Davis Cup quarterfinal

Argentina will be strong favorites to clinch victory on the outdoor clay court in reverse singles. David Nalbandian and Eduardo Schwank defeated Croatians Ivo Karlovic and Marin Cilic in a five-hour doubles to give Argentina a 2-1 lead in their Davis Cup quarterfinal on Saturday. Argentina won 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-7 (6), 8-6 and will be strong favorites to clinch victory on the outdoor clay court in Sunday s reverse singles when Argentina s top player, Juan Martin del Potro, leads off against Cilic. Nalbandian would face Karlovic in the last singles.

Barcelona Beats Real Zaragoza By 4-1

2 goals By Messi and 1 each for Puyol And Cesc Fabregas Putted Barca Infront of Zaragoza .

                 
             -STATS AND FACTS-

                                   

- Barça have scored 161 goals in official matches, beating the 157-goal record set by the team last season. Pep Guardiola’s men established a new Club record as they are now the team that have scored the most goals in a single season in Club history. The Azulgranas are averaging 2.98 goals per match.

- Messi has scored 38 goals in La Liga, equalling the marks set by Zarra (1950-51) and Hugo Sánchez (1989-90). The Barça player is two goals away from Cristiano Ronaldo’s record (2010-11). 

- The last penalty saved by Víctor Valdés was in the Racing-Barça match in the first game of the 2010-11 season.

- Messi has scored in 100 different matches, a feat only equalled by Cesar Rodríguez. Moreover, the Argentine equalled Puskas as the 15th highest goal scorer in La Liga history. 

- Puyol was the leader on defence, he won back 13 balls.

- Thiago Alcántara was the player with the most successful passes. Of his 95 attempts, he only missed 8. 

- Messi has scored seven goals from his last three visits to La Romareda. The striker has 11 goals from 12 matches against Zaragoza.

- Cesc Fàbregas picked up his fifth yellow cars, he will miss Tuesday’s match against Getafe 

- This was the team’s ninth consecutive win in La Liga, with 27 goal scored and conceding only 7. 

- With his goal against Zaragoza, Carles Puyol continues to increase his goal tally in one season. This year he has four: two in La Liga, scored on the Aragón side and two in the Cup against Real Madrid and Valencia. 

- Second goal in La Liga and eighth goal this season for Pedro Rodríguez. The Spanish striker hasn’t scored since January 25th, when Barça played against Real Madrid in the King’s Cup

Saturdays And Sundays Barclays premier league Results

                      Saturday BPL Results :

                        Chelsea Fc 2-1  Wigan Athletic
 Chelsea Fc Left it late to beat Wigan By 2-1 As Ivanovic scored 1st and At 92nd Minute Mata scored as Torres Assisted it By Hitting post From the Shot.The Blues were denied by some stunning Ali Al-Habsi saves in the first half, but they took the lead after the break when Branislav Ivanovic bundled in from close range.
Wigan equalised with eight minutes left when Mohamed Diame slammed in a left-foot shot from 18 yards, but Chelsea broke their hearts in stoppage time when Fernando Torres' superb volley struck a post, hit Juan Mata and flew over the line.

         Bolton Wanderers 0-3 Fulham

Bolton's recent revival was halted at the Reebok Stadium by a brilliant Fulham display, with US international Clint Dempsey in wonderful form.

The Cottagers made much the brighter start and they went in front when Dempsey slammed a stunning 30-yard free-kick into the top corner of Adam Bogdan's net.

Dempsey headed in a Damien Duff cross to double the lead and as Bolton pressed forward, Mahamadou Diarra stole in to convert John Arne Riise's centre and make it 3-0.

          Liverpool 1-1 Aston Villa

Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez rescued a draw for Liverpool as they were frustrated at Anfield once more, this time by a hard-working Aston Villa side.

Villa went in front early on, a neat passing move ending with Barry Bannan teeing up Chris Herd to coolly side-foot past Liverpool keeper Alexander Doni.

Liverpool threw everything at Villa with Suarez heading against the post, but he nodded in from a yard with eight minutes remaining as Kenny Dalglish's side avoided defeat.

