Thomas Cup 2010

Hafiz Hashim penyelamat maruah Malaysia dengan memberikan mata kemenangan penting dalam pertemuan suku akhir Thomas Cup 2010 dengan kemenangan 3-2 keatas Denmark.

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Chelsea Crowned Premier League Champions

Chelsea captain John Terry celebrates

Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea won the Premier League title in style on the final day of the season, beating Wigan Athletic 8-0 at Stamford Bridge to set a new record of 103 goals scored in a single league campaign.

A hat-trick from Golden Boot winner Didier Drogba, who finished the season with 29 league goals, two from Nicolas Anelka, a Frank Lampard penalty and others from Salomon Kalou and Ashley Cole, left Chelsea champions and on the brink of a League and FA Cup double.

Only Portsmouth now stand in their way of a history-making season for Chelsea's Ancelotti and his team. The Blues will become only the seventh team in the history of the game to win both competitions if they can overcome Avram Grant's side at Wembley next week.

more: soccernet.espn

Manchester United 3 - Spurs 1

United have done it!! two perfect penalties from Giggs and 81th goal from Nani give Manchester United an advantage to keep pressure on Chelsea to win Barclay EPL champion title.

United are top of the league by two points, but Chelsea have a game in
hand against Stoke tomorrow. Spurs are still two points ahead of Man
City, but have played a game more.

Arsenal EPL title dream is over

Arsenal's Arsene Wenger


Arsenal look certain to end another season without a trophy after they lost 2-1 to Tottenham at White Hart Lane, a result which leaves them six points adrift of Chelsea. Danny Rose and Gareth Bale scored for Spurs before Nicklas Bendtner netted a late consolation

Youngster Danny Rose, making his first Premier League start, put Spurs in front after ten minutes with a rasping volley from the edge of the area after Manuel Almunia had punched clear a corner.

Gareth Bale made it two just after half-time when Arsenal switched off at the back. Bacary Sagna played Bale onside and as Defoe's pass found him inside the area he swept the ball into the net.

Robin van Persie came on for Arsenal and injected new life into their attacking play, but he was denied a goal by two brilliant Heurelho Gomes saves.

Nicklas Bendtner did pull a goal back for Arsenal with five minutes left after a cross from Theo Walcott but Spurs held on to boost their hopes of finishing fourth and clinching a Champions League spot.

Arsenal now six point behind Chelsea and two points different with Manchester United to be in third place in 2009/2010 English Premiership.

more: soccernet.espn

related story: Spurs blight Arsenal’s title hopes with 2-1 win on yahoo.sport
Gunners faced a very tough task to catch Chelsea at the top of the table on soccernet

Chelsea: race for EPL title

Chelsea's remaining league fixtures (3 home, 2 away)
Tonight Bolton (h)
Sat Apr 17 Tottenham (a)
Sun Apr 25 Stoke (h)
Sun May 2 Liverpool (a)
Sun May 9 Wigan (h)

Arsenal's remaining league fixtures (2 home, 3 away)
Wednesday Tottenham (a)
Sun Apr 18 Wigan (a)
Sat Apr 24 Man City (h)
Mon May 3 Blackburn (a)
Sun May 9 Fulham (h)

Manchester Utd's remaining league fixtures (2 home, 2 away)
Sat Apr 17 Man City (a)
Sat Apr 24 Tottenham (h)
Sun May 2 Sunderland (a)
Sun May 9 Stoke (h)

The race for the Premier League Golden Boot
Rooney (Man Utd) 26
Drogba (Chelsea) 25
Bent (Sunderland) 22
Tevez (Man City) 22
Torres (Liverpool) 18
Defoe (Tottenham) 17
Lampard (Chelsea) 17

Barclays Premier League table
Top		Pld	Gd	Pts
1	Chelsea	33	54	74
2	Man United	34	50	73
3	Arsenal	33	41	71
4	Man City	33	28	62
5	Tottenham	32	26	58
6	Liverpool	34	21	56

Manchester United EPL title is over

Blackburn Rovers 0 - 0 Manchester United

LONDON (AP)—Manchester United was held 0-0 by Blackburn to squander a chance to temporarily regain the Premier League leadership on Sunday while Portsmouth reached the FA Cup final by beating Tottenham 2-0 a day after it was relegated from the English top flight.

