CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

GROUP A: Chelsea, Roma, Bordeaux, CFR Cluj


GROUP B: Internazionale, Werder Bremen, Panathinaikos, Anorthosis Famagusta


GROUP C: Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon, Basel, Shakhtar Donetsk


GROUP D:Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Marseille, Atletico Madrid


GROUP E: Manchester United, Villarreal, Celtic, Aalborg


GROUP F: Lyon, Bayern Munich, Steaua Bucharest, Fiorentina


GROUP G:Arsenal, Porto, Fenerbahce, Dynamo Kiev


GROUP H: Real Madrid, Juventus, Zenit St Petersburg, Bate Borisov

Community Shield

SUNDAY, 10 AUG 2008 - Community Shield


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Portsmouth vs Man Utd

Wembley Stadium

friendly match

MALAYSIA 0 2 CHELSEA

Goal - anelka & ashley cole

Brilliant Hamilton wins in Germany

"Lewis Hamilton overtook Heikki Kovalainen, Felipe Massa and Nelson Piquet in the closing stages to win a thrilling German Grand Prix at Hockenheim. The British McLaren driver won his second successive race to take sole possession of the lead in the drivers' championship, four points ahead of Ferrari's Massa.

Renault's Piquet, operating a one-stop strategy, claimed his first podium finish in Formula One in second, with Massa third and Kimi Raikkonen sixth. Despite setting a blistering pace throughout, Hamilton nearly lost the race thanks to a tactical blunder by his team.

A big crash involving Timo Glock brought the safety car out but Hamilton, who was leading, opted not to take a pit stop and as a consequence was relegated to fourth after he pitted later in the race. However, Hamilton used his superior pace to overtake Heikki Kovalained, Massa and Piquet, all at the same hairpin, to secure a magnificent victory.

"I didn't plan on doing that. I'd have much preferred an easy, comfortable afternoon out front," he said. "Overall it was a very, very good weekend. It's got to be the best weekend up to now," added Hamilton. "I think that we're really on top of our game right now."

Polesitter Hamilton led from pole position and immediately built a commanding advantage over Massa, while world champion Raikkonen continued to struggle with his set up and languished in the lower points positions. The 23-year-old seemed set for a routine win before Glock's crash just after half distance changed everything.

The German's Toyota suffered suspension failure entering the start-finish straight and smashed into the pit wall. Glock was taken to hospital, although Toyota said he had no visible injuries, and his retirement prompted the safety car to come out.

While the other front-runners all pitted at the first opportunity, McLaren bizarrely decided to keep Hamilton out. Massa emerged from his stop and caught up with the safety car, just 50 metres off the leader who still had to come in. Hamilton proved unable to build a sufficient gap and emerged from his stop in fourth behind Piquet, Massa and team-mate Kovalainen with 16 laps remaining.

The Briton proved to be a myth the claim that there is no overtaking in Formula One, streaking past all three men and taking a huge step towards a first world championship. Hamilton moves on to 58 championship points, four clear of Massa, seven ahead of Raikkonen and 10 ahead of BMW's Robert Kubica, who was seventh.

Kubica's BMW team-mate Nick Heidfeld was fourth, while Sebastian Vettel took the final points position for Toro Rosso. David Coulthard had to settle for 13th following a collision with Honda's Rubens Barrichello, who retired after the incident. Jenson Button was the last finisher in 17th."

Alex Chick / Eurosport

Life in the football sweat shop

As Cristiano Ronaldo's enslaved plight at Manchester United illustrates, these are desperate times for multi-millionaire footballers the world over. Not since pit workers endured 23-hour shifts, slept on hard wood floors and returned to the mines an hour later, has an industry asked so much of its workforce.

With this in mind, we've decided to highlight the plight of five of the game's most high-profile "victims" - five men for whom playing the game they love for a living, earning vast sums of money and enduring the prolific attentions of glamourous women has become a living hell.

Let their struggle be your inspiration...

1) We begin with Carlos Tevez, who earns £90,000-a-week playing upfront for Manchester United before thousands of adoring fans, but would gladly sacrifice all for a two-week package deal to Benidorm.

"I am playing 70 or 80 percent of what I can give," he said in January. "I finish games very tired. In the last 25 minutes I die, I fall. It's difficult topic, because my body is asking me to rest a bit. I've not had a holiday for two years. I want to have a quiet day with my family, without thinking about anything."

2) The Brazilian showboat and marketing gold that is Ronaldinho couldn't agree more. Despite taking home just shy of £7million a year from Barcelona, he had this to say last February.

"It can be really hard for the players when you have so many matches throughout the year and it is important that training and travel is organised well so that we don't suffer. We are lucky that at Barça everything is so professional, with massages and good facilities. This helps, but we need to rest too I don't feel like I need a holiday right now. But there are times, like at the end of the season, when I do."

3) Up next is Marcel Desailly, who appeared to be yearning for afternoons down the bingo, weekend trips to Eastbourne and summers on an allotment, when he said this during his time at Chelsea in 2003.

