Rajastan Royals win second match on the the trot

A disciplined batting and bowling performance by the Rajastan Royals paved the way for their defeat of the Kings XI Punjab. Faiz Fazal and Adam Voges were  the  the stars of the Rajastan Royals batting and Yusuf Pathan also made a contribution. Munaf Patel and Trivedi bowled well for  Shane Warne's team. Shaun Tait  and Yusf Pathan chipped in as well causing the collapse of the King's XI Punjabs, batting. Sangakkara and Bisla started well and gave the King's XI good opening start but the RR was just too good

Soccer results

Manchester United

move to the top of the Premiership log again after coming from behind in beating

Liverpool

by two goals to one at

Old Trafford

. Fernando Torres opened the scorecard for Liverpool and  shortly after that wayne Rooney was back on the scoreboard with his equaliser for manchester United.

Ji Sung park was once again the Red's hero with a great header tha took them into the led and at the top.

Blackburn Rovers held Chelesea to a one all draw and this now place them four points away from Man U , however they still have a game on hand . Didier Drogba scored the opener for the Blues  and late in the second half Diouf headed in the equaliser for Blackburn

Fulham fresh from their Europa win, were defeated by Manchester City and the hero of the fans was again Carlos Tevez. This win now strengthens their fight for fourth place and also a crack at Champions league next season

EPL Soccer Today

The much awaited clash will take place at Old trafford today when Manchester United hosts Liverpool and the outcome of this game will surely have a bearing on both teams progress. Sir Alex WILL BE looking for more silverware and also to go top of the log again wheras Rafeal benitez will be looking to cEmenting fourth spot and Champions League

Fulham fresh from their recent win, host Manchester City and have home ground advantage. manchester City will have other ideas as they are also eyeing fourth spot closely.

Chelsea were knocked out of the Champions League so they will look now at the Prenier League for silverware and will be concentrating on their games. they host Blackburn Rovers

EPL Soccer Results

Arsenal  2 - 0 Westham

Arsenal occupy top spot for a short while after defeating Westham by 2 goals to nothing , however this spot may just be temporarily since both Manchester United and Chelsea have to play their games as well. Denilson scored early giving the young gunners  well deserved early lead however they were later reduced to 10 men after Vermeulen was sent off for a professional foul and Alumina saved the penalty which may have changed the outcome of the game. He has since being at the top of his game. Fabergas in the last ninutes of the game scored from the penalty spot thus strenthening the win for the Gunners

Portsmouth 3 -2 Hull City

Kanu snatched  a last minute dramatic win for Pompey  in their match played against Hull City. This win however still leaves at the botton of the log after 9 points were deducted from them

Everton 2 - 0 Bolton Wanderers

Steven Pienaar was on the scoreboard again and helped Everton collect maximum points against Bolton and this win incresed their succesive home wins to seven.

Sunderland 3 - 1 Birmingham City

Sunderland moved to twelfth spot against a great win against Birmigham City . darren bent scored a double and this will surely strengthen his position for a final callup to the English squad.

Stoke City  1 - 2 Tottenham Spurs

Harry Reddnapp was elated with a fine win by Spurs against Stoke CIty and this win will surely allow him with a great chance of strenthening his position at fourth spot, although this is going to be tough with Liverpool and Manchester City luking on his footsteps

Aston Villa 2 - 2 Wolves

Villa's ambitions of gaining fourth spot is slowly moving away from and this was worsen by their draw against Wolves. Martin O'neill is averry worried man at the moment.

Wigan Atheletic 1 - 0 Burnley

Wigan manged to collect all three points with a late goal scored by Hugo Rodakega.

IPL 3 results

Shane Warne's charges won their first game against the Kolkata Knightriders in a thrilling match and he was indeed very pleased at how well his boys are starting to improve on thier game and we can now anticipate  more wins

The Knightriders left it for too late and they did not really attack the bowling of the Rajastan Royals, their batting was very conservative which actually cost them the match. They had a great start winning the first two games but have now lost two on the trot.

Jacques Kallis was the Man of Man for his great batting against the Mumbai Indians and together with Manish Pandey put on a nice opening partnership for the Royal Challengers. This win take them to the top of the table and Anil Kumble was indeed very happy.

Sachin Tendular 's team mates were not just at their peak today and apart from his small knock, the rest of the batsmen failed to put any good batting. Zahir  Khan tried as well with his little knock

IPL 3 results

Shane Warne's charges won their first game against the Kolkata Knightriders in a thrilling match and he was indeed very pleased at how well his boys are starting to improve on thier game and we can now anticipate  more wins

The Knightriders left it for too late and they did not really attack the bowling of the Rajastan Royals, their batting was very conservative which actually cost them the match. They had a great start winning the first two games but have now lost two on the trot.

Jacques Kallis was the Man of Man for his great batting against the Mumbai Indians and together with Manish Pandey put on a nice opening partnership for the Royal Challengers. This win take them to the top of the table and Anil Kumble was indeed very happy.

