Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres combined to destroy Real Madrid’s Champions League ambitions as Liverpool powered into the quarterfinals with four goals on the night and 5-0 on aggregate at Anfield. Former Atletico Madrid striker Torres made the breakthrough from close range after 16 minutes of Liverpool pressure when he fired home from close range before Gerrard’s double destroyed any lingering doubts. “The most important thing for me was to win the game and book our place in the last eight and it was a fantastic team performance,” Gerrard told ITV.
Tag Archives: game
Comment: Beckham deal ‘wake-up call’ for U.S. soccer league
David Beckham is a man who knows his own mind and has the courage of his convictions. And that’s why, instead of heading back to LA to help revive the struggling Galaxy, he’s fought tooth and nail to stay in Italy to pursue la dolce vita with AC Milan
Terror Returns to Northern Ireland
It was supposed to be a thing of the past.
Football First XI: Best goals ever
All goals count, so we’re told.
Fans: ‘Cricket loses its innocence in Pakistan’
Cricket has long been considered the gentleman’s game — a sport in which the tenets of fair play and respect for authority are so revered that it introduced a colloquialism to describe something unacceptable: "It’s just not cricket." Cricket fans around the world found themselves shaking their heads and muttering just that Tuesday morning, after gunmen in Pakistan opened fire on a bus carrying members of the Sri Lankan national team on their way to a stadium for a match. At least six security people were killed and at least eight members of the Sri Lankan team were wounded in the well-coordinated attack in the eastern city of Lahore. No one immediately claimed responsibility.
Wind power helps ski resort during recession
Imagine climbing 276 steps to change a light bulb. That’s all in a day’s work for Rian Harford
Debate: Football or soccer?
It’s time this debate was settled once and for all. While it may be a basic discussion; arguing whether the beautiful game should be called “football” or “soccer” is one of the most fundamental debates of the code
United held by Inter as Arsenal shade Roma
Jose Mourinho drew first blood in his battle with old adversary Alex Ferguson as Serie A leaders Inter Milan denied Manchester United a vital away goal in their Champions League first leg clash at the San Siro on Wednesday.
The Man Who Warned Baseball About Steroids
The 1998 baseball season was a party of epic proportions, the equivalent of an all-nighter with the music cranked and every care in the world, or at least the anger and bitterness of the 1994-95 players’ strike, easily forgotten. The 1998 Yankees, the winningest team of all time, were just part of the fun for Bud Selig, whose caretaking role as interim commissioner finally ended in midsummer. Bud Selig, who had owned the Milwaukee Brewers, was the ultimate insider.
British couple rescued after 40 days adrift at sea
A British couple have been rescued from their 13-meter yacht in the Atlantic Ocean after they drifted for weeks with a broken rudder.