Premier League: Manchester United - Reading Manchester United top the Premier League by 12 points and look certain to win back the title this year. They have no more European matches to concentrate on which gives their league form a boost but with an FA Cup replay at Chelsea still ahead they will have plenty for their fans to look forward to. They are undefeated in 16 league matches, winning 14 of them and have been the stand-out team in England this year.
Reading are in a huge fight for survival at the bottom of the table and are now even on points with bottom placed QPR and could well go bottom after this game. They have lost 4 straight league matches
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Category: News Views: 875 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 22:39
La Liga :Real Madrid - Mallorca Los Blancos climbed above city rivals Atletico Madrid in the Primera Division table with their win at Celta Vigo last Sunday and now have rival Barcelona in their sights. Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos is expected to start Saturday's clash against Mallorca after recovering from a shoulder injury.
Angel Di Maria is out with a hamstring problem and, along with long-term injury victim Iker Casillas, is the only confirmed absentee for the Santiago Bernabeu clash.
Midfielders Jose Luis Marti and Javi Marquez miss out for Mallorca through suspension, but Michael Pereira returns following a one-ma
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Category: News Views: 846 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 22:32
Bundesliga: Dortmund - SC Freiburg
Still stinging from the derby loss to Schalke, Dortmund will hope to heap even more misery on struggling Freiburg. Borussia Dortmund may be through to the quarterfinal stage of the Champions League, but the club has effectively been dethroned as German champion and is now in a two-way battle for second place with Bayer Leverkusen, which hosts leader Bayern Munich in one of Saturday’s late kickoffs.
Although Dortmund has not lost to Freiburg since 2010, chances of a sixth straight victory over the Bundesliga’s eighth-place side will be hampered by the absence of defender Mats Humme
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Category: News Views: 878 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 22:22
Premier League: Swansea City - Arsenal After a spirited performance against Bayern Munich, Arsene Wenger will be keen to keep pace with fourth-placed Chelsea in the race for Champions League qualification. Swansea City manager Michael Laudrup will be without defender Chico Flores (ankle) and Kemy Agustien (thigh) for the clash with Arsenal at the Liberty Stadium.
Midfielder Leon Britton is expected to be fit after missing Saturday's defeat to West Brom with a hip injury, while striker Luke Moore should also make the squad after a calf problem.
Defender Neil Taylor (ankle) made a first appearance since September when appearing in a Under-21s clash in midweek but this game may come to early for the Welshman.
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Category: News Views: 793 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 22:15
Premier League: Southampton-Liverpool Brendan Rodgers' side will be looking to continue their impressive recent form when they visit a ground where they have not tasted victory in over a decade.
Mauricio Pochettino has a fully fit squad to choose from, with Steven Davis (illness) and Danny Fox (thigh) having returned following time spent on the sidelines.
The Southampton manager faces a selection headache over his back four, following Maya Yoshida's solid performance in an unfamiliar right-back position in the 0-0 draw at Norwich. The Japanese defender may retain his place in the team ahead of usual full-back Nathaniel Clyne.
