Some Major European Weekend League Results

EPL   (English Premier League)

Aston Villa         0  -  0    Southampton (Soton)
Cardiff                1  -  1    Stoke
Tottenham          3  -  1    Fulham
Newcastle           1  -  2    Swansea
West Ham          0  -   1    Crystal Palace
Chelsea               1  -  2    Sunderland
Hull                    0  -   3    Arsenal
Norwich             2  -   3    Liverpool
Everton              2  -   0    Man United
Man City               -         West Brom

 

German Bundesliga 

Hamburg             1   -  3    Wolfsburg
E. Frankfurt         2  -   3     Hannover 96
Werder Bremen   3  -   1     Hoffenheim
SC Freiburg         4  -   2     B. M'gladbach
Augsburg             0  -   0     Hertha Berlin
E. Braunschweig  0  -   2    Bayern
B. Dortmund        4  -   2    Mainz  05
Nurnberg              1  -   4    Leverkusen
Stuttgart                3  -   1   Schalke  04

Spanish La Liga 

Atletico Madrid    2  -  0    Elche
Real Sociedad       2  -  1    Espanyol
Levante                 0  -  0    Getafe
Osasuna                1  -   1    Valencia
Almeria                 2  -  4    Celta de Vigo
Rayo Vallecano    3  -  1     Real Betis
Sevilla                   4  -  0     Granada
Barcelona              2  -  1     Athletic Bilboa
Malaga                      -         Villarreal

Italian Serie A

Atalanta             1  -   2     Verona
Genoa                1  -   2     Cagliari
Chievo               0  -   1     Sassuolo
Catania              2  -   1     Sampdoria
Lazio                 3  -   3     Torino
Milan                 3   -  0     Livorno
Udinese             1   -  1     Napoli
Juventus            1   -  0     Bologna
Parma                0  -   2     Inter
Fiorentina          0  -   1     Roma

French Ligue 1  

St Etienne          0  -  0     Rennes
Monaco             1  -   0    Nice
Bastia                2  -   1    Ajaccio
Reims                0  -   1    Sochaux
Bordeaux           5  -   1    Guingamp
Lorient               4  -   4    Montpellier
Valenciennes     2  -   6    Nantes
Marseille           0  -   0    Lille
PSG                       -         Evian Thonon
Toulouse               -         Lyon

Portuguese Premeira Liga

Vitoria Guimaraes   2  -  3   Arouca
Belenenses               0  -  1   Sporting
Pacos de Ferreira     0  -  5    Nacional
Maritimo                  3  -  1   Academica
Gil Vicente               0  -  0   Estotil Praia
Benfica                     2  -  0   Olhanense
Vitoria Setubal             -       Sporting Braga
Porto                             -       Rio Ave

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Bale Wins Copa del Rey For Real Madrid

Gareth Bale (24), scored an amazing winning goal in the Copa del Rey final between Real Madrid and their arch rival Barcelona, at the Mestalla Stadium, in Valencia.

In the 85th minute of the match, the scoreline was still 1 - 1, when Bale who joined Real Madrid from Tottenham last summer, as the most expensive player in the world (€100m), received a pass about 50 to 60m in the left flank inside his own half of the pitch.

 He then kicked the ball forward and took off after it, with such a lightening speed, that the Barcelona player marking him, Marc Bartra, was in shock. Even Bale had to step outside the pitch, as he out ran Bartra and scored a fantastic goal, in between the legs of the goalkeeper, Jose Pinto. A beautiful solo action that was decisive, indeed.

Gareth Bale, Luke Mudric and the Trophy

Gareth Bale, really delivered as everyone was looking at him to do so, especially as Cristiano Ronaldo was out due to the injury, he suffered during the Champions League quater final encounter against Schalke 04.

During the press conference after the match, the Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, said that he was in a perfect position and saw the action of the Welshman at the critical moment of the game.

''I had the perfect view. It was a fantastic goal from an extra-ordinary player. We 're lucky he plays for Real Madrid. It's certainly the most important goal of his career. It came at a decisive point of the match,'' the very elated coach said.

Bale's team-mate Xabi Alonzo added, ''It was incredible, I have never seen anything like it.'' He further described it as ''amazing''.

Gareth Bale said about his action, ''I had to get round the player and go off the pitch to do it,'' he laughed. It was good to get the goal.''

''It looked like the ball was going out, but he kept pushing and ran off the field to get it. It was amazing,'' Xabi Alonzo, added.

When Bale was asked what did Ronaldo say to him as the team was celebrating winning the cup, he replied, he said ''Congratulations.''

There is nothing left to be said in such a performance at a critical moment, in such a big stage, but to join Ronaldo and say congratulations.
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Manchester City - Best Paid Sport Team

The English Premier League club, Manchester City is the best paid sport team in the world according to the research conducted by ESPN Magazine and Sportingintelligence.

