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Meszaros signs a 6-year deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning

Defenceman Andrej Meszaros has signed a six-year deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Meszaros was acquired from the Senators on Friday in exchange for defencemen Filip Kuba and Alexandre Picard.
“The acquisition and signing of Andrej is a strong statement to our players and our fans that the Lightning ownership group is committed to putting the best […]


O’Sullivan wins the 21st ranking title of his career

Ronnie O’Sullivan won the first ranking event of the new campaign last night in Belfast, as he was crowned Northern Ireland Trophy champion.
The world champion and number one, who ended last season by capturing the World Championship for a third time, defeated Stoke’s Dave Harold 9-3 at the Waterfront Hall.
O’Sullivan has now won 21 ranking […]


Russian striker Pavlyuchenko moves to Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur announced they had reached an agreement to sign Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko from Spartak Moscow, considered to be one of the most promising players in Europe. The new deal comes just two days before the Premier League transfer window closes. The transfer fee paid by Tottenham has not been disclosed but it is […]


Pakistani delegation departs for Beijing on Thursday

The 37-member Pakistani delegation for the Beijing Olympic Games will leave for China on Thursday, to participate in Beijing Olympics Games.
The Chinese Embassy will hold a reception in honor of Pakistan contingent on July 31 at 1800 hours in the Chinese Embassy, Islamabad. The reception will be attended by all members of the contingent, senior […]


Australia’s field hockey team to defend Olympic gold medal

Australia’s field hockey team hopes to defend their gold medal in Beijing as men’s hockey celebrates 100 years at the Olympics without former masters India.
The Kookaburras won their first Olympic gold at Athens four years ago and reclaimed the number one ranking at Germany’s expense by lifting the elite Champions Trophy in the Netherlands last […]


Frank Schleck claims his first yellow jersey

Simon Gerrans (Credit Agricole) took victory on a dramatic stage 15 of the Tour de France in Prato Nevoso while Frank Schleck (CSC) of Luxembourg captured the maillot jaune for the first time in his career.
Schleck took the overall leader’s yellow jersey at the end of the 15th stage thanks to the fierce pace his […]


Deco moves to Chelsea in £8 million deal

Deco will join Portugal team-mates Jose Bosingwa and Ricardo Carvalho at Stamford Bridge. The 30 year-old Brazil-born playmaker officially signed on July 1st on a two-year contract, becoming the club’s first signing under Luiz Felipe Scolari and the second of the summer after international team-mate Jose Bosingwa signed in May.
Deco joined Barca from Porto in […]


EURO 2008: facts, figures and impressions

     The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship and is credited to have been a tremendous success. It proved to be quite a spectacular tournament, with 31 matches played and 77 goals scored (2.48 per match). Euro 2008 was attended by 1,140,902 spectators […]


Hamilton starts from pole in Japan

After the qualify round, as I expected, the front line was obtain by the McLaren drivers, those who will fight for this year championship title. We all hope that we will have a good race to see tomorrow. In this year the McLaren’s drivers won points each race, except Hamilton at Nurburgring, and this race it looks […]


Serie A - Roma vs Inter

These are the top teams in Italy this year, both with 3 victories and 2 draws untill now.
If we have a look in statistics from the games played at Roma, the home team has more chances to win this game, with 29 games WON by Roma, 20 DRAWS and 25 games WON by Inter.
Last year was Inter […]