30 December 2006

Ski Jumping - Four Hills Austria's 16-year-old starlet Gregor Schlierenzauer came within 1.5m of a hill record at Oberstdorf to open his first-ever Four Hills tournament in winning fashion. Switzerland's Andreas Kuettel claimed second a full 9.5 points behind Schlierenzauer's 286.5-point total and 2001 Four Hills champion Adam Malysz of Poland was third a further 6.2 points back.

26 December 2006

Football - Premier League
Chelsea 2 - 2 Reading
Tottenham H. 2 - 1 Aston Villa
West Ham U. 1 - 2 Portsmouth
Blackburn R. 1 - 0 Liverpool
Bolton W. 2 - 1 Newcastle U.
Everton 0 - 0 Middlesbrough
Manchester U. 3 - 1 Wigan Athletic
Sheffield U. 0 - 1 Manchester C.
Watford 1 - 2 Arsenal

Ski Jumping - Engelberg Norway's Anders Jacobsen preserved his first round lead to seal his first-ever World Cup victory in the large hill at Engelberg.

25 December 2006

Merry Christmas to all readers and to everyone out there!

23 December 2006

Football - Premier League
Fulham 0 - 0 West Ham U.
Arsenal 6 - 2 Blackburn R.
Aston Villa 0 - 3 Manchester U.
Liverpool 2 - 0 Watford
Manchester C. 0 - 2 Bolton W.
Middlesbrough 2 - 0 Charlton Athletic
Newcastle U. 3 - 1 Tottenham H.
Portsmouth 3 - 1 Sheffield U.
Reading 0 - 2 Everton
Wigan Athletic 2 - 3 Chelsea

Football - Serie A
Inter broke the record for the number of consecutive wins in Serie A (12!) this afternoon with a 2-1 victory over Lombard neighbours Atalanta at the San Siro.
AS Roma 2 - 0 Cagliari
Ascoli 3 - 0 Chievo
Catania 4 - 2 Sampdoria
Fiorentina 4 - 0 Messina
Inter Milan 2 - 1 Atalanta
Livorno 1 - 1 Torino
Parma 1 - 3 Lazio
Reggina 4 - 1 Empoli
Siena 1 - 1 Palermo
Udinese 0 - 3 AC Milan

Football - Primera Division
Barcelona 1 - 1 Atletico Madrid

Football - Ligue 1
Marseille 2 - 1 Saint-Etienne
Sochaux 2 - 1 Nancy
Troyes 1 - 1 Paris S.G.
Lyon 0 - 0 Monaco
Bordeaux 1 - 0 Le Mans
Lille 1 - 1 Auxerre
Lorient 0 - 0 Rennes
Nice 1 - 2 Lens
Toulouse 0 - 4 Nantes
Valenciennes 2 - 1 Sedan

20 December 2006

Football - Primera Division
Celta de Vigo 0 - 0 Real Sociedad
Getafe 0 - 1 Espanyol
Gimnastic 0 - 1 Real Betis
Osasuna 2 - 1 Levante
Racing Santander 2 - 1 Villarreal
Real Madrid 0 - 3 Recreativo Huelva
Sevilla 4 - 0 Deportivo La Coruna

Football - Serie A
AC Milan 3 - 0 Catania
Atalanta 1 - 2 Udinese
Cagliari 0 - 2 Fiorentina
Chievo 3 - 2 Reggina
Empoli 1 - 0 Siena
Lazio 0 - 2 Inter Milan
Messina 1 - 1 Parma
Palermo 4 - 0 Ascoli
Sampdoria 4 - 1 Livorno
Torino 1 - 2 AS Roma

19 December 2006

Snooker After his controversial gesture in the quarter final match against Stephen Hendry in the UK Championship last week, Ronnie O'Sullivan will be asked to explain his controversial walk-out in front of snooker chairman Sir Rodney Walker. The latter said: "We will take whatever action is appropriate but if there is way in which we can help him refocus, I would rather take that than hit him with a stick."

18 December 2006

Snooker - UK Championship After a neck to neck first session, yesterday night at York in the final Peter Ebdon proved his top form and managed to win 10-6. The match itself was entertaining, with the Englishman playing probably the best Snooker of his entire career, offering Stephen Hendry few chances. The latter failed to fully concentrate and missed some easy shots. Thus, Peter Ebdon raised the trophy above his head and, thanks to the accorded points for the win, has leapt up to fourth place in the latest World Rankings. After the match, the winner declared: "I'm over the moon."

17 December 2006

Snooker - UK Championship Today we have the final match at York. Englishman Peter Ebdon will be facing Scotsman Stephen Hendry in what promises to be an exciting and heavily disputed match. This fact is confirmed by the first session, which ended 4-4.
Stephen Hendry 4 - 4 Peter Ebdon

16 December 2006

Snooker - UK Championship Today we have the 2nd semi-final, deciding who is going to face Peter Ebdon in the final stage of the tournament.
Stephen Hendry 9 - 7 Graeme Dott

Football - Premier League
Charlton Athletic 0 - 3 Liverpool
Arsenal 2 - 2 Portsmouth
Newcastle U. 2 - 1 Watford
Reading 1 - 2 Blackburn R.
Wigan Athletic 0 - 1 Sheffield U.
Aston Villa 0 - 1 Bolton W.

