EURO 2012

Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts has his sights set on a Ryder Cup debut later this year, with Europe evens with bet365 to beat the USA at Medinah in September.

Colsaerts won the Volvo Match Play Championship in Spain at the weekend to move right into contention for a place in Jose Maria Olazabal’s European team.
Colsaerts told Sky Sports after beating Graeme McDowell by one hole in the Match Play final: “It’s very big, it’s always been a dream of mine as a kid to play the Ryder Cup.
“There’s …

…the first man to be formally approached about becoming the new manager of Liverpool.

Latics chairman Dave Whelan revealed on Thursday evening that he had given permission for Martinez to speak to the Reds, having always pledged to not stand in the way if the right club came calling.
However, Martinez may not be the man for Liverpool in the end, with the Anfield club later saying that they had yet to focus in on a preferred candidate.
Managing director Ian Ayre said: “Of course we will have a…

… by the head coach Erik Hamren to participate in European football championships in Poland and Ukraine includes also the striker Johan Elmander, who plays for the Turkish club Galatasaray and was injured during a league match.

The footballer got a right foot injury while playing on Saturday in the Turkish premier league against Fenerbahce Istanbul (0:0). An x-ray examination carried out immediately after the accident showed that the 30-year old Elmander fractured a metatarsal.

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… problem.
This means inexperienced duo Shannon Gabriel and Assad Fudadin could be handed Test debuts in a game the tourists are 9/1 with bet365 to win, while the draw is available at 14/5.
Windies coach Ottis Gibson said: “Kemar Roach has twisted his left foot while Ravi Rampaul woke up with a stiff neck.
“We have to be a little bit careful with Lord’s in mind. It is a bit of a disappointment they have not bowled much, but we are here to play Test matches and we hope it will be all right.”

…that it’s actually very hard to find 11 good players,” he said. ”We aren’t in a situation like the Germans are right now, where we could put together three national teams from our roster. We can only put together one, and we have to … – if any – to chose from.

In the midfield, Blaszczykowski will provide a strong attack with his pace and dribbling down the right flank. Auxerre midfielder Dariusz Dudka, who is a veteran Poland’s 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008 teams, and Bordeaux player Ludovic …

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Ukrainian Foreign Office claims cynically that the West makes use of cold war methods; however, it is Kiev that, in cold war style, puts in prison representatives of opposition, restricts freedom of speech and commonly breaks human rights. It is ironic that even Moscow has severely criticized beating Tymoshenko by prison wardens that took place a few days ago.

Nevertheless, Ukrainian politicians are unaffected by those reactions, as they prepare for parliamentary election in autumn. …

… 2-0 shortly before half-time after having skipper John Terry sent off. This put the aggregate score at 2-1 in Barca’s favour.
Ramires’ exquisite chip drew the scores level at 2-2 on aggregate seconds before the interval and Fernando Torres ran clear right on the stroke of full-time to make sure that much-fancied Barca were sent packing.
Di Matteo said afterwards: “It’s an incredible achievement by this group of players. A lot of people had written us off and we showed again what kind of …

Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish, whose side are 5/1 with bet365 to go down, accepts that his side are right in the relegation dogfight after a 2-1 defeat at home to Bolton Wanderers.

McLeish’s side have failed to register a victory in their last seven Premier League games and are now only three points clear of the bottom three with three games to play.
McLeish said after a potentially crucial setback: “To see the game turn around like that after we took a deserved lead was horrible.
“We had …

Manchester City look set to have Micah Richards back in their starting line-up for next Monday’s crunch Premier League clash with Manchester United.

The powerful right-back has been nursing a series of niggles recently which has led boss Roberto Mancini to rotate him with Pablo Zabaleta.
However, Richards is now ready to step up his training schedule and should start Monday’s mouth-watering derby clash, which City are 10/1 with bet365 to win 2-0.
United are 5/2 to come away from the Etihad …

…win at Wembley in February and they can make it a double if they defeat the Blues.
The Reds are 2/1 with bet365 to lift the FA Cup, while Chelsea can be backed at 7/5 to win.
Liverpool are currently in eighth position in the Premier League table, only four points clear of 14th-placed Stoke, and Gerrard said: “We know our league form hasn’t been good enough, particularly in the second half of the season. We have to concentrate on getting it right – and forget about Chelsea in the FA Cup final.”