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Category: News Views: 785 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 22:09
Premier Liga: Everton - Manchester City Preview & Betting Tip - 16.03.2013
Match Day
Everton – Manchester City – This weekend on the schedule is the 30th round of the English Premiership and it will be opened by two teams that took a break in the championship seven days ago before, because they had obligations in the FA Cup quarterfinals. However, only the Manchester City has successfully finished the task winning the Championship division Barnsley, while Everton was somewhat surprisingly defeated by Wigan at home. O
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Category: Betting Tips Views: 1088 Added: BetterDate: 15.03.2013 - 19:39
Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen - Bayern Munich Preview & Betting Tip - 16.03.2013
Bayer Leverkusen - Bayern Munich - Derby of this Bundesliga round will be played in Leverkusen, where the third and first in the table standings meet, however, the point difference is huge 21 points in favour of the Bavarians who are surely marching toward the championship title. Bayer is already in its traditional third place and can be very happy, because they have more than six points than the 4th placed and are close to qualification in the Champions League. The only similarity between these two teams are excellent home games where they were defeat only once and have received a minimal number of goals. It is interes
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Category: Betting Tips Views: 1064 Added: BetterDate: 15.03.2013 - 19:34
Serie A: Bologna - Juventus Preview & Betting Tip - 16.03.2013
Bologna – Juventus – On Saturday night is on the schedule a very interesting match of the 29th rounds of Italian Serie A, because the two teams with currently the best form in the whole league meet in Milan. However, visitors from Turin at the moment are much better positioned in the table standing, because they firmly hold the leading position and have big 27 points more than 10the-placed Bologna. Also, in the first part of the season their match at the Turin’s Olimpico ended with 2-1 victory for Juventus, while on the other hand Bologna can nevertheless claim that in the last two domestic duels with the Old Lady managed to remain undefeated. Begi
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Category: Betting Tips Views: 936 Added: BetterDate: 15.03.2013 - 19:26
La Liga: Valencia - Betis Sevilla Preview & Betting Tip - 16.03.2013
Valencia– Betis Sevilla– This is a derby of the round in Primera, because Valencia is on the seventh and Betis on sixth position with just one point difference between them. In addition, the point situation is so "dense” that the fourth position is very close for both teams, and we know that position leads in the Champions League. That is why this match is of high importance for both teams, who have by now received and scored almost the same number of goals, but now Valencia’s form is in decline, while Betis’ is on rise after they had have a very bad period. In the first part of the season their duel
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Category: Betting Tips Views: 1184 Added: BetterDate: 15.03.2013 - 19:21
ჩემპიონთა ლიგის მეოთხედფინალის წყვილები ჩემპიონთა ლიგის მეოთხედფინალში გუნდები შემდეგნაირად დაწყვილდნენ : მადრიდის რეალი - გალათასარაი
Category: ახალი ამბები Views: 1036 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 17:37
Bundesliga 2: Union Berlin - St.Pauli Preview & Betting Tip - 15.03.2013
No missings for hosts that have probably teh alst chance to return in fight for a promotion place,now six points far
Alos if they were defeate din last round, that was only the third defeat since november, so we can say that they are in good form.
Apart form and full team, hosts are also advantaged by a good home record, with a balance of 7-3-3 20/11 that make this team one of the ebst home defences against teh worst away attack, that scored only six goals.
Category: Betting Tips Views: 1330 Added: BetterDate: 15.03.2013 - 15:12
Benitez praises Chelsea mettle Chelsea interim manager Rafa Benitez hailed his side's character after they progressed to the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday.
The Blues defeated Steaua Bucharest 3-1 in the second leg at Stamford Bridge, bouncing back from a 1-0 first-leg defeat in Romania last week.
At one point Chelsea's hopes looked doubtful with Steaua claiming an away goal before half-time that left the London club needing to score twice.
But goals after the break from John Terry and Fernando Torres put Benitez's men through 3-2 on aggregate.
Category: News Views: 857 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 07:45
Stramaccioni delighted by Inter´s best Inter coach Andrea Stramaccioni believes his side produced their best football of the season in Thursday's Europa League win over Tottenham.
Trailing the last-16 tie 3-0 after the first leg in London, Stramaccioni's side delivered a scintillating display to down Spurs 4-1 in the second leg, though they still exited the competition via the away goals rule.
Despite their European campaign coming to an end, Stramaccioni drew on several positives from the victory at San Siro.
"This is a fundamental sign we send out today and the only positive I can see from this evening is that we won’t ha
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Category: News Views: 743 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 06:33
Spurs stars targeted by racist chants Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas was disappointed to hear his players targeted by racist chanting during Spurs' 4-1 defeat at Inter.
Despite the heavy defeat on Thursday, an extra-time goal from Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor sent the north London club to the Europa League quarter-finals on away goals, yet their success has been overshadowed by the behaviour of Inter fans at San Siro.
