Archive for January, 2006

Liverpool Draw Man Utd In FA Cup

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

Both Liverpool and Mancester United got the draw neither of them wanted when they were drawn together in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
The two rivals, who have won the trophy 17 times between them were paired together in the draw for the final 16.
League One sides Brentford and Colchester were both rewarded with […]

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Hingis Return Capped By Mixed Title

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

A resurgent Martina Hingis capped her impressive return from retirement by claiming the mixed doubles at the Australian Open with Mahesh Bhupathi.
Hingis and Bhuptathi entered the tournament as wild cards but saw off sixth seeds Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva 6-3 6-3.
It was a remarkable return for 25-year-old Hingis who also reached the singles […]

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Federer Wins Seventh Grand Slam

Monday, January 30th, 2006

Roger Federer overcame a mighty scare to beat unseeded 20-year-old Marcos Baghdatis to win his seventh Grand Slam and his second Australian Open title.
The world’s best player was in serious trouble when he was a set and a break down but managed to hold his nerve.
He reeled of an amazing 11 games on the trot […]

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Brave Inca Wins Leopardstown Champion Hurdle

Monday, January 30th, 2006

Brave Inca, ridden by Tony McCoy, put in a gutsy performance to win the AIG Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown.
The 6-5 favourite fought out a tremendous finish with last year’s winner Mac’s Joy, ridden by Barry Geraghty.
Brave Inca, trained by Colm Murphy is now likely to be the favourite for the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in […]

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Man Utd And Liverpool Through To Fifth Round

Monday, January 30th, 2006

Both Manchester United and Liverpool made it through to the fifth round of the FA Cup.
United had a comfortable 3-0 victory over Wolves while Liverpool just edged past Portsmouth 2-1.
United’s victory was impressive and they were in complete control throughout the match.
Already 2-0 up at half time with goals from Richardson and Saha the next […]

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Henin Illness Hands Mauresmo Australian Title

Saturday, January 28th, 2006

Amelie Mauresmo claimed her first Grand Slam title when Justine Henin-Hardenne was forced to retire due to a stomach illness during the Australian Open final.
Henin-Hardenne was trailing 6-1 2-0 when she told the umpire she could not continue saying that she had ” no energy “.
The Belgian later explained that the problem was a […]

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Fowler Returns To Liverpool

Saturday, January 28th, 2006

Robbie Fowler made a surprise return to Liverpool when Mancester City agreed to let him go on a free transfer.
Fowler, who is now 30, made his debut for Liverpool in 1993 as an 18-year-old and quickly established himself as a prolific goal scorer.
He scored 171 goals in 330 games for the reds before joining Leeds […]

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Unseeded Baghdatis Faces Federer In Final

Friday, January 27th, 2006

Unseeded Marcos Baghdatis reached the Australian Open final where he will face world number 1 Roger Federer.
Baghdatis pulled of a memorable victory by beating David Nlabandian in the semi final 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-4.
Baghdatis, who has never made it past the fourth round in Grand Slams did it the hard […]

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Man Utd Through To Face Wigan

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Mancester United booked their place to play Wigan in the Carling Cup final after overcoming Blackburn.
United went 1-0 up when Ruud Van Nistelrooy scored but Blackburn equalised through Steven Reid.
Brad Friedel saved a Van Nistelrooy penalty but could do nothing when Saha fired in a volley from Rooney’s cross to make it 2-1 to […]

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Henin Sinks Sharapova

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Former champion Justine Henin-Hardenne went through to the Australian Open final after a hard fought 4-6 6-1 6-4 victory over Russia’s Maria Sharpova.
“We played a great match.” said Henin. “It’s been very intense physically, especially in the first set and at the end of the match.”
For Sharopva it was the second year […]

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