It turned out to be a good day for Chelsea, which stayed ahead of United in the league title race and then found out it would face Portsmouth—in financial administration and down at the foot of the Premier League standings—rather than fifth-place Tottenham in the May 15 cup final.

In one of the biggest shocks of the season, extra-time goals by Frederic Piquionne and Kevin-Prince Boateng gave cash-strapped Portsmouth victory in a dramatic semifinal at Wembley.
more: sport.yahoo

Manchester United's Premier League title challenge is all but over as a season that promised so much just a fortnight ago is in danger of total collapse.
Despite dominating almost all their clash with Blackburn at Ewood Park, Sir Alex Ferguson's men rarely looked like making their pressure tell.

Paul Robinson needed to make two excellent saves to deny Antonio Valencia before half-time, but afterwards, with United so desperate for the points, the former England number one had surprisingly little to do.

Not for the first time recently, Dimitar Berbatov was a major disappointment and the fact Rio Ferdinand was feeling his groin towards the end suggested a problem Fabio Capello will not want.

There are no worries for Chelsea though, who still lead the Red Devils by a point, with a game in hand, knowing the main danger to their championship aspirations now lies much closer to home, at Arsenal.

Although United had not actually lost their last three games, that is how it felt.

more: soccernet

Good Bye Manchester United (Man U)

Manchester United FC 3-2 FC Bayern München
(agg: 4-4, Bayern win on away goals)

A magnificent volley from Arjen Robben capped a stunning Bayern recovery with the home side having taken a 3-0 lead before Rafael's dismissal.

FC Bayern München fought back from three goals down on the night to oust Manchester United FC from the UEFA Champions League on away goals.

On a pulsating evening, United stormed into a three-goal lead through Darron Gibson and a Nani double. Yet Ivica Olić's goal just before the break raised Bayern hopes and after Rafael's 50th-minute dismissal, the Bundesliga leaders capitalised on the extra man thanks to a stunning Arjen Robben volley 16 minutes from time.

The home fans had a lift before kick-off with the news that Wayne Rooney would be starting, just days after Sir Alex Ferguson had said he faced "two to three weeks" out with the ankle injury sustained in the first leg.

United then made a dream start with a third-minute goal involving two other surprise names on the team sheet. Rafael, in for Gary Neville, dispossessed Franck Ribéry and played the ball to Rooney, who laid it on to Gibson. The Northern Irishman, making only his second start of 2010, side-footed a low shot inside the near post from the edge of the box for his first UEFA Champions League goal.

By the seventh minute United were two up. Antonio Valencia teased Holger Badstuber out on the right before driving in a low cross that Nani, ghosting beyond the Bayern back line, turned in with a cute flick of his heel. Michael Carrick, with a shot, and Rooney, a header, then went close with Bayern struggling to live with the pace of United's play, even with Rooney now hobbling. They duly made it 3-0 as Valencia broke down the right and crossed for Nani to drive the ball high into the net.

Two minutes later, however, Bayern pulled a goal back through Olić, their first-leg matchwinner. Latching onto Thomas Müller's flicked header, the Croatian shrugged aside Michael Carrick and beat Edwin van der Sar from a tight angle. Louis van Gaal sent on Mario Gómez for Müller at the interval and within minutes Bayern found themselves with a man advantage when Rafael collected a second yellow for pulling back Ribéry.

With Rooney making way for John O'Shea, Bayern pressed for a second and Van der Sar punched clear a Ribéry drive just before the hour before Gómez skimmed the crossbar with a header. It was not all one-way traffic, not with United's counterattacking threat – twice Butt saved well from Nani, while Carrick and Gibson spurned half-chances.

With 16 minutes remaining, though, Robben broke United's resistance by levelling the aggregate scores at 4-4. Ribéry's corner found him on the edge of the box and the Dutchman drove the ball on the volley across a helpless Van der Sar and into the far corner. For United, the dream of a third successive final was over.

another result: Bordeaux 1-0 Olympique Lyonnais (agg: 2-3)

source: uefa.com