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FOOTBALL LEGENDS
RIVALDO
VAN BASTEN
RIVALDO
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POSTER
INSIDE
Paulista (Brazil
April 19, 1972 )
ATTACKING MIDFIE
LDER
CAREER
1994-96
1996-97
1997-02
2002-04
2004-07
2007-08
2008-10
2011
2012
2013
509 games
Palmeiras
Deportivo Corua
Barcelona
Milan
Olympiakos
AEK Athens
Bunyodko
Sao Paulo (loan)r
Kabuscor
Sao Caetanop
/ 254 goals
Brazil Nation
al Team
74 games
/ 34 goals
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Football
FRIDAY
March 14, 2014
SPORT QATAR
Analysis
Rik Sharma
Man City
Manchester City only have the Premier League to play for // AFP
Status Check
LEAGUE CUP
FA CUP
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
PREMIER LEAGUE
Football
race
League, finish second in the Premier League and lose the FA Cup
final again, that will be fine.
Having won the League Cup,
Pellegrini and City are on course
to hit Sorianos target. But some
titles are worth more than others.
The manager will demand his side
gets back to winning ways against
Hull on Saturday, when focus turns
back to the Premier League. O
Football
FRIDAY
March 14, 2014
SPORT QATAR
Report
Richard Martin
Messi struck
fear into the
Manchester
City defence
every time
he picked
up the ball
Football
doubters
key points
1
2
3
Alves ran towards the home fans after scoring the final goal of the game// AFP
looked to be another
message to the Bara
faithful, but Alves insisted he had been
misunderstood, and
thought the fans had
suppor ted the team
throughout the game.
He said: All I wanted
was for the fans to get
If the fans
and team
are united
well be
much harder
to beat
Football
FRIDAY
March 14, 2014
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REAL MADRID Bale happy in Spanish capital and reckons this years Champions League is wide open ahead of quarters
La Liga
Fixtures
Getafe-Granada
Friday 14, 23:00h.
Levante-Celta Vigo
Saturday 15, 18:00h.
Rayo Vallecano-Almera
Saturday 15, 20:00h.
Mlaga-Real Madrid
Atltico Madrid-Espanyol
Sunday 16, 00:00h.
Elche-Real Betis
Sunday 16, 14:00h.
Barcelona-Osasuna
Sunday 16, 19:00h.
Sevilla-Valladolid
Sunday 16, 21:00h.
Real Sociedad-Valencia
News
Villarreal-Athletic Bilbao
Tuesday. 18, 00:00h.
Table
Team
Real Madrid
Atltico
Barcelona
Athletic
Villarreal
Real Sociedad
Sevilla
Espanyol
Levante
Valencia
Celta Vigo
Granada
Osasuna
Elche
Getafe
Malaga
Valladolid
Almeria
Rayo
Real Betis
PLD
27
27
27
26
27
26
27
27
27
26
27
27
26
27
27
26
27
27
26
27
Joseph Sexton
W
21
20
20
15
13
12
11
10
9
10
8
9
8
7
7
6
5
7
7
4
D
4
4
3
5
5
7
8
6
9
5
6
3
5
8
6
8
11
5
2
6
L
2
3
4
6
9
7
8
11
9
11
13
15
13
12
14
12
11
15
17
17
GF
76
63
74
49
47
46
47
32
26
38
32
24
24
24
23
24
29
26
26
23
GA
26
21
22
30
33
36
42
33
34
37
39
36
39
40
42
35
44
49
59
56
Pts
67
64
63
50
44
43
41
36
36
35
30
30
29
29
27
26
26
26
23
18
Real Madrid
winger Gareth Bale has paid tribute to the
high technical standard of La Liga
after spending six months with the
Spanish giants. Bale joined Real
for a reported fee of 91million
from Tottenham Hotspur in a protracted transfer deal in September
after being crowned the Premier
Leagues best player by football
writers and his fellow players, after a series of staggering performances last season.