Both Adebayor and Kyle Naughton were targeted by racist chants, which were confirmed by Villas-Boas afterwards.
"Chants were very, very easy to hear," Villas-Boas told reporters.
Category: News Views: 913 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 05:56
Iraqi Barcelona fan kills and beheads friend who supports Real Madrid Outside of Spain, few places in the world can boast more fervent support of Barcelona and Real Madrid than Iraq.
In Iraqi Kurdistan, some 3,5000 miles from the action, locals are obsessed with La Liga's two biggest teams. When they face each other in El Clasico, bars and coffee houses are segregated between rivals fans and police presence is increased as people celebrate, commiserate and fight long into the night.
According to a report in Baghdad newspaper Al Zaman, carried by Spanish newspaper Sport, passion between rival fans spilled over into violence and murder this week.
On Monday, a Barcelona supporter in Madain — a city a few miles south of Baghdad — supposedly argued with a Real Madrid-supporting friend in a gaming arcade. The Ba
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Category: News Views: 1185 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 04:10
მეგობარმა რეალის გულშემატკივრობისთვის მეგობარი მოკლა ერაყის ქალაქ ალ-მადაინში მცხოვრებმა "ბარსელონას” ქომაგმა მეგობარი მადრიდის "რეალის” გულშემატკივრობის გამო სიცოცხლეს გამოასალმა. Al Zaman-ის ინფორმაციით, კატალონიური გუნდის მხარდამჭერმა მეგობარს ჯერ დანით მიაყენა ჭრილობა, შემდეგ კი თავის არეში დაარტყა და რამდენიმე ადამიანის თვალწინ გათიშა. ინციდენტი 11 მარტს მოხდა. ქომაგებმა კამათი სათამაშო ავტომატების დარბაზში დაიწყეს. რა გახდა დაპირისპირების ზუსტი მიზეზი, უცნობია. მეგობრებს შორის დაწყებულ ჩხუბს "სამეფო კლუბის” ქომაგის მკვლელობა მოჰყვა. დარბაზში მყოფმა ადამიანებმა მკვლელი დაიჭირეს და სამართალდამცველებს გადასცეს.
ერაყში "ბარსელონასა” და "რეალის” გულშემატკივრებს შორის დაპირისპირება უცხო არ არის. 2012 წლის აპრილში მომხდარ მასობრივ ჩხუბში რამდენიმე ადამიანი სერიოზულად დაშავდა.
Category: ახალი ამბები Views: 773 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 02:37
ინტერი 4:1 ტოტენჰემი გუშინ ევროპის ლიგის მერვედფინალურ ეტაპზე, "ინტერსა” და "ტოტენჰემ ჰოთსპურს” შორის განმეორებით მატჩი გაიმართა. ლონდონში "ტოტენჰემმა” იტალიელები ანგარიშით 3-0 დაამარცხა. "ნერაძურის” შემდეგ ეტაპზე გასასვლელად სახლში ოთხი უპასუხო გოლის გატანა ესაჭიროებოდა. სტრამაჩიონის შეგირდებმა ოთხი გოლის გატანა კი შეძლეს, თუმცა კარის სუფთად შენახვა ვერ მოახერხეს, რამაც "ტოტენჰემის” შემდეგ ეტაპზე გასვლაში გადამწყვეტი როლი ითამაშა.
ანგარიში შეხვედრის მე-20 წუთზე პალასიოს ჩაწოდების შემდეგ ანტონიო კასანომ თავური დარტყმით გახსნა. პირველი ტაიმი იტალიელების მინიმალური უპირატესობით დასრულდა. შეხვედრის მეორე ნახევარში "ნერაძური” კიდევ უფრო გააქტიურდა, რამაც შედეგი 52-ე წუთზე გამოიღო. მეკარესთან ერთი ერთზე დარჩენილმა პალასიომ შანსი ხელიდან არ გაუშვა და სხვაობა ორ ბურთ
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Newcastle 1-0 Anzhi Makhachkala Alan Pardew's side battled its way into the last eight of the competition courtesy of a last-minute winner in injury time from the Senegalese striker Newcastle booked its place in the quarterfinals of the Europa League with a narrow 1-0 victory over Anzhi Makhachkala at St James' Park on Thursday evening.