Football - Serie A
Fiorentina 2 - 2 AC Milan
Udinese 3 - 1 Cagliari

Football - Primera Division
Deportivo La Coruna 0 - 2 Athletic Bilbao
Mallorca 1 - 2 Racing Santander
Zaragoza 0 - 1 Valencia

Football - I. Bundesliga
Alemannia Aachen 3 - 3 Hamburger SV
Arminia Bielefeld 0 - 1 Schalke
Energie Cottbus 0 - 0 Stuttgart
Hertha BSC 1 - 0 Eintracht Frankfurt
Mainz 0 - 4 Bayern Munich
Nurnberg 3 - 1 Hannover

Football - Ligue 1
Nancy 2 - 0 Marseille
Le Mans 2 - 0 Toulouse
Monaco 3 - 0 Sochaux
Nantes 0 - 0 Bordeaux
Rennes 1 - 1 Troyes
Saint-Etienne 3 - 0 Valenciennes
Sedan 2 - 0 Lille

15 December 2006

Snooker - UK Championship Tonight we have a heavily disputed and very well balanced match in the 1st semi-final. Two former world champions will be facing each other:
John Higgins 7 - 9 Peter Ebdon

Related to yesterday's incident in the match between Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan, the latter admitted his mistake and apologized to his opponent Stephen Hendry and to his fans for storming out of their quarter-final match. "Today I got so annoyed with myself that I lost my patience and walked away from a game that, with hindsight, I should have continued. At this moment I am feeling disappointed with myself and I am hurt and numb.", Ronnie stated in a press release.

14 December 2006

Snooker - UK Championship I have announced yesterday, that a great clash is going to await us Thursday at York. Sadly, the match ended in a bizarre, abrupt and totally unexpected way. O'Sullivan was trailing 4-1 when he ran out of position after potting a black in the sixth frame when leading 24-0. After failing to sink the next red, Ronnie went to his opponent, shook his hand and left the arena. Thus, Stephen Hendry progresses to the semi-finals winning the match with a default score 9-1.
Although I am a fan of both, I must disagree with Ronnie's gesture. Even if he felt he was losing the match, this is no way of showing it. It shows a lack of respect for his fans, his opponent, the spectators and organizers of the event. It also is a lack of fair-play. In this sense, his opponent gave him a true lesson of respect for this game, considered to be one for gentlemen: "Even at 4-0 I was just aiming to have a lead after the first session. It feels like a hollow victory. In a way I would rather have played really well and lost." This is the kind of attitude every sportsman should have!

Steve Davis 6 - 9 Graeme Dott

Football - UEFA Cup
Group A
Auxerre 0 - 1 Livorno
Rangers 1 - 0 Partizan Belgrade
Group B
Bayer Leverkusen 2 - 1 Besiktas
Tottenham H. 3 - 1 Dinamo Bucuresti
Group C
Braga 2 - 0 Grasshoppers
Sevilla 1 - 2 AZ Alkmaar
Group D
Parma 0 - 3 Osasuna
SC Heerenveen 1 - 0 Lens

13 December 2006

Snooker - UK Championship Great clashes await us in the quarter finals of the Championship at York. Two of them have already started: Peter Ebdon is facing his discipol Ding Junhui, the latter being eager to win against his teacher once more after last year's match. John Higgins is facing Joe Perry in the 2nd match today. But tomorrow we will have a match considered a must for any snooker fan:
Stephen Hendry against Ronnie The Rocket O'Sullivan!
John Giggins 9 - 3 Joe Perry
Peter Ebdon 9 - 5 Ding Junhui

Football - UEFA Cup
Group E
Blackburn R. 1 - 0 Nancy
Feyenoord Rotterdam 3 - 1 Wisla Krakow
Group F
Espanyol 1 - 0 Austria Vienna
Zulte-Waregem 0 - 3 Ajax Amsterdam
Group G
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1 - 1 Mlada Boleslav
Paris S.G. 4 - 0 Panathinaikos
Group H
Fenerbahce 2 - 2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Palermo 1 - 1 Celta de Vigo

11 December 2006

Snooker - UK Championship
Joe Perry 9 - 6 Ken Doherty
Stuart Bingham 4 - 9 Peter Ebdon
Ding Junhui 9 - 5 Matthew Stevens

10 December 2006

Snooker - UK Championship
Ding Junhui 9 - 7 Ryan Day
Ronnie O'Sullivan 9 - 3 Stephen Maguire
John Higgins 9 - 2 Stephen Lee
Robin Hull 1 - 9 Graeme Dott

Football - Premier League
Chelsea 1 - 1 Arsenal

Football - Serie A
AC Milan 0 - 0 Torino
Atalanta 3 - 2 Messina
Cagliari 0 - 0 Parma
Catania 1 - 0 Udinese
Empoli 0 - 3 Inter Milan
Chievo 0 - 1 Fiorentina
Sampdoria 0 - 0 Siena
Lazio 3 - 0 AS Roma

Football - Primera Division
Athletic Bilbao 4 - 2 Recreativo Huelva
Celta de Vigo 1 - 1 Villarreal
Getafe 1 - 1 Real Betis
Gimnastic 2 - 1 Levante
Osasuna 3 - 0 Mallorca
Racing Santander 0 - 2 Zaragoza
Atletico Madrid 1 - 2 Espanyol
Valencia 4 - 0 Deportivo La Coruna

Football - I. Bundesliga
Schalke 3 - 1 Borussia Dortmund
Wolfsburg 1 - 2 Alemannia Aachen

Football - Ligue 1
Lille 2 - 2 Saint-Etienne
Lyon 3 - 1 Paris S.G.

