UEFA Champions League News: Manchester City Defeat All My Fault – Mancini

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THE LATEST UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE NEWS – Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini said that he did not prepare his side well into facing Dutch football champions Ajax in their latest Champions League defeat.

Ajax played past through rival City when goals from Siem de Jong, Niklas Moisander and Christian Eriksen followed the English side’s lone goal from Samir Nasri.  Mancini made three formation changes in the team for the match – a factor that, according to defender Micah Richards, contributed greatly to the loss.

UEFA Champions League News: Celtic Manager Neil Lennon Laments Loss to Barcelona

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THE LATEST UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE NEWS – Top Scottish football club Celtic recorded an impressive performance against Spanish giants Barcelona, but their loss disappointed their manager Neil Lennon.

As Barcelona played past through rival Celtic through a tie-breaking free kick from Jordi Alba during extra time, Lennon remarked that he is “very proud but I don’t like losing”. He said that he does not want his players’ winning determination to go down as the competition is still in its early stages.

Lennon said that the match gave his players “a real taste of playing in the Champions League at the highest level”, as he noted that they had a remarkable performance.

The War of Champions: UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012-13 Borussia Dortmund vs. Real Madrid

Match Date: October 25, 2012 (Thursday)
Match Time: 2:45 am (+08:00 GMT)
Venue: Signal-Iduna-Park (HOME: Borussia Dortmund)

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German champions Borussia Dortmund and Spanish champions Real Madrid will clash in another exciting UEFA Champions League Group D fixture - their third group match. Dortmund is second in the league table with four points from a draw and a win. Madrid sits at the top with two wins making six points.

Real Madrid have played past through rival Germans Borussia Dortmund without losing in three previous fixtures, including two sets during the 2002-03 Champions League season. While both sides have not met in recent times, each squad pose relative degrees of danger.

Dortmund’s form, compared to last season, could have potentially declined based on their matches this season. From being last year’s champions, they are currently fourth in the Bundesliga tables with a record of 12 points in eight games – a sharp contrast to frontrunners and domestic league title rivals Bayern Munich’s current 8-game, 24-point winning streak. A dismaying 1-2 home loss to Revierderby rivals Schalke 04 further exposed their frailties. Playmaker Jakub Blaszcykowski will not be fit to face Madrid, while defender Marcel Schmelzer and midfielders Ilkay Gundogan and Mario Gotze will return to the pitch as starters.

Having won the Champions League for a record nine times, Madrid is on the hunt for its 10th title and seems fixated in doing so. While being eight points behind El Clásico rivals and leaders Barcelona in La Liga, they have beaten English and Dutch top clubs Manchester City and Ajax in their previous Champions League group stage matches this season. Keen on going for another win, the Spanish top club will most likely make minimal, if no, changes to the club. Playmaker Mesut Ozil might make way for Kaka, while Gonzalo Higuain might serve as a replacement for Karim Benzema. Cristiano Ronaldo – the club’s chief talisman, will definitely be a starter.

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 Sebastian Vettel should stay with Red Bull for many years to come if he wants to win multiple world championships, according to his former boss Franz Tost.

The Toro Rosso team principal ran the German to his maiden grand prix win in Italy in 2008 before seeing Vettel leave for Red Bull the following year.

He believes that keeping a consistent line-up of drivers and team personnel is crucial to any outfit challenging for race wins and titles and thinks that Vettel, who is committed to Red Bull until at least the end of 2014, is in the best position possible.

Tost believes that Vettel has become the best driver in F1 and that he is central to any Red Bull success over the coming years.

"There will never be another Sebastian Vettel, just as there will never be another Michael Schumacher or Ayrton Senna," he added.

"Sebastian Vettel has become world champion because he has discovered himself - his own capacity and ability.

Djokovic made it!!!

Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Spain's Rafael Nadal, right, hold their trophies after Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal in the men's singles final at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Sunday, July 3, 2011.

Petra Kvitova wins Wimbledon title

Petra Kvitova won her first Grand Slam title Saturday by defeating Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 at Wimbledon, finishing with an ace and dropping to her knees in disbelief. 

Kvitova was playing in her first major final, but it was three-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova who showed her nerves. The 2004 Wimbledon winner double-faulted six times, including twice to get broken to 4-2 in the first set

The 21-year-old Czech is the first left-handed woman to win Wimbledon since Martina Navratilova in 1990. Using a fast and accurate forehand, Kvitova did little wrong on Centre Court as Czech greats Navratilova and Jana Novotna sat in the Royal Box with other former Wimbledon champions..

Nadal beats Murray to reach Wimbledon final

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Defending champion Rafael Nadal reached the Wimbledon final for the fifth time with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 win over Andy Murray on Friday.

After Murray won a close first set, the match turned dramatically in Nadal’s favor early in the second set. The fourth-seeded Briton was leading 2-1 and over-hit an easy forehand that would have given him two break points.

Instead, Nadal won the next seven games before easing to victory and a place in Sunday’s final against second-seeded Novak Djokovic.

Murray appeared to be slowed by a hip problem as he tried to become the first British man since 1938 to reach the final.

Nadal, who himself has a left foot injury, is unbeaten in 20 matches at Wimbledon since losing to Roger Federer in the 2007 final.








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