Sachin Tendular 's team mates were not just at their peak today and apart from his small knock, the rest of the batsmen failed to put any good batting. Zahir  Khan tried as well with his little knock

IPL3 Results thusfar

IPL 3 Results thusfar

Delhi Darevils won the 6th IPL3 match against the Rajastan Royals by 6 wickets with a splendid batting performance by Virendra Sewag Shane Warne's  charges are not as good as they were  during the opening IPL season when they won against all odds but have not performed well in the   IPL 2 and are not doing so well now.

 

jacques Kallis, the South African allrounder played a quality innings and together with Manish Pandey and Robin Uttapa were instrumental in the defeat of the King's XI Punjab.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and S Badrinath's superb batting performance gave the Chennai Superkings a great  victory ovet the Kolkata Knightriders. The KK's batting collapsed which made it impossible or them to win three on the trot.

Gautam Gamhir may have erred when after winning the toss, he elected to field against the Mumbai Indians. Sachin tendulakar was again on top of his game and with e likes of Manoj Tiwary and Rayudu wre just too good for the Delhi Darevils.

Praveen Kumar's first hattrick for the IPL 2010 was the main cause for  the collapse of the Rajastan Royals batting performance. Jacques Kallis and Manish Pandey were again the pick of the Royal Challengers batsmen.

The Chennai Superkings surprised the bookmakers with their splendid win against the favourite Delhi Daredevils. Delhi won the toss and elected to bat first , scoring 185 for 6. Mathew Hayden was the star of the Chennai Superkings batting and his knock of 93 runs off 43 balls was intrumentals in the win for the Superkings

 

The younger of the Pathan brother's , Irfan proved that his an allrounder of class with his brillant knock of 60 runs and his good bowling spell, however this could not help as the  King's XI lost the match by 6 runs.

 

 

IPL Opening Ceremony and Matches

he IPL3 kicked off with a grand opening ceremony and all captains were introduced to the massive crowd that had assembled for the ceremony and opening matches. All the captains signed on the banner their commitment to the spirit of cricket.

Kolkata Knight won their match against the Deccan Chargers by 11 runs in a nail bitting finish. Te Charges won the toss but opted to field and had the Kolkata Knightriders under pressure with the fall of two quick wickets, however Owais Shah and Angelo Mathews had other ideas and strengthen the Knightriders inninga with a brave partnership

The second match also ended in a nail biting finish when the Mumbai Indians held to win by 4 runs. The Rajastan Royal well but just could not win thisi one. Yusuf Pathan scored the fastest one hundred.

Ravi Bopara tried to steer his team but to no avail and the Delhi Daredevils beats the King X! Pujab convincinglywith splendid batting by Gautam Ghambir the skipper of the DD’s

The fourth match of the IPL3 was won by the Kolkata Knightriders and again Angelo mathews was the hero with both bat and ball which really pleased Shah Rukh Khan one of the co owners of the KK

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Superkings were not match for the Deccan Charges who outplayed them and won the match convincingly.

The next match will be between the Rajastan Royals and Delhi Darevils

 

Arsenals knocked out of the Champions League

Arsenals were eliminated from the Champions League by a gallant performance from Liverpool. Diaby in the 13th min scored for Arsenals who were having the better of the first half. From a brilliant set piece in the 30th minute, Hypia reduced the deficit and Liverpool were now on level terms again. The second half, Liverpool play with more purpose and they were reward wit a fine goal by Torres in the 69th minute. Walcott made a brilliant move and pass the ball onto Adebayor who scored with ease and Arsenals were now level and with the away goal rule , they were in line for a shot at the semi finals.

A minute later , Liverpool were awarded a penalty when what appeared to be a soft foul by Kalo Toure on Babel and Stevan Gerrad scored from the penalty area and Liverpool were now again in the driving seat and this was finally cemented when Babel scored in the 9oth minute and ensured a spot for Liverpool in the semi finals.

In the other match, Chelsea defeated Fenerbache by two goals and opened a spot for them in the semi finals.

Chelsea v Fenerbache - Uefa Champions League Quarter Finals

Chelsea will have to dig deep to cancel out the advantage that the Turks bring with them this evening and will have to lead by at least two goals or more. They are capable of winning here and going into the finals

Peter Cech will be out due to an injury received at training and Drogba may be declared fit to play

Prediction: Chelsea to progress

Arsenals v Liverpool - Uefa Quarter Finals

Return leg of the quarter finals tonight and tomorrow evening
Arsenal meet Liverpool at Anfield this evening and it will be the third time they play against each other in a matter of 8 days. Twice now in the Quarter Finals and one Premier League game. The last two matches have ended in a one all draw and this evening they play the second leg. The match will be tight with both teams aiming for a win in order to progress and both managers have plotting their game plans that includes taking of penalties in the event of a draw again this evening after normal and extra time. My view that team that scores first will most probably go forward. IN the other match.

Prediction : Arsenals to progress