         Norwich City 2-2 Everton

Norwich pegged Everton back twice as Carrow Road as the two sides shared a thrilling draw in the Barclays Premier League.The in-form Toffees edged ahead when Phil Jagielka crossed for Nikica Jelavic to fire home, but Norwich levelled when Wes Hoolahan centred for Jonny Howson to tuck past Tim Howard.Everton regained the lead when Jelavic converted Steven Pienaar's left-wing ball in, but Grant Holt kept his cool to sweep in another equaliser late on.

                  WBA 3-0 Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn's hopes of survival suffered a setback at the Hawthorns as they succumbed to an impressive WBA.West Brom performance.The Baggies went in front after only seven minutes when Gareth McAuley's header was deflected into his own net by Blackburn defender Martin Olsson.The visitors doubled their lead when Marc-Antoine Fortune scored from close range, before Liam Ridgewell headed in a Graham Dorrans cross to wrap up the points.

    Sunderland 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur   

Sunderland did A great Job to Stop The Spurs As Tottenham missed Few chances which should have been taken but didn't.    Tottenham Hotspur were frustrated by Sunderland on Saturday as they try to cement a place in the top four in the Barclays Premier League.Spurs had to settle for a point at the Stadium of Light despite having most of the play, as the Black Cats defended doggedly and kept the visitors at bay.Benoit Assou-Ekotto clipped the outside of the post from 30 yards, Luka Modric forced a save from Simon Mignolet and Gareth Bale headed on to the roof of the net, as Spurs could not find a breakthrough.

         Stoke City 2-1 Wolves

Peter Crouch's second-half header earned Stoke City victory to leave Wolves struggling at the bottom of the Barclays Premier League.Crouch headed in a Jermaine Pennant cross just after the hour mark to complete a fine comeback and move Stoke up to 11th in the division.Wolves took the lead when Michael Kightly's ball into the box sailed straight into the Stoke net, but the Potters levelled when Robert Huth fired home before Crouch won it to leave Wolves six points adrift of safety.

             Sunday BPL results:

            Man Utd 2-0 Queens Park Rangers

Manchester United strengthened their position at the top of the Barclays Premier League by overcoming battling Queens Park Rangers.The match swung in United's favour on 15 minutes when they were awarded a penalty for Shaun Derry's challenge on Ashley Young - which earned the Rangers' man a red card.Wayne Rooney despatched the spot-kick, but 10-man Rangers held out until 68 minutes when Paul Scholes lashed home from 20 yards.Michael Carrick rattled the post with a powerful long-range drive but although United did not add to their total, they comfortably held on for the win.

         Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City

Mikel Arteta struck a brilliant late winner as Arsenal dealt Manchester City's Barclays Premier League title hopes a huge blow.The Spaniard rifled in a low drive from 25 yards on 87 minutes to secure a victory which leaves City eight points behind rivals Manchester United with six matches left to play.Arsenal had come closer to scoring during play with Robin van Persie twice seeing headers come back off the woodwork, while Joe Hart tipped a Theo Walcott effort on to the post.But Arteta's late goal secured an eighth win in nine League matches for the third-placed Gunners - while City's miserable afternoon was complete as Mario Balotelli was sent off for a second yellow card in the dying minutes.

Tiger Woods a weekend move

Tiger Woods birdied 2 early holes at Masters early in his third round Saturday.  Before Tiger Woods tried to make a weekend move at the Masters, he needed to get his long game, his putter and, yes, even his temper back in check. He appeared to be doing all that. Woods made back-to-back birdies on Nos. 3 and 4, cutting an eight-shot deficit to six, with leaders Fred Couples and Jason Dufner still hours away from their tee times. It was a good early rebound for Woods after a second round filled with bad shot-making and missed putts that had him tossing and kicking his clubs by the end. Last year, he trailed by as many as seven but briefly got into the lead on Sunday before finishing fourth. By making up two shots early Saturday, he moved to 1 over for the tournament and up to a tie for 32nd place through five holes after starting the day in 40th. Couples and Dufner had a one-shot lead over a group of six, including Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy. Woods was among the 63 players who made the cut, the most since 1992 the year Couples, now 52, won his only green jacket. Woods has won four since then and appeared to have his game back in shape after two years of personal and professional turmoil. He won in Orlando last month for this first PGA Tour victory in 30 months and was the favorite coming into the year s first major.

