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DUBLIN: Jonny Wilkinson showed trademark nerves of steel to kick Toulon to glory over Clermont in a tense European Cup final.Ten years after kicking England to World Cup glory, the 33-year-old fly-half's left foot did the trick once again, converting Delon Armitage's 65th minute try to put Toulon ahead for the first time in the match.Clermont had looked favourites to be crowned European champions on their first appearance in the final, leading 15-6 after 50 minutes, but Armitage's try turned the tie on its head, and Bernard Laporte's men withstood a late barrage to hold out for a famous win.Wilkinson, one of five English players in Toulon's team, finally added the elusive European title to his World Cup and Six Nations winners medals."The difficult thing is that our season doesn't stop there," said Wilkinson, with the domestic Top 14 crown still to play for."The guys worked so hard together against ...
LONDON: Tim Southee bowled New Zealand back into contention in the first Test against England with a dramatic burst late on the third day at Lord's on Saturday.At stumps, England were 180 for six in their second innings -- a lead of 205 runs.England were building a sound position at 159 for two when paceman Southee wrested back the initiative with three wickets for four runs in 17 balls. In all, England lost four wickets ...
BERLIN: Bayern Munich's Germany defender Holger Badstuber has suffered another knee ligament injury just when he was battling to recover from exactly the same setback, the Champions League finalists confirmed Saturday.The 24-year-old centre-back, who has won 30 caps for Germany, originally tore the cruciate ligament in his right knee in Bayern's 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund last December.But he has now suffered a fresh tear in the same ligament while in rehabilitation and will be ...
PARIS: David Beckham, who is to retire from football at the end of the season, was handed the captain's armband for Paris Saint-Germain's last home game of the Ligue 1 season on Saturday.The former England skipper will lead out the French champions to face relegated Brest at the Parc des Princes.The 38-year-old Beckham arrived in Paris on a five-month deal in January going on to become the first Englishman to win league championships in four ...
ROME: Italian Vincenzo Nibali extended his lead over Australia's Cadel Evans as Mauro Santambrogio won a shortened 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia to claim his maiden win on the race Saturday.Nibali, of the Astana team, had launched a decisive attack in the final kilometres and came over the finish line in second place after giving his fellow Italian the nod to take the stage win unhindered."I can't believe it, I came to the Giro ...
DUBLIN: Toulon beat Clermont 16-15 to win the European Cup on Saturday.Clermont scored two tries to Toulon's one in a nail-biting match, but three penalties and a conversion from English fly-half Jonny Wilkinson saw Toulon sneak home.Brock James opened the scoring for Clermont with an early penalty, later matched by Wilkinson as the teams went into half-time at three points apiece.Clermont's Fijian winger Napolioni Nalaga scored a try early in the second period, followed by ...
ROME: Rafael Nadal set up a potential Rome Masters final with Swiss rival Roger Federer after dominating Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4 in the semi-finals on Saturday.Berdych had caused the first major upset of the tournament when he ousted world number one Novak Djokovic on Friday.However, despite an improved second set performance against the fifth seed, the Czech could not match Nadal's power as the Spaniard put himself within touch of a second title inside a ...More Articles...
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