India won against Pakistan by 6 wickets

It was a must-win match for India to stay in the tournament. The Indian victory owed it to superb knocks of Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and RG Sharma, and partly owed it to poor Pakistani bowling and Misbah’s slack captaincy. Kohli scored 183, while RG Sharma 68. India were 247 for 2 at the end of 40th over while chasing Pakistan’s 329. Pakistan’s defeat disappointed the cricket-lovers across Pakistan as they were expecting tight bowling to bring home victory after such good performance with the bat. Virat Kohli earlier scored his century while leading chase. He scored his 11th century in 96 balls. Pakistan made a strong comeback earlier by claiming the wicket of Tendulkar. However, Kohli continued the momentum after a brief lull cause by Sachin’s exit. India lost second wicket of Sachin Tendulkar at a time when India almost appeared dominating the match. Younis Khan took the catch of Sachin at 53 off the ball of Saeed Ajmal in 20th over. Kohli was playing at 73 with India at a total of 133 when Sachin got out. The first Indian wicket fell in first over, yet Kohli and Tendulkar had placed their team in strong position. Tendulkar and Kohli made the advantage appear transient by taking the run rate to 6.95 an over, above the required rate. Pakistan skipper Misbah once again surprised all, this time by taking off Hafeez despite him taking the wicket in the first over. His replacement Aizaz Cheema received a lot of bashing from the Indians, yet the skipper continued with Cheema. India were 98 at end of over number 15, with one wicket down. Tendulkar was playing at 47 and Kohli 45. Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss and decided to bat in last Asia Cup league match against arch-rivals India at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. India made one change in their playing eleven, replacing injured Ravindra Jadeja with Yusuf Pathan, while Pakistan brought Wahab Riaz in place of Sarfraz Ahmed.

AVB still in the Hearts of chelsea

Chelsea Fc Captain John Terry Says AVB will never be forgettable In my whole career and he did allot of handwork But we couldn't manage it . Since Villas-Boas' sacking, Chelsea have played and won three games, including a stunning turn-around against Napoli in the Champions League, and interim manager Roberto Di Matteo has put the emphasis on the squad's 'old guard' in his team selections.

The improvement in results does not, however, mean that the contribution of Villas-Boas has been swiftly forgotten. Speaking about his former manager in the afterglow of that stirring victory over Napoli, Terry told The Sunday Telegraph: “I’m still in contact with him, like a lot of players here, and probably will remain that way.

“You know on nights like this you don’t forget things like that. He won’t be forgotten. It’s disappointing really because we would have loved things to go on [with him] and he had a vision and a plan and unfortunately that gets cut short with disappointing performances from us really.

“So it has a knock-on effect on him, because at the end of the day we’re the ones out there performing and we weren’t performing as well as we could do. We’ve shown what we can do tonight but still at the same time we don’t forget what he’s done.”

If rumour and media speculation are to be believed, some Chelsea players may have been glad to see the back of the Portuguese manager, but captain Terry wasn't one of them. He valued the support Villas-Boas gave him during the difficult period when he was accused of racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand.

Terry said: “The perception from outside is that there are problems in the football club, that senior players run the club, it’s controlled by us, we make decisions. People will continue to write that because they believe that but it’s really not the case and hasn’t been since I’ve been at the football club.

“I think initially when [Chelsea owner] Roman [Abramovich] came in he spoke to the players and wanted advice and he was new to football, he took that on board. I think now he’s got the right people involved and people he can rely on without the players which he does and they make the decisions.”

If Chelsea beat Leicester City in the FA Cup quarter-final on Sunday their season will immediately take on a more positive aspect. They will be in the Champions League last eight, have a semi-final spot in the domestic cup, and still have a chance of sneaking into the top four in the Premier League.

The England international isn’t sure what has caused the recent upturn in form, saying: “You can’t put your finger on a certain thing, it’s this, it’s that.

“Things just seem to change really and things have changed for the better for us. But that’s no disrespect to Andre. He started something here so I think credit has to go to him for what he started.

“Unfortunately the club made a tough decision, but the players, we don’t forget what he started at this football club.”

