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- FC Barcelona were crowned European champions for a third time – and the second in four seasons – as a vibrant display of pass and move, capped by goals in either half from Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi, defeated Manchester United FC in Rome.
- United, bidding to become the first team to successfully defend the trophy in the UEFA Champions League era, began an open contest at breakneck speed as Cristiano Ronaldo threatened three times.
- After ten minutes, however, Eto'o put the Spanish champions ahead and they never looked back.
- Xavi Hernández struck a post early in the second period and, though the clinching second goal did not arrive until the 70th minute – via, unusually, the head of Messi – Josep Guardiola's side were worthy winners.
- The 38-year-old becomes the sixth man to lift the European Champion Clubs' Cup as player and coach; United are the sixth club to lose the final as holders.
Delhi Daredevils 173 for 7 (Karthik 44*, de Villiers 44, Ojha 2-26) beat Deccan Chargers 161 (Gilchrist 64, Symonds 41, Bhatia 4-15, Sangwan 3-18) by 12 runs- Bhatia, arguably the best allrounder in India's domestic cricket, announced himself on the world stage tonight.
- Everything about Bhatia, his pace, his demeanour, his run-up, suggest an innocuous medium-pacer, but he was canny and deadly at the death, taking four wickets for four runs as Deccan Chargers choked to lose once again to Delhi Daredevils.
- Chasing 174 Deccan needed 25 in three overs, with six wickets in hand, but lost them all for just 12 runs.
Singles - Second Round[1] R Nadal (ESP) d J Melzer (AUT) 63 61 [3] N Djokovic (SRB) d [WC] O Hernandez (ESP) 63 63 [5] J Del Potro (ARG) d T Berdych (CZE) 62 41 ret. (left leg)[6] A Roddick (USA) d [Q] T Haas (GER) 16 76(9) 64 [8] G Simon (FRA) d [Q] F Fognini (ITA) 63 62 [10] N Davydenko (RUS) d F Serra (FRA) 75 63
[11] S Wawrinka (SUI) d J Chardy (FRA) 64 75 [WC] J Monaco (ARG) d [12] D Ferrer (ESP) 64 64P Kohlschreiber (GER) d [13] M Cilic (CRO) 61 67(5) 76(2)[14] J Blake (USA) d I Karlovic (CRO) 67(4) 64 76(4)
A Seppi (ITA) d S Querrey (USA) 63 46 64
Doubles - Second RoundS Aspelin (SWE) / W Moodie (RSA) d [1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) 67(4) 61 11-9
F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) d [3] OHernandez(ESP) / A Montanes (ESP) 63 62S Huss (AUS) / R Hutchins (GBR) d [4] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) 64 75
J Del Potro (ARG) / M Fish (USA) d [6] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) 63 64M Granollers (ESP) / T Robredo (ESP) d [7] M Mirnyi (BLR) / A Ram (ISR) 57 62 14-12Doubles - First RoundA Fisher (AUS) / T Parrott (USA) d S Bolelli (ITA) / A Seppi (ITA) 46 63 14-12N Djokovic (SRB) / D Vemic (SRB) d J Coetzee (RSA) / J Kerr (AUS) 76(4) 63
- Barca won their 25th cup yesterday against Athletic Club by 4-1
- Moments after the start Athletic took the lead by 1-0
- The only team in the world to play passing football at its best
- With the likes of Messi, Bojan, Xavi and Eto'o at the front they were attacking the Athletic defence
- But it was a magic and a stupendous goal from Yaya Toure in the 30th min to level the scores
- The caravan took off from there, after the half time one after the other went inside the net, Athletic defence were mere spectators in the front of Messi's magic
- The team deserved the victory and coach credited the team for the merit's he got
- The coach was flying in the air after the victory when the players were celebrating with him
- The new Era with Pep has began with a Copa Del Rey
- A treble is at the sight, No doubts that this team is going to make it this season
- It was a treat to watch Barca Players going upto the stands of Athletic fans and waved Athletics flags to appreciate them for their support
