The Euro 2008 soccer competition

The Euro 2008 soccer competition kicks off this Saturday with Switzerland playing the Czech Republic. One familiar face to anyone who watched the Champions League final on TV will be Petr Cech, the Chelsea goalkeeper.

Germany are the tournament favourites, and they almost have home advantage with their games being played in neighbouring Austria. Italy, widely regarded as second favourites, have just suffered a huge blow with their captain Fabio Cannavaro being ruled out injured after a training ground clash with a team mate only 6 hours after arriving in Switzerland. He will sit out the full tournament.

Portugal are joint third favourites, largely due to Ronaldo's impressive season with Manchester United. He scored 42 goals, including the vital 1st half goal in the Champions League final. He also won "player of the year" in the English Premier League.

 

Russian Wins 2008 World Hockey Championship.

Russia beats Canada, wins 2008 World Hockey Championship in overtime in the final of the 2008 IIHF World Championship
in Canada to become world champions for the first time in 15 years.



Trailing the Canadians 2-4 in the third period on Sunday, two quick goals from Alexei Tereshchenko and Ilya Kovalchuk brought the Russians level.

And with almost three minutes into overtime and with Canadian

Russians come to win.

Uefa Cup final - Zenit 2-0 Rangers

Zenit St Petersburg deservedly lifted the Uefa Cup with a two-goal victory over Rangers in Manchester.

Ragby News

WITH Super 14 finals out of reach, Western Force coach John Mitchell has set his side the task of avoiding the unenviable record of losing to every other Australian side this season, foxsports.com reports. Having been pipped by the Waratahs and pumped by Queensland, the Force finish their third season with a visit from the ACT Brumbies on Friday.



And with Laurie Fisher stepping down after the game, Mitchell has said he intends to leave outgoing Brumbies' head coach with few good memories of his last game in charge.

“You can be remembered for your season finishing on a bad note or finishing on a good note, and both teams have an opportunity to finish 7-6 - that sounds a lot better than the other way,” Mitchell said.

“It is a local derby, and the Brumbies have been the benchmark of Australian rugby for a long time.

“The outcome (of the game) could be that (we lose to every Australian side), but more importantly it is about how we play.

“If that happens to be the case then we have to go back to the drawing board and find out why we have not performed against Australian teams this year.”

Allen Iverson.

Allen Iverson, playing in Philadelphia for the first time since being traded to Denver in December 2006, led all scorers with 32 points Wednesday night. But it was the 76ers who made the big plays down the stretch and spoiled their former MVP’s return with a 115-113 victory over the Nuggets, Philadelphia (AP) reports.



“I dreamed it up a certain way, and it was better than that,” Iverson said. “Everything was perfect but one thing, and that was not winning the game.”

Iverson misfired on a 20-foot jumper and Marcus Camby missed a put-back in the final seconds as the Nuggets lost their second straight and failed to pick up any ground in their bid for a playoff spot in the tough Western Conference.

“I almost had a perfect trip at my home away from home,” Iverson said.

Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975, in Hampton, Virginia), nicknamed A.I. is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. An 11-year veteran at the age of 32, he is considered to be one of the most prolific and consistent scorers in the history of the game (his career average of 27.8 points per contest is third all-time behind only Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain).

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Sport Diving.

Undoubtedly, diving is one of the most spectacular graceful and dramatic sports. Diving entered the Olympic Games as a new event almost a century ago. It was simply diving, as we know it today, and indeed, the 1996 program did not change a blink from the 1924 program. Now here comes some truly fancy diving: synchronized diving, or diving in pairs, which was introduced in the Sydney 2000 Games, doubling the program in more than one way.

Diving competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 10 to August 23, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.The 2008 Olympic Team Trials for diving will take place June 18-22 in Indianapolis, IN.

Engadin Ski Marathon.

Very beautiful picture, isn't it? More than 12 thousand competitors have taken part in the Engadin Ski Marathon on the second Sunday in March, crossing a 42km ski race through some of Switzerland's most amazing scenery.


(© AP Photo)



Competitors gather at the start, get whipped into a frenzy by music from Chariots of Fire, and take off Le-Mans-style across a couple of snow-covered lakes. Then a short climb up the 'Golan Heights' and the finish is just a whimper away!

Shooting Events.

No wonder that Olympic history abounds with tales and really fantastic stories of athletes who overcame extremely unfavorable adversity on the way to win gold medals, and stories about shooters are not an exception to the rule. For example Karoly Takacs' was part of Hungary's world-champion pistol-shooting team in 1938 when an army grenade exploded in his right hand. Ten years later, he won the first two gold medals in rapid-fire pistol - after teaching himself to shoot left-handed.



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Last Season Teddy Sheringham

Veteran former England striker Teddy Sheringham, who will turn 42 announced he will retire at the end of the season and will finally end his 26-year career, BBC reports. Sheringham said: "After a long and fun-filled career I have decided this season will be my last. "I've had a fantastic time and want to thank all those who have contributed to my career and helped me along the way."



Sheringham added: "I've no immediate thoughts about going into management but football has always been my life and hopefully I will be back at some point in the future.

"Until then I have to try and help Colchester United stay in the Championship."

My Dad wanted me to carry on and beat Sir Stanley Matthews' record but I feel this season is the right time to bow out”.