The only goal of the game came in the final minute of added time in the second half, with Papiss Cisse heading home a brilliant Sylvain Marveaux cross to bring an exciting end to an otherwise gritty affair.
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew made three changes from the side that was held in Russia with Davide Santon, Steven Taylor and Cheick
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Category: News Views: 695 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 02:30
Mascherano senses Barca revival Barcelona defender Javier Mascherano feels the club's 4-0 win over AC Milan was a sign they have returned to their best form.
After a run which saw them lose three times in four games - two of them against fierce rivals Real Madrid, including a painful Copa del Rey exit - Mascherano said the team knew their standards had slipped.
But after their superb win over Milan in their Champions League round-of-16 second leg in midweek, the Argentine feels the team's intensity levels are back where they should be.
"The most important thing is we qualified, which is a big step," Mascherano said.
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Wolfsburg want Quagliarella Wolfsburg are ready to make another move for Juventus striker Fabio Quagliarella, according to a report.
The Bundesliga side are looking to add some more depth to their attack, and – according to Goal.com – they have earmarked the 30-year-old as the ideal candidate to strengthen their squad ahead of next season.
Quagliarella has been struggling to secure regular first-team action this term, and could therefore be open to a move away from the Serie A leaders in order to get more playing time elsewhere.
Wolfsburg were willing to pay up to 10 million euros for the attacker in January, but they wil
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Category: News Views: 689 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 02:22
Injured Nani out of Portugal squad Nani has been left out of Paulo Bento's Portugal squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Israel and Azerbaijan.
The Manchester United winger suffered a hamstring injury in his side's 2-2 FA Cup draw with Chelsea last Sunday, and is not fit enough to be included in the 23-man squad.
Wolfsburg attacker Vieirinha earns a debut call-up in place of the Red Devils star, with the 27-year-old having impressed in the Bundesliga over recent weeks.
Captain Cristiano Ronaldo is also included in the squad, with Bento unconcerned by reports the Real Madrid star was suffering from a sugar low during his side's 2-1 victory over Celta Vigo.
"I guess I can ask the national squad doctor to bring along some ex
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Category: News Views: 686 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 02:20
Inter 4-1 Tottenham (agg 4-4) Rodrigo Palacio and Antonio Cassano led Andrea Stramaccioni's team to a remarkable comeback in Milan but Emmanuel Adebayor struck to send Andre Villas-Boas's men through Emmanuel Adebayor scored in extra time to secure Tottenham's progression to the Europa League quarterfinals on away goals after Inter had overturned a three-goal aggregate deficit with a 4-1 win at San Siro on Thursday.
Antonio Cassano and Rodrigo Palacio put a serious dent in Spurs' 3-0 first-leg lead before the former's free kick deflected in off William Gallas with a quarter of an hour to play.
After a disastrous 90 minutes, however, Spurs responded well in extra ti
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Category: News Views: 692 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 02:15
Chelsea 3-1 Steaua Bucharest (agg 3-2) Second-half goals from the pair added to Juan Mata's early goal to put Benitez's men through to the quarterfinals of the Europa League, despite Vlad Chiriches' goal A late goal from Fernando Torres ensured that Chelsea went through to the quarterfinals of the Europa League as the Spaniard added to earlier strikes from Juan Mata and John Terry to give his side a 3-2 aggregate win against Steaua Bucharest.
A right-footed strike from Mata canceled out the away side's 1-0 lead from the first leg, before Vlad Chiriches leveled proceedings from a corner just prior to the halftime interval.
A storming second-half header from Terry was follo
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Category: News Views: 717 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 02:11