- At the stroke of 00:06 Puyol Lifted a major trophy for Barca after two years
- Barca is more than a club
Kings XI vs Royals 4.00 p.m ISTDelhi vs Knight Riders 8.00 p.m ISTOrange Cap - MatthewHaydenPurple Cap - Yusuf Abdullah
Chennai Super Kings 178 for 3 (Hayden 43, Dhoni 58*) beat Deccan Chargers 100 (Smith 49, Jakati 4-22) by 78 runs
- CSK soared to the top of the points table in dramatic fashion, recording their third consecutive win in a comprehensive defeat of Deccan Chargers at Buffalo Park
- The game had everything: excellent swing that had Deccan reeling at 1 for 3, left-arm spin from Shadab Jakati that gave him his second consecutive four-wicket haul and ripped the heart out of Deccan's batting, and two whirlwind innings, one by Dwayne Smith that could only stave off the inevitable and another by MS Dhoni, at the start of the match, to set up the win
- Much of that, and a dropped catch and a missed run-out, took place in a frenetic opening ten overs of Deccan's chase that had more twists, turns and frenetic passages of play than an entire Twenty20 match
Kings XI Punjab 154 for 4 (Jayawardene 52*, Katich 34) beat Kolkata 
Knight Riders 153 for 3 (Hodge 70*) by six wickets- Four dropped catches undid Hodge's impressive half-century and took Kings XI back into the top four of the IPL table after they chased down 154 to beat the KKR by six wickets
- The match went to the final ball but Punjab clearly outperformed Kolkata through the chase. Jayawardene, who scored an unbeaten 41-ball 52, and Irfan Pathan held their nerve to ensure the match didn't need the Super Over
Royal Challengers Bangalore 150 for 1 (Kallis 69*, Uthappa 66*) beat Mumbai Indians 149 for 4 (Jayasuriya 52, Bravo 50*, du Preez 3-32) by nine wic
kets- What a difference a week makes. Last Sunday, Royal Challengers Bangalore were at the bottom of the table, had slumped to their fourth consecutive defeat, and were looking ahead to surviving without two key batsmen, Dravid and Pietersen
- Now, after a thoroughly dominant performance against Mumbai Indians they are jostling for a share of the top spot
- The reversal of fortunes was illustrated by the two men who blunted the powerful Mumbai bowling, Kallis and Uthappa, who shrugged off their forgettable starts to the tournament with superbly paced half-centuries
Ireland had started the weekend two points behind defending champions Switzerland but utterly dominated the weekend to eventually take the title by a comfortable 17-point margin.RESULTS: Sprint race1 Ireland Adam Carroll
2 India Narain Karthikeyan
3 Mexico Salvador Durán
4 U
SA J.R. Hildebrand
5 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
6 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
7 Australia John Martin
8 Switzerland Neel Jani
9 France Nicolas Prost
10 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi
11 Germany Michael Ammermüller
12 Indonesia Satrio Hermanto
13 Great Britain Dan Clarke
14 China Cheng Cong Fu
15 South Africa Alan van der Merwe
16 Malaysia Aaron Lim
17 Lebanon Daniel Morad
18 New Zealand Earl Bamber
19 Monaco Clivio Piccione - Brazil Felipe Guimarães
RESULTS: Feature race1 Ireland Adam Carroll
2 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
3 Switzerland Neel Jani
4 Monaco Clivio Piccione
5 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
6 Mexico Salvador Durán
7 Great Britain Dan Clarke
8 Australia John Martin
9 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi
10 France Nicolas Prost
11 South Africa Alan van der Merwe
12 Lebanon Daniel Morad
13 Indonesia Satrio Hermanto
14 USA J.R. Hildebrand
15 Malaysia Aaron Lim
16 Germany Michael Ammermüller
17 New Zealand Earl Bamber
18 China Cheng Cong Fu
19 India Narain Karthikeyan - Brazil Felipe Guimarães
Djokovic took the world number one to a first-set tie-break but Nadal won 7-6 (7-2) before claiming the second set 6-2.