"Too much weariness will make me stop...it is a daily battle. I am beginning to tire of everything. Training does not please me every day. There are mornings when I don't want to go. It is a daily battle against this feeling. Sometimes I ask myself what I am still looking for in football with all the things I have won."

4) Poor Alexander Hleb. Judging by recent comments, the Belarus international - who earns £35,000-a-week - has been forced to queue at Waitrose, and remains completely unaware of habitable areas outside central London. Some claim a Sunday trip to Ikea tipped him over the edge.

"I'm unhappy with life in England. Everyone races around all day and I can't get used to it. I'm tired and I'm uncomfortable...Life in London has left me mentally tired."

5) Finally, how about this for perspective from England midfielder Joe Cole in September 2006. By the sounds of it, Jose Mourinho was running a thinly veiled sweat shop. Seriously, what kind of boss makes their employees work past lunchtime?

"I've been pulling my hair out trying to ensure I get fully fit again and staying at the training ground until 5pm every day."

Source from - Will Tidey / Eurosport

News

First of all, Congratulation to spanish coz won the Euro 2008.... You are marvellous team... keep it up...


1. Peter Crouch has edged closer to a sealing his move from Liverpool to Portsmouth after agreeing personal terms with the south coast club. The England striker is due at Fratton Park in the next 48 hours to undergo a medical before completing the deal, thought to be worth in the region of £10 million. A statement on Portsmouth's official website read: "The two clubs have agreed an undisclosed fee for the 27-year-old England international."


2. Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon says he expects Frank Lampard to see out the terms of his contract - even if the England midfielder fails to agree a new deal.
The England international is being tracked by Serie A giants Internazionale, who have already tabled an £8 million bid for the midfielder, but Chelsea refuse to sanction a move. The 30-year-old's current contract at Stamford Bridge expires at the end of next season and accordingly Chelsea have tabled a fresh deal in a bid to keep Lampard at the club. But Chelsea claim Lampard has turned down this offer.


3. Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani insists the Italians will sign only one of Emmanuel Adebayor and Ronaldinho - which could spell good news for Manchester City.
The pair have been linked with switches to the San Siro this summer, with Galliani claiming Arsenal have sent him a letter saying they are willing to discuss a deal for Adebayor but remaining tight-lipped regarding Barcelona's Ronaldinho.


4. Striker Ivica Olic insists he is not interested in a move away from Hamburg and has committed his future to the Bundesliga club. The burly Croatia international, who featured for his country in their impressive run at Euro 2008, had been linked with a move to Liverpool. But the 28-year-old has followed team-mate Rafael van der Vaart in ignoring overtures from abroad and pledging to stay with Hamburg.


5. British Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton led the way in the wet again as Formula One teams tested at Germany's Hockenheim circuit for the first time since 1993.
The 23-year-old McLaren driver, who leads a three-way tie with Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen at the top of the standings halfway through the season, lapped the venue for next week's German Grand Prix in one minute 15.483 seconds. His Mercedes-powered team ran a new aerodynamic dorsal fin, similar to those used by Renault and Red Bull this season, on top of the engine cover of the MP4-23 car.

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news update

1. AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has denied reports linking him to the vacant managerial role at Chelsea. In a statement made to Italian media, Ancelotti scotched speculation that his advisors had already sewn up a deal at Stamford Bridge, and instead pledged his future to the Rossoneri.


2. Jens Lehmann has finally left Arsenal and signed a one-year deal with German side Stuttgart. The 38-year-old finalised the move before flying to Mallorca with the Germany squad to begin their Euro 2008 preparations. Lehmann made 147 appearances for the Gunners after joining in 2003 from Borussia Dortmund. After replacing David Seaman, he won the title in his first season when he played every game of Arsenal's unbeaten league campaign. He also won the FA Cup the following season.


3. Blackburn have confirmed they have reached agreement with Manchester City over compensation for manager Mark Hughes. Hughes, who has also been linked to the vacant managerial position at Chelsea, is now expected to replace Sven-Goran Eriksson, who left City by mutual consent on Monday and was named manager of Mexico soon afterwards. He was reported by SkySports to have travelled to London to meet City officials. A figure of £5 million is thought to have been agreed on, which Blackburn will receive for the loss of both Hughes and his backroom staff.


4. Fabio Cannavaro will be out for a "few months" after tearing ankle ligaments in Italy's first training session in Austria before Euro 2008. The defender, who would have been captain for the world champions in the tournament that starts on Saturday, said he would be staying with the squad. He expected to have an operation on Wednesday following the injury sustained on Monday. "This was my last European Championship. We are footballers and these things happen," the 34-year-old Cannavaro said.


5. Former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho has refused to rule out plundering his old club to boost his Inter Milan squad. Michael Essien, Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard have already been linked with a move to Inter now that Mourinho has been installed as their new boss. Lampard is understood to be in discussions with Chelsea about a new long-term extension to his current deal which expires next year. The England midfielder is believed to want to stay at Stamford Bridge but Chelsea will have to improve his wages if they are to keep him. Mourinho, who was officially unveiled as Inter's new boss at their training ground on Tuesday, declined to say whether he was interested in signing any of his former players at Stamford Bridge. Nevertheless, there was no hiding his esteem for the players he had at the Blues and Mourinho admitted he would be willing to buy - if Chelsea are willing to sell.