According to the report Man City players top the 10 best paid sport teams. The first team players of the club earns an average of €6.488m per annum. Of the ten listed teams in the survey, two are from basketball and two from Baseball. Six teams are from football.

The second best paid team is baseball team of NY Yankees, €6.426m, the third team that pays their players very high is the baseball team of LA Dodgers around €6.223m.

4th is Real Madrid €6.070m
5th.  Barcelona  €5.958m
6th.  Brooklyn Nets €5.452m
7th.  Bayern Munich €5.351m
8th.  Man United  €5.254m
9th.  Chicago Bulls €4.844m
10th. Chelsea €4.843m

The above mentioned earning is only for playing sport and it those not contain endorsements etc according to Sportingintelligence.

''The Global Sports Salaries Survey looks solely at earnings for playing sport, not for endorsements or other extra-curricular activities,'' states the Sportingintelligence website. Read also: africanfootie.blogspot.com

Pacquiao Defeats Bradley In Second Match

The Filipino boxer, Manny Pacquiao (35), defeated Timothy Bradley (30), on Saturday, in Las Vegas in a World Boxing Organisation (WBO) welterweight Champion bout.

Pacquiao topped Bradley in a convincing 12 round unanimous decision to avenge his loss to him in 2012 split verdict.

The last weekend fight was a duel that many thought that Pacquuiao could not win, because Bradley was not only very strong and had beaten him before in their last fight, but he was also an unbeaten champion.



Pacquiao vs Bradley

Many people who used this logic to bet against Pacquiao in the match, forgot that he was an eight - time World Champion and an incredible resilient fighter. He demostrated that in the fight on Saturday.
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After he regained the champions belt, he sets his sight on fighting the WBC welterweight champion, Floyd Mayweather, which many boxing fans wants to see happen for many years, but it seems very elusive due to one thing or the other every time.

The new champion, Pacquiao said about a fight against Mayweather, ''The line is open 24 hours, seven days a week. If he wants to fight, the fight will be on.''

The fight record of Manny Pacquiao is 56 wins, 5 losses, and 2 draws while that of Floyd Mayweather (37) is 45 wins, no loss and no draw.

Some Major Weekend European league Results

Dutch Eredivisie

Groningen           2  -  1    NAC Breda
G.A Eagles          0  -  2    Heerenveen
Twente                3  -  0    Roda JC
Cambuur             4  -  3    Vitesse
Ajax                    3  -  2    Ado Den Haag
Utrecht                2  -  1    Heracles
RKC Waalwijk   1  -  1    Zwolle
AZ Alkmaar        1  -  1   NEC
PSV                     0  -  2   Feyenoord

EPL

Crystal Palace    1  -  0    Aston Villa
Fulham               1  -  0    Norwich
West Brom         3  -  3    Tottenham
Stoke                  1  -  0    Newcastle
Sunderland         0  -  1    Everton
Soton                  0  -  1    Cardiff
Liverpool            3  -  2    Man City
Swansea              0  -  1    Chelsea

Spanish La Liga

Osasuna             0  -  0    R. Valladolid
Real Madrid       4  -  0   Almeria
Granada             1  -   0   Barcelona
Villarreal           1  -   0   Levante
Celta de Vigo    2  -   2   Real Sociedad
Real Betis          0  -   2   Sevilla
Velencia            2  -   1   Elche
Getafe               0  -   2   Atletico Madrid
Espanyol           2  -   2   Rayo Vallecano
Athletic Bilboa     -        Malaga

German Bundesliga

Mainz 05           3  -  0    Werder Bremen
M'gladbach       1  -  1     Stuttgart
Hannover 96     2  -  1     Hamburg
Freiburg            2  -  0     E. Braunschweig
Wolfsburg        4  -  1      Nurnberg
Bayern              0  -  3     Dortmund
Hoffenheim      2  -  0     Augsburg
Leverkusen      2  -  1      Hertha
Schalke 04       2  -  0      E. Frankfurt

Italian Serie A

Roma              3  -   1     Atalanta
Milan              1  -   0     Catania
Sassuolo         1  -   1     Cagliari
Verona            3  -   5     Fiorentina
Torino             2  -   1     Genoa
Sampdoria      0  -   4      Inter
Napoli            4  -    2     Lazio
Livorno          2  -    4     Chievo
Bologna         1  -    1     Parma
Udinese               -         Juventus

French Ligue 1

Montpellier       2  -  3    Marseille
Sochaux            2  -  0    Toulouse
Rennes              0  -  1    Monaco
Nice                  1  -  2    Lorient
Evian Thonon   2  -  1    Bastia
Ajaccio             1  -  1    Bordeaux
Lille                  1  -  0    Valenciennes
Lyon                 1  -  0    PSG
Reims               2  -  2    St Etienne
Nantes              1  -  0    Guingamp

Portuguese Premeira Liga

Academica           1  -  1   Vitoria Setubal
Sporting Lisbon   2  -  0    Gil Vicente
Rio Ave                1  -  2   Olhanense
Belenenses           3  -  1    Vitoria Guimaraes
Nacional               2  -  0    Maritimo
Braga                    1  -  3    Porto
Arouca                  0  -  2    Benfica

Sanders Sorry For Marijuana Use

The NBA star, Larry Sanders (25), who plays for the NBA franchise Milwaukee Bucks, said that he was sorry for having used marijuana, which was a violation of the NBA's drug policy.