Di Matteo’s next game in charge is the FA Cup tie with the Foxes. With Terry and David Luiz both picking up knocks during the Napoli game he may decide not to risk them, and call upon the services of Jose Bosingwa and Gary Cahill. Terry said: “I was like Douglas Bader at the end.

“It’s been an incredible start for Robbie and for us as well. Robbie said that for two months, everyone needs to give everything, sacrifice everything. If you’re not playing you need to be there for the team.

“The FA Cup has been really special for him in the past and for Chelsea for the last four or five years, so who knows? With the magic of the FA Cup and what could be in the Champions League - this could be one of our finest seasons ever.”

Federer through to the finals Of Indian wells

Roger Federer The world no.4 Won in straight sets Against Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4  and is now through to the Final Of this event.Federer handled the cold, windy conditions better than Nadal, whose grumpy expression matched his out-of-sorts body language. The match got started nearly three hours late because of rain. Wind whipped the court and there was a 20-degree drop in temperature from Friday, when it was in the 80s.The match was also delayed for 2 minutes because 0f rain,Nadal netted a forehand to give Federer match point when rain drops slickened the lines on the court and the chair umpire halted the action. The players sat in their chairs trying to stay warm. Minutes later, Federer got up and smacked an ace wide to Nadal’s forehand side, giving him his first win over Nadal since last year’s ATP World Tour finals. The Swiss star still trails their series 18-10.Federer will play 11th-ranked John Isner in Sunday’s final, a rematch of their Davis Cup showdown last month in which Isner won on clay in Switzerland. Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka and No. 2 Maria Sharapova will meet for the women’s title.
Isner fired 20 aces, including one at 135-mph on his fourth match point, to beat top-ranked Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7), 3-6, 7-6 (5) in the other semifinal.
Isner will try to become the first American winner in the desert since Andre Agassi in 2001.Isner’s victory guaranteed he will break into the top 10 for the first time in next week’s ATP Tour rankings at No. 10. A victory in the final would move the American to No. 8, passing countryman Mardy Fish who is currently in that spot.Isner is the first American to beat a world No. 1 since James Blake defeated Federer in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.Isner needed nearly three hours to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 series final after 25 tries. He didn’t get past the round of 16 in his first 23 events until making his first semifinal in Paris last fall and now the final in the desert.
He threw his arms up and soaked in the applause from the crowd that was squarely behind him throughout the match.
“It’s something that you don’t experience every day,” Isner said. “I was just trying to take it all in.”
The 6-foot-9 American towered 7 inches over Djokovic, giving Isner an easy advantage with his serve-and-volley game. He played a few loose points in the 12th game of the final set, sending a forehand past the baseline on his first match point, and Djokovic held to force the second tiebreaker.
Isner aced Djokovic with a 143-mph serve to lead 3-2, then hit a forehand winner down the line to go up 4-2.
“I told myself I was going to run around the backhand and hit a forehand, and I was just hoping that he wasn’t going to hit the serve up the T. He had been doing that quite a bit, especially on the ad side,” Isner said. “I wanted to put a good hit on the ball because if you don’t, he just gets you moving. That’s why he’s the best in the world.”
Isner’s 144-mph serve forced Djokovic into a netted return that set up Isner’s second match point.
Even Djokovic caught himself looking at the scoreboard to see how fast Isner’s serves were.
“Sometimes just to admire, because I will never get there,” he said, laughing.
Isner connected on 74 percent of his first serves, although Djokovic actually won 11 more points than he did in the match. The Serb had little success lobbing to keep Isner off the net as the big guy put away smashes with confidence.
“It’s a lot of pressure knowing that somebody serves that well. You need to win your service points, especially when you get to the tiebreak,” Djokovic said. “But this time I was unlucky. He didn’t wait for it, he went for it.”
Djokovic served up a rare ace of his own and Isner committed an unforced error before closing it out with his 20th ace.
Isner’s height and power had him tabbed as a future American star since he turned pro in 2007, but success has come in fits and starts. He reached his current — and best — career ranking of 11th just last month.
“I knew going into this year that I had the tools and I had the game to be able to at least compete with these guys. I take the court no matter who I’m playing expecting to win and believing to win,” Isner said.There was a win over Andy Roddick at the 2009 U.S. Open, but casual fans may know Isner best for a marathon win over Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010. They played the longest ever pro match, stretching 11 hours and 5 minutes over three days.
“I’ve just kept on surprising myself after each year. When I reached the top 50 in the world, that’s actually when I actually did believe I could crack the top 10,” he said. “I’ve always been a late bloomer.”
Djokovic, the defending champion, fell to 14-2 this season, having lost to Andy Murray in Dubai earlier this month.

