Olympic Basketball Team Aims to Outdo Beijing Show

| July 11, 2012 | 0 Comments

The US Olympic basketball team for the London Games has been announced and the players aim to do better than four years ago, at Beijing, where the team won gold. The team includes several members from the Beijing gold-winning squad, including LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, apart from Kevin Love, Tyson Chandler, Russell Westbrook, Kevin [...]

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