Bale says he is enjoying the
changes to a less physically demanding style of play and has been
impressed by the determination of
even the leagues lesser sides to
try and play a passing game. The
big difference is the tactical play
and the way all teams play a lot of
good football, he said on Thursday.
That is the biggest thing about
Spain, it is all passing and movement. It has been a new experience which I am obviously learning
from and enjoying. All the teams,
no matter if they are at the top or
the bottom, try to play football. It is
exciting , it is a great league and it
is great to be playing here.
A succession of injuries disrupted Bales start to the season,
but his return to form and full fitness has helped Real embark on a
29 game unbeaten run which now
stretches back to October. Barcelonas shock 1-0 defeat at Valladolid
at the weekend allowed Real to
open up a four-point gap on their
bitter rivals at the top of the table.
But Bale is taking nothing for
granted as he and his side target
trophies in his first season in Madrid. Obviously we are in a very
good position at the moment, but
theres still 11 games left to go,
the Welshman said. We need to
take every game as it comes and
concentrate on our own performances. Hopefully we can keep playing well and achieve our goals.
Real will face Barcelona twice
next month in La Liga and the Copa
del Rey final and they could even
meet four times in 25 days if they
Bales enjoyed his time in Spain and the Real Madrid galctico hopes to keep on improving
ON LA LIGA
Football
Bundesliga
Fixtures
Augsburg-Schalke 04
Friday 14, 22:30h.
Braunschweig-Wolfsburg
Saturday 15, 17:30h.
Hertha Berlin-Hanover 96
Saturday 15, 17:30h.
Hoffenheim-Mainz 05
Saturday 15, 17:30h.
Hamburg-Nurnberg
Sunday 16, 17:30h.
Sunday 16, 19:30h.
Team
Bayern Munich
B. Dortmund
B. Leverkusen
Schalke 04
Wolfsburg
Mainz 05
B. MGladbach
Hertha
Augsburg
Hoffenheim
Hannover
Eintracht
Werder Bremen
Nuremberg
Stuttgart
Hamburg
Freiburg
E. Braunschweig
P W
24 21
24 15
24 14
24 13
24 12
24 11
24 11
24 10
24 10
24 7
24 7
24 7
24 6
24 4
24 5
24 5
24 4
24 4
D L
2 0
3 6
2 8
5 6
3 9
5 8
4 8
6 8
5 8
8 9
7 10
5 12
8 10
11 9
5 14
5 14
7 12
5 15
Bayern chief
guilty of
tax evasion
Eintracht Frankfurt-Freiburg
Table
GF
72
55
40
46
41
33
41
35
34
52
28
31
27
27
38
39
22
19
GA
11
27
27
35
38
36
35
28
27
52
46
43
40
42
51
53
45
44
Pts
68
48
44
44
39
38
37
36
35
29
28
26
26
23
20
20
19
17
Booming Bundesliga
most attended league
The Bundesliga remains the
most attended league in the
world, the figures for the first
half of the season tell us, and
the trend remains upward.
Each top division game was
attended by an average of
43,125, an increase of 1.81
percent on last season,
where the average figure
was 41,377. In total, the
league has drawn some 6.4
million fans between August
and December which was
also an increase of 1.14
percent. There was also an
increase in attdences in the
German second division, the
Bundesliga 2 in that time.
News
Joseph Sexton
A German court on
Thursday sentenced
the president of Bayen Munich, Uli Hoeness, to three and a
half years in prison on tax evasion
charges.
In the name of the people, Mr
Ulrich Hoeness is sentenced for
seven serious counts of tax evasion to a prison term of three years
and six months, judge Rupert
Heindel told the Munich court.
This verdict, with one year for
each count of tax cheating, likely
spells the end of the career of the
former football player, whose trial
has captivated the football-mad
country. Hoeness had admitted
to dodging some 27.2 million
in taxes by hiding his wealth in
Swiss accounts while gambling
on stocks and currencies over a
period of years, the court heard.