Messi, Xavi Collects 3 points for Barca

A freekick for Xavi and A chip For Messi earns Barca a 3 points against Sevilla. The match Ended in 2-0 and both goals were scored in 1st half.

Xavi curled a shot over wall after 18 minutes and World Player of the Year Messi bagged his 31st of the league campaign soon after.

The Argentine started the move deep in midfield playing a one-two with Andres Iniesta, he nutmegged a defender as he skipped into the area, and calmly lifted the ball over the advancing Andres Palop.

Having carved a host of first-half chances, however, Barca spent much of the second period pegged back as both goalkeepers Palop and Victor Valdes made top-class saves.

The champions held firm and moved on to 63 points from 27 games.

Jose Mourinho's Real, on 70 points, can restore their 10-point advantage on Sunday if they can beat fourth-placed Malaga at the Bernabeu.

"We played very well in the first half and we scored two goals and could have got more, but the second half was a different story," Pique told Spanish television.

"We have done our job now we need to see what happens tomorrow. At least they (Real) go out knowing we are there behind them and we are still in the fight."

FORGET ABOUT LEAGUE

Barca coach Pep Guardiola sounded a more pessimistic note when he was asked about the side's chances of catching Real to win their fourth consecutive league crown.

"You should forget about this league, we aren't going to win it," he told reporters.

"If there is one thing about this team, it is that it is competitive, but there is another team that has achieved better results than us."

Both sides came out at the start of the match wearing shirts in support of Barcelona's French defender Eric Abidal, who found out he needed a liver transplant during the week.

When asked about Abidal Barca's Argentine defender Javier Mascherano told Spanish television: "I don't like to mix football with things that happen off the pitch, but if the victory serves to give him a lift, all well and good."

Osasuna climbed to fifth with 29 points after grabbing a late equaliser to draw 1-1 at basement side Real Zaragoza.

Portugal striker Helder Postiga had struck from outside the area to give Zaragoza the lead with five minutes to go but three minutes later Osasuna defender Roversio headed in from a corner.

Zaragoza stayed 20th with 19 points, eight short of safety and five behind 19th-placed Sporting Gijon.

Sporting, whose 62-year-old coach Javier Clemente was celebrating his 500th game in La Liga, lost 2-1 at fellow strugglers Granada to first-half strikes from Carlos Martins and Guilherme Siqueira.

Real Sociedad's Inigo Martinez put the ball in his own net to give Getafe a 1-0 home win.

Fabrice Muamba Falls Down And lefts spectators crying

Fabrice Muamba who collapsed In football field In 42ND minute of the match And left even Opposition Crying.Muamba, the Bolton Wanderers midfielder, fell to the ground suddenly - 41 minutes into the game against Tottenham Hotspur, at White Hart Lane, which was on live television.

No other players were near him at the time.The match was abandoned as both teams’ doctors spent ten minutes treating him on the pitch in front of around 35,000 fans.

Muamba, 23, was taken to the Heart Attack Centre at the London Chest Hospital. In a statement tonight, his club said he was in a critically ill condition in intensive care.

Reporters at the game said he was not breathing as he was stretchered off the pitch and into an ambulance.

As he fell to the ground, Bolton manager Owen Coyle ran on to the pitch to see what had happened. Coyle and club captain Kevin Davies went with him to hospital.

Other players gathered round and Rafael van der Vaart, the Dutch Spurs player, and others prayed while doctors treated him.

Fans chanted Muamba’s name, while many were in tears.

Several minutes after play stopped because of Muamba’s collapse, Howard Webb, the referee, ordered the players off the pitch and fans were told the game had been abandoned.

Ian Dennis, of BBC 5Live, said spectators could see that a defibrillator was being used on the footballer.

