Posted on 16 July 2008
Barcelona forward Ronaldinho will sign for AC Milan on Wednesday in a deal that is worth €21 million, possibly rising to €25millon.
Ronaldinho’s bling will be heading for Milan.
‘AC Milan and Barcelona have reached an agreement in principle over the transfer of Ronaldinho,’ the Italian club said in a statement.
‘The player will be in Milan tomorrow [...]
Tags: Ronaldinho to sign for AC Milan
Posted on 16 July 2008
MILAN, July 15 (Reuters) - AS Roma’s Brazilian winger Mancini has become Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho’s first major signing, the two clubs said on Tuesday.
Roma, who finished second to Inter in Serie A last season, announced an initial agreement last week and the deal has now been finalised after the player returned to Italy [...]
Tags: Mourinho wraps up first major signing for Inter
Posted on 16 July 2008
Robinho’s agent claims the presence of Luiz Felipe Scolari at Stamford Bridge is tempting the Real Madrid forward to ponder a move to Chelsea.
Reports have recently suggested both the Blues and Manchester United are keen to lure Robinho away from the Bernabeu.
Chelsea are reported to have made an offer of 60 million euros (£47.8million) for [...]
Tags: says agent, Scolari attracts Robinho to Chelsea
Posted on 16 July 2008
Tottenham first team coach Gus Poyet today rubbished reports linking him with a move to Manchester United.
Poyet has been identified as a possible successor to Carlos Queiroz, who has left Old Trafford to become Portugal boss.
Sir Alex Ferguson has begun searching for a new number two but Poyet insists he is content at Spurs.
‘The story [...]
Posted on 16 July 2008
PARIS: South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius (pic), the double amputee who is hoping to run alongside able-bodied competitors at the Beijing Olympics, was branded a potential danger to other athletes on Monday.
Pierre Weiss, the general secretary of the sport’s governing body, the IAAF, believes that if Pistorius, who runs on carbon fibre blades, takes part in [...]
Tags: IAAF: Bladerunner is dangerous
Posted on 16 July 2008
PETALING JAYA: Selangor exacted revenge over Kelantan at the Shah Alam Stadium last night to become the first team to reach the Malaysia Cup quarter-finals.
They won the Group A match 4-1 with national player Indra Putra Mahayuddin scoring a brace in the 16th and 20th minutes and skipper Mohd Shukor Adan and Elie Aiboy going [...]
Tags: Football: Red Giants the first team to enter quarter-fi
Posted on 16 July 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: There is no bigger motivation for shuttler Wong Choong Hann than his family when he joins a select group of men’s singles shuttlers in making their third consecutive Olympic appearance in Beijing next month.
The government recently announced an increase in rewards for Olympic medallists. The gold medal is worth RM1 million and it [...]
Tags: Choong Hann joins rare breed of shuttlers to make third
Posted on 16 July 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s interest in the mixed doubles competition of the Asian Junior Championships ended with a 1-3 semi-final defeat by South Korea at the Juara Stadium in Bukit Kiara here yesterday.
The mixed doubles pair of Mak Hee Chun-Vivian Hoo beat their more experienced opponents, Kim Ki-jung-Hye Won-eon, 21-18, 19-21, 21-16 to give defending champions [...]
Tags: Malaysia go down to South Korea in semis
Posted on 16 July 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Kemunculan sejam Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek dan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menerusi debat malam ini menunjukkan kedua-dua personaliti ini ‘menyerang’ satu sama lain berhubung isu kenaikan harga minyak - dengan bekas Menteri Kewangan berjanji akan mengurangkan harga minyak 50 sen selitar manakala Menteri Penerangan pula mempersoal pembangkang tidak memegang pada kadar harga sebelum [...]
Tags: Minyak: Pakatan janji turun 50 sen, Shabery anggap Anwar populis
Posted on 16 July 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Ketua Penerangan Umno, Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd. Taib menyifatkan kesediaan PAS untuk bermuzakarah dengan Umno sebagai sesuatu yang amat dialu-alukan dan menimbulkan keseronokan di kalangan orang Melayu dan Islam sendiri.
Beliau berkata muzakarah itu telah pun bermula secara tidak langsung apabila Presiden Umno Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Abdul [...]
Tags: Muzakarah: PAS bersedia, Umno anggap sudah bermula