Posted on 11 May 2008
Manchester United clinched their 10th Premier League title on Sunday after a dramatic final day of action which saw them pip Chelsea to the championship. Goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs gave United a 2-0 win over Wigan and ensured they retained the title, elsewhere rivals Chelsea drew 1-1 with Bolton. At the [...]
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Tags: 10th Premier League, Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United, Reds, Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs, Sir Bobby Charton
Posted on 11 May 2008
Sir Alex Ferguson is ecstatic after landing his 10th Barclays Premier League title as United boss. Here’s a transcript of his first post-match interview at Wigan:
Was this the toughest title race so far?
“It was a tough one alright and being away from home today made it more difficult. In fairness for most of the [...]
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Tags: Barclays Premier League, Champions League, European Cup, FA Cup, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Sir Alex Ferguson
Posted on 11 May 2008
Record-holder Ryan Giggs marked a lifetime’s loyalty with the best present possible as he delivered another Premier League title to Manchester United as they beat Wigan 2-0.United were in front but needing calming despite Cristiano Ronaldo’s first-half penalty when Giggs kept his nerve to coolly slot home Wayne Rooney’s through ball.
A quarter of an hour [...]
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Tags: Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United, Nemanja Vidic, Red Devils, remier League, Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Charlton, Wayne Rooney
Posted on 11 May 2008
Barack Obama surpassed Hillary Clinton for the first time in the fight for the all-important superdelegates whose votes will be decisive in choosing the Democratic party’s White House nominee.
At least three Democratic superdelegates pledged to back the African-American senator Saturday — one of them formerly in Clinton’s column — marking a new milestone in his [...]
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Tags: African-American senator, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Democratic superdelegates, Hillary Clinton
Posted on 11 May 2008
NEW Zealand have always been a bogey team for Malaysia but coach Sarjit Singh aims to break the jinx today at the Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh.
New Zealand beat Malaysia 1-0 in the Madrid Olympic Qualifier in 2004, and then 4-1 in the China Olympic Qualifier in 2006.
“This [...]
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Tags: Argentina, Azlan Shah Cup, Belgium, Canada, China Olympic Qualifier, coach Sarjit Singh, IHF, Indian Hockey Federation, Indian Olympic Council, Japan Qualifier, Madrid Olympic Qualifier, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan
Posted on 11 May 2008
Silvestre said it was great to be at training knowing that one was working to try and win the Premier League title and Champions League.
LONDON: Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre has rejected taunts from Chelsea’s Michael Ballack that Sir Alex Ferguson’s squad are experiencing the “longest week of their lives” ahead of today’s [...]
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Tags: Champions League, devils, EPL, Manchester United, Premier League, Sir Alex Ferguson
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Tags: KJ, Mahathir, political son
Posted on 11 May 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah is confident that the party will regain its support if leaders behave and govern the country fairly and justly.
Stressing that the party need not reengineer or reinvent itself, he said it was the excesses and arrogance of the leaders which caused anger and disgust among the people, leading [...]
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Tags: ketuanan Melayu, Malay supremacy, Prime Minister, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, UMNO
Posted on 11 May 2008
KLANG: The family of Too Hui Min, the national service (NS) trainee who died after complaining of constipation, is suing the NS Training Department for negligence.
“We believe it was more than constipation and we want justice for our daughter,” said Hui Min’s mother Chin Kwee Choo, 52.
“How can a healthy girl die all of a [...]
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Tags: national service, NS trainee, NS Training Camp, NS Training Department, SPM
Posted on 11 May 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Umno vice-president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has come out with the strongest indication yet that he would be contesting one of the top two positions in the December party polls.
He said he had received a lot of feedback from “grassroots, advisers and proposers” who told him that it was time to move up [...]
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Tags: Constitution Committee, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, quota system, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, The International Trade and Industry Minister, UMNO