He said: “You had a situation which was very eerie. Obviously everybody could see that Fabrice Muamba was fighting for his life out on the pitch. Supporters of both sides were chanting his name.”

The scene recalled memories of Cameroon’s Marc Vivien-Foe, 28, who collapsed and died during a Confederations Cup match against Colombia, in Lyon, in 2003.

Phil O’Donnell, 35, the Motherwell midfielder, died after collapsing during a Scottish Premier League match against Dundee United in December 2007.

Muamba was born in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

His father, Marcel, fled to the UK in 1994 - having been an adviser to President Mobutu Sese Seko - and was given indefinite leave to remain in 1999, when the rest of his family joined him in Walthamstow, east London.

The player, who has represented England at every level, from under 16 to 21, was 11 when he came to the UK and could not speak English.

He went on however to earn 10 GCSEs as well as A-levels in French, maths and English. Off the pitch he enjoys listening to opera music.

On his Twitter account he describes himself as a “proud dad” to Joshua Jeremiah, his child with Shauna Magunda, to whom he became engaged on Valentine’s Day .

He joined Arsenal in 2002, having supported the team as a child in Congo, and became a professional in 2005.

The following year he joined Birmingham, first on loan, and then on a permanent basis following a £4 million deal. In 2008, he joined Bolton for £5 million, and now lives in Cheshire.

Fans said silence descended over the ground as it became clear how serious the situation was.

Paul Bowman, 53, a Tottenham fan from London Colney, Hertfordshire, said: "The player went down with no-one near him. He just collapsed."

Mr Bowman, who was at the match with his three children, added: "The other players saw immediately that this looked bad. We could see they were trying to resuscitate him. Everyone was in shock. We all watched and waited.

"All the support staff and substitutes were on the pitch. Fans from both teams were chanting Muamba's name."

"The players were in shock. No-one wanted it to go on.

"It was eerie coming out of the ground. No-one was saying anything. There was hush, a silence. No-one could quite believe it. It was terrible."

Roger and Rafa To Tie Again..

Rafael Nadal Will play Roger Federer In BNP semis. After Both Goth victories Over their Respective matches.

Federer comfortably beat Juan Martin del Potro 6-3 6-2 in 89 minutes. The Swiss held his serve throughout, and broke Del Potro three times.

But Nadal had to work harder to see off David Nalbandian 4-6 7-5 6-4.

World number one Novak Djokovic, from Serbia, meets American John Isner in the other semi-final.

Federer and Nadal have met 27 times with Nadal having won 18, including four of the last five.

But the Swiss insisted he was keen to renew their rivalry, "He's got a great work ethic, and obviously he's one of the great players of all time.

"I have had some great matches with him all around the world."

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It was clear out and the machine doesn't work. After that, I was not concentrating on the match and Roger was playing better

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Juan Martin del Potro

Federer started slowly against Del Potro, saving two break points in an opening game that lasted 11 minutes.

There was controversy on the sixth deuce when a Federer first serve was ruled in by the line judge and the Argentine's challenge to the decision came to nothing because the Hawk-Eye ball tracking system did not work due to a failed internet connection.

Federer, who won three consecutive titles at Indian Wells from 2004 to 2006, held serve on the next point and then broke Del Potro in the next game with a forehand volley winner at the net to lead 2-0.

The next six games went with serve before Federer took the ninth to clinch the opening set in 37 minutes.

Del Potro was again broken in the first game of the second set, when Federer unleashed a powerful forehand cross-court winner, and also in the fifth following another forehand winner by the Swiss.

Federer then served out to book his place in the last four, saving one break point in the eighth game before sealing victory on his third match point when Del Potro netted his service return.

Del Potro blamed the Hawk-Eye controversy in the first game for his defeat, saying: "It was clearly out and the machine doesn't work. The chair umpire told me he made a mistake.

"After that, I was not concentrating in the match and Roger was playing better, taking all his opportunities. Roger did his job, and he's a good winner."

Federer said he had encountered similar problems before: "Crazily enough, when I played Rafa at Wimbledon, at six-all in the fifth, Hawk Eye wasn't available any more because of the light. That was great for us to know."