Football - Liga I
Pandurii 0 - 3 Dinamo Bucuresti
Unirea Urziceni 0 - 0 CFR Cluj
Universitatea Craiova 0 - 0 Steaua Bucuresti

9 December 2006

Snooker - UK Championship As the Grand Prix progresses we have an interesting draw for todays matches:
Graeme Dott 9 - 2 Scott MacKenzie
Stephen Hendry 7 - 5 Dave Harold

Football - Liga I
Jiul Petrosani 1 - 0 Rapid Bucuresti
Otelul Galati 0 - 0 Farul Constanta
Poli Timisoara 3 - 1 FC Arges Pitesti

Football - Premier League
Manchester U. 3 - 1 Manchester C.
Blackburn R. 1 - 3 Newcastle U.
Liverpool 4 - 0 Fulham
Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Wigan Athletic
Portsmouth 2 - 0 Everton
Tottenham H. 5 - 1 Charlton Athletic
Watford 0 - 0 Reading
Bolton W. 4 - 0 West Ham U.

Football - Serie A
Reggina 2 - 1 Ascoli
Palermo 3 - 0 Livorno

Football - Primera Division
Barcelona 1 - 0 Real Sociedad
Sevilla 2 - 1 Real Madrid

Football - I. Bundesliga
Bayern Munich 2 - 1 Energie Cottbus
Eintracht Frankfurt 2 - 6 Werder Bremen
Hamburger SV 0 - 0 Nurnberg
Hannover 1 - 1 Arminia Bielefeld
Monchengladbach 1 - 1 Mainz
Stuttgart 1 - 0 Bochum

Football - Ligue 1
Toulouse 0 - 1 Lens
Bordeaux 1 - 2 Rennes
Lorient 2 - 0 Sedan
Marseille 2 - 1 Monaco
Nantes 0 - 0 Le Mans
Nice 0 - 0 Nancy
Troyes 3 - 3 Auxerre
Valenciennes 0 - 0 Sochaux

8 December 2006

Football - I. Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen 2 - 1 Hertha BSC

Football - Liga I
UT Arad 0 - 1 FC Vaslui
Ceahlaul Piatra-Neamt 0 - 4 Politehnica Iasi
FC National 1 - 0 Gloria Bistrita

7 December 2006

Snooker - UK Championship The UK Championship has started and lots of players have announced their intention of making a nice impression at this event. Veteran Stephen Hendry has warned his younger rivals: "Retirement is the last thing on my mind."
John Higgins 8 - 4 Mark King
Alan McManus 8 - 4
Robin Hull 8 - 4 Neil Robertson
Mark Williams 9 - 7 Gerard Greene
Ronnie O'Sullivan 9 - 8 Ricky Walden
Steve Davis 9 - 5 Jamie Burnett

6 December 2006

Football - UEFA Champions League
Group E
Dynamo Kyiv 2 - 0 Real Madrid
Lyon 1 - 1 Steaua Bucuresti
Group F
FC Copenhagen 3 - 1 Celtic
Manchester U. 3 - 1 Benfica
Group G
FC Porto 0 - 0 Arsenal
Hamburger SV 3 - 2 CSKA Moscow
Group H
AC Milan 0 - 2 Lille
Anderlecht 2 - 2 AEK Athens

5 December 2006

100th Post on Stiri din Sport I hereby want to thank all my readers and everyone who is visiting this blog to find out the latest sport news. You are the main reason for my activity and that's why I can now proudly announce: The blog has reached quote 100 in posts!

Football - UEFA Champions League
Group A
Barcelona 2 - 0 Werder Bremen
Chelsea 2 - 0 Levski Sofia
Group B
Bayern Munich 1- 1 Inter Milan
Sporting Lisbon 1 - 2 Spartak Moscow
Group C
Galatasaray 3 - 2 Liverpool
PSV Eindhoven 1 - 3 Bordeaux
Group D
AS Roma 1 - 0 Valencia
Olympiakos Piraeus 1 - 1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Football - Premier League
Charlton Athletic 0 - 0 Blackburn R.
Tottenham H. 2 - 1 Middlesbrough

Excuses

I sincerely have to apologize to all my readers for not posting any results in the past weekend (1-3 December). You should know that this was not my fault. There was a problem with the blogger post editor/creator and I just couldn't manage to post anything. Hopefully this will never happen again and, if everything goes well on the technical side, I will do my best to keep you guys up to date with the results. Thank for your understanding and for visiting my blog