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1. Manchester United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz has stepped into the row with Real Madrid over Cristiano Ronaldo by accusing the Spanish club of trying to "naturalise" the forward. Alex Ferguson's number two used historical references to explorer Christopher Columbus to put across his point to the Spanish champions, who have upset United in their dogged pursuit of the Portuguese winger. Earlier in the week, Real coach Bernd Schuster angered Ferguson with his claim that a deal to take Ronaldo to the Bernabeu this summer was as good as done.


2. Arsenal striker Robin van Persie has called for the club to abandon its strictly imposed salary cap for fear of losing their best players. The Dutch marksman has expressed his concern that the Gunners' wage policy is limiting the club's ability to compete with the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United. Already this summer, Mathieu Flamini has quit the Emirates to sign a far more lucrative deal with Milan and fellow midfielder Alexander Hleb is reportedly on the verge of penning a deal with Barcelona.


3. The Portuguese FA has confirmed Chelsea's interest in appointing Luis Felipe Scolari as their new manager. Chelsea are in the hunt for a new boss after parting company with Avram Grant last Saturday and a host of bosses from across Europe are believed to be contenders for the Stamford Bridge hot-seat. The likes of unsettled Inter chief Roberto Mancini, ex-Barcelona boss Frank Rijkaard, Blackburn manager Mark Hughes and Russia coach Guus Hiddink are all understood to be targets. And, according to the Portuguese Football Federation's vice-president Amandio De Carvalho, Portugal manager Scolari - who is out of contract after Euro 2008 - is also on Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's short-list.


4. Ipswich boss Jim Magilton is poised to make a move for Manchester City striker Emile Mpenza, according to the player's agent. The 29-year-old's contract is set to expire at Eastlands this summer and he is believed to be on the lookout for a new club. Ipswich first enquired about the availability of the Belgian international in March when a loan move was touted but an offer was subsequently rejected by the striker who said he was not fully fit.


5. Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen paid £160,000 for a 1974 Chevrolet Corvette owned by Hollywood actress Sharon Stone at a Monaco Grand Prix charity auction. The car, stored in Los Angeles and said to have just four miles on the clock, was one of the top lots at a glittering Amber Fashion show in aid of the Elton John Aids Foundation on Friday night.


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1. Celtic won the Scottish Premier League on a dramatic final day of the season with a 1-0 win over a spirited Dundee United at Tannadice. With 20 minutes of an absorbing contest remaining Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink met Paul Hartley's corner with a towering header from five yards that left 'keeper Lukasz Zaluska with no chance. A Celtic win meant Rangers would need to produce a goal-fest of staggering proportions to take the title away from their arch-rivals, though they slumped to a 2-0 defeat to Aberdeen at Pittodrie.


2. Former Manchester United and Chelsea star Paul Parker will be pleased to see the back of Didier Drogba if he leaves Stamford Bridge. "If, as expected, Didier Drogba leaves Chelsea this summer, his final performance will have summed his time at Stamford Bridge nicely. There were flashes of brilliance, but unfortunately the bad outweighed the good. He has always had a streak of indiscipline and in the end it may well have cost his team the Champions League. Had he taken the fifth penalty and not John Terry, Chelsea would probably have brought the European Cup home with them.


3. Manchester City concluded their post-season tour of Asia with a humiliating 3-1 loss to a South China Invitational XI in Hong Kong, a match that could prove to be Sven-Goran Eriksson's swansong as manager. Dietmar Hamann opened the scoring for City, who were missing numerous first-team regulars, but the hosts levelled before half-time through Giovane Da Silva. The Invitational XI - a select band of Hong Kong players - went ahead three minutes after the interval when Festus Baise struck before Liang Zicheng added a third in the 71st minute. City failed to respond to end their disappointing tour with a second defeat following last Saturday's 3-1 reverse to Thailand Premier All-Stars, a defeat played under the watchful eye of club owner Thaksin Shinawatra.


4. Manchester United have left Moscow after their Champions League victory, with uncertainty still surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo. As he has done consistently for the last year, the 23-year-old winger issued mixed messages about his future plans in the aftermath of what was a rollercoaster night for him in the Luzhniki Stadium. Within minutes of having declared, "I am going to stay - there is no way I'm leaving after this," Ronaldo qualified that commitment with a reminder that "the future ... no one knows."


5. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton turned the tables on Ferrari with the fastest lap in Thursday's Monaco Grand Prix practice. The 23-year-old Briton, runner-up in the Mediterranean principality in a McLaren one-two last year, showed his mastery of the tight and twisty streets with an afternoon lap of one minute 15.140 seconds. His friend and rival Nico Rosberg, also running on the softer tyres, was second quickest in a Williams.


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