He was allowed to walk out of
the court for now because he has
one week to lodge an appeal. His
defence team stated that he will do
so. The butchers son rose to fame
as the clubs powerful football boss
only to end his career with an own
Butcher's son
Fall from grace: Bayerns Uli Hoeness could be set for spell in prison // AFP
ing to benefit from a tax deal Germany was negotiating with Switzerland which would have guaranteed
immunity to tax cheats who came
clean. But the amnesty deal was
scuppered by Germanys centre-left
opposition of the time, who argued
that wealthy criminals should not
be treated so leniently.
In a comment thats since come
back to bite Hoeness he told the
newspaper Bild in 2005 that I
know its stupid but I pay all my
taxes. Unbeknownst to the public, Hoeness was obsessively gam-
Leverkusen one
FOOTBALL LEGENDS
Palmeiras
Deportivo Corua
Barcelona
Milan
Olympiakos
AEK Athens
Bunyodkor
Sao Paulo (loan)
Kabuscorp
Sao Caetano
74 games / 34 goals
1994-96
1996-97
1997-02
2002-04
2004-07
2007-08
2008-10
2011
2012
2013
CAREER
Paulista (Brazil)
April 19, 1972
ATTACKING MIDFIELDER
RIVALDO
10
Football
FRIDAY
March 14, 2014
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Serie A
Fixtures
Verona-Inter
Saturday, 1945
Atalanta-Sampdoria
Sunday, 1130
Cagliari-Lazio
Sunday, 1400
Milan-Parma
Sunday, 1400
Livorno-Bologna
Sunday, 1400
Sassuolo-Catania
Sunday, 1400
Fiorentina-Chievo
Sunday, 1945
Genoa-Juventus
Sunday, 1945
Torino-Napoli
Monday, 1800
Roma-Udinese
Monday, 2000
Table
Team
P W D
Juventus
Roma
Npoles
Fiorentina
Inter
Verona
Parma
Torino
Milan
Lazio
Genoa
Udinese
Sampdoria
Atalanta
Cagliari
Chievo
Bolonia
Livorno
Catania
Sassuolo
25
24
25
25
25
25
24
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
L GF GA Pts
21 3 1
17 6 1
15 6 4
13 6 6
10 10 5
12 3 10
9 10 5
9 9 7
9 8 8
9 8 8
8 8 9
8 4 13
7 7 11
8 4 13
5 10 10
5 6 14
4 9 12
5 5 15
4 7 14
4 5 16
60
49
50
45
43
43
38
39
39
33
28
29
27
25
23
19
22
26
19
25
19 66
11 57
28 51
28 45
29 40
42 39
29 37
32 36
35 35
34 35
32 32
36 28
37 28
37 28
35 25
35 21
41 21
45 20
43 19
54 17
The controversial
Milan and Italy striker
has been subjected
to most criticism yet
in his short career
Report
in defence of Balotelli
and insists he only
thinks positive things
David Cartlidge
AC Milan
striker Mario
Balotelli has
come in for
severe criticism from the Italian media following his series of insipid displays in
the Champions League and Serie
A this season.
Milan exited the Champions
League at the hands of Atletico
Madrid 5-1 on aggregate, with the
Italian outfit being swept aside
in the second leg held in Madrid.
No player has taken more nega-
Napoli director Riccardo Bigon has hinted Pepe Reina could stay at
the Italian club after this season, when his loan expires. We are in
a very clear situation. Pepe told us he appreciates this city, the team
and the fans. It means when the time comes to make decisions,
well do so safe in the knowledge he likes being here. Reina himself
suggested this past week that staying in Naples is an option that
attracts him, despite links persisting with Barcelona. O
City rivals Milan and Inter are both interested in securing the signature of Napoli midfielder Gkhan Inler this summer. The 29-year-old
has performed well this season and both Milan based clubs could
look to bolster their squads. Inlers deal expires in 2016 with Napoli,
and right now the club arent entirely against the sale of the player.