Sanders was suspended for five days without pay.After the decision to suspend him was taken, he issued an apology on friday for his violation of the drug policy, while still maintaining his support for marijuana for medicinal use.

He said that he has taken the responsibility for his action. '' I take full responsibility for my actions.''

Larry Sanders of Milwaukee Bucks

 

In his interview with the NBA website, he defended the use of marijuana.
'' It's something I feel strongly about, just to let you know something personal about me, I will deal with the consequences from it,'' he said.

''It's a banned substance in my league. But I believe in marijuana and the medical side of it. I know what it is if I'm going to use it.''

''I study it and I know the benefits it has. In a lot of
 ways we've been deprived. You can't really label it with so many other drugs that people can be addicted to and have so many negative effects on your body and your family and your relationships and impairment. This is not the same thing.''

''The stigma is that it's illegal. I hate that. Once this becomes legal, this all will go away. But I understand for my work it's a banned substance. I will deal with the consequences and I apologise again to my fans for that,'' he said.

His team Milwaukee Bucks management released a statement which read,
''Larry Sanders has a responsibility to every person in our organisation and our fans. We are all disappointed by the news of his suspension.''

Some Major European Weekend League Results

EPL

Fulham             1  -  3    Everton
Man United      4  -  1    Aston Villa
C. Palace          1  -  0    Chelsea
Soton                4  -  0    Newcastle United
Stoke                1  -  0    Hull
Swansea           3  -  0    Norwich
West Brom       3  -  3    Cardiff
Arsenal             1  -  1    Man City
Liverpool          4  -  0    Tottenham

Spanish La Liga

Getafe               0  -  1    Villarreal
Real Sociedad   1  -  0    Real Valladolid
Almeria             2  -  2    Valencia
Levante             1  -  3    Real  Betis
Espanyol           0  -  1    Barcelona
Celta de Vigo    1  -  0    Sevilla
Athletic Bilbao  1  -  2   Atletico Madrid
Osasuna             1  -  1   Real Sociedad
Real Madrid       5  -  0   Rayo Vallecano
Valencia             1  -  3   Getafe

German Bundesliga  

Schalke 04         2  -  0    Hertha Berlin
Wolfsburg          2  -  1    E. Frankfurt
Stuttgart             2  -  3    B. Dortmund
Freiburg             3  -  2    Nurnberg
Bayern               3  -  3    Hoffenheim
Leverkusen        1  -  1    E. Braunschweig
Mainz 05           3  -  0    Augsburg
Hannover 96      1  -  2    Werder Bremen
M'gladbach        3  -  1     Hamburg

Italian Serie A

Inter                   0  -  0    Udinese
Bologna             0  -  2    Atalanta
Milan                 3  -  0    Chievo
Sassuolo            0  -  2    Roma
Lazio                 3  -  2    Parma
Sampdoria         0  -  0    Fiorentina
Torino                2  - 1    Cagliari
Verona               3  - 0    Genoa
Napoli                2  - 0    Juventus

French Ligue 1

Rennes               3  -  0   Bastia
Nice                   0  -  1   PSG
Reims                 1  -  1   Lorient
Evian Thonon    1  -  0   Monaco
Nantes                0  -  0   Bordeaux
Ajaccio               2  -  2   Toulouse
Montpellier         0  -  0   Valencienes
Sochaux              1  -  1    Marseille
Lyon                    1  -  2   St Etienne
Lille                     1  -  0   Guingamp

Dutch Eredivisie

NAC Breda           2  -  2    Utrecht
PSV                       2  -  3    Groningen
Vitesse                   2  -  2    Heerenveen
NEC                       1  -  2    Heracles
Ado Den Haag       1  -  1    Zwolle
Cambuur                0  -  0    AZ
Roda JC                 0  -  1    RKC
Ajax                       3  -  0    Twente
Feyenoord              5  -  0    Go Ahead Eagles

Portuguese Premeira Liga

Belenenses             1  -  1    Pacos de Ferreira
Sporting Lisbon     1  -  0    Vitoria Guimaraes
Academica             2  -  1    Olhanense
Sporting Braga       0  -  1    Benfica
Arouca                    1  -  0    Vitoria Setubal
Estoril Praia            0  -  1    Rio Ave
Gil Vicente             1  -  1    Maritimo
Nacional                 2  -  1    Porto