Barcelona Capable Of beating Chelsea says Zendon

Zenden A Dutchman Believes that Barcelona are the strongest side to beat Chelsea by any means.

Former Netherlands international Boudewijn Zenden thinks that Barcelona are the team to beat in the Champions League, and added that they have more quality than their semi-final opponents Chelsea The 35-year-old, who wore the jerseys of both the Blaugrana and the Blues during his playing career, feels that the semi-final between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid is less predictable, but is hoping for an all-Spanish final.

"Barcelona are the favourites to win the Champions League. They are a better team than Chelsea. They have more quality and it's a big advantage that the second leg takes place at Camp Nou," Zenden said to COMRadio.

"The tie between Bayern and Madrid is much more even. It's hard to say how that one will go. I'm putting my money on Real, because a final between Barcelona and Madrid would be great. They are the best teams around at the moment."

Zenden has been without a club ever since he left Sunderland in the summer of 2011, but has yet to officially retire.

Davis Cup clash

Czech number one Tomas Berdych has been drawn against Serbian number two Viktor Troicki. The match in the opening rubber of their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final starting here on Friday. Berdych, ranked seventh, holds a 2-1 record against 27th-ranked Troicki but it will be the first time the pair have met on clay. Radek Stepanek will then take on Janko Tipsarevic, ranked eighth, in the 02 Arena, before the doubles teams of Frantisek Cermak and Lukas Rosol for the Czechs and Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac for the Serbs go head-to-head on Saturday. Tipsarevic has a 2-1 career record against Stepanek but the Czech player won their only previous meeting on clay in Barcelona three years ago. The teams are 5-5 in previous meetings, with Serbia winning their last confrontation in the 2010 semi-finals before going on to lift the title. The winners will meet either Argentina or Croatia in September s semi-finals.

Speed of thought "Lionel Messi"

For many years Maradona was one half of the great debate as to who was the best ever player: him or Brazilian Pele. But with Messi’s recent record-breaking exploits, many consider him to be a legitimate contender for that theoretic title. And while Maradona has never been shy in publicising his own claims over Pele’s, he is less willing to blow his own trumpet when compared to his Argentine compatriot. “The (best player) lists make me laugh but there is one ability, most of all one, that no one has ever had like Leo and myself: speed of thought,” Maradona told Saturday’s Gazzetta dello Sport. “When I coached him the thing I saw in him that reminded me of myself was the lightning understanding of how the move would develop. “It’s an innate quality worthy of a computer. Had we been able to communicate with someone who thought at the same speed we could have both given even more.” Looking just at today’s players, Maradona says Messi is in a leaue of his own but he has a surprise in his top three. “My rankings would be Messi, (Cristiano) Ronaldo and then Ibra (Zlatan Ibrahimovic) and (Wayne) Rooney together and (Sergio) Kun Aguero is in the top 10 but he’s rising.” Maradona also turned his attentions to his problems with the Italian taxman, repeating his oft stated claim that he does not owe the 38 million euros being claimed. And Maradona insists he’s been treated unfairly. “I’m not a tax evader, I hate tax-evaders and so I’m twice as bitter about this situation,” he said. “I have a decision from 1994 that says I don’t owe anything but I don’t understand why the cards changed on the table. “The thing I want to know is why am I the only one persecuted. “Ferlaino, who signed the contracts with me, lives calmly in Naples, my ex-agent Coppola, who prepared them, comes and goes to Italy without any problems. “And yet every time I put my feet down (in Italy) I’m subjected to the humiliation of being stripped of watches and earrings.” Customs officers have been ordered to seize anything of value from Maradona when he comes to Italy to help pay off his debt.

Delhi Daredevils Wins Against Kolkata knightriders

‎Irfan Pathan great knock leads Delhi Daredevils to get a comfortable victory.
KKR 97/9 in 12 Overs
Shukla 26 (17) | D Das 18 (9)
M Morkel 3-18 | U Yadav 2-9

DD 100/2 in 11.1 Overs
I. Pathan 42*(20) | A Finch 30 (27)
R Bhatia 1-7 | J Kallis 1-2