The Swiss International has made 24 appearances this season and
in the process scored two goals. O
Ligue1
Upcoming fixtures
Stade Reims-Olympique Marseille
Friday, 2030
Lille-Nantes
Football
11
Saturday, 1630
Ajaccio-Guingamp
Saturday, 2000
Evian-Valenciennes
Saturday, 2000
Nice-Bastia
Saturday, 2000
Stade Rennais-Toulouse
Saturday, 2000
News
Sochaux-Lorient
Saturday, 2000
Rik Sharma
Montpellier-Bordeaux
Sunday, 1400
Lyon-Monaco
Sunday, 1700
PSG-Saint Etienne
Saturday, 2100
Table
Team
P W D L GF GA Pts
PSG
Mnaco
Lille
Saint-Etienne
Olymp. Marsella
Olympique Lyon
Reims
Girondins
Toulouse
Bastia
Lorient
Niza
Montpellier
Guingamp
Nantes
Rennes
vian TG
Valenciennes
Sochaux
Ajaccio
28
28
28
28
28
27
28
27
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
20
17
15
14
12
11
11
11
10
10
10
10
6
8
9
7
7
6
5
2
7 1
8 3
7 6
6 8
7 9
9 7
9 8
7 9
9 9
7 11
6 12
4 14
15 7
8 12
5 14
10 11
9 12
7 15
7 16
9 17
67
46
33
38
38
40
37
34
34
31
36
24
33
26
25
32
28
29
23
24
18
22
18
24
30
31
36
31
38
41
38
33
33
29
32
34
43
47
50
51
67
59
52
48
43
42
42
40
39
37
36
34
33
32
32
31
30
25
22
15
Montpellier Hrault SC
President Louis Nicollin
has said that AC Milanowned striker MBaye
Niang will not have his
loan extended beyond the
current season, after proving
a dissapointment. Also
leaving the club could be
Rmy Cabella, who is highly
rated all across Europe,
with Newcastle remaining
interested. When I give my
word to someone, I respect
it. Cabella was promised that
if it was an ambitious club
who came in for him then we
would let him go.
Laurent Blanc
was not pleased,
despite his sides
win against Bayer
Leverkusen in
the Champions League last 16
on Wednesday night and wants
them to improve. He warned Paris
Saint-Germain players that there
will be no easy opposition in the
next round. They beat the German
side 2-1 at the Parc des Princes
and won the tie 6-1 on aggregate
overall.
Marquinhos and Ezequiel Lavezzi helped them come from behind
after Sidney Sam had opened the
scoring. It means they have at least
matched their performance in the
competition last season, where
they were knocked out on away
goals by Barcelona in the quarterfinals. Now Blanc wants his men
to step up to the mark and push
on further.
Its not a bonus to be in the
quarter-finals, said Blanc. We
need to prepare well, be very professional, but Im not worried about
that. I think the players will respond
to the challenge. We have an end
to the season that could become
very exciting. First of all we are
happy, satisfied, but we have won
nothing. At the end of the season
what counts is trophies. He continued: We prepared well for this
match but were mediocre at the
start. But paradoxically the Bayer
goal woke us up a bit too. PSG
were clearly not brilliant tonight. I
expected more, but the essential
thing is that we are through.
PSG are eight points clear of
Monaco at the top of Ligue 1 and
are through to the French League
Cup final, where they will face Lyon.
Although they are on course to win
the domestic double, winning the
Champions League as well would
be a giant feat. I think first of all
the objective is to go as far as possible. Ok, we have done as well as
last year, but you want to win every
tie, said Blanc.
There are teams who have a legitimacy in the Champions League
in terms of experience that we
dont have, but I think the consideration that our opponents have for
us has increased. They know we
are a club who can go far. We will
Tricky: Laurent Blanc warned his team that they will not have it easy in the quarter-finals
to progress but
not delighted with
PSG's performance
French coach
surprised by
presidents comments
about a new contract
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Football
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ROMARIO
Romario has been an outspoken presence for a while when it comes to all matters FIFA
Report
David Cartlidge
Pele has taken heavy criticism over his role as World Cup ambassador
Sports
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In brief...