Singles - Final[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [3] N Djokovic (SRB) 76(2) 62Doubles - Final[2] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d [1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) 76(5) 63
Italy Serie ACatania 0-2 ( Inzaghi 27:00, Kaka 51:00 ) AC Milan
Palermo ( Migliaccio 29:00, Miccoli 37:00, Tedesco 52:00, Cavani 57:00, Succi 88:00 Scored ) 5-1 ( Jeda 47:00 ) Cagliari
Roma 0-0 Chievo
Juventus ( Nedved 54:00, 66.00 ) 2-2 ( Konan 11:00, Castillo 90:00(4:00) ) Lecce
Fiorentina ( Vargas 57:00 ) 1-0 Torino Barclays Premier League
Liverpool ( Benayoun 21:33, Kuyt 27:27, Lucas 86:46 ) 3-0 Newcastle
Sunderland 0-2 ( Pienaar 47:31, Fellaini 70:29 ) Everton Spanish Primera LigaRacing Santander 0-2 ( Juanma Ortiz 2:29, 12.06 ) Almeria
Deportivo La Coruna ( Lassad 6:57 ) 
1-0 Valladolid
Osasuna ( Pandiani 25:07 ) 1-2 ( Martin 80:56, Morris 90:00(4:32) ) Recreativo Huelva Sporting Gijon ( Bilic 59:51 ) 1-1 ( Iraola A. 90 ) Athletic Bilbao
Mallorca ( Jurado 8:03, Aduriz 67:50 ) 2-1 ( Navarro 46:04 ) Getafe
Espanyol ( Román Martínez 65,Pareja 82:19,Nene 90:00(5:51) Scored ) 3-0 Valencia
Real Betis 0-2 ( Forlan 13:48, 88.36 ) Atletico Madrid
Pakistan 254 for 3 (Akmal 116*, Misbah 76*) beat Australia 250 for 4 (Watson 116*, Ferguson 41*) by seven wickets- A scintillating century from Kamran Akmal helped guide Pakistan to book-ending victories in the five-match ODI series against Australia.
- Akmal's knock off 115 balls, his fifth ODI century, meant he top scored in both of Pakistan's successful run-chases this series and begged the question as to why he had not batted in the top four throughout.
- Right from the word go, Blaugranes were attacking the Meringues
- A simple mistake in the defence made Higuain to head one inside the net and made the score sheet 1-0
- Nothing worried Barca, even 1-0 lead or live score board ticking Barca 81 to madrid's 80
- Henry came up with a magic, breezing past the madrid defence and scored the equalizer
- Moments later xavi's free kick was headed by Captain Puyol
- Madrid started feeling the pressure their winter signing Diarra was sloppy just outside the box were messi found the ball and sprinted like the lightning bolt and netted it
- 1-3 at half time, everyone expected Madrid to put up some fight
- It happened with a free kick from Robben headed by the Sergio Ramos, score was 2-3
- Henry again produced a magic, after passing two defenders, casillas started charging in then Henry finished it off from the edge of the box
- Then came the real Barca goal quick passing inside the box and Messi finished it off in style
- Pique added misery to Madrid when he struck one to make it 2-6
- 2-6 is the best ever outing between both the teams in an away match
Barclays Premier League
Middlesbrough 0-2 ( Giggs 24:02, Park 50:28 ) Man Utd Portsmouth 0-3 ( Bendtner 12:53, 40.06 scored, Vela 55:28 ) Arsenal Wigan 0-0 Bolton
Man City ( Caicedo 26:01, Robinho 33:15, Elano 45:00(1:37) Scored ) 3-1 ( Diouf 65:02 Saved, Andrews 65:30 ) Blackburn
Stoke 0-1 ( Tristan 32:09 ) West Ham
Chelsea ( Anelka 0:51, Malouda 9:43, Drogba 52:50 ) 3-1 ( Nevland 3:46 ) Fulham
Tottenham ( Jenas 42:30 ) 1-0 West Brom 
Italy Serie ABologna ( Moras 86:00 ) 1-2 ( Brienza 40:00, Barreto 46:00 ) Reggina
Inter Milan ( Ibrahimovic 58:00, Muntari 70:00 ) 2-0 Lazio Spanish Primera Liga
Real Madrid ( Higuain 13:25, Sergio Ramos 55:17 ) 2-6 ( Henry 17:04, 57.38, Puyol 19:26, Messi 34:56, 74.18, Pique 82:14 ) Barcelona
Numancia ( Moreno 0:31, Del Pino 61:26, Aranda 78:24 Saved ) 2-0 MalagaVillarreal 0-2 (Luis Fabiano 57:02, Kanoute 84:06 ) Sevilla
Singles - Semi-finals[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [12] F Gonzalez (CHI) 63 63[3] N Djokovic (SRB) d [2] R Federer (SUI) 46 63 63Doubles - Semi-finals[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d [5] B Soares (BRA) / K Ullyett (ZIM) 61 36 10-7[2] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d [4] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) 64 67(6) 10-8
Rajasthan Royals 142 for 7 (Raut 36*, Carseldine 39) beat Deccan Chargers (Suman 41*) 141 for 5 by by three wickets
- Royals prevailed in a see-saw chase which included three wickets in two overs and 51 runs in seven.
- Disciplined spells of bowling were followed by some nerveless batting, though misfields and dropped catches from Deccan contributed to the close finish
Chennai Super Kings 163 (Badrinath 45, Nehra 3-27, Nannes 3-27) beat Delhi Daredevils (Karthik 52, Warner 51, Jakati 4-24) by 18 runs
- A superb bowling performance by left-arm spinner Jakati gave Super Kings their third win of the tournament and with it some momentum
- Chennai's total of 163 - built around a 66-run partnership between Raina and S Badrinath - seemed too little after they whimpered to a finish, but led by Jakati and Muralitharan they hit back at the clutch, disturbing a threatening stand and keeping Delhi to 145 as the IPL bandwagon landed in Johannesburg
- Karthik and Warner nearly brought a victory for Delhi but they failed to finish it off
Mumbai Indians 148 for 6 (Duminy 52*) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 139 for 6 (Hodge 73, Zaheer 3-31) by nine runs- KKR made a good attempt at causing possibly the biggest surprise of the season so far but fell short despite smart bowling for most of Mumbai's innings and a first fifty for them by Brad Hodge, who kept together a chase that threatened to fall away early on.
Royal Challengers Bangalore 145 for 9 (van der Merwe 35, Abdulla 4-36, Yuvraj 3-22) beat Kings XI Punjab 137 for 7 (Yuvraj 50, Praveen 2-27, K
umble 2-25) by eight runs- Having given up 14 runs in the 17th over, Praveen Kumar displayed admirable composure to bowl a four-run, double-wicket final over and seal an amazing eight-run win for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
- Two teams that met in Durban at contrasting positions in the IPL traded blows for 40 overs of a pulse-setting Twenty20 and, when it came to the crunch, Bangalore threw the biggest blow, derailing Kings XI Punjab from 70 for no loss to 137.
Australia 200 for 2 (Clarke 100*, Watson 85*) beat Pakistan 197 (Ahmed Shehzad 43, Shahid Afridi 40, Bollinger 5-35) by eight wickets- Stand-in Aussie captain Clarke produced a superb century to seal the 5-match series with a game to spare after an 8-wicket win in Abu Dhabi.
- An unbeaten 100, his 4th in odi and first as captain, was arguably his finest and was the key to Australia's comfortable pursuit of Pakistan's 197.
Singles - Quarter-finals[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [6] F Verdasco (ESP) 63 63
[2] R Federer (SUI) d [Q] M Zverev (GER) 76(3) 62[3] N Djokovic (SRB) [5] d J Del Potro (ARG) 63 64[12] F Gonzalez (CHI) d [Q] J Monaco (ARG) 26 63 64Doubles - Quarter-finals[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d [7] M Mirnyi (BLR) / A Ram (ISR) 46 64 11-9 [2] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d [8] J Coetzee (RSA) / J Kerr (AUS) 64 64[4] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) d [6] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) 63 64
[5] B Soares (BRA) / K Ullyett (ZIM) d [3] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) 75 63
Delhi Daredevils 150 for 4 (Dilshan 52*, Karthik 41, Shoaib 2-20) beat Deccan Chargers 148 for 9 (Smith 48, Nannes 2-16) by six wickets
- Tournament favourites Daredevils turned in a thoroughly professional performance in the clash of the heavyweights at SuperSport Park, beating Deccan by six wickets.
- Dilshan proved his worth yet again with an unbeaten fifty to steer his team to 149; he was supported by Karthik, who finally delivered with the bat after a disappointing season last year.
- This was Deccan's first defeat in the tournament and they now share points with Delhi at the top of the table, though with a better net run rate.
Chennai Super Kings 164 for 5 (Raina 98, Badrinath 29) beat Rajasthan Royals 126 for 9 (Jadeja 37, Balaji 4-21) by 38 runs
- In a demonstration of power-hitting with which he carried Super Kings in the first IPL, Suresh Raina again showed his ability to dominate and, when the need arose, get out of a jam.
- Chennai were in early trouble after being put in to bat but the early loss of the openers to Warne's introduction of spin didn't deter Raina, who dispatched the Royals attack to all parts of SuperSport Park.
- His one-man show was complemented by a disciplined and enthusiastic fielding display - including a wicket and two catches to the man of the moment - and Chennai wrapped up victory by 38 runs.
Dynamo Kyiv ( Chygrynskiy (o.g.) 22 ) 1 - 1 ( Fernandinho 68 ) ShakhtarFC Shakhtar Donetsk recovered from going behind, not to mention some early nerves, to earn a 1-1 draw against FC Dynamo Kyiv that leaves them with the narrowest of away-goals advantages in this UEFA Cup semi-final tie.Bremen 0 - 1 ( Trochowski 28 ) Hamburg
Hamburger SV took a significant step towards their first appearance in a European final since winning the European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1983 with a 1-0 win over Werder Bremen in the first leg of their UEFA Cup semi-final at the Weserstadion.
Singles - Third Round[1] R Nadal (ESP) d R Soderling (SWE) 61 60[2] R Federer (SUI) d [16] R Stepanek (CZE) 64 61[3] N Djokovic (SRB) d [13] T Robredo (ESP) 61 61[5] J Del Potro (ARG) d [10] S Wawrinka (SUI) 62 67(5) 63[6] F Verdasco (ESP) d R Gasquet (FRA) 75 64[Q] M Zverev (GER) d [8] G Simon (FRA) 64 61[12] F Gonzalez (CHI) d J Melzer (AUT) 36 63 75[Q] J Monaco (ARG) d [15] M Cilic (CRO) 64 64
Doubles - Second Round[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d J Knowle (AUT) / J Melzer (AUT) 64 63[2] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d J Blake (USA) / M Fish (USA) 63 46 10-6[3] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) d I Karlovic (CRO) / D Vemic (SRB) 61 61[4] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) d S Bolelli (ITA) / A Seppi (ITA) 76(5) 26 10-3[5] B Soares (BRA) / K Ullyett (ZIM) d M Melo (BRA) / A Sa (BRA) 62 64[6] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) d J Benneteau (FRA) / J Tsonga (FRA) 75 63[7] M Mirnyi (BLR) / A Ram (ISR) d [WC] D Bracciali (ITA) / P Starace (ITA) 75 63[8] J Coetzee (RSA) / J Kerr (AUS) d [WC] F Cipolla (ITA) / F Fognini (ITA) 61 75