Fenninger assured of
womens ski title
Murray was beaten by South Africas Kevin Anderson, in three sets // AFP
News
Anderson will
Second seed Agnieszka Radwanska, of Poland, reached the semifinals of the Indian Wells hardcourt
tournament on Wednesday with a
three-set win over Jelena Jankovic.
Radwanska triumphed 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
over the former world number one
from Serbia, who won the title back
in 2010. O
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Motor Sport
FRIDAY
March 14, 2014
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Recovery fuel
system
2013
KER S (8 0 HP/6 sec)
2014
ER S (1 6 0 HP/3 0 sec)
Motor
2013
2.4 litres V8
750 HP
2014
1 .6 litres V6 turbo
6 0 0 HP
Fuel capacity
2013
unlimited
2014
limited to 1 0 0 kilos
(1 40 litres aprox.)
F1 revolution is h
A new championship
is about to begin
marked by major
changes as a result of
technical regulations
Analysis
S ergi Mejas
return to turbocharged
engines, a limit on fuel
and new energy recovery systems are among
a number of significant
rule changes which look set to
shake up the new Formula One
season. The sport is pushing the
boundaries of hybrid technology in
a move that is likely to benefit road
car design, and means that 2014s
F1 machines will run races on 35
percent less fuel than last season.
maximum of
tional Automobile
Atmospheric
100 kilos (apFederation (FIA)
V8 engines are
proximately
to supply F1 cars
135 litres),
replaced now by more for the next three
representing
years.
efficient turbo V6
around twoFo l l o w i n g a
thirds of the
turbulent 2013
loads carried
The electrical power season, it was
previously. As
announced late
gains importance
a result, drivlast year that
ing styles and
Pirelli would rewith the new ERS
tactics will
main as the sole
system recovery
have to adapt
supplier of tyres
with fuel confor the F1 circuit.
servation parThe announceamount. In a further change for the ment that the agreement will stand
teams, F1 cars will have eight for- for the next three years, further
ward gears for the first time. The underlines the FIAs confidence
gear ratios have been selected that Pirelli can iron out the safety
during pre-season and will have to problems that dogged them last
be used for the whole season.
year.
Each gearbox must now last six
Last season was marred by a
consecutive races instead of the succession of tyre blow-outs, culprevious five. Italian tyre-makers minating at the British Grand Prix
Pirelli have been contracted by the at Silverstone which was almost
sports governing body the Interna- halted mid-race due to the number
Motor Sport 15
In bo
boxes
oxees
Josep
Viaplana
Aerodynamics
Lowest Nose
and thinnest
spoiler
ere
FORMER TEAMMATE
ercedes driver
Lewis Hamilton
has played down
his teams favourites tag ahead of
the season-opening Australian
Formula One Grand Prix Sunday,
saying technical changes make
any predictions worthless. The
Briton and his teammate Nico
Rosberg have enjoyed the fastest times in off-season testing,
leading many to tip Mercedes
as the car to beat going into the
Melbourne race.
But the 2008 champion is
not sure Mercedes warrants all
the hype as
he prepares The Briton
for todays and Nico
opening
p r a c t i c e Rosberg
s e s s i o n s have enjoyed
at the Alb e r t Pa r k the fastest
circuit. All times
the media
are talking
us up. Favourite driver, favourite
team, Hamilton told reporters
on Thursday. I just dont know
whats going to happen this
weekend, he added.
Hamilton said a raft of significant rule changes including a
return to turbocharged engines,
a limit on fuel and new energy re-
he was still getting used to the setup of this years Mercedes. Last
years car felt better, it was nicer to
drive and we had a lot more downforce and that was the car that was
in its fourth year of evolution, he
said. Now we are in a new phase
and its something that takes some
time to get used to. O
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March 14, 2014
Visitors to the Fallas celebration in Valencia inspecting Ninots, figures of Real Madrids Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo (L) and
Barcelonas Argentinian forward Lionel Messi, on March 13. The football players will be burned in the streets of Valencia along with
other figures as part of the yearly Fallas in March. It is a tribute to Saint Joseph, the patron saint of the